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I actually like country music, but lately it's been getting very repetitive.

Peter Gabriel is overrated and Phil Collins isn't all that bad. Songs such as "In the Air Tonight" make up for the banal garbage he put out later on. Besides is "So" really that great of an album, just because its overplayed does not make it good. Just take a look half the music being shoved down our throat as we speak. (Bieber and Swift just to name a few)

Enya is actually pretty good, I feel the musical elite write-off her music due to a strong bias against New Age music in general. That or any type of music non-hip middle-aged people like.

I found this to be interesting, however the part near the end about loudness equalization seems to run counter to everything that was said before. I've heard songs and albums that rely on dramatic shifts in loudness, and if it's meant to be a part of the listening experience, then I want to preserve it. This is why I don't use ReplayGain or similar technologies; it's basically just another form of dynamics compression.

That said, I think it would be great if more audio systems had compressors built in, so that you could adjust the amount of compression for different listening environments. For instance, if I'm watching a movie late at night and I want to be able to hear the dialogue, but I don't want to wake the neighbors whenever there's an explosion, a compressor would be really useful to have.

Musical processing is not always a bad thing.

For some genres, it is absolutely necessary to achieve the sound, especially in Electronic, unless you're specifically going for a retro sound.

Autotune is not bad at all and should most definitely be used very slightly and subtly to enhance already good existing voices.

Of course, it should not be abused to make-up for a lack of singing talent.

Compression in music is not always a bad thing when used properly.

The loudness wars certainly has ruined the quality of sound, making everything sound flat and distorted by pushing the loudness over 0.0dB.

But, using compression in music in itself is not a bad thing, it is just more often than not abused.

I've heard plenty of electronic songs that still retain decent dynamics (6-10 on the dynamic range meter) and have been compressed to about -3 dB (the minimum most music selling websites like Itunes and what the radio requires).

Their production is crisp and clear, and the sound aren't distorted or abrasive to the ears.

If we're going to have musical processing, this is the way it should be done.

Death Grips are one of the only good hip-hop/rap groups

Guns n Roses are one of the most overrated bands ever

Glam Metal is terrible

Most EDM i've heard is boring and repetitive

EDM that is supposed to sound "uplifting" and has melodic female vocals is really cheesy

Most Japanese idol groups are terrible

K-pop is also terrible

American death metal > European death metal

Deafheaven are better than pretty much any European black metal band

Lordes "Pure Heroin" album is one of the best pop albums ever

You all have nearly complete fecal matter taste in music except for Outrider Just kidding (kinda)


My real unpopular opinion: The best songs and artist usually are not mainstream or popular, the less people that listen to them the better they usually are.

If you out of hand dismiss the validity of hip-hop as a form of music, we can't be friends. More importantly, you've also rendered any additional musical opinions you might express utterly worthless.

Cheesy as it may be, this song helped me open my mind somewhat to hip hop. It's still not my favorite genre, but when Nine Inch Nails does it, it's actually kinda cool.