Well, my musical tastes are aligned as far in the opposite direction from this sort of thing as possible so I'm afraid I don't have any direct contribution to make... however I do feel like sharing this video:





This particular dissertation against Nickelback is my absolute favorite. Just get through the first 90 seconds and you'll see

I haven't bought any music from artists that did not exit before year 2000. Now I listen to music everyday, but it is cello music or pre 2000 artists. The lyrics are slogans and shout outs. New music is mimics music from the 70's, 80's or 90's. I have that music already and would rather listen to the original. I have been listening to a lot of classical cello music now.





New music is all about fighting, sex, and materialism. The new music is shallow and dumb.

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Honestly it hurts me just a little bit inside to see End of all hope posted in this thread. It's not my favorite of their songs by any means, but it's still Tarja Turunen.


Post-Tarja Nightwish, on the other hand... definitely earns it's place here.

Chrome Homura wrote:

Honestly it hurts me just a little bit inside to see End of all hope posted in this thread. It's not my favorite of their songs by any means, but it's still Tarja Turunen.


Post-Tarja Nightwish, on the other hand... definitely earns it's place here.

I wasn't saying that what I posted was unlistenable, but I can see why someone could say it would be. Honestly I keep going back to it again and again!
And... wow. That's-
That's definitely good for this thread. Good job.

Maybe Limp Bizkit? That'll work, right?

OnlyInThisLight wrote:

That fucking one American Idol contestant who does rock?

This made me laugh way, way harder than it should have. Thanks XD

zeedikay wrote:

Chrome Homura wrote:

Honestly it hurts me just a little bit inside to see End of all hope posted in this thread. It's not my favorite of their songs by any means, but it's still Tarja Turunen.


Post-Tarja Nightwish, on the other hand... definitely earns it's place here.

I wasn't saying that what I posted was unlistenable, but I can see why someone could say it would be. Honestly I keep going back to it again and again!
And... wow. That's-
That's definitely good for this thread. Good job.

I would hope so. No worries, my inner skeptic certainly feels a twinge when I take a moment to look at Nightwish's lyrics (especially End of all Hope, now that you mention it) but the fact remains that while "incomprehensible" can suitably be used to describe some of their songs, it still comes out sounding amazing... because that's just what you get when your band has a vocalist who is simply world-class material.

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zeedikay wrote:

Also, maybe some early Taylor Swift? . . .

Though they are not female at any means, Linkin Park. Just... Linkin Park.

In a world that contains Coldplay, Imagine Dragons, The Band Perry, recent Maroon 5, almost every Christian rock band ever, and the cast of Glee, the artists you choose to call out for sounding like butt are early Taylor Swift and Linkin Park?  There really is no accounting for taste. 

One of the most unpleasant musical experiences I've ever had was listening to three hours of Pandora's Coldplay station during a road trip with my sister-in-law, who, God bless her, is wonderful and sweet and could not identify good rock if she were at the Grand Canyon:



Yasha, Evanescence... okay, I see how you got there, but that is harsh for such a generation-defining act.  Amy Lee has talent.  As for me, The Band Perry is definitely my nominee for a female-fronted group that sounds like butt:

Kelly Clarkson is pretty butty, if she wasn't mentioned before. That may be the whole point of that genre of music but I still hear butt.