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musical terms that you irrationally hate

Jamie_Summers [Edit] [Delete] 72 replies 17:46, 4 June '07

'banger'

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  • 'Chooooooooooon'

    'Anthem'
    'Kasabian'

    rspce | 4 Jun '07, 17:49 | X
  • I thought you said musical?

    Royter-Hatfood | 4 Jun '07, 17:49 | X
  • 'eclectic'

    'glacial'
    'angular'
    'indie-dance'

    actually, those aren't irrational at all.

    i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 4 Jun '07, 17:49 | X
    • glacial

      is totally idiotic

      angular makes sense but is overused

      Jamie_Summers @i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 4 Jun '07, 17:50 | X
      • I like glacial.

        It's evocative.

        John_Brainlove @Jamie_Summers | 5 Jun '07, 10:01 | X
  • 'funky'

    theguywithnousername | 4 Jun '07, 17:49 | X
    • this when used sincerely is the worst thing ever

      i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band @theguywithnousername | 4 Jun '07, 17:50 | X
      • unless it's used to talk about funk

        but even then it's bad, unless you're Shaft.

        i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band @i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 4 Jun '07, 17:51 | X
        • *ahem*

          George Motherfucking Clinton

          95% of his songs contain the word 'funk' in some capacity. Many of them have lyrics where 'funk' fulfils more than 50% of the word count

          G.M. Clinton is not bad (though he is BAD)

          smezzer @i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 4 Jun '07, 20:37 | X
          • yeah but it makes sense in relation to Parliament

            not when someone calls the new Jamie Cullum album "funky and dancey"

            i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band @smezzer | 4 Jun '07, 20:47 | X
  • segue

    also pronounced "seeeg"

    matc | 4 Jun '07, 17:50 | X
    • mm

      if you cant talk properly, yes

      Jamie_Summers @matc | 4 Jun '07, 17:50 | X
  • "Arty"

    TheWildSon | 4 Jun '07, 17:51 | X
  • 'Alternative'

    To what?

    tommyroxx | 4 Jun '07, 17:52 | X
    • "Grime"

      tre_cools_sticks @tommyroxx | 4 Jun '07, 17:56 | X
      • ^

        indie
        alternative
        nu rave

        moodiejg @tre_cools_sticks | 4 Jun '07, 17:59 | X
        • lots

          Angular
          Art Rock
          Nu Rave
          Post Hardcore
          Jo Wiley when she speaks
          "Love It"

          keithtrevorallen @moodiejg | 4 Jun '07, 18:11 | X
    • ...

      To the mainstream?

      JonnyPix @tommyroxx | 5 Jun '07, 15:38 | X
    • ...

      To the mainstream?

      JonnyPix @tommyroxx | 5 Jun '07, 15:39 | X
    • ...

      To the mainstream, this won;t reply where I want it, try again...

      JonnyPix @tommyroxx | 5 Jun '07, 15:40 | X
  • IDM

    New Weird America
    Freak or Free Folk

    I guess these are genres but they really piss me off

    Placid_Casual | 4 Jun '07, 18:17 | X
  • Anything followed by

    'esque'

    the_sad_oak_hunt | 4 Jun '07, 18:18 | X
  • remember 'shroomadelic'?

    That really annoyed me.

    olegrich | 4 Jun '07, 18:21 | X
    • ...

      Oh fuck it, when that dude said alternative to what

      JonnyPix @olegrich | 5 Jun '07, 15:41 | X
  • hmmm

    'Visceral', 'fractured', 'math', 'in the vein of Don Caballero'.

    Jober | 4 Jun '07, 19:58 | X
    • in press releases

      i keep reading stuff like "it's the sound of the truth unravelling" - NO IT BLOODY ISN'T.

      thephotobooth @Jober | 4 Jun '07, 20:15 | X
    • Those first two are just adjectives.

      John_Brainlove @Jober | 5 Jun '07, 10:02 | X
  • So thats everything

    anything safe to use? Cause i was thinking of starting an epic-angular post-rock band that puts out funky bangers that are like kasabian if they had a clue. We have some chooooooons, you know.

    Alex_b | 4 Jun '07, 20:17 | X
    • not interested unless you have barcodes

      Parsefone @Alex_b | 4 Jun '07, 20:39 | X
      • barcode-core.

        'nu-barc'

        shucks @Parsefone | 4 Jun '07, 20:44 | X
  • "*insert band name* on acid"

    Not so much a musical term, more an unspeakabley shit way to describe a band.

    badmanreturns | 4 Jun '07, 21:08 | X
    • ^ Is terrible

      and worse when used where *insert band name* are known to have been users of acid. I can't remember where I saw an example of this but it was most perplexing.

      thenewge @badmanreturns | 4 Jun '07, 21:15 | X
      • Musical Theatre

        That is all.

        nebbie | 4 Jun '07, 21:11 | X
      • Nu-Rave

        Nu-Gaze

        Piwi | 4 Jun '07, 21:48 | X
      • slinky.

        I used that word in a review the other day....I felt ashamed of myself afterwards.

        IrishMagpie | 4 Jun '07, 21:51 | X
        • hahaha

          that's really bad!

          OceanStorm @IrishMagpie | 5 Jun '07, 02:37 | X
      • "world music"

        Filip | 4 Jun '07, 22:23 | X
        • when I hear that term

          I immediately think of samba drums. Is there a reason for that?

          IrishMagpie @Filip | 4 Jun '07, 22:26 | X
          • yes

            in other news, I see I'm not alone:

            http://www.luakabop.com/david_byrne/cmp/worldmusic.html

            Filip @IrishMagpie | 4 Jun '07, 22:27 | X
            • sophomore

              as in sophomore album (second album)
              stupid meaningless Amercanism

              Podge9 @Filip | 4 Jun '07, 23:14 | X
              • yes Amercanism!

                which is a word i've invented and really like

                Podge9 @Podge9 | 4 Jun '07, 23:15 | X
                • naaah, its not

                  gets used all the time. 'Normalcy' is an Americanism.

                  Alex_b @Podge9 | 4 Jun '07, 23:18 | X
                  • I meant 'americanism'

                    not sophomore.

                    Alex_b @Alex_b | 4 Jun '07, 23:20 | X
              • why is it meaningless?

                it's only meaningless when it's used ALL the time so that it really has no significance. Otherwise, it's a perfectly acceptable term that implies that the album is equal, if not better, than their debut.

                therapyrock @Podge9 | 5 Jun '07, 00:19 | X
              • what's wrong with sophomore

                it's a word, it's in the dictionary. You're not one of those people who hates it if people sing in an American accent, are you?

                OceanStorm @Podge9 | 5 Jun '07, 02:38 | X
      • I hate ironic/post-ironic use

        of the word 'disco'. Yeah, listen to us talking and singing about discos, let's all have a disco. NOBODY USES THIS WORD SERIOUSLY.

        Looking up at my own subject, I also hate the prefix 'post'.

        poor_thing | 5 Jun '07, 02:26 | X
        • bf

          garage...r and b...

          both are sickeningly misused- as they are terms for proper sixties energetic shit that have been misappropriated for bad modern turdery

          grockle | 5 Jun '07, 02:48 | X
        • Yeah, eclectic

          'Quirky'

          Any given phrasing of how or why a band "CANNOT BE DEFINED BY A MERE GENRE LABEL"

          All those band descriptions that are in the same vein as "like Band X on acid" except trying to be witty and imaginative, like "THIS BAND SOUNDS LIKE FUGAZI GIVING STEVIE WONDER A HANDJOB WHILE DRIVING OVER RAZORLIGHT IN A TRACTOR"

          pariko | 5 Jun '07, 05:01 | X
          • ^

            that band sound amazing

            Jamie_Summers @pariko | 5 Jun '07, 09:31 | X
            • innit

              I love them already.

              joeymahone @Jamie_Summers | 5 Jun '07, 11:23 | X
        • Urban

          What the fuck is that supposed to mean in the context of music?
          A row of houses?
          A zebra crossing?
          Built up areas and shopping precincts?
          Milton Keynes?

          domgourlay @andyk79 | 5 Jun '07, 09:48 | X
          • post-what

            post something
            what?
            what does that mean!
            right now im post-sleep
            just cos i did something after sleeping doesnt mean what i do next is influenced by that thing.
            post-rock
            suggests beyond rock, thats just arrogance when blatantly that music is rock.

            larrikinlloyd @domgourlay | 5 Jun '07, 10:08 | X
            • Post Rock

              should come with a stamp on it.

              Boom Boom!

              domgourlay @larrikinlloyd | 5 Jun '07, 10:13 | X
              • ESP

                used to describe themselves as 'Post-good' when an interviewer was being a prick. Still makes me laugh.

                Anything preceded by 'Alt' ie Alt-country. Basically it's country music but you feel embarrassed by saying you like country music so you invented a genre to stick all the bits of country that you like in.

                Call it country and just admit that there are some country artists who are really good and there are some who are unspeakably shit, just like every other genre.

                crosbysleftear @domgourlay | 5 Jun '07, 12:00 | X
          • .

            I really REALLY hate it when a band is described by describing two or more other bands having sex with one another, e.g. "THEY SOUND LIKE HUSKER-DU FUCKING KYUSS" What kind of a desciption of music is that? Just all of the members of said bands, naked together in a line with their erect penises inserted into one another? Not good at all.

            And if they bolt the dreaded "...ON ACID!!!" onto the end then I stop reading. Or I've picked up a copy of Q.

            usa_nails | 5 Jun '07, 10:38 | X
            • "sassy"

              ...when used to describe a female vocalist (and it's only ever used in that context). Makes me want to fucking puke.

              Inhabitant @janfurnace | 5 Jun '07, 13:52 | X
              • Making it more 'organic'

                theguywithnousername | 5 Jun '07, 14:21 | X
              • "razor bubblegum"

                colonol_k | 5 Jun '07, 14:22 | X
                • epic

                  basically means too long

                  fucktherave @colonol_k | 5 Jun '07, 14:33 | X
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