Following on from the 'favourite sound' thread, what sounds really can't you stand?
― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 2 September 2010 07:16 (thirteen years ago) link
bjork
― a dystopian society awaits if we continue on this path. (contenderizer), Thursday, 2 September 2010 07:16 (thirteen years ago) link
For me it's the string/orchestra synths... actually hate most of synth sounds based on organic instruments, like say... synth saxophones or synth guitars.
― Moka, Thursday, 2 September 2010 07:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I hate the sound of those tinkling vertical bells, especially when they introduce the verse bit of a mushy ballad. People who use it seem to think they're being so sophisticated.
― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 2 September 2010 07:58 (thirteen years ago) link
80's drums sound, especialy the overblown snare-horrible.
― nakamura, Thursday, 2 September 2010 09:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't know what makes this sound, but it's the creaky wind-up noise that's all over the rhythm track of "Right On" by Marvin Gaye. Almost ruins the song for me.
― seandalai, Thursday, 2 September 2010 10:37 (thirteen years ago) link
It's a guiro (although I always think of it is a fish 'cause that's what the ones in my school looked like)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31CBSV9EPAL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiro
― ledge, Thursday, 2 September 2010 11:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Tambourines
― Neggin' you crapative (NickB), Thursday, 2 September 2010 11:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Heather Small
― ledge, Thursday, 2 September 2010 11:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Axl Rose on Reading festival TV coverage this weekend. Very unpleasant.
Also, that kind of over-the-top mall-punk style of singing that was popularised by bands like Blink182 but people still emulate today, where "myself" become "moy-saalf".
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 2 September 2010 11:24 (thirteen years ago) link
relative to bjork and mall-punk singing, guiros & tambourines aok
― a dystopian society awaits if we continue on this path. (contenderizer), Thursday, 2 September 2010 11:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Yamaha DX7 - Classic or Dud?
― PappaWheelie V, Thursday, 2 September 2010 11:45 (thirteen years ago) link
that strangled gurgle of death metal vocalists
― margana (anagram), Thursday, 2 September 2010 11:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Heavy breathing, except for Serge Gainsbourg's music
― van smack, Thursday, 2 September 2010 11:53 (thirteen years ago) link
that high-pitched "woo! yeah!" sample that was all over shit pop-house in the 90s.
― ledge, Thursday, 2 September 2010 11:55 (thirteen years ago) link
ledge, you hate fun.
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 2 September 2010 11:56 (thirteen years ago) link
xp especially when repeated throughout the song: "woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!, woo! yeah!"
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 2 September 2010 11:57 (thirteen years ago) link
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, September 2, 2010 11:24 AM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark
Seconded. Also really not a fan of can't-be-arsed indie vocals.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Think you're getting confused with this and the other thread about sounds you like.
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Need a couple of "Ah Yeah!"'s and you have pure sonic bliss.
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:03 (thirteen years ago) link
dl this is your favourite song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR98gRckjmY
― ledge, Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Just to expand on this, I really can't abide tambourines played by singers with no sense of rhythm. You get this particularly on live recordings, I think it's basically something for them to do with their hands. Once you notice them in the mix, they're just poison to your enjoyment.
― Neggin' you crapative (NickB), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Saxophones. You can tell badness has come when the saxophone blunders in. There's a few obvious exceptions, but usually, it's all too much.
― I'm being a smartass here, but in a fun way (NotEnough), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:09 (thirteen years ago) link
oh ffs
― acoleuthic, Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:10 (thirteen years ago) link
ledge - i think that was my favourite song when i was, like, 9. Which would explain a few things I suppose.
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:12 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bVhPEwXfnk&annotation_id=annotation_90981&feature=iv
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:13 (thirteen years ago) link
That definitely needs some "Woo! Yeah!"s.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:14 (thirteen years ago) link
The banjo. And most of the sounds in the following piece in isolation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fCtDO7OcRM
― No one can penetrate me. (Sanpaku), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:16 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IBRbzf3Fws
^ for Ledge
― Neggin' you crapative (NickB), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:17 (thirteen years ago) link
It's a James Brown sample btw iirc
― Neggin' you crapative (NickB), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:18 (thirteen years ago) link
sanpaku that is one of the greatest pieces of music ever recorded
― acoleuthic, Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:19 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVqkGOYWDEQ
^ also for Ledge
― Neggin' you crapative (NickB), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:20 (thirteen years ago) link
That chimey keyboard used on loads of 80s and 90s schmaltzy RnB ballads, whatever that is. There's one on I Will Always Love You.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:21 (thirteen years ago) link
xp acoleuthic: agreed. And unbelievably superior to the "Most Wanted Song".
But operatic sopranos (at least with heavy vibrato), Children's choruses, bagpipes, etc in their usual contexts aren't my cup o'.
― No one can penetrate me. (Sanpaku), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:24 (thirteen years ago) link
got 2.49 into sax loop before it got annoying btw
most wanted song has brilliant outro
― acoleuthic, Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:25 (thirteen years ago) link
1. quintessential country and western guitar twang2. auto-tune effect on a kesha-style vocal3. scat
― god of tosh (blueski), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:40 (thirteen years ago) link
2. auto-tune effect on a kesha-style vocal
― van smack, Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Why u make Scatman cry
― Neggin' you crapative (NickB), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Someone overlay Scatman's "be-bop-bu-bop-o-bop" over the top of Eurovision sax guy...
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:45 (thirteen years ago) link
1) Shredding2) Metal Rhythm guitar playing - the sort of all down- stroke, heavily overdriven churn where you can hear the pointy headstock.
― sonofstan, Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:46 (thirteen years ago) link
whisperingGlenn Gouldsped-up soul samplesthat synth sound in every trance track
― how girl get dragnet (corey), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Garrison Keillor
hahahaha someone has to make an alterna-Most Unwanted Song based on this thread
― acoleuthic, Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Interesting how this gets framed in some cases as "Person X" and in other cases as "Person who sings like X".
― cymose corymb (Karen D. Tregaskin), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I haven't heard anyone else who sings like Garisson Keillor, thankfully.
― how girl get dragnet (corey), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:52 (thirteen years ago) link
...like, is the *personality* of the named hated singer what is hated (as well as? or because of...) the singing quality.
Because I'd think that certain singing qualities would have more of an effect. But it's being expressed in terms of the person doing the singing. Why?
(Thinking about people named like Bjork, Axl Rose, Ke$ha)
― cymose corymb (Karen D. Tregaskin), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:54 (thirteen years ago) link
fucking crying baby sample noises
― janice (surm), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:58 (thirteen years ago) link
OTM those goddamn baby samples in Are You That Somebody are so grating.
― Davek (davek_00), Thursday, 2 September 2010 13:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Sometimes fine but sometimes my least favorite instruments: vibes, xylophone, marimba.
― Brad C., Thursday, 2 September 2010 13:03 (thirteen years ago) link
the baby sounds in Are You That Somebody don't really bother me so much.
― van smack, Thursday, 2 September 2010 13:03 (thirteen years ago) link
That is amazing. Now that it's been pointed out, ffs please stop the millennial whoop.
― Josefa, Thursday, 11 January 2018 04:28 (six years ago) link
holy shit rushomancy that is incredible, also thank you for the dm, i almost never check the email associated with this account and i didn't see your dm until just now. glad to have an mp3 of it, this is absolutely wild. and there's no ukulele - fantastic!
― flappy bird, Thursday, 11 January 2018 06:13 (six years ago) link
this is an amazing song! wish I could find a decent copy
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Thursday, 11 January 2018 09:27 (six years ago) link
Lol that article on the whoop
Of course it is ubiquitous precisely because it is so generic and slight that nobody can claim to legally own it so no fear of getting sued, something everyone can freely rip off
Kind of amazing all the new ways copyright law continues to destroy creativity
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 11 January 2018 13:29 (six years ago) link
wait, is this just going back and forth from the 3 to the 5 on a major scale, because that's just what you end up playing after having taken piano lessons and have to write a simple melody or accompaniment.
I dunno if this related to the keyboard vs. guitar generational shift thing in pop/rock music -- that could be more interesting?
That 3-5-3-5 is a keyboard instrument default, whereas with a guitar, the default patterns are different due to the design of the instrument itself.
(Unless I missed tons of articles about it).
― sarahell, Thursday, 11 January 2018 17:12 (six years ago) link
I think a lot of it had to due with ubiquitous syncs of Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up” in the past 10+ years
― flappy bird, Thursday, 11 January 2018 17:31 (six years ago) link
well, it's only so ubiquitous -- I have no idea what you are referring to!
― sarahell, Thursday, 11 January 2018 17:36 (six years ago) link
lots of these millennial whoops remind me of TARZAN BOY
― omar little, Thursday, 11 January 2018 17:42 (six years ago) link
^ a redeeming quality imo
― (the blues version in his Broadway show) (crüt), Thursday, 11 January 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link
Arcade Fire definitely a big part of the whoop but I think it's also a variant of the whoa-oh-oh's you'd hear in some pop-punk/emo songs in the early '00s
there's even a hint of it in Killing Joke's 2003 album! (1 minute in)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb5WxIUFziw
― (the blues version in his Broadway show) (crüt), Thursday, 11 January 2018 17:48 (six years ago) link
imo focusing on the specific interval is maybe missing the bigger pattern of wordless oh-ohs - like "til the world ends," "some nights" and "pompeii" are what i would reach for as examples of this sound and its intentions. or do those all fit the motivic bill also?
― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 11 January 2018 17:58 (six years ago) link
Wasn't the whoop an Italo Disco thing? Not just "Tarzan Boy" but also this 1987 track (the chorus at 2:26):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtpp6H559NQ
― Josefa, Thursday, 11 January 2018 18:19 (six years ago) link
yea but it became ubiquitous in indie rock/pop in the mid-late 00s, another big one that got a lot of syncs and was super popular was 'chicago' by sufjan stevens, which doesn't feature legit whoops but it's one of the templates of 'epiphany-core' which is what i call this phenomenon. xylophones and ukuleles.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 11 January 2018 18:23 (six years ago) link
longing for community (singalong), longing for low-tech 'authenticity' experiences that are nonetheless potentially instagrammable (campfire, washboard type instruments etc.), overlaid on more familiar youth problems like longing for meaning and to have big huge emotional turns, catharses and yes epiphanies. the ineffable but deeply felt desire to feel something big and transformative right as the waves crash onto the rocks and everyone lifts their torches and goes "ohhhhh OH! oh-ooh-ooohh OH!"
or maybe they all just heard the "survivor" theme music in the womb or something idk
― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 11 January 2018 18:29 (six years ago) link
man that Shy Rose track is great thanks for sharing
― (the blues version in his Broadway show) (crüt), Thursday, 11 January 2018 18:33 (six years ago) link
DC otm
― flappy bird, Thursday, 11 January 2018 18:36 (six years ago) link
i do love the millennial whoop here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3jKtjgRZQY
― omar little, Thursday, 11 January 2018 18:41 (six years ago) link
Thing related to the millennial whoop: the "kindergarten taunt" melodic line annoys me no end when it turns up in songs I enjoy until its turning up. This mostly happens in modern r&b i think? Or this may just be where the disappointment is greatest when it occurs.
clicktrack |...:...;...:...|...:...;...:...|(C major) G E A G E G E A G E (scale deg) 5 3 6 5 3 5 3 6 5 3
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 12 January 2018 00:28 (six years ago) link
G
― Jeff, Friday, 12 January 2018 00:46 (six years ago) link
Nah, a G on its own is alright.
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 12 January 2018 00:48 (six years ago) link
clicktrack |...:...;...:...|...:...;...:...|(C major) G E A G E G E A G E (scale deg) 5 3 6 5 3 5 3 6 5 3― anatol_merklich
didn't sly and the family stone do this
― Arnold Schoenberg Steals (rushomancy), Friday, 12 January 2018 00:53 (six years ago) link
Songs that incorporate the "nan nanny boo boo" melody
― how's life, Friday, 12 January 2018 00:58 (six years ago) link
omg thanks for link, I had no idea it occurred on the actual 1982 Black Metal album! :-D
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 12 January 2018 01:12 (six years ago) link
(still don't like it tho)
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 12 January 2018 01:18 (six years ago) link
Nah it's because they grew up on The Lion King, which is also why we have furries
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 12 January 2018 01:37 (six years ago) link
― flamboyant goon tie included
bullshit we have furries because of Disney Afternoon and, I am going to call this show out specifically, Tail Spin
― Arnold Schoenberg Steals (rushomancy), Friday, 12 January 2018 02:52 (six years ago) link
thought we'd decided it went back at least to Robin Hood
― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino), Friday, 12 January 2018 03:04 (six years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/Animalympics.jpg
As Whiney described it, the Rocky Horror of Furry Fandom.
― how's life, Friday, 12 January 2018 11:17 (six years ago) link
Dougal, we've got to lose that saxophone....
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Friday, 12 January 2018 11:20 (six years ago) link
Personally I'm more comfortable blaming Sid and Marty Krofft.
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/puppet/images/d/d4/Pufnstuf.png/revision/latest?cb=20111227030119
― mime kampf (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 12 January 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
As Whiney described it, the Rocky Horror of Furry Fandom.― how's life, Friday, January 12, 2018 3:17 AM (nine hours ago)
― how's life, Friday, January 12, 2018 3:17 AM (nine hours ago)
those who forget horribly formed jokes are doomed to repeat them
― sarahell, Friday, 12 January 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
im pretty sure Zoobilee Zoo is more responsible for furries than anything else
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 12 January 2018 21:08 (six years ago) link
Animalympics fuckin rules, but yah furries love that shit. I think most of them discover it well into furrydom though.
My actual answer to op is whiny Fat Mike/Less Than Jake style pop punk vocals. Why do men sing like that? It's the worst.
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 12 January 2018 21:11 (six years ago) link
A lot of people attribute Disney's Robin Hood as the first time animals made them horny and who can blame em?
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 12 January 2018 21:12 (six years ago) link
R.I.P. the family dog licking yr genitals
― sarahell, Friday, 12 January 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link
Jump to most recent message function feelin p jarring itt rn
― pre millennial tension (uptown churl), Friday, 12 January 2018 22:12 (six years ago) link
Tom Waits’s voice
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 18 January 2018 21:49 (six years ago) link
hell yeah
― flappy bird, Thursday, 18 January 2018 22:18 (six years ago) link
Is the Millenial Whoop in any way related to this bit in Barbie Girl?
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 18 January 2018 22:22 (six years ago) link
Barbie Girl represents good infectious pop whereas MW is like dragging goodinfectuouspop.wav onto your timeline
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 18 January 2018 22:41 (six years ago) link
nah the millennial whoop is a baby of Arcade Fire "Wake Up" and Sufjan Stevens "Chicago"
― flappy bird, Friday, 19 January 2018 02:53 (six years ago) link
I’m getting really sick of rappers that sound like Future. Any rao that is like, depressive and proceeds in terms of these bursts of short phrases.
― treeship 2, Friday, 19 January 2018 03:00 (six years ago) link
I used to love gucci mane specifically bc of this same kinda anhedonia but i really don’t like this sound now.
― treeship 2, Friday, 19 January 2018 03:02 (six years ago) link
Young Thug is working in the same idiom but he doesn’t count. That guy is a visionary.
― treeship 2, Friday, 19 January 2018 03:08 (six years ago) link
whenever I hear a clarinet in a movie score I fly into a rage.
― campreverb, Friday, 19 January 2018 03:53 (six years ago) link
Awww I like the clarinet
― treeship 2, Friday, 19 January 2018 04:02 (six years ago) link
sarahell posts itt bring the lols
― kolakube (Ross), Friday, 19 January 2018 05:07 (six years ago) link
it's really the 'whimsy' trope.
― campreverb, Friday, 19 January 2018 06:15 (six years ago) link
future is fucking garbage
― clouds, Sunday, 21 January 2018 04:37 (six years ago) link
shirley manson is fucking future
― jesus and figs and science and the foo fighters (unregistered), Sunday, 21 January 2018 04:40 (six years ago) link