Any harmonica not in an old acoustic blues recording or played by little stevie wonder.
1/2 points if its a folky thing or the Harmonicats
― gg eileen (jjjusten), Thursday, 2 September 2010 15:17 (thirteen years ago) link
oh my god that Tiesto is horrific
― the tune is space, Thursday, 2 September 2010 15:17 (thirteen years ago) link
can't stand hearing mouth/throat noises when someone is singing a capella. like when the microphone is close and i can hear wetness. reminds me of phlegm. which, sadly, is why i can't listen to bobby bland sing. also really can't stand when people whisper in my ear for this reason. but that's just me. (so siked to hear sinead's 2nd album when it came out and really liked it a lot until she does that long solo vocal thing and i feel like i'm sitting in her mouth when i listen to it which is why i can never listen to it. aaaaaahhhhhh! wanna jump off a bridge. still love her though.)
― scott seward, Thursday, 2 September 2010 15:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Might be misremembering, but isn't there a Slint song that is basically the sound of someone sipping and swallowing a drink, and it feels like you're sitting inside the actual drinks can and it's just ...icky?
― Neggin' you crapative (NickB), Thursday, 2 September 2010 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
All-white choirs on soul records. I mean, I love all of Ray Charles’ “Modern Sounds in County ...” stuff, but I still cringe when I hear those backing vocals on “I Can’t Stop Loving You” or “Hang Your Head in Shame.” Compare that to the all-black singers on “You Are My Sunshine.”SNL did a skit once when they had an all-white group perform a Ray Charles cover. Only they sang it as, “What Did I Say.”
― Jazzbo, Thursday, 2 September 2010 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
80's drums sound, especialy the overblown snare-horrible.
― nakamura, Thursday, September 2, 2010 9:29 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark
^^^ this
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Thursday, 2 September 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^ especially when it's on the 2nd and 4th beat: bomp BISH! bomp BISH! bomp BISH! bomp BISH!
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 2 September 2010 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
sb; both of you
― bernard goony (The Reverend), Thursday, 2 September 2010 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
80's snare sound, especially when coupled with 80's over-processed "Tom Scholz Rockman"-sounding guitar. Tim by the Replacements (for instance) ruined by these production techniques...
― Sanford, Thursday, 2 September 2010 20:08 (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!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgpDN-bARwc
are you kidding? this is the shit
― false prophets talk in metaphors (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 2 September 2010 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
When I first think of the overblown 80's snare I think of 'In the Air Tonight'. The snare is essential to that song
― false prophets talk in metaphors (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 2 September 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
okay maybe that isn't snare drum. i'm no pro
― false prophets talk in metaphors (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 2 September 2010 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I Think of 'Born In The USA.' Hate the snare on that.
― All 10 songs permeate the organs (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 2 September 2010 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
you must embrace the fucking massive snare.
― the banana boat username (crüt), Thursday, 2 September 2010 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
80s gated snare is the best
― vessels in distress (r1o natsume), Thursday, 2 September 2010 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
i used to dislike high pitched whiny moog leads but i've cooled out on that now
xpIt's the sound of a boot being smashed in the human face forever.....1984, innit
― sonofstan, Thursday, 2 September 2010 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
― vessels in distress (r1o natsume), Thursday, September 2, 2010 5:03 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
ZZ Top's Frank Beard would disagree.
― Zeppelin to Howlin Wolf: "Suck It" (Bill Magill), Thursday, 2 September 2010 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
The kalimba tends to really annoy me
― unhealthy stomach into your loins (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 2 September 2010 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
That clean John Popper harmonica sound.
― ellaguru, Thursday, September 2, 2010 1:57 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
Yes, that is the worst.
― The Bartered Bride (Ówen P.), Friday, 3 September 2010 07:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't like:
Max/MSP generated FM synthesis, i.e. Autechre "Confield"
Digitally recorded crash cymbals
"Good" singing except in opera, R&B and 80s-era hard rock
Sounds below 50 Hz
Cockney accents
― The Bartered Bride (Ówen P.), Friday, 3 September 2010 07:29 (thirteen years ago) link
That vocal affectation on ballads in recent years in which the vocalist 'croaks' their way into almost every note, presumably to show added feeling.
― Daniel Giraffe, Friday, 3 September 2010 07:30 (thirteen years ago) link
>are you kidding? this is the shit
physically impossible to not nod yr head to that tune. Never seen the vid before, good work Cap'n.
― Bill A, Friday, 3 September 2010 07:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Joan Baez (and warbly vibrato-abusing female folk singers in general)
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 3 September 2010 11:28 (thirteen years ago) link
mumbly shuffly can't-be-arsed american indie
― i am legernd (history mayne), Friday, 3 September 2010 11:28 (thirteen years ago) link
With the caveat that there are good examples of all of these:
FlutesFretless bassSteel drumsOperatic singing
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 3 September 2010 11:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Fretless bass. Blueergh!
Sub-bass below 50hz is the shit.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 3 September 2010 12:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Cello. "Strings" are fine but cello should never appear in a pop context.
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Friday, 3 September 2010 13:03 (thirteen years ago) link
yep, fretless bass, saxophone, and add rollicking honky-tonk-style piano.
― nerve_pylon, Friday, 3 September 2010 13:18 (thirteen years ago) link
― funky brewster (San Te), Friday, 3 September 2010 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link
The processed, squealing guitar effect used by the likes of Viv Campbell and Zakk Wylde on late 80s, mid 90s "metal" records. One of the most un-metal sounds by supposedly "metal" guitarists.
― Zeppelin to Howlin Wolf: "Suck It" (Bill Magill), Friday, 3 September 2010 14:20 (thirteen years ago) link
best pop cello intro EVER.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo0LMNSKrt4
― scott seward, Friday, 3 September 2010 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
melisma
― do you know sixty (electricsound), Friday, 3 September 2010 14:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Is this a cello? Because if it is, I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree that it has no place in rock/pop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KntdgqByqYM
I'm gonna submit autotuned/vocodered melisma as my least fave.
― spazzercise (staggerlee), Friday, 3 September 2010 14:47 (thirteen years ago) link
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Friday, September 3, 2010 1:03 PM
Surprised at first but I might somewhat agree with you, only because, in the classical context, the cello is the king of all instruments.
― The Bartered Bride (Ówen P.), Friday, 3 September 2010 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
percussive farts
― funky brewster (San Te), Friday, 3 September 2010 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
piccolo snares (311) and properly tuned toms (rush)
― del griffith, Friday, 3 September 2010 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link
also, flutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEgRdZj7LJQ
^ my favourite flutes in rock
― Neggin' you crapative (NickB), Friday, 3 September 2010 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Actually, is that flutes? Or is it ...a mellotron?
― Neggin' you crapative (NickB), Friday, 3 September 2010 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
:(
now less excited to hear future FF releases
― dy (max) ia (crüt), Friday, 3 September 2010 22:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Mellotron!
― The Bartered Bride (Ówen P.), Friday, 3 September 2010 23:47 (thirteen years ago) link
i'd love to hear mbv incorporating more flutes into their work, it works so so so well w/ this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azXLPL-iuSI
god i hope to christ the new album is a fact
― baddest boy on the internet (kelpolaris), Saturday, 4 September 2010 04:37 (thirteen years ago) link
there is a farty guitar sound used by the Grateful Dead on songs like "Estimated Prophet". bwamp bwwaamp bwaaaamp. phhbblltttthumpth pooty pooty poo.
I'm not sure why they wanted their songs to have that sound.
― DON'T YOU SEE THE WALR (Zachary Taylor), Saturday, 4 September 2010 07:23 (thirteen years ago) link
lololol i know precisely what you're talking about. its like a soundtrack to duck waddling.
― baddest boy on the internet (kelpolaris), Saturday, 4 September 2010 08:51 (thirteen years ago) link
bass-slapping a la Level 42..
― Bob Six, Saturday, 4 September 2010 11:32 (thirteen years ago) link
FlutesFretless bassSteel drums
<3 all this stuff, flutes less so but COME ON if you don't love steel drums and fretless base you don't love life imo
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Saturday, 4 September 2010 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i really hate that crunchy, overblown digital synth sound that's all over mpp and at least 1/3 of recent indie-electro
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Saturday, 4 September 2010 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
^ me too
― nerve_pylon, Saturday, 4 September 2010 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link
faux-sincere vocals - including the embarrassing white people trying to sound like soulful black people thing mentioned upthread, the croaking thing mentioned upthread, faux-outsider singing (a la Joanna Newsom) ... everyone has an "authentic" voice - use your own and don't try to badly ape someone else's
everything else i'm generally annoyed by, i can think of examples of that i like - even the horrible drum sounds used in "In the Air Tonight"
― sarahel, Saturday, 4 September 2010 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link