Anthony Kiedis
― imago, Thursday, 25 August 2016 20:57 (seven years ago) link
the oleaginous vocals of this dead-eyed weasel
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― i can pee through time (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 25 August 2016 21:04 (seven years ago) link
There are a number of contender 80s synth sounds but one that comes to mind in particular is sort of a synth Asian wood flute sound.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Thursday, 25 August 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
I mentioned scat singing and the soprano saxophone upthread, and would like to add the cuica (a horrible Brazilian instrument that sounds like a rat trapped in a tennis ball can; Airto Moreira polluted several early 70s Miles Davis albums with this thing) and the sound of fingers scraping acoustic guitar strings.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 25 August 2016 21:14 (seven years ago) link
lol I love the cuica, but that's a great description
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Thursday, 25 August 2016 21:29 (seven years ago) link
speaking of scraped acoustic strings, I think the sound of an Ovation guitar might actually be my hands down winner.
The sound of that Passenger guy's voice. I don't know anyone can actually like that.
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, 25 August 2016 22:01 (seven years ago) link
That snare sound in modern rap/trap that's literally just a pathetic little "click"
― punksishippies, Thursday, 25 August 2016 22:07 (seven years ago) link
or hi-hat, whatever
― punksishippies, Thursday, 25 August 2016 22:08 (seven years ago) link
any use whatsoever of traffic sounds as a 'sound effect' (car horns, screeching tires, and especially fucking sirens omg why why WHY)
― Wimmels, Friday, 26 August 2016 00:13 (seven years ago) link
you must hate public enemy
― Spottie, Friday, 26 August 2016 00:14 (seven years ago) link
there goes Shook Ones Pt II
― Neanderthal, Friday, 26 August 2016 00:15 (seven years ago) link
and "War Pigs", though that's air raid sirens as opposed to like ambulance/police/fire sirens
xp The Bomb Squad stuff rarely bothers me because those sounds are usually integrated into the beats. I'm thinking more of songs that feature those sounds as an actual sound effect used to suggest...well, I'm not quite sure. But Ice-T skits are pretty rough on me.
"War Pigs: is ok because I'd never confuse an air raid siren with, like, the highway patrol. I don't even remember sirens on "Shook Ones"
also Dylan's harmonica on like his first seven albums
― Wimmels, Friday, 26 August 2016 00:17 (seven years ago) link
sorry for all the 'like,' I'm tired
― Wimmels, Friday, 26 August 2016 00:18 (seven years ago) link
children choir
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 26 August 2016 00:18 (seven years ago) link
someone hasn't heard 'Pissjoy' by The Wildhearts
― imago, Friday, 26 August 2016 00:20 (seven years ago) link
xp you monster
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― soref, Friday, 26 August 2016 00:21 (seven years ago) link
Oh and what's that otherwise dope Mike Oldfield song where there's this sudden terrible ringing phone and then what sounds like an insane giant answering it angrily? That's the vibe killer to end all vibe killers
maybe 'vibe-annihilating moments in otherwise awesome songs' should be its own thread
― Wimmels, Friday, 26 August 2016 00:21 (seven years ago) link
xylophone, vibraphone, glockenspiel
― Brad C., Friday, 26 August 2016 00:30 (seven years ago) link
I used to think p much anyone who enjoyed soprano saxophone had to be an asshole. I've sort of warmed to it though, and to being an asshole.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 26 August 2016 03:04 (seven years ago) link
Too much Coltrane on soprano that kicks butt for me to write it off.
― Austin, Friday, 26 August 2016 04:04 (seven years ago) link
yeah I don't even count that, I'm talking like Wayne Shorter on Native Dancer soprano sax.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 26 August 2016 04:16 (seven years ago) link
terry riley's gonna beat your ass!!
― brimstead, Friday, 26 August 2016 04:25 (seven years ago) link
I wouldn't have a problem putting a timeline on when soprano sax becomes unacceptable.
Like, say, post-1973.
― Austin, Friday, 26 August 2016 04:52 (seven years ago) link
Vibraphone's like the greatest instrument ever. Slight exagg.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Friday, 26 August 2016 06:44 (seven years ago) link
i FP'd him for that tbh
― blafe and sand (Noodle Vague), Friday, 26 August 2016 06:47 (seven years ago) link
harpsichord mention otm
― Spottie, Friday, 26 August 2016 06:49 (seven years ago) link
Centuries ago they at least accounted for its lack of dynamics, in a lot of Bach stuff I've heard the very deliberate use of the instrument takes on this shimmering hypnotic feel. Harpsichord can be pretty awesome I think
― punksishippies, Friday, 26 August 2016 07:43 (seven years ago) link
Metal Rhythm guitar playing - the sort of all down- stroke, heavily overdriven churn where you can hear the pointy headstock.
This is an incredible sound BTW. Though I don't know what pointy headstock is.
― chap, Friday, 26 August 2016 09:39 (seven years ago) link
Oh and what's that otherwise dope Mike Oldfield song where there's this sudden terrible ringing phone and then what sounds like an insane giant answering it angrily? That's the vibe killer to end all vibe killersmaybe 'vibe-annihilating moments in otherwise awesome songs' should be its own thread― Wimmels, Friday, August 26, 2016 1:21 AM (nine hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Wimmels, Friday, August 26, 2016 1:21 AM (nine hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This sounds amazing??
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Friday, 26 August 2016 10:08 (seven years ago) link
never understood accordion hate. one of my favourite sounds.
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Friday, August 26, 2016 6:08 AM (thirty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it isn't (1:54)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9eaOWiB8wk
― Wimmels, Friday, 26 August 2016 10:45 (seven years ago) link
haha, that's pretty great actually.
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Friday, 26 August 2016 10:53 (seven years ago) link
Hmm. I don't actually think I dislike the natural sound of any instrument, really. It's usually the way the sound of the instruments get treated in the studio (engineering/production/mix) where I find myself saying "ah, I don't really like the sound of that"
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Friday, 26 August 2016 12:20 (seven years ago) link
haha, wimmels, and that's on THE BEST of Mike Oldfield.
― pplains, Friday, 26 August 2016 13:03 (seven years ago) link
never understood accordion hate. one of my favourite sounds.Agreed. Whenever I see a band I don't know take the stage with an accordion (or upright bass), I get excited immediately.
― Jazzbo, Friday, 26 August 2016 13:30 (seven years ago) link
upright bass too - my favourite instrument that I've always wanted to play. I dislike gypsy-swing music though.
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Friday, 26 August 2016 13:44 (seven years ago) link
I've probably talked about this in cringe threads, but I really hate the close-up sounds of like soda commercials where its like DRIBBLY POURING GUK GUK GUK GUK AHHHH and now every "lean" influenced rap album is like a fucking soda ad with all these terrible sloshing noises
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, August 25, 2016 6:46 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i really hate soda commercials on the radio or TV where you hear the sound effectsof
*PSSSSSH* --guk guk guk guk-- *AHHHHHHHHH*
― easter back, somebody call the binks truck (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:51 PM (four years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, August 25, 2016 6:48 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
THIS FOREVER N EVER^^^
― andrew m., Friday, 26 August 2016 14:29 (seven 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, September 3, 2010 12:30 AM (five years ago)
I apparently loathed this at the time, but now I don't even remember what it sounds like. I think I've warmed somewhat to Joanna Newsom and Karen Dalton style vocals, and they are now on the same tier as flutes and Phil Collins' gated drums -- mostly but not always cringe-inducing.
Thanks for reading my opinions about music.
― The Flash API from the officially deprecated "youtube" site (sarahell), Friday, 26 August 2016 14:32 (seven years ago) link
wide open hi-hat on a mid-tempo rock or funk beat
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 26 August 2016 14:33 (seven years ago) link
Not a fan of Agharta or Pangaea?
(the open hi-hat on those was disappointing to me initially, but I've grown to dig it -- but only on Miles records)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 26 August 2016 14:43 (seven years ago) link
Often followed by a kind of breathy sigh-singing through the same note. Like any affect it can have its uses, but as a default it just becomes canned insta-emotion.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 26 August 2016 14:49 (seven years ago) link
examples, please! I hated it once, I will probably hate it again!
― sarahell, Friday, 26 August 2016 14:52 (seven years ago) link
Tony Williams and Al Foster get the exception. In general '70s open hi-hat >>> '90s & '00s open hi-hat.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 26 August 2016 14:56 (seven years ago) link
Ok I just went through some random Spotify lists and I feel like Charlotte OC is a good generic example of the throaty/croaky/breathy formula:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihgLAm5i9pM
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 26 August 2016 15:02 (seven years ago) link
I think it may be a generational thing but I cannot stand the aound of autotuned vocals. It's like nails on a chalkboard. This makes it difficult for me to enjoy about 99% of popular music.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 26 August 2016 15:11 (seven years ago) link
Pretty much all big budget music is autotuned at least a little now, right? Because I feel like the perfection of pitch in the average singer can't have risen as much as it seems to have in the last couple decades. And yes there is something just a little bit grating and tiring to my ear about it.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 26 August 2016 15:18 (seven years ago) link
Yea autotune has become fairly commonplace on any album, not just pop. It's mostly a "well we have it, would be a crime not to use it". Like you all, I just dislike it (as a singer myself) just because it creates a robotic smoothing that makes singing sound plastic. The "authenticity" argument though can go fuck itself,studio trickery to improve vocal mediocrity has existed since almost the advent of recorded music.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 26 August 2016 15:35 (seven years ago) link
Autotune of the T-Pain variety i generally am ok with though.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 26 August 2016 15:36 (seven years ago) link