your LEAST favourite sound in music

In terms of contemporary music, it's probably the use of soaring and 'inspirational' "WHOOOOAAAAA-OOOOOHHHH-OOOOHHHH" background choruses in pop songs and commercials, as presumably popularized by the band fun.

those goddamn Jordanaires

that high pitched synth sound at the beginning of pink floyd's echoes actually makes my ear hurt at a relatively normal volume, which is weird

i'm generally sensitive to really bright sounds though

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

i really hate soda commercials on the radio or TV where you hear the sound effects
of

*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

ukulele by a long shot

Arrested Development and Bob's Burgers conditioned me to not hate ukelele as much as I used to

lots of hip hop foley work out there

i'm not a fan of flute playing where you can hear the player inhaling

definitely something that's turned me off from Jethro Trull. Anderson sounds like he's slobbering all over the poor thing.

Despite 'There is a Light That Never Goes Out' I cannot stand the sound of synthesized pan flute.

The line "No huggee, no kissee" in Georgia Satellite's Keep Your Hands To Yourself.

There's this water drip sound you hear on a lot of country songs from the late 70s/early 80s. Kenny Rogers used it. Garth Brooks too.

And it just taps a cold shiver right up my spine when I hear it.

And whatever the synthesizer being used on this song is:
https://youtu.be/rvlI5DO_IK0

"heavy flute"

throaty hard rock vocals eg acdc
shrieky hard rock vocals eg guns n roses

Whispered panning vocals when I'm wearing headphones. I literally shit myself every time.

Accordion

Keytar

Jane's Addiction

Anthony Kiedis

the oleaginous vocals of this dead-eyed weasel

http://www.media.wmg-is.com/media/portal/media/cms/images/201302/photo-credit-warwick-saint-extralarge_1361301956669.jpg

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.

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.

lol I love the cuica, but that's a great description

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.

That snare sound in modern rap/trap that's literally just a pathetic little "click"

or hi-hat, whatever

any use whatsoever of traffic sounds as a 'sound effect' (car horns, screeching tires, and especially fucking sirens omg why why WHY)

you must hate public enemy

there goes Shook Ones Pt II

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

sorry for all the 'like,' I'm tired

children choir

someone hasn't heard 'Pissjoy' by The Wildhearts

xp you monster

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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

xylophone, vibraphone, glockenspiel

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.

Too much Coltrane on soprano that kicks butt for me to write it off.

yeah I don't even count that, I'm talking like Wayne Shorter on Native Dancer soprano sax.

terry riley's gonna beat your ass!!

I wouldn't have a problem putting a timeline on when soprano sax becomes unacceptable.

Like, say, post-1973.

xylophone, vibraphone, glockenspiel

Vibraphone's like the greatest instrument ever. Slight exagg.

i FP'd him for that tbh

harpsichord mention otm

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

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.