dynamic range compression
oh and shiny slick stadium rock drums, fuck that
― jumpskins, Monday, 25 October 2010 17:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Self-conscious clapping. Like when a song is just going along and then out of nowhere CLAP-CLAP! CLAP!
:(
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Monday, 25 October 2010 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
i agree w/ the clapping, so annoying
― teledyldonix, Monday, 25 October 2010 17:50 (thirteen years ago) link
tinnitus
― UndoneTone, Monday, 25 October 2010 21:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I have yet to hear a sampled saxophone that hasn't sounded horrible.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Monday, 25 October 2010 23:12 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVWooMru3-U
(i like the most wanted song except for the smooth sax part. can't find the full song on yourtub)
― my sex drew back into itself tight and dry (abanana), Monday, 25 October 2010 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link
whistling.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 25 October 2010 23:23 (thirteen years ago) link
the sound of people complaining about indie vocals for the 1000000th time
― candid gamera (s1ocki), Monday, October 25, 2010 5:23 AM (18 hours ago) Bookmark
I'll stop when they (shitty indie vocalists) stop.
― daavid, Monday, 25 October 2010 23:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I like a lot of (pop) indie, but the typical indie vocal, particularly the Wayne Coyne/Jonathan Donahue type of singer who has been dominating an otherwise excellent genre for the past 10-15 years or so.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Monday, 25 October 2010 23:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Well... It has become a bit wearing, I mean.
the '90s snare drum sound (examples: "Beautiful Disaster" by 311, "Two Princes" by Spin Doctors)
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 00:35 (thirteen years ago) link
- that sweaty 80s blues-revival sound of the Stevie Ray Vaughn variety. This extends to stuff like Tom Jones, the Blues Brothers, the Commitments, JJ Cale and stuff like that. - I don't like that liquidy pad sound you get in loads of 90s drum'n'bass. It makes me feel like I'm at a spa or something. Don't know why it's so ubiquitous - despite liking noise and electronic music, I don't get the appeal of things like Fennesz, Fuck Buttons and Tim Hecker. It's ugly and unsatisfying music - too much compression, zero low-end. You can't chill out to it, space out to it or dance to it, so what is it for?
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Thursday, 25 August 2016 13:54 (seven years ago) link
- attitude
― blafe and sand (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 25 August 2016 14:11 (seven years ago) link
saxophone
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 25 August 2016 14:19 (seven years ago) link
Calvin cloned chorus chords.
― nashwan, Thursday, 25 August 2016 14:24 (seven years ago) link
self-conscious laughter
― dc, Thursday, 25 August 2016 14:26 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9DHhy6ynxw
― blafe and sand (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 25 August 2016 14:28 (seven years ago) link
Roy Thomas Baker stacked/compressed vocals.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 25 August 2016 14:29 (seven years ago) link
Most instances of harpsichord use in '60s music.
― An Automatic Response To Things That Are Bullshit (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 August 2016 14:57 (seven years ago) link
Every sound has its place and use, but probably my most consistent least favorite over time has been the splash cymbal.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Thursday, 25 August 2016 15:00 (seven years ago) link
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.
― An Automatic Response To Things That Are Bullshit (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 August 2016 15:04 (seven years ago) link
those goddamn Jordanaires
― brimstead, Thursday, 25 August 2016 18:32 (seven years ago) link
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
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 25 August 2016 18:34 (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, 25 August 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link
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, 25 August 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
ukulele by a long shot
― flappy bird, Thursday, 25 August 2016 18:49 (seven years ago) link
Arrested Development and Bob's Burgers conditioned me to not hate ukelele as much as I used to
― Vinnie, Thursday, 25 August 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
lots of hip hop foley work out there
― veggie sticks potato snacks (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 25 August 2016 18:58 (seven years ago) link
i'm not a fan of flute playing where you can hear the player inhaling
― brimstead, Thursday, 25 August 2016 19:00 (seven years ago) link
definitely something that's turned me off from Jethro Trull. Anderson sounds like he's slobbering all over the poor thing.
― frogbs, Thursday, 25 August 2016 19:01 (seven years ago) link
Despite 'There is a Light That Never Goes Out' I cannot stand the sound of synthesized pan flute.
― Austin, Thursday, 25 August 2016 19:11 (seven years ago) link
The line "No huggee, no kissee" in Georgia Satellite's Keep Your Hands To Yourself.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 25 August 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link
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.
― pplains, Thursday, 25 August 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
And whatever the synthesizer being used on this song is:https://youtu.be/rvlI5DO_IK0
― Austin, Thursday, 25 August 2016 19:19 (seven years ago) link
"heavy flute"
― a confederacy of lampreys (rushomancy), Thursday, 25 August 2016 19:33 (seven years ago) link
throaty hard rock vocals eg acdcshrieky hard rock vocals eg guns n roses
― marcos, Thursday, 25 August 2016 19:36 (seven years ago) link
Whispered panning vocals when I'm wearing headphones. I literally shit myself every time.
― An Automatic Response To Things That Are Bullshit (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 August 2016 19:36 (seven years ago) link
Accordion
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 25 August 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
Keytar
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 25 August 2016 20:31 (seven years ago) link
Jane's Addiction
― alpine static, Thursday, 25 August 2016 20:47 (seven years ago) link
Anthony Kiedis
― imago, Thursday, 25 August 2016 20:57 (seven years ago) link
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
― 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