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― 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
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
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46782000/gif/_46782005_win_slide1.gif
― 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