LoathedVermin72 wrote:I can’t believe you guys are still talking about this
I'm still not convinced you weren't just testing the limits of this thread.
That being said, I might put MV on again right now.
True story: I’m listening to it right now
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Thu April 19, 2018 6:17 pm
by bodysnatcher
i have spotify up on my second monitor, and my coworker walked by and noticed i had Incubus highlighted just so i can see wth you guys are talking about. he gave me pretty much this exact reaction:
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Thu April 19, 2018 6:18 pm
by washing machine
bodysnatcher wrote:i have spotify up on my second monitor, and my coworker walked by and noticed i had Incubus highlighted just so i can see wth you guys are talking about. he gave me pretty much this exact reaction:
Yeah, I turned MV off at work when the beer delivery drivers started showing up. I've still got to maintain my street cred with all the craft brewer nerds, yanno?
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Thu April 19, 2018 6:19 pm
by Norah
Nah man, just lean against the wind, pretend that you're weightless, and in that moment you'll be happy (happy).
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Thu April 19, 2018 6:28 pm
by bodysnatcher
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Thu April 19, 2018 6:41 pm
by washing machine
cutuphalfdead wrote:Nah man, just lean against the wind, pretend that you're weightless, and in that moment you'll be happy (happy).
It's so much better when everyone is in.
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Thu April 19, 2018 6:41 pm
by washing machine
Are you in?
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Thu April 19, 2018 6:42 pm
by LoathedVermin72
I have no problems with any of these lyrics
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Mon April 30, 2018 8:37 pm
by run2death
I like "Michigan" way more than "Illinois."
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Mon April 30, 2018 8:46 pm
by bune
"Illinois" was my first album so it's got a special place.
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Mon April 30, 2018 8:46 pm
by bodysnatcher
run2death wrote:I like "Michigan" way more than "Illinois."
Sufjan Stevens doesn't do much for me
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Mon April 30, 2018 10:30 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Mon April 30, 2018 11:02 pm
by bodysnatcher
tragabigzanda wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
run2death wrote:I like "Michigan" way more than "Illinois."
Sufjan Stevens doesn't do much for me
yeah, i'll admit he's talented, and there's nothing that is overtly off-putting, but I personally find his albums to be quite dull.
agreed. he's the male equivalent to Joanna Newsom for me.
i imagine if Peter Pan made music, he'd sound like Sufjan Stevens.
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Mon April 30, 2018 11:05 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Mon April 30, 2018 11:08 pm
by bodysnatcher
tragabigzanda wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
run2death wrote:I like "Michigan" way more than "Illinois."
Sufjan Stevens doesn't do much for me
yeah, i'll admit he's talented, and there's nothing that is overtly off-putting, but I personally find his albums to be quite dull.
agreed. he's the male equivalent to Joanna Newsom for me.
See, her voice is positively grating to me. Which is a bummer, because the alternately Jim O'Rourke and Steve Albini produced Ys sounds incredible. I would love an instrumental version.
Sufjan is to me much like how the piano teacher described Scarlett Johannsen in The Man Who Wasn't There: She plays the right notes at the right times, but without passion. I listen to Sufjan and am like, "Welp, he wrote and recorded everything himself, and there are some really interesting ideas here, but...this sound like the idea of a cool indie record rather an actually cool indie record."
actually, i agree more with this sentiment. i absolutely hate Joanna Newsom's voice and delivery style. i'm totally fine with Sufjan's.
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 1:33 am
by chewm
I like both of these artists.
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 2:30 am
by Higgs
Yeah, I find the whole Joanna Newsom "twee" thing very grating, and the harp has no place in my CD collection. Never enjoyed Surfjan's stuff and could never understand the hype.
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 3:07 am
by Jorge
I think categorizing Joanna Newsom as "twee" shows a complete misunderstanding of what she does. I understand people not liking her voice, but "twee" is completely off the mark. Jangly, dusted-petal, whimsical Sarah Records type bands are what I think of when I think of "twee", or something like The Boy Least Likely To, not Newsom's sprawling, ambitious compositions.
