Alright gamers, here's a bunch of rapid-fire takes because I have a LOT.
Remember that this is a 'Hot Takes' thread, so these are
supposed to sound irreverent, so try not to feel to personally targeted by these, as they're general opinions I have, not aimed at any one individual's taste <3
- East Coast hiphop >>>>>>>> West Coast hiphop
- People singling out any one musical genre they dislike as "not real music" is a gigantic red flag. You're not supposed to get/like everything
- Power metal is almost universally garbage, except for Blind Guardian, who are one of the greatest metal acts of all time, due to their virtuosity and prog influences
- Ed Sheeran's first album (+) is a genuinely great album, but he plummeted INSTANTLY afterwards and turned into another vapid megastar faster than they built Rome
- Gorillaz' first album is their best one
- 'Bohemian Rhapsody' isn't Queen's best song. It's not even their best prog song (That would be 'The Prophet's Song, on both points). BR is important because they knew to release it as a single, but other than that it's not a particularly "out there" Queen song. It's just their "biggest" song.
- 'Suffer' is Bad Religion's only good album, but it's a 10/10 album
- The same goes for 'Operation Mindcrime'
- Rush and Queen, two bands accused of copying Led Zepellin early on, were always better than Led Zeppelin
- "Not getting" jazz is part of the appeal
- Modern classical music focuses too much on the piano (which is logical since most composers are pianists), give me some HORNS, man!
- "Nu-metal" music like Disturbed and Korn is embarrassing
- That being said, there's literally nothing wrong with elevating music that resonated with you when you were younger, because so much of music is emotion, and having "irrational" opinions on it is good because it prevents you from snobbifying completely
- The Beatles are exactly as "rated" as they deserve to be (which as we all know is very highly)
- Black Metal is better without nazis. In fact, everything is.
- Metallica sucks forever and all the other "Big Four" thrash bands are better (only Anthrax are actually good though)
- A big part of the appeal of heavy metal are the theatrics themselves. It's supposed to be fun and not take itself too seriously
- Primus sucks

- The American soundtrack for Sonic CD is better than the Japanese one
- Ska should come back...
It's been a good long while, but I think I agree.