Unpopular Music Opinions

[OmegaPunch's iconOmegaPunch]

“So” it isn’t. Listening to it or liking it doesn’t change that it’s not really a music genre in the same sense. It’s why it was initially referred to as BGM (background game music) and is frankly my preferred name for it.

That's not what I meant by that.
What I meant was:
So what if it's not a real genre?
That doesn't mean it's bad or anything, just the odd one out since it's a mixture of multiple different genres.

 

[GardeniaSky]

There is genuinely good music in every genre, you just have to find it.

Good music composition can exist even within 'bad' genres. I think people tend to forget this.

 

[Ikagura]

It kinda is, there may not be precise labels for it but there's a group of characteristics that you can find in many videogame songs that you don't find anywhere else.

For example:

You can tell this is a videogame song and not just some regular song simply because of how it is structured.

I'm sorry but I think it's just middle eastern music but isn't "video gamey" sounding in particular.

F-zero X ost is clearly Power Metal as an example.

 

[Yousef]

I'm sorry but I think it's just middle eastern music but isn't "video gamey" sounding in particular.

F-zero X ost is clearly Power Metal as an example.

The even funnier part is that it’s not even proper ME music either, just stereotypically emulates it.

 

[Ikagura]

The even funnier part is that it’s not even proper ME music either, just stereotypically emulates it.

I'm not an expert enough at Middle East music (as much as the Middle East isn't one monolithic thing in the same way Europe and Africa aren't one culture across a full continent) so I'll trust you on the fact most "Arab style music" in Western made compositions are just emulation of these Arabic scale.

 

[Yousef]

I'm not an expert enough at Middle East music (as much as the Middle East isn't one monolithic thing in the same way Europe and Africa aren't one culture across a full continent) so I'll trust you on the fact most "Arab style music" in Western made compositions are just emulation of these Arabic scale.

Don’t worry, my remark was a bit off-topic anyhows.

 

[Ikagura]

Don’t worry, my remark was a bit off-topic anyhows.

On the other hand I'm wondering if it's hard for someone with a western musical education would have a hard time replicating ME, Indian and even South East Asian music (like Gamelan).

They're not all made with the standard music transcription in mind since it was made in Italy (as I think).

 

[Yousef]

On the other hand I'm wondering if it's hard for someone with a western musical education would have a hard time replicating ME, Indian and even South East Asian music (like Gamelan).

They're not all made with the standard music transcription in mind since it was made in Italy (as I think).

Oh it absolutely can be done. The “how” obviously wont be easy. A common misconception I see online is that talking to natives or going there is a guaranteed way to properly educate you, when in reality anecdotal evidence can only get you so far. It’s merely the beginning, and you’ll need far more legwork. If someone wants to study arab music, it needs to become a part of their lives. Search as many artists as humanly possible, listen to so many as one reasonably can, learn about the instruments, learn their backstory too cuz sometimes the backstory behind why a style is done helps a lot more in understanding it.

 

[Konatalzumi]

I want to hear your music opinions that no one else seems to agree with. I'll start with: Nirvana butchered the Meat Puppets Song Plateau. The MTV unplugged album is absolutely amazing, but their cover of Plateau was not as good as the original.

Deuce carried hollywood undead, and if he was still in the band, they could of worked things out and made another banger

 

[ciro64]

@Yousef @Ikagura

I'm not making this post to counter-argument against the idea that videogame music is a category and not a genre, or to debate what videogamey music is, nor I am going against the fact that the music I posted is stereotypically emulating ME music.

I just want to express what videogamey music means to me, personally:

In a movie, a music is usually either serving as ambience music or something that is contextually sensitive to what is happening in the screen

In regular music, there is usually some melodic structure to it but it usually never strays too far, as it is meant to give space to the lyrics and not to be too distracting to the people listening to it either, as they often play in the background during social gatherings to set the mood

In the typical videogame music I'm referring to, however, there's a heavier emphasis on setup, delivery and climax with no vocals getting in the way, as if as the music was telling some sort of narrative with instruments alone. On top of that the music seamlessly loops on itself.

Even if you were to substitute the PSX samples with real instruments, if you were to show me a music like the one I posted from Crash Bandicoot and have me compare with a regular stereotypical emulated ME music, I'd be able to tell which one is from a videogame and which one isn't.

For me, that difference is the fundamental appeal.

I hope you understand where I'm trying to get at, because I don't have enough academic music theory knowledge to use precise terminology to describe what I mean.

 

[Antilocal123]

Wtf is a sticky thread lol

 

[Xdqwerty]

Thriller is MJ 's best song

 

[Aisf]

Nyanderwall - Non Non Biyori vs Oasis by Triple-Q is definitely the definitive version of Wonder Wall by Oasis.
Infact I think it fits kinda perfectly, Wonderwall is supposed to be a sad song and Non Non Biyori isn't a necessarily sad anime (I have not watched a single episode of Non Non Biyori) so put the two together and it acts like it's sort of switching between the two.
Adding a sort of feeling like your loosing your innocence but trying to convince yourself that everything is fine but you know it's all a lie.
Overall it's a good song and you should check it out.

 

[Parasite_Steve]

You could cut a mean pizza with all the edge in this thread

 

[Xdqwerty]

Metal music is just people yelling into a microphone with some intense guitar in the background.

 

[Aisf]

Metal music is just people yelling into a microphone with some intense guitar in the background.

I agree, same thing with Screamo it's metal music but it's just screaming into the background

 

[Deean]

Zeroes>>>>Let's Dance

If this was Reddit i'll be downvoted like crazy

 

[Cheela]

I like screaming :)

Also praise meme songs. They are legit culturally important to preserve and most of them are bangers because they are just pure musical and cultural expression

 

[Konatalzumi]

I still think pop isn’t great and I feel disliking pop should not immediately label you as pretentious or elitist.
Non gaming music is superior to gaming music and people who say otherwise are often not well educated on music and probably can’t name their top twenty artists to save their skin (artists that aren’t pop artists by the by)
Slim shady isn’t better than modern Eminem.
Ye still makes good stuff.
bbno$ isn’t an industry implant. Virtually any semi popular artist can be called an industry implant. Blillie Nash displays more signs than him.
VGMs shouldn’t be on Spotify but i understand the need for convenience
Ice Cube is more of a goat than 2pac
Skeelo isn’t underrated. He’s rated fine.
Skillet only made one good song ever.
Christian rock isn’t a genre.


I’m losing a lot of friends today.

I'd prefer skillet over k-love anytime

 

[Bleu-Bomber]

I want to hear your music opinions that no one else seems to agree with. I'll start with: Nirvana butchered the Meat Puppets Song Plateau. The MTV unplugged album is absolutely amazing, but their cover of Plateau was not as good as the original.

I used to have a copy of Meat Puppets II on wax. I could not get into it after multiple listens and traded it for something else.