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PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#76: Jan 14th 2014 at 1:09:26 PM

[up]That's panning. It's so everything doesn't sound cluttered in the mix and certain instruments can sound distinct.

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Jinxmenow Ghosts N' Stuff Remix from everywhere you look, everywhere you look Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
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#77: Jan 14th 2014 at 2:48:02 PM

[up] Well, I guess I mean bad panning. When it's done badly and draws you out of the experience and makes you realise "Hey, I'm listening to music!" The only thing that could ruin Pinball Wizard is having only one ear playing the acoustic guitar, and having the other ear play the electric guitar that's better suited to be an accompaniment to the acoustic...and having it be really, really loud at that.

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#78: Jan 14th 2014 at 6:22:19 PM

See Gratuitous Panning for many, many more examples of that.

PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
ain't nothin' but a party y'all
#79: Jan 15th 2014 at 8:55:50 AM

When it's done badly and draws you out of the experience and makes you realise "Hey, I'm listening to music!"

Uh... duh? What kind of experience do you have that you forget you're listening to a song?

Besides, you should be aware you're listening to music; that's how a good song/track should work. Forgetting you're listening to a song most likely means it's monotonous, droning, dull, and has probably gone on too long.

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DrStarky Okay Guy from Corn And Pig Land Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
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#80: Jan 15th 2014 at 10:54:50 AM

Uh... duh? What kind of experience do you have that you forget you're listening to a song? Besides, you should be aware you're listening to music; that's how a good song/track should work. Forgetting you're listening to a song most likely means it's monotonous, droning, dull, and has probably gone on too long.
When you get really immersed into something, you don't want to be reminded it's just a song or story or whatever.

It distracts you from the experience.

edited 15th Jan '14 10:55:28 AM by DrStarky

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PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#81: Jan 15th 2014 at 12:57:02 PM

[up]I've never felt like that. Ever. And frankly I don't understand such a feeling (I know that sounds awkward as hell, but eh).

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wabbawabbajack Margrave of the Marshes from Elbows out Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
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#82: Jan 15th 2014 at 1:29:43 PM

Loudness War/Autotune

When songwriting is sacrificed at the unholy altar of musical masturbation

Hardcore-shouting style vocals. Ruins most hardcore and sludge bands for me.

When metal bands with female singers/members are paraded as fanservice, rather than musical ability (Arch Enemy, Lacuna Coil, every cover from Napalm Records, etc). Obviously this isn't unique to metal.

When the bassist just follows what the rhythm guitars are doing.

Bands with misspellings (Linkin Park) in their name or album titles.

Heartland86 Since: Sep, 2013
#83: Jan 15th 2014 at 1:55:52 PM

I can't stand Auto-Tune. It just makes my ears bleed.

JHM Apparition in the Woods from Niemandswasser Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hounds of love are hunting
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#84: Jan 15th 2014 at 3:29:47 PM

[up][up][up] I think that they mean that it distracts from one's ability to absorb the emotions or ideas that the music is trying to convey. It takes you out of considering the sounds and melodies on their own terms, in the same way that a drop in volume in one headphone might. It is an extra-musical distraction.

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Quag15 Since: Mar, 2012
#85: Jan 16th 2014 at 5:16:25 PM

Auto-tune seems to be one of those things only a few can do it well and listenable.

A pet peeve of mine: lyrics of the "Think of the Children!" or "Children are our future/save the children" variety.

WolfMan16 Since: Sep, 2010
#86: Jan 18th 2014 at 4:45:38 AM

Any bands/songs post MTV launch.

The lack of electric guitars (or any instrument that isn't a computer/synthesizer) in most music of today.

edited 18th Jan '14 4:49:05 AM by WolfMan16

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#87: Jan 18th 2014 at 5:32:07 AM

And, on the flip side, the fact that rock and roll has been simplified down to the point only guitar, bass, keyboard and drums are truly allowed. I mean, whatever happened to the tenor sax in rock and roll?

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watermaster222 Since: Nov, 2012
#88: Jan 18th 2014 at 6:06:34 AM

I'm kinda irked by song titles made from similes: Neon Lights, Wrecking Ball, Dark Horse, etc.

supergod Walking the Earth from the big city Since: Jun, 2012
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#89: Jan 18th 2014 at 9:36:26 AM

I'm really sick of that vocal heavy EDM that's been popular for the last couple of years. I normally wouldn't bother complaining about pop music, but almost everyone I know loves that and it's difficult to avoid. The combination of upbeat thumping music and sappy vocals doesn't work well in my opinion, but obviously millions disagree.

I'm also not very fond of overly slick and modern production in metal or punk, which is why I rarely listen to any albums made after 1995 or so.

edited 18th Jan '14 9:37:43 AM by supergod

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Hadley Hadley from Mississippi Since: Jan, 2001
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#90: Jan 18th 2014 at 9:45:00 AM

i'm kind of sick of these band names where it sounds like they threw together random words (IE, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Pop Evil, etc). Granted, this isnt a new thing (in the 90s we had Stone Temple Pilots and Pearl Jam after all) I guess you could argue there is some significance to those names, but darned if i know what it means.

edited 18th Jan '14 9:46:00 AM by Hadley

Nettacki Since: Jan, 2010
#91: Jan 18th 2014 at 4:34:00 PM

When vocals (or any instrument, but especially vocals) completely overpower everything else in the song, thus making it a little harder to listen to than normal. Like, you know the OP to Angel Beats and the ED to Clannad? They both have vocals that are too upfront and kinda mess with the dynamics of the whole song. Crescendos don't feel like crescendos when the vocalist sounds really loud throughout.

On a semi-related note, I dislike the Loudness War and the mastering practice of smashing all the parts together and making them louder than everything else. This is what bothers me about most pop music, even those with multiple layers of instruments like the first Attack on Titan opening.

threedaysgracelove Even If It Breaks Your Heart from Gay Area Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
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#92: Jan 18th 2014 at 7:54:43 PM

I hate music that sounds too computerized. So effectively dubstep and most of today's pop. I myself also hate when the background overpowers the singer and vice versa. They need to be leveled out. And also guys that sound too much like girls to me. (Justin Bieber, One Direction, even Sleeping With Sirens's Kellin Quinn, etc.) The only one pretty much exempt from the last rule would be Maroon 5 just cuz I'm in love with Adam Levine and the band and while he has a high voice I don't think he sounds like a girl even though some people do.

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#93: Jan 18th 2014 at 9:49:42 PM

songs that shove a verse that obviously wasn't meant to fit in the measure given, but do so anyway.

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wabbawabbajack Margrave of the Marshes from Elbows out Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
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#94: Jan 19th 2014 at 9:11:06 AM

Songs where the end is just the chorus repeating over and over and over and over...

MasterInferno It's Like Arguing on the Internet from Tomb of Malevolence Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#95: Jan 19th 2014 at 4:28:14 PM

Not a peeve with the music itself, but it bugs me in music videos when the band members are holding instruments and yet they're not even attempting to mime the motions of actually playing the song. *cough*Malice Mizer*cough*

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#97: Jan 19th 2014 at 8:23:52 PM

The last verse of Gloomy Sunday. You've got this awesomely depressing song, just perfect in how dark and sad and depressing it is. And then boom, sappy ending about it being Just A Dream. It ruins the song. Makes it unlistenable.

It's tough to pull off an effective Mood Whiplash in songs. Especially going from sad to happy. Going from happy to sad is a bit easier. But Gloomy Sunday is one of the most depressing songs ever written, until that lame final verse.

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JHM Apparition in the Woods from Niemandswasser Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hounds of love are hunting
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#98: Jan 19th 2014 at 9:37:37 PM

Not in the Hungarian version. That was changed when they translated it because they thought that it would be too depressing for English-speaking audiences. Given that the English version was popularised by Billie Holiday, I find the irony especially potent.

I mean, you tack on a happy ending for the woman who sang "Strange Fruit"? What now?

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#99: Jan 21st 2014 at 6:10:07 AM

Songs where the end is just the chorus repeating over and over and over and over...

Agreed; there are several great songs in both rock and country that are really hampered by this.

Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#100: Jan 21st 2014 at 7:54:35 AM

[up]"I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)" by Alabama, anyone? Great song, but they repeat the chorus about 15 times too many.

Alan Jackson is also guilty of it. He also has a tendency to over-write — "Country Boy" (which I find incredibly sleazy and out-of-character for him) has two bridges, and "Where I Come From" has a completely non-sequitur third verse.


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