Why do u hate rock

[Lithium Hobo]

Rocks BAD tendencies:

Repetitive
Uncomplex/simple (unless we're talking Prog)
The worst songwritting I've ever heard has been in Rock. Not Rap or Country.
Formulaic, 1 or 2 guitars+bass+drums+singer. LETS MIX IT UP!
Been-Done syndrome
A real super group for this generation hasn't formed yet.

Prog does not have complex style, lol. Heavy metal is very difficult and takes alot of focus. As for lyrics...I've seen some pretty bad ones in country. "I love her like I love my tractor"...wow. Yeah it gets pretty formulaic, but then again, so does rap. One performer, then have some "featuring" and/or "apperances by" rapper. Besides, if it aint broke, don't fix it. All popular music has been done. That's why it's popular. And again, go to the "aint broke" arguement. And true, there hasn't been a good super group for the generation, but that doesn't make rock bad.

 

[blackwasp]

Repetitive.

At times.

Uncomplex/simple (unless we're talking Prog).

Often times I find simplicity to be more moving than complexity.

The worst songwritting I've ever heard has been in Rock. Not Rap or Country..

How much country have you heard?

Formulaic, 1 or 2 guitars+bass+drums+singer. LETS MIX IT UP! .

Agreed (at times at least).

Been-Done syndrome.

True, but also found in all genres.

A real super group for this generation hasn't formed yet.

I chalk that up as a good thing.

I think that the repetitiveness is one of the biggest downfalls. I would agree to an extent with many of these ideas though. I dislike the music that bands like Three Days Grace make as much as any music ever made.

 

[blackwasp]

Prog does not have complex style, lol. Heavy metal is very difficult and takes alot of focus.

I agree with this. I have friends that play modern metal, and the changes and instrumentation are ridiculous. That being said, I can't see much depth in most metal bands. Complexity can get repetitive.

All popular music has been done. That's why it's popular.

It depends on how you define "popular music". I think that Radiohead is quite popular.

 

[Western Deity]

Yeah it gets pretty formulaic, but then again, so does rap.

Obviously you have misunderstood rap .

 

[PACKY]

punk rock

what do you consider to be punk rock?
what artists are you speaking of?

 

[PACKY]

Rocks BAD tendencies:

Repetitive
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH ( FROM THE RAP "SONG" YEAH)
Uncomplex/simple (unless we're talking Prog)
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH ( FROM THE RAP "SONG" YEAH)
The worst songwritting I've ever heard has been in Rock. Not Rap or Country.
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH ( FROM THE RAP "SONG" YEAH)
Formulaic, 1 or 2 guitars+bass+drums+singer. LETS MIX IT UP!
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH ( FROM THE RAP "SONG" YEAH)
Been-Done syndrome
MOST RAP SONGS USE BEATS FROM OLDER SONGS AND ROCK SONGS.
A real super group for this generation hasn't formed yet.
iN YOUR OPINION OF COURSE......

YEAH..........

 

[antiarte]

It depends on how you define "popular music". I think that Radiohead is quite popular.

Yeah. Radiohead is popular, but they don't make popular music. Popular music is what you find in the Billboard's Top 40.

And Radiohead is the greatest band ever.

 

[drew.dominguez]

Prog does not have complex style, lol.

What are you talking about? Go back to your st.Anger, ya drunk! (j/k)

 

[drew.dominguez]

Yeah. Radiohead is popular, but they don't make popular music. Popular music is what you find in the Billboard's Top 40.

And Radiohead is the greatest band ever.

Finally! Some one admitted they're popular and not some bloody underground unfanominon

 

[underOATH!]

I don't really hate rock. I mainly only listen to Christian Rock.

 

[Trizm]

No one can hate rock. Just misunderstand it.

^^I think that applies to most music

Anywayz I hate on no music. In fact I try to listen to as much different music that I could listen to. But to those that do it must be preconceived notions. Because rock is great. I wont say every artist is good, there are good and bad songs in every genre. But that doesnt make it bad. And rock is so great that I really dont know why people hate on it.

 

[blackwasp]

Yeah. Radiohead is popular, but they don't make popular music. Popular music is what you find in the Billboard's Top 40.

And Radiohead is the greatest band ever.

If the music they make is popular, does it not become popular music?

I understand your point with the top 40, but how would you classify late Beatles material? Some of that did really well on the charts.

 

[antiarte]

Finally! Some one admitted they're popular and not some bloody underground unfanominon

They are popular, to some extent.

If the music they make is popular, does it not become popular music?

You could say that. But it does depends on how define popular music, as you said in a early post. To me, popular music is what they play on MTV non-stop, and most of what's in the Top 40 or whatever, regardless of the genre. The day they release one of those "That's What I Call Music" CD's with a Radiohead song in it, that's when I would consider their music popular. And that's when hell will actuall freeze over.

I understand your point with the top 40, but how would you classify late Beatles material? Some of that did really well on the charts.

The Beatles' late material was not popular music. I think it did well on the charts because of their history. I mean, most ppl probably bought their stuff just because it was The Beatles. I think then not everything in the Top 40 is "popular music". Wait, I'm confusing myself here. Ah, screw this. I'm too sleepy for this.
Laters.

 

[blackwasp]

^Ha...I think we are on the same page. If I'm not mistaken, my initial qualm with someone's post had to do with whether something meaningful or progressive could/would ever be embraced by the mainstream. I think I've confused myself now too.

 

[musicPhan#41]

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[drew.dominguez]

Why am I getting bashed? I can't express my opinion anymore!

Plus, 75% of what I listen too is rock.

 

[antiarte]

Who's bashing you, dude?

 

[Western Deity]

who hates rock?

Lmao @ this post.

 

[Idicious]

Rocks BAD tendencies:

Repetitive
Uncomplex/simple (unless we're talking Prog)
The worst songwritting I've ever heard has been in Rock. Not Rap or Country.
Formulaic, 1 or 2 guitars+bass+drums+singer. LETS MIX IT UP!
Been-Done syndrome
A real super group for this generation hasn't formed yet.

First point is pretty valid, I get tired if same riffs are repeated to often without much variation inbetween (2/3 chord riff songs are so bloody boring)

Heh, I gues you can take the worst of each genre and compare the songwriting, but I prefer to look at the average and top levels of different genres and compare the songwriting there I mean, take say Smells like teen spirit from Nirvana, a guy who's been playing guitar for 2 months could think that riff up, don't get why many concider them such great musicians.

Heh, same way in all genre's, the proven to work formula, though there are actually a good number of bands in rock/metal that do experiment with other formations etc, extra instruments (violin, orchestra's, and if you really want the pinacle of it look at Apocoliptica who plays heavy metal with electric chello's )

Hmm, the been-done syndrome I agree is very present, but same with all genre's, especially if I look at rap I can't find anything new and refreshing, same thing with any average punk band, could be 10 different popular bands. Heh, gues same thing goes for pop and most genre's

That last is an opinion, there are some very talented new groups out there (if say you're looking at the black metal genre bands like 1349 and anaal nathrakh have only begun to get attention the past 2/3 years and are now concidered among the best) A thing to remember is that almost all the great artists in history are only recognised after they died. Clasic bands are decided through time, so you can't just say this band is a clasic now adays by definition, clasic bands are time proven.

 

[Ginsu]

Rock is boring to me. I heard it all my life, same old same old.

I was once in a rock stage too, but I moved on to find bigger and better genres.