Guitar Tricks Online Guitar Lessons

most painful sounds in music

Fruitbat
Registered User
Joined: 07/24/03
Posts: 121
Fruitbat
Registered User
Joined: 07/24/03
Posts: 121
12/12/2003 10:55 am
what sounds in music are to you the aural equivalent of fingernails scraping the blackboard. what makes you suddenly want to hurl the radio/tv/cd player outta the window as soon as these sounds come on or simply hurl?

for me it has to be

Phil Collins voice - makes me wanna kill randomly

Anything by Craig David

'whoooaaaa..yeaahhhh..ahhhh...ay yay yay..'etc you get on power ballads, Whitney Houston records. A good recent example is that dire effort between Mary J Blige + Sting where MJB goes into overdrive.

Shaggy's so-called skat/rapp- ing. sounds like he's got a mouth full of mothballs

programmed tinny snare drum sounds like you find on club records esp 2 step garage.

angry/aggressive rapping
Permalink
# 1
PRSplaya
Full Access
Joined: 09/19/02
Posts: 3,941
PRSplaya
Full Access
Joined: 09/19/02
Posts: 3,941
12/12/2003 1:37 pm
I defanately agree with you on the angry/aggressive rap crap. not all is complete crap but about 99% of it is.
[FONT=Palatino Linotype]Tonja Renee's personal instructor[/FONT]

>HERE'S WHERE I AM NOW<
Permalink
# 2
Leedogg
Grizzled Veteran
Joined: 02/07/02
Posts: 2,809
Leedogg
Grizzled Veteran
Joined: 02/07/02
Posts: 2,809
12/12/2003 3:47 pm
Well, let's see here...

1) Twangy Country Music
2) Moldy Oldies my Mom busts out on 45's when she's drunk
3) Slipknot and their ilk
4) Jesus music is hard to listen to (except Cartman's faith+1)

...You know what, I'm gonna turn on MTV right now, see what's on, let about 2 seconds pass so I can register exactly how horrible the song is, come back here, and add it too the list. Here I go...

...LMFAO!!! MTV2 has a show on right now called "Most Irritating" how ironic! That makes the rest of my post easy.

5) The Macarena
6) Blue (dabadeedabadi)
7) Barbie Girl
8) Tubthumping


Good enough list for now, I don't wanna take all the easy ones :)
Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.
My YouTube Profile
Permalink
# 3
u10ajf
Registered User
Joined: 10/31/01
Posts: 611
u10ajf
Registered User
Joined: 10/31/01
Posts: 611
12/12/2003 4:06 pm
round the world by Daft Punk,
cheesy boy bands
cheesy girl bands (but only with the volume up!)
the M People
Rave music
If I couldn't laugh at myself how could I laugh at someone less ridiculous?
Permalink
# 4
finger_cruncher
Registered User
Joined: 03/12/03
Posts: 413
finger_cruncher
Registered User
Joined: 03/12/03
Posts: 413
12/12/2003 7:13 pm
Found music, in my opinion, is a pile of crap. Or just random notes. Believe it or not, people actually do consider that to be music. It's called aleotoric music, which loosely translated means 'chance music'. If I'm in the mood for it, I don't mind those types of cds with nature sounds on them (ie. ocean waves, crickets, or whatever), but it's still not music as far as I'm concerned.
Permalink
# 5
daveasdf
Senior Member
Joined: 10/10/03
Posts: 203
daveasdf
Senior Member
Joined: 10/10/03
Posts: 203
12/12/2003 9:38 pm
I hate anything commercial, canned music and the like. anything shiny and spells out bend over. songs based on female sexual authority. one guy standing on a stage talking in front of thousands and selling albums of the same. songs exploiting teenage insecurity and songs composed by pushing a button. i hate the power chord and i hate the combination of your typical no stage appearance, no talent bands with a well produced album. I hate the direction the corporation's forcing this industry to take and i hate the fact that i'm even remotely associated with this goddamn supposed artform.

Permalink
# 6
Death55
Registered User
Joined: 05/14/03
Posts: 603
Death55
Registered User
Joined: 05/14/03
Posts: 603
12/12/2003 10:01 pm
Busted... ahhhh i hate them so much. Why do all these stupid people like them ? Why dont they just put those guitars down if there only going to pretend to play them !!!
By virtue of their electrical properties, tubes generate a special waveform when they're saturated, which is why tube engineering has tremendous tonal advantages over solid state or DSP solutions, particularly for crunch and lead sounds. Tubes enter the saturation zone gradually or softly, which lends tube-driven tone its trademark yet totally unique character.
Permalink
# 7
Hammurabi
Registered User
Joined: 09/23/03
Posts: 1,679
Hammurabi
Registered User
Joined: 09/23/03
Posts: 1,679
12/12/2003 10:17 pm
Becuase they think they can play them..?
"If one has realized a truth, that truth is valueless so long as there is lacking the indomitable will to turn this realization into action!"
-A.H.
Permalink
# 8
Leedogg
Grizzled Veteran
Joined: 02/07/02
Posts: 2,809
Leedogg
Grizzled Veteran
Joined: 02/07/02
Posts: 2,809
12/12/2003 10:18 pm
Originally posted by u10ajf
the M People


I'm a little thick in the head. Who are the "M People"?
Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.
My YouTube Profile
Permalink
# 9
chucklivesoninmyheart
Non-Existent
Joined: 05/26/03
Posts: 1,597
chucklivesoninmyheart
Non-Existent
Joined: 05/26/03
Posts: 1,597
12/12/2003 10:31 pm
hmmmm...

All rap and R&B.Where did people get off calling that crap 'Rhythm and Blues'?Its teenie bopper soft rap!

And those punk bands that arn't any better than boy bands like 'good charlote' and 'sum 41'...

Later! \m/
Try once,fail twice...
Permalink
# 10
iamthe_eggman
Grizzled Spellchecker
Joined: 05/09/00
Posts: 2,233
iamthe_eggman
Grizzled Spellchecker
Joined: 05/09/00
Posts: 2,233
12/13/2003 2:33 am
Originally posted by Fruitbat
Anything by Craig David


Oh, my goodness, you have no idea how insane this guy makes me... I hate his music with such an intensity it is not funny. Well, maybe to onlookers. And I'm speaking from experience, since I went on a road trip a couple of years ago and one of the 5 CDs we had was a Craig David CD of my friend's. He was one of the drivers, and the rule was that the driver gets to choose the music. So I had listened to that CD about 25 times after that trip... ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
... and that's all I have to say about that.

[U]ALL[/U] generalizations are [U]WRONG[/U]

[/sarcasm]
Permalink
# 11
Tele Master
Full Access
Joined: 08/02/02
Posts: 1,329
Tele Master
Full Access
Joined: 08/02/02
Posts: 1,329
12/13/2003 3:16 am
Rap, Hip-Hop, and most Pop.

Especially Celine Dion, YUCK!!! Can't stand her.
Electric Guitars are the inspiration for cries of "Turn that damn thing down"-Gibson website
Permalink
# 12
Jolly McJollyson
Chick Magnet
Joined: 09/07/03
Posts: 5,457
Jolly McJollyson
Chick Magnet
Joined: 09/07/03
Posts: 5,457
12/13/2003 4:12 am
Most annoying sounds in music...Well, I can tell you the most glorious sound in music. Neither melody nor harmony could ever possibly top the sound of Eddie Van Halen screaming at the top of his lungs in a high pitched voice...God bless you, Eddie Van Halen.
I want the bomb
I want the P-funk!

My band is better than yours...
Permalink
# 13
u10ajf
Registered User
Joined: 10/31/01
Posts: 611
u10ajf
Registered User
Joined: 10/31/01
Posts: 611
12/13/2003 2:49 pm
The worst things of all: 'easy listening' and the cheesy christmas music that they pipe to you in supermarkets to remind you of your moral obligation to the share holders of disposable industries that you are to allow them to emotionally blackmail you into buying presents for people to celebrate the supposed birth of someone who by all accounts was socialist anyway some 2000 years ago.
If I couldn't laugh at myself how could I laugh at someone less ridiculous?
Permalink
# 14
SLY
Un-Registered User
Joined: 08/08/02
Posts: 1,613
SLY
Un-Registered User
Joined: 08/08/02
Posts: 1,613
12/13/2003 3:32 pm
Megadeth's Dave Mustaine when he tries to prove that he can sing in high pitch.
Permalink
# 15
Gainer
Senior Member
Joined: 03/25/03
Posts: 234
Gainer
Senior Member
Joined: 03/25/03
Posts: 234
12/13/2003 5:06 pm
Dave Mustaine's singing
Rap/Hip-Hop
Any boy band or slutty chick(Britney)

If I leave here tomorrow,
Will you still remember me?
Permalink
# 16
Barreta_jetstream1
Senior Member
Joined: 08/05/01
Posts: 195
Barreta_jetstream1
Senior Member
Joined: 08/05/01
Posts: 195
12/13/2003 9:01 pm

Boybands
Busted
The darkness
Their fans
Tandem Felix
Permalink
# 17
iamthe_eggman
Grizzled Spellchecker
Joined: 05/09/00
Posts: 2,233
iamthe_eggman
Grizzled Spellchecker
Joined: 05/09/00
Posts: 2,233
12/23/2003 8:38 pm
Originally posted by Jolly McJollyson
Most annoying sounds in music...Well, I can tell you the most glorious sound in music. Neither melody nor harmony could ever possibly top the sound of Eddie Van Halen screaming at the top of his lungs in a high pitched voice...God bless you, Eddie Van Halen.


This post to me is what my post about e-bows was to you.
... and that's all I have to say about that.

[U]ALL[/U] generalizations are [U]WRONG[/U]

[/sarcasm]
Permalink
# 18
Lordathestrings
Gear Guru
Joined: 01/18/01
Posts: 6,242
Lordathestrings
Gear Guru
Joined: 01/18/01
Posts: 6,242
12/24/2003 3:14 am
Whitney Houston - I Will Love You(?). That song from The Bodyguard soundtrack...

It's painful only because it sounds so much like Carol Burnett's Tarzan yell that I collapse in a fit of laughter, and Whitney fans beat on me while I'm helpless!
Lordathestrings
Guitar Tricks Moderator
www.GuitarTricks.com - Home of Online Guitar Lessons
Permalink
# 19
Jolly McJollyson
Chick Magnet
Joined: 09/07/03
Posts: 5,457
Jolly McJollyson
Chick Magnet
Joined: 09/07/03
Posts: 5,457
12/24/2003 3:27 am
Originally posted by iamthe_eggman

This post to me is what my post about e-bows was to you. [/B]


Well thanks for the appreciation.
I want the bomb
I want the P-funk!

My band is better than yours...
Permalink
# 20

Please register with a free account to post on the forum.

Register