Why Do So Many People Hate songs that are clearly good?

I don't like Goodbye My Lover (just to take your example), because it just... doesn't work for me. It starts off as a promising (albeit slightly dull) piano ballad, but the tempo and rhythm seem to get all confused nearer the end. I'm not a big fan of James Blunt at all, but I think High is a better song by him.

I don't think anyone ever denies that a song is good when it plainly is (unless of course they don't like that genre completely or something), however you do get the odd people who find a certain coolness in rejecting the popular opinion. They wouldn't be alternative if they agreed. Rolly eyes. I appreciate good music of all genres, even if I do have more of a taste for one particular genre. And that's how it should be.
 
no offence mate, but i dont really see the point of this thread. you'll get people who're snobs about music and just refuse to listen to James Blunt and music like it. you'll get musicians who resent people like him because he's not amazingly talented but he's very successful, and you'll get people that just plain don't like him.

whatever someone else's reasons for not liking him, it shouldnt really affect you, because your music taste is an extremely personal thing and the great thing about it is you can tailor it without taking anyone else's preference into consideration.

just because i dont like James Blunt (for the record, he's passable, but his voice makes me want to punch a baby and there's SO much better music around, in my opinion) doesnt mean he's crap, or even average. there's no such thing as bad music.
 
Phnom_Penh said:
Don't go there.
Click to expand...

you think you have a decent argument for that i'd be interested to hear it? if a band/musician has one single fan, that makes them good. as long as one person likes it, it's worth it.

in fact, there's no point debating it because i know that any argument against that you'd have would be totally wrong.
 
I'm mainly a metal/rock fan, but also listen to some pop as well, but when it comes down to it, I like what I like and voice my opinion as such.

I'm not bothered whether people agree/disagree with me, it's my opinion and that's that. :)
 
its a well written song. it touches on emotions we've all felt one time or another, and there's genuine heart ache felt in the song.......some people just dont like songs that close to real life. They'll fob it off as depressing and not give it another look.

james blunt is a very good song writer. I think its his voice that people are so devided on.
 
Last edited:
Sic said:
you think you have a decent argument for that i'd be interested to hear it? if a band/musician has one single fan, that makes them good. as long as one person likes it, it's worth it.

in fact, there's no point debating it because i know that any argument against that you'd have would be totally wrong.
Click to expand...
Theres a difference between bad music and a bad band. I take it you never heard "Party all the time" by Eddie Murphy?.
 
Phnom_Penh said:
Theres a difference between bad music and a bad band. I take it you never heard "Party all the time" by Eddie Murphy?.
Click to expand...

that depends on how you interpret the phrase "bad band" and "bad music". i'd take bad band to mean that they're not very good at playing their instruments, but people like that can still produce some very good songs. i'd interpret bad music as an oxymoron, because there's no such thing.

i've not heard "party all the time", but if someone likes it, then it's worth it existing.
 
James Blunt has a whiny voice, is greasy and ugly, and sings so monotonously that every song sounds exactly the same as the last one.

I really can't see the attraction in either him or his music.
 
Sic said:
i've not heard "party all the time", but if someone likes it, then it's worth it existing.
Click to expand...

Party All The Time rocks, hard. But mainly because it is so cheesy. Properly it should be Eddie Murphy and Rick James - Party All The Time for the full title :)

I wouldn't say that James Blunt or any of his songs are clearly good, they obviously strike a chord with a lot of people but that doesn't inherantly make them good, it merely makes them popular. I don't particularly like his music partly because it is overplayed but mainly because it is so bland yet somehow irritating although that may come back to the overplayed part.
 
One song I can't understand that people hate is Eminem's Stan.

People honestly try to tell me the Dido song is superior to Stan, which was sampled. Honestly, that is such a blaring lie. I don't even like rap music that much either.

Its original, extremely expressive and thought provoking. It depresses me when people shun things because of image *sigh*.
 
Nitefly said:
One song I can't understand that people hate is Eminem's Stan.
Click to expand...

but it doesnt matter that you dont understand it. it's personal preference, and if they dont like it, that has no bearing on your taste whatsoever. i personally think that particular track is nothing special, but then the same can be said for eminem in my book.
 
its all matter of opinion.

there is no such thing as a well crafted song that everyone loves. joe public wont care how perfect it is musically... if it sound good its good to them.
 
Sic said:
but it doesnt matter that you dont understand it. it's personal preference, and if they dont like it, that has no bearing on your taste whatsoever. i personally think that particular track is nothing special, but then the same can be said for eminem in my book.
Click to expand...

Well theres a line really. On one side is what you are implying there, the other is saying that the spice girls have more depth and meaning than any other musical group / band in the world.

I'm not saying that is true in the Eminem case, but I wouldn't go round saying 'master of puppets is a rubbish song' because I know it simply isn't, yet I don't choose to listen to that music. The same said for 'stairway to heaven', or even 'sweet child o' mine'.
 
Gilly said:
and sings so monotonously that every song sounds exactly the same as the last one.
Click to expand...

I disagree, for example, "So Long Jimmy" sounds nothing like "Goodbye My Lover"

"Wisemen" and "High" also sound nothing like each other.

They are slightly similar, because they are the same genre of music, but theres no way they all sound the same.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom