ITT: Post your musical weaknesses. >Drums that are unusually

marimba

>Jon Theodore drumming on anything
>subtle musical progression
>sudden changes from an intense, abrassive style to a soft, relaxing style

Heavy-hitting drums
Odd meter
Noisy guitars
Free jazz influences

>Lyrical dissonance (Sad sounding songs with happy lyrics or vice versa)
>Bass solos (Welcome to Paradise)
>Songs about divorce (Stay Together for the Kids) or anti-suicide (Adam's Song) because they hit close to home.

>>52351457
Hey kid, if you don't go to sleep Santa won't give you any presents.

>>52351480
MOOOOM
PEOPLE ARE BEING MEAN TO ME ON THE INTERNET AGAIN

Lots of rapid hi-hat abuse

>>52351105
Silversun pickups

some sort of tribal sound

>>52351105
>Vocal frying in genres that aren't metal derivatives
>Angular guitars
>Bass lines that follow a different chord progression from the guitar, so they stand out against each other

>>52351105
laughter of any kind

>>52351457
>Lyrical dissonance (Sad sounding songs with happy lyrics or vice versa)

I dig this shit too

>shitty guitar players that are actually kind of good in a way(Gordon Gano for example)
>3/4, 6/8
>songs with odd time signatures that don't sound like they are in odd time signatures
>varying tempos, time signatures, and keys in one song

>Analog synths
>Pedal hi-hat used at effective points
>Vocal harmonies
>Relatively clean electric guitar used in a soft, ambient style

>>52351627
>Bass lines that follow a different chord progression from the guitar, so they stand out against each other

THIS

I blame the bassist of AC/DC and Kim Deal for making rock bass playing super simplistic.

>>52351740
>>52351627
>Bass lines that follow a different chord progression from the guitar, so they stand out against each other

Can either of you give an example of this?

>>52351757
you should listen to motown sometime

>subtle recurring themes in classical music
>warm sexy synths
>strong "odd" voices
>clever songwriting on unusual subjects

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posted this before, but..

>second last track is longest/heaviest/climax of album
>last track is short simple instrumental track that fades in and out

Baths - Obsidian and pic related are the only examples I can think of

>>52351777
boris- flood

>>52351768
Playing a different note than the rootnote does not equal a different chord progression.

that squeaky guitar sound

>when the tempo speeds up

Saxophones. I love saxophones.

Also, the kind of funny synth sound you hear at the beginning of "Me, Myself & I" by De La Soul.

Time signatures that aren't 4/4 or 3/4

> male falcetto or thomeyorkish vocals
> synth arpeggios
> harprichord used in electronic music

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Buildups. Long buildups. And tracks that are longer than 10-15 minutes.

>>52351105
so long season by fishmans pretty much?

horns used like how they're used in Against the Moon by Iceage and elements in an album that keep playing in the background like the guitar strum in the glow part 2

>>52351105
5/4 time signatures always get me excited. If it's done well that is, for instance I don't particularly like 5/4 by Gorillaz, it's a bit try-hard. But Shakey Graves has pretty much mastered it.

Also, clever songwriting, favorites being Joanna Newsom, Jeff Mangum and Listener.

>>52351846
Yessss, this. Does it have a name? I love it. I assume you mean the sound from sliding the left hand along the strings for a new grip.

6/8
Weird rhythms that are still in 4/4
Creepy samples in post-rock/black metal

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>>52352125
You may or may not like this

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>all instruments stop playing
>except one
>all of them come roaring back in to play the final chorus

French or Japanese vocals/lyrics
Glitchiness in non-glitch

>>52352777
This guy gits it

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>every song has a seamless transition to the next one
Thank you based SILY.

>>52352777
What song anon

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>>52351777

>>52351176
>>sudden changes from an intense, abrassive style to a soft, relaxing style
>>52351105
>>Angular, dissonant guitar playing
>>sampling in genres that aren't rap
>>52351672
>>Pedal hi-hat used at effective points
>>Vocal harmonies
>>52352777
>>all instruments stop playing
> >except one
> >all of them come roaring back in to play the final chorus

these

also i love
>groovy rhythm section over really noisy guitar and unintelligible screamed vocals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seR31OUIYiM#t=131

>>52352909
what is Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit?

seriously, i love on this record when i can hear two songs crossfading etc.

Rapid hi-hats
Nice unusual samples, especially by things that are not instruments
Odd lyrics


>>52352777
I think Paramore's Future does this

>>52351556
>80/90's (and revival I guess) synth sounds
>tracks that start quiet and crescendo into something chaotic
>catchy choruses

fite me

Double-time hyping the track at the climax

>>52352777
Weedeater - Wizard Fight. Holy shit this song bangs hard

>>52352060
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvAWD6cE_GE

Merry Christmas

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>>52351777

when death grips fuck with us...

>>52351105

I got quite a few.

>weird/cute/wacky vocals, that are also very emotional (Residents, Flaming Lips, Nick Cave, Snowing, NMH etc)
>backing vocals of any kind
>long repetition with subtle progression throughout
>simple chord progressions (even better then combined with the one up top
>lyrical dissonance (especially happy sounding songs that has sad vibes to it, like Lives of Angels)
>good screaming/singing variation (like Drive Like Jehu)
>opening track is the most accessible and formulaic track
>album ends like it begins

>>52352779
O. Lamm - Monolith

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blast beats

>>52354859
That actually looks pretty sick

>>52352777
sigur ros - festival