What instruments instantly ruin a song for you?

>>70339192
ukulele

>>70339214
god its awful

>>70339192
Detuned Supersaw
Warbly Saxaphone
Those shitty "house" synth chords (you know the ones)

>>70339214
This.

And for instruments that make a song good no matter what; bagpipes.

None, because I am not a philistine that hates an instrument for no particular, well-grounded reason.

When clapping is part of the song. Fuck you

>>70339214
Exactly how? I think it's a pretty good backing instrument.

The fucking hydraulophone on the other hand, who came up with that shit? why is it being used at all?

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>>70339214
also this

>>70339593
How do you not like house synth chords? That shit's soulful

harmonicas
I can't stand them a lot of the time

Gnobos

>ivWhen the guitarist is using the sparklies

>>70339192
>hasn't heard the bongo solo in Comus' Diana

>>70339881
my dad used to play The One album a lot when I was younger, and I remember just cringing so hard at the start of Love Me Do I just couldn't listen to the rest. So I blame the harmonica for me getting into the Beatles fairly late

>>70339638
Titus Andronicus - The Battle of Hampton Roads

>>70339881
Hate the folky styles

But power blues harmonica is the shit.

i really am sick of trap hi hats at this point

>>70339881
pleb
>>70339214
yah
>>70339192
pleb
unless they like those specific bongos

>>70339593
>Detuned Supersaw
why tho?

For me it's sitar

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in anything that isn't Country or folk

>day of the baphomets

>>70343878
Banjo is one of the best instruments though, regardless of genre.

>>70343878
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYDiLJPJ24g

It works out sometimes

You have to be rooted in some really weird prejudices to hate an instrument. There are certainly cliche or uninteresting ways of using instruments, but to say any instrument is straight up bad just sounds ignorant to me.

>>70343945
well the evolution of synth has produced some downright obnoxious sounds

Guitar

>>70344034
this

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJLEEjETOME

wouldn't pick an instrument but i absolutely can't stand whispery vocals

>>70344275
try checking out this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhjKLSJ2yx8

I think the instrumentation fits the vocals really well

Guitar. I liked Metallica though.

synth brass or strings

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>>70339192
listen to pic related OP

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>>70344232
The absolute worst.

>>70344998
wheres his pinky

>>70345315
:^)

Cowbell

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>>70339192

>>70339192
808 Hi-Hats, snare.

Male vocals.

>>70339214
this is the only actual valid answer. never been used well in a song ever

>>70339657
>you have to have a reason to dislike the sound of an instrument
fuck off

>>70343848
>sitar
biggest pleb ITT

>>70339686
Animal Collective managed to do that well, but I agree otherwise
https://youtu.be/hhaml2XQFIY

>>70343848
not him but it sounds cheesy as shit to me too

Ukulele almost qualifies, but Beirut, Sufjan, and Israel Kamakawiwo'ole all used it to fine effect.

for me it's probably the sound of a downtuned ibanez through a mesa boogie amp with the gain turned all the way up--you know, that nu-metal tone

electric guitar

>>70344232
it only works in those old-ass techno tracks

>>70344232
>>70344998
>>70346940
but it's great you plebs

>>70346778
THIS
I fucking hate that shitty buzzy scooped mids sound
I used to think ukulele was unusable but I liked it on Smile
Whispery tumblr punk covers with it need to die tho

>>70345452
Unironically, I think that backbeats ruined the drum kit.

>>70339192
Is mayonnaise an instrument?

>>70347561
so drummers ruined the drumkit? gotcha.

>>70339881
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR09ggNWgEU

whistling

>>70343878
You sure about that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3asnstVqOnU

>>70343878
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASFFsXL2Iqg

>>70339638
Instruments that make a song sound good:
Cowbells
Organ
Vibraphone

>>70347561
Most retarded post I've ever read.

>>70347873
This, and intermittent sitar or flute

>>70339214
I can think of a couple Angels of Light songs that use ukulele well
other than that yeah

But bongos are usually a sign that shit's going down

>>70348655
this

>>70347873
>Vibraphone
Good taste

>>70339638
i appreciate when songs have xylophone (or glockenspiel, you get what i'm saying)

>>70339214
i like ukes

>>70347873
Theremin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8eRDkiwGMM

>>70339638
This Is the Day man. That entire album has all sorts of instrumental flourishes that give it such a full sound; there's always something to discover with each listen.

Organs. Can't stand that shit. Deep Purple can eat a dick

Panpipes.

Children yelling lyrics. Like in Lord of the Game. Fuck that shit

Washboard, jew's harp, kazoo, the list could go on.

unrelated but what percussion effect/instrument is at 0:03 in this Death Grips song? It doesn't ruin the song for me, in fact it makes it better, but idk what it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBvVHxp6YXs

>>70349416
wtf u talking about? that sample at the end? that's a retarded thing to nitpick

>>70349933
I think he means the girl singing throughout

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>>70339214
>mfw ukulele + glockenspiel + whistling combo

>>70350040
that's mexican girl. she's like in her 20s.

>>70339686
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcFyl8amoEE

>>70339881
>my name is pleb

>>70339192
Pedal steel guitar used mainly in country music. That whiny fucking weeping noise is so awful, ruins 90% of the genre

>>70348934
vibes are tasteful and have a ton of color

>>70349235
Brand New used a theremin in The Devil and God and i thought it was tasteful and expansive

>>70351231
I love that sound, agree it's overused though. Should be limited to solos.