What music do you love that you'll admit isn't good?

[ibanezmonster]

Don't you just love coming away from a workout knowing that you just heard Justin Bieber's newest hit song? I know I can scarcely contain my enthusiasm.

Me, neither.
Who needs Wagner, Mahler, Prokofiev, etc. when you've got the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling?" That is some high, mindblowing art right there.

[Mirror Image]

Me, neither.
Who needs Wagner, Mahler, Prokofiev, etc. when you've got the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling?" That is some high, mindblowing art right there.

It really is and I think to myself each time I hear a Black Eyed Peas song "My goodness! Such pure and utter brilliance! I want to hear it again!"

[Brian]

I hate the Black Eyed Peas, but I do think "I Kissed a Girl" is a really fun song. And as John can attest from a previous debate on the subject, I have sincere affection for "Gangnam Style."

[Mirror Image]

I hate the Black Eyed Peas, but I do think "I Kissed a Girl" is a really fun song. And as John can attest from a previous debate on the subject, I have sincere affection for "Gangnam Style."

Here's a pop song that I love but probably many do not (I could be wrong):

http://www.youtube.com/v/O-6eM9UZFGU

I remember this song from National Lampoon's European Vacation and it's kind of stuck in my memory ever since.

[Bogey]

And then there are these two:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOGEyBeoBGM  (and never mind my high school crush )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leohcvmf8kM

[Bogey]

Here's a pop song that I love but probably many do not (I could be wrong):

http://www.youtube.com/v/O-6eM9UZFGU

I remember this song from National Lampoon's European Vacation and it's kind of stuck in my memory ever since.

Wrong.    Love the drum editing.  Nice call.

[Mirror Image]

Wrong.    Love the drum editing.  Nice call.

That guitar solo in this song was quite impressive in addition to the infectious drumming.

[Daverz]

If I like it, then it's genius. QED.

[Opus106]

I've had a passion for the Napoleonic era since I was a teen. Really enjoy studying the campaigns and battles. Perhaps as a result I love the 1812 Overture and, yes, Wellington's Victory 


Sarge

You got it wrong, Sarge. Only "Wellington's Victory" is bad music; 1812 is good music but too popular, so you only need to look down on it for no good reason.

[mc ukrneal]

What makes Wellington's Victory such bad music? I love it (for the record)!

[Opus106]

What makes Wellington's Victory such bad music?

Asking me? Well, isn't that the fashionable thing to say?

[DavidW]

Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #2-3.  I love them, I know that they are not great works like the PC 1, but I don't care.

[Karl Henning]

Zappa's orchestral efforts, which are frankly spotty.

[Brian]

Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #2-3.  I love them, I know that they are not great works like the PC 1, but I don't care.

I think you'll find a lot of dissident GMGers who aren't keen on #1 and like #2 better. Personally I do not understand the popularity difference at all; is it because 2 is longer? I have no clue. #2 is my favorite because of the fakeout slow movement with the "wrong" soloists.

[not edward]

I think you'll find a lot of dissident GMGers who aren't keen on #1 and like #2 better. Personally I do not understand the popularity difference at all; is it because 2 is longer? I have no clue. #2 is my favorite because of the fakeout slow movement with the "wrong" soloists.

Dissident GMGer reporting for duty!

[Florestan]

What makes Wellington's Victory such bad music?

Snobbery, methinks

I love it

Me roo.

[Brahmsian]

Schumann's Violin Concerto in D minor.  I love it so much!!  I realize it isn't very popular, and many critics slam it, some dubbing it the "Mania Concerto".

I think it is a beautiful work. 

[North Star]

Schumann's Violin Concerto in D minor.  I love it so much!!  I realize it isn't very popular, and many critics slam it, some dubbing it the "Mania Concerto".

I think it is a beautiful work. 

Bah, it's just not well known. I love the work, and so do many others in these parts.

[Elgarian]

If you can love it, then there's nothing to admit.

You love it, i.e., the experience you have with the music is good.

The end.

Didn't I once say that one day I'll buy you a pint of beer? Make it three. That's a perfect response.

This whole business reminds me of that popular parlour game, Negative Art Criticism:

How to prove art by Artist X to be poor, in three easy steps
1. State your version of the rules that define 'great art' (or, better still, imply them vaguely without defining them - which gives more room for manoeuvre).
2. Compare Artist X's art with your definition, and show it to be lacking.
3. Dismiss Artist X's art as bad.
Q.E.D.

This game of fake art criticism has masqueraded as being somehow acceptable for a long, long time. It seems really odd that no one's pulled the plug on it.

[some guy]

This game of fake art criticism has masqueraded as being somehow acceptable for a long, long time. It seems really odd that no one's pulled the plug on it.

Funny! I was just now thinking almost exactly the same thing.

I guess we'll be buying each other beers!!