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what music makes you think, "this music was made by and/or appeals most strongly to assholes"?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 22 July 2006 23:54 (twenty years ago)

Limp Bizkit was the first that came to mind.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Sunday, 23 July 2006 00:00 (twenty years ago)

http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/78/c3/347349-music-resized200.jpg

― trees (treesessplode), Sunday, 23 July 2006 00:03 (twenty years ago)

Anal Cunt

― less-than three's Christiane F. (drowned in milk), Sunday, 23 July 2006 00:13 (twenty years ago)

and Butthole Surfers

― less-than three's Christiane F. (drowned in milk), Sunday, 23 July 2006 00:13 (twenty years ago)

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/best_new_music

― Marmot 4-Tay (marmotwolof), Sunday, 23 July 2006 00:32 (twenty years ago)

The Eagles

― Ice Cream Electric (Ice Cream Electric), Sunday, 23 July 2006 00:36 (twenty years ago)

Anything by Shostakovich

― Major Alfonso (Major Alfonso), Sunday, 23 July 2006 00:38 (twenty years ago)

Girl Talk, TV on the Radio, and Herbert appeal to assholes?

― cosmo vitelli (cosmo vitelli), Sunday, 23 July 2006 00:39 (twenty years ago)

why is dave matthews band so bad and hated

― the eunuchs, Cassim and Mustafa, who guarded Abdur Ali's harem (orion), Sunday, 23 July 2006 00:50 (twenty years ago)

Bands that hipster types diss to sound superior

― Marmot 4-Tay (marmotwolof), Sunday, 23 July 2006 00:51 (twenty years ago)

Crazy Town ... never met a non-asshole who owned that one record with "Butterfly" on it.

― O'Connor (OConnorScribe), Sunday, 23 July 2006 01:18 (twenty years ago)

http://www.muhlenberg.edu/studorgs/MAC/MUSICpic/oar.jpg

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 23 July 2006 01:19 (twenty years ago)

I've never met ANYONE who owned that one record with "Butterfly" on it.

― Marmot 4-Tay (marmotwolof), Sunday, 23 July 2006 01:23 (twenty years ago)

Have we discussed John Mayer's new Trustafarian anthem?

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 23 July 2006 01:29 (twenty years ago)

Retraction

re-read original post. Shostakovich did write music for an asshole (Stalin) but: "this music was made by and/or appeals most strongly to assholes"? Won't fit.

― Major Alfonso (Major Alfonso), Sunday, 23 July 2006 01:35 (twenty years ago)

i liked that crazy town album! i even liked the album after that one!

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 23 July 2006 01:37 (twenty years ago)

and i loved butterfly!

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 23 July 2006 01:37 (twenty years ago)

and i'm kind of an asshole!

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 23 July 2006 01:38 (twenty years ago)

Hooray!

― Marmot 4-Tay (marmotwolof), Sunday, 23 July 2006 01:39 (twenty years ago)

Various Artists - Haemorrhoid Rock (2006, Warner Bros)

Playlist:

.....?

― Major Alfonso (Major Alfonso), Sunday, 23 July 2006 01:41 (twenty years ago)

WAGNER

― schanden (ritual), Sunday, 23 July 2006 01:43 (twenty years ago)

anne murray

― timmy tannin (pompous), Sunday, 23 July 2006 01:49 (twenty years ago)

ibiza house

― ferzaffe (flezaffe), Sunday, 23 July 2006 01:50 (twenty years ago)

deerhoof is kind of the shit tho

― schanden (ritual), Sunday, 23 July 2006 01:52 (twenty years ago)

judge jules

― Good Dog (Good Dog), Sunday, 23 July 2006 01:55 (twenty years ago)

The Last Post

― Major Alfonso (Major Alfonso), Sunday, 23 July 2006 01:56 (twenty years ago)

Steve Goldberg

― Steve Go1dberg (Steve Schneeberg), Sunday, 23 July 2006 01:58 (twenty years ago)

Hail to the Chief

Hail to the Thief

― Major Alfonso (Major Alfonso), Sunday, 23 July 2006 02:06 (twenty years ago)

funky house

― Jena (JenaP), Sunday, 23 July 2006 02:24 (twenty years ago)

mclusky

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Sunday, 23 July 2006 02:26 (twenty years ago)

Insane Clown Posse
Kid Rock
Toby Keith
Los Lonely Boys

― Phoenix Dancing (krushsister), Sunday, 23 July 2006 02:48 (twenty years ago)

i thought for a second that scott's honesty was refreshing and then i choked on it

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Sunday, 23 July 2006 02:59 (twenty years ago)

ska

― Tom Hatton (kl0pper), Sunday, 23 July 2006 03:23 (twenty years ago)

SOCIAL DISTORTION

― Supercalifragilisticexpiala Brosius (chaki), Sunday, 23 July 2006 03:40 (twenty years ago)

my mom got me a social distortion hoody for x-mas one time, for some reason.

― kwisatz haderach, give a dog a bone (lateblooner came rolling home) (latebloomer, Sunday, 23 July 2006 04:12 (twenty years ago)

Maroon 5

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Sunday, 23 July 2006 04:13 (twenty years ago)

The Beatles

― Steve Go1dberg (Steve Schneeberg), Sunday, 23 July 2006 04:52 (twenty years ago)

radiohead
smiths
eminem
50 cent

― nicky lo-fi (nicky lo-fi), Sunday, 23 July 2006 05:20 (twenty years ago)

the concept of this thread makes me smile

― aaron d.g. (aaron d.g.), Sunday, 23 July 2006 05:25 (twenty years ago)

Hey check it out, Eisbar made practically this same exact thread back in 2002:
Music for Assholes

― Marmot 4-Tay (marmotwolof), Sunday, 23 July 2006 05:38 (twenty years ago)

(this new one lacks capital letters, but is otherwise identical)

― Marmot 4-Tay (marmotwolof), Sunday, 23 July 2006 05:41 (twenty years ago)

Having brewed so long you'd think Tad would have come up with an answer or two!

I think this is a great question although I'm having trouble answering, myself

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 23 July 2006 12:25 (twenty years ago)

It just screams holier than thou, don't it? Ooh, intelligent dance music, as opposed to all that MORONIC HOSEBEAST MUSIC I was listening to prior! By very definition of the name it's made by assholes who think they are more clever than other people. Ergo...
(my ex boyfriend to thread now! Ooh boy, the fights, the fights, the times he pretended not to like Plaid and Aphex Twin)

-- Ally (mlescau...), November 22nd, 2002. (mlescaut)

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 23 July 2006 12:26 (twenty years ago)

The Exploited
Suede
Kaiser Chiefs

― Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Dog (Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountai), Sunday, 23 July 2006 14:19 (twenty years ago)

Guns and Roses
Forward!!!!!:**** Russia!!!????

― Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Dog (Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountai), Sunday, 23 July 2006 14:23 (twenty years ago)

Sublime!

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Sunday, 23 July 2006 16:21 (twenty years ago)

"street punk"

― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 23 July 2006 16:26 (twenty years ago)

why would someone not remember they already started a retarded thread

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 23 July 2006 16:33 (twenty years ago)

The Fratellis
Larrikin Love
Jamie T

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 23 July 2006 16:36 (twenty years ago)

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i would have thought that a lot of teenage girlz bought that crazy town album. and not a lot of doodz. but i could be wrong. and they might have been asshole teenage girlz. um, i'm not a fanatic or anything. but that album is really catchy and much more good-natured than you might expect from a bunch of mooks on crack. pretty much the only thing that ever smacked of nu-metal that i ever enjoyed. unless deftones count.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 23 July 2006 22:37 (twenty years ago)

The Kooks

― brokenfuses (brokenfuses), Monday, 24 July 2006 01:17 (twenty years ago)

jon spencer blues explosion

― timmy tannin (pompous), Monday, 24 July 2006 03:36 (twenty years ago)

http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/amg/pop_albums/6/4/8/f64018a2u80.jpg

― held tony (held tony), Monday, 24 July 2006 07:25 (twenty years ago)

http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/360/367461.jpg

― held tony (held tony), Monday, 24 July 2006 07:47 (twenty years ago)

the killers (i'm assuming by assholes you mean guys, 'cause girls just don't know any better)

― harvest (micarl), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:43 (twenty years ago)

http://us.inmagine.com/168nwm/itstock/itf139/itf139020.jpg

― give late a bloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:49 (twenty years ago)

ok the cat's outta the bag -- i did do an earlier thread on this same exact topic almost 4 years ago. since so much has changed since then and now -- and we have a lot of new folks -- i thought that it would be fun to create a brand new thread about "music for assholes." i did a new thread b/c i didn't want past results to skew present answers (trying to be pseudo-scientific here), but alas ... :-)

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 24 July 2006 22:00 (twenty years ago)

Billy Idol

― zeus (zeus), Monday, 24 July 2006 22:03 (twenty years ago)

Everything.

Most people are assholes. Most people like music. Theremore, no matter where you go, you'll probably find some asshole oozing tones. Broadcast. Avengedsevenfold. Pelt. Ricardo Villalobos. Whatever. It's all music for assholes.

― fuckfuckingfuckedfucker (fuckfuckingfuckedfucker), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 16:11 (twenty years ago)

GG Allin

― hank (hank s), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 17:04 (twenty years ago)

goa trance

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 17:04 (twenty years ago)

Death Cab For Cutie

― Marmot 4-Tay: Hold these goddamn chickens! (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 17:12 (twenty years ago)

The Beastie Boys these days.

― Eppy (Eppy), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 18:06 (twenty years ago)

"Death Cab For Cutie"

boring people aren't ALWAYS assholes. sometimes they know how to make killer mochachinos.

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 18:08 (twenty years ago)

Oh Staind, I forgot Staind.

Also: 50 Cent, Genesis, Bob Marley, Aerosmith, Bright Eyes, Pussycat Dolls, the Rolling Stones, Wolf Eyes...

― Eppy (Eppy), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 18:09 (twenty years ago)

Sonic Youth, Steve Vai, KRS-One, Master P, Tori Amos, the Heartbreakers, Ryan Adams, Justice, Chromeo...

― Eppy (Eppy), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 18:14 (twenty years ago)

10,000 Hz aka BROWN SOUND

― the doaple gonger (nickalicious), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 18:39 (twenty years ago)

I feel like there's this blurring going on between "people I think are lame" and "people who are actually mean and are dicks."

The former usage makes the question pointless, whereas the latter's totally fascinating: there are times when I think Social Distortion is pretty okay, but there's no question in my mind that it appeals to huge numbers of total assholes. Also: Pearl Jam's fanbase seems to include a lot of people who manage to simultaneously be total assholes and also earnestly lame. And there's a realm of MOR popular "hard rock" that always feels this way to me, from dudes who still like Bon Jovi to Nickelback or whatever. Too many people like both of those acts for them all to be assholes, but I'll bet a high proportion of guys who think they're really awesome are kind of assholey.

The definition of "asshole" I'm working on there is pretty male-centric, obviously.

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 18:42 (twenty years ago)

GUYS I GOT THIS ONE ITS SOCIAL D

― Supercalifragilisticexpiala Brosius (chaki), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 18:54 (twenty years ago)

Now all the rockabilly dudes in Costa Mesa will be after you.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 18:56 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00064AFK0.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― literalisp (literalisp), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 19:02 (twenty years ago)

I've been hysterically yelled at by both a Creed fan and a Puddle of Mudd fan.

― Marmot 4-Tay: Hold these goddamn chickens! (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 19:08 (twenty years ago)

creed, fer sure. but who cares about creed anymore?!?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 19:10 (twenty years ago)

Creed fan (in 2002): CREED ARE THE BIGGEST AND BEST ROCK BAND ON THE PLANET, HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY SAY THEY SUCK?

Puddle of Mudd fan (same year): YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT ("Blurry" and its music video) IS ABOUT. I LIVED IT, MAN!

― Marmot 4-Tay: Hold these goddamn chickens! (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 19:16 (twenty years ago)

It's Time To Celebrate

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 19:20 (twenty years ago)

I watched Kiss Kiss Bang Bang the other day and heard a song in the credits I thought was by Sting but it turned out to be Robert Downey Jr., singing, how 'bout that?

― the doaple gonger (nickalicious), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 19:24 (twenty years ago)

Nabisco, believe you me, I was going by the latter definition with my lists. I guess the one imprecise one was Sonic Youth--I really mean "people who like the SYR records."

― Eppy (Eppy), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 19:44 (twenty years ago)

I still think my answer of "street punk", if yr at all familiar with it, is the totes right answer.

(also big crossover there w/Social D, which is the other best one)

I guess the one imprecise one was Sonic Youth--I really mean "people who like the SYR records."

I guess I'm an asshole.

― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 19:47 (twenty years ago)

Well yeah.

― Eppy (Eppy), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 19:47 (twenty years ago)

I think Social D wins.

And please, no encouraging nabisco to define asshole, thx.

― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 19:51 (twenty years ago)

turbofolk much?

― Jena (JenaP), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 19:57 (twenty years ago)

Well yeah.

well played, we'll meet again.

― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 20:20 (twenty years ago)

Anything touched upon in any way by the conjunction of the words "electronic" and "music".

― fuckfuckingfuckedfucker (fuckfuckingfuckedfucker), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 20:21 (twenty years ago)

If you bring your electronic fooling machine I will surely be undone.

― Eppy (Eppy), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 20:23 (twenty years ago)

DMB

― kevin barking (arghargh), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 20:24 (twenty years ago)

Oh, wait. I was wrong. You have to put the word "minimal" in there, too. Otherwise it doesn't really work, and you end up sweeping up too many non-assholes.

― fuckfuckingfuckedfucker (fuckfuckingfuckedfucker), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 20:44 (twenty years ago)

johnny cash

― gear (gear), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 20:47 (twenty years ago)

most al green fans i know are neo-nazis

― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 21:06 (twenty years ago)

If you've ever gone through all the videos at youhavebadtasteinmusic.com, you'll know that the Train fans are the biggest ass holes. Whoda thunkit?

― Steve Go1dberg (Steve Schneeberg), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 23:19 (twenty years ago)

For a second there, I thought you meant Tram.

― Jena (JenaP), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 23:25 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005EBUH.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― literalisp (literalisp), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 23:27 (twenty years ago)

five years pass...

Putumayo and other shit world music labels with their shit marketing and packaging.

― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Bulgarian Tourist Chamber (Mount Cleaners), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 02:32 (fourteen years ago)

http://i47.tinypic.com/1z2zj1y.jpg

― five and a QUARTER three and a HALF (los blue jeans), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 02:44 (fourteen years ago)

all music is for assholes, people are terrible

― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 02:47 (fourteen years ago)

I'm a peaceable person - I try to avoid assholes. But I work with lots of music as part of my job, and an evil part of me likes to surf the 'net looking for something a true asshole might "enjoy". Something tells me that real assholes don't enjoy music, they use it to think they are this, that or the other.

― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Bulgarian Tourist Chamber (Mount Cleaners), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 02:54 (fourteen years ago)

http://www.zuguide.com/image/Tim-Robbins-High-Fidelity.2.jpg

― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 02:57 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SQ85HVegOE

― Chris S, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 03:04 (fourteen years ago)

anything that can be described as "minimal", "experimental", "progressive" or "noise"

― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 03:15 (fourteen years ago)

Back in the day it was hardcore for people who only listen to hardcore music. I just think you should expand your horizons.

― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Bulgarian Tourist Chamber (Mount Cleaners), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 03:26 (fourteen years ago)

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