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Do any of you guys listen to dubstep?

Apparently a good number of my gamer friends(from school) listen to dubstep, so I listened to a little bit.. I'm undecided on if I like it or not, lol.

After creating a Pandora station for it and listening for a little bit, I came to a realization... 8/10 of these songs sound pretty much the exact same to me...

Clovvach wrote:I'm a rock/pop/jazz person personally.

I'm not much of a Pop/Rap person. I enjoy a few Country songs.. and I don't really listen to Jazz.

I'd say I'm a rock/metal person

Dubstep was so good when it started out because it was just generally pretty cool. i love how it developed last year (in the UK- i don't even know about american dubstep) when it got into the charts and people came along like katy b and dj fresh and shazam!... and i love all that, i think its really great.

GreatZot wrote: I have a friend who makes music with analog synths, plugging cables and twisting knobs and creating soundscapes that are sometimes pleasant, sometimes chaotic. I asked his opinion of dubstep, and his words were,"...Devoid of all talent and emotion."

i would agree mostly, but it sort of depends what you're judging it on though. Talent is pretty relative- i mean there would be no doubt that people like Nero have less talent than say, Beethoven. But then Nero have talent for electronic music- and electronic music is an art and is hard to get right; i still can't get the hang of it. you have to have a knack for it to get a good tune.

As for emotion, well i wouldn't say that emotion necessarily leads to good music. Take a song like Come Together by The Beatles. That's a brilliant song but er, there's not actually much emotion in it. Actually, a load of completely weird songs are brilliant because they're trying to do something awesome and new rather than be emotional. Then you get all these fekking ballads which are dead emotional but also make you want to smash your radio in.

Shay wrote:But my main issue with dubstep is the loud screechiness.

Wrong kind of dubstep!! i dunno if you like the blackout, but this dubstep remix beats the original rock version a million times youtube.com/watch?v=pt46r2FRekE

Also, i doubt Katy B is big in the US, but she was pretty big here last year http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6tHw4yIDok&ob=av2n


On another note, i'm only really into the mainstream dubstep though, so i reckon a true fan would probably tell me i'm listening to it all wrong

@sizz

Skrillex?
Skrillex is one that's popular among my circle of friends.

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I integrated Dubstep into my Pandora playlist, and although my usual music taste is in rock, the occasional dubstep song is an acceptable addition.

So a couple months ago I was introduced to plug.dj which is basically an online social site where you can make playlists, chat, and share music via youtube videos and soundcloud files. In the process, I have come across a few...very few...songs containing dubstep that I actually enjoy. My overall opinion of dubstep is still the same, but there are always exceptions for everything. So I've decided to post them here from time to time. :3

Blackmill - Spirit Of Life Senses Of Nature 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETrHN05694I

Yuna - Lullabies (Adventure Club Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsGiBwK4Ycc

Ambassadors - Unconsolable (Kashuks Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljw28OA_-64

I like that last one. For some strange, unknown reason I really like dubstep. Albeit that, as with everything, there are good and bad songs around.

Ko Ko - Float (Sound Remedy Remix) [Dubstep]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJkyFOHDnwU

Dubstep is really stupid. But not as stupid as death metal where all they do is yell in a microphone.

Just thought I would share this. It's an original made by one of my really close friends (an ex actually lol). I actually really like it even though it's heavier than what I typically listen to.

NaughtyBits - Up Against
https://soundcloud.com/naughtybits/naug ... up-against