Music

Mamaleek: I typically listen to whole albums, but the latest favorite track is probably ‘Vileness Slim’. Least favorite is ‘Nothing But Loss’, the opening track from ‘Via Dolorosa’, which is brilliant for two minutes and then drags on and on. (Although there are also a handful of tracks to which I don't listen at all, because the whole EP is mid.)

Caveat: I have no idea what the lyrics are in these songs.

Ooh, good question!

Favourite band: The Prodigy

Favourite song: Out of Space

Least favourite: Spitfire

I love their first three albums in their entirety, but then Spitfire came out and to me it felt low-effort and low energy ...

Then they took a break, and came back with the album Invaders Must Die and it felt right again.

After Keith's death, however, their music has regressed. Which is understandable, and a pity :-(

Currently:

Jason Mraz, "I Won't Give Up".

Don't really know of my least fav song.

I looove Death Grips. Turned off most favourite, love how explosive it is. Little Richard least favourite because it's kind of boring and sounds weird in a bad way.

This is too difficult so I'll just pick one of my favorite bands for which I have a well formed opinion, Opeth.

Favorite song... I say this with a ton of hesitation but probably The Moor. I'll spare you the 1.5 min faded in intro and start you off where things get going. It, like most Opeth songs, are about the length of a children's cartoon episode.

The moor, Serenity Painted Death, Bleak, The Drapery Falls, Blackwater Park, Deliverance, Master's Apprentices, and a less heavy but a top tier classic, A Fair Judgemen... or To Bid You Farewell. It is so hard to pick a favorite. Their best songs run a deep playlist.

Least Favorite song: The Grand Conjuration

Why: this song represents the band fighting like hell for that 'fuck you' money. It was an appeal to RoadRunner Records. It was overproduced garbage and it was exactly what RoadRunner Records wanted. I firmly believe Mikael wanted at least the chorus of that song to be what ultimately became the ending to track "Porcelain Heart," on the subsequent record. Very rhythmically and melodically similar underlying chord movement (one chord is a half step higher, it is otherwise identical), but a way more sophisticated idea overall.

I think Akerfeldt knew he wanted to shift the band to less metal and more 70s prog. I think he knew the only path would be betraying his fans. I think he knew the only way that wouldnt end the band outright is if he could get that fuck you money first.

I respect Akerfeldt for doing what he wanted rather than what his fans wanted. I understand getting there required a degree of selling out. But grand conjuration will persist as an actual deal with the devil he made to get what he wanted. That song represents more artistic sacrifice to me than anything else they put out.

At the end of the day, Opeth never sacrificed who their fans wanted them to be while performing live, and that matters more than any new material they put out then, now, or in the future.

Opeth is fucking awesome.

Fun Opeth Fact: original band member Peter Lindgren left the band after over a decade due to burnout in 2007. He is now the CEO of fucking Candy Crush. He is the backup vocals and guitars on every song mentioned in this post with the exception of Porcelain Heart.

Favourite song would be Bringing it down v2 - STARSET

My least favourite song of theirs is probably SOMETHING WICKED not because it's bad. It's just not memorable

Car Seat Headrest

Favorite song: Bodys or Beach Life-In-Death. both original versions over the remake. Too close for me to pick a favorite.

Least favorite: Man a lot of his early stuff was rough. Albums 1-4 were literally made over summer break when he was like 15. Of their modem stuff? Probably Hollywood. I don’t hate it, I actually still like it a good bit. But very different from their normal thing.

My favorite band changes quite often, but a Japanese hard rock band has my number 1 right now.

BAND-MAID

Favorite song: Blooming

Least favorite song: Anemone

My favourite artist is probably Nine Inch Nails.

Favourite song: La Mer (off The Fragile) Least favourite: Running (off Hesitation Marks)

Second favourite: Radiohead Favourite: Present Tense Least favourite: Morning Mister Magpie

That one is actually easy, it's either Cheval or Blastbeat Falafel and the least favorite is the one with actual words, although it's still a banger and I love Corpsegrinder.

prefab sprout fav: god this is impossible, but i think ill go with "bonny"

least fav: probably "streets of laredo"