Adele 's cheesy piano sequences...
Madonna still believing she's 25 yo.
Hanson's mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmbop


What I love and can play 100 times non-stop :
- blu-ray of Phil Collins live at Montreux 2004. Amazing show, great songs, great choir, great energy, and that amazing drums solo, at the beginning ...followed by a drum duo...perfectly in sync and tempo, no need of group quantizing.
Great artists, from sax/ clarinet, guitar solos, percussion, etc.. and let's not forget Leland sklar huuge beard :
http://www.basslabb.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_4384.jpg

If you can stand Phil a bit, this blu-ray will become one of your top3 shows.

- Queen live at wembley. Watch that on a big screen, with surround sound, and you'll feel like they are playing live in your living room.

 

Slap bass? I love slapped bass...

 

Marcus Miller is 1 who comes to mind

 

but feeding microphones, faulty lead-humms, and record company executives talking, I do consider very irritating sounds in music.

 

That one horn sound effect... Absolutely disgusting.

 

mark king of level 42 ...he could slap anddddddd sing lead

 

Sage advice ..

 

He could seriously damage his armpits jumping around like that!

 

Call me old fashioned but I just use a chain-saw.

 

Duran Duran are the KINGS of male cryin,
but then, they're not American.

 

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I agree to the Cher vocal, it was 'cool' at the end of the 90's/early 00's (another example: Dance Nation - Sunshine) but that's 15-20 years ago
and the vocal shouts like "put your hands up" etc. (indeed)
some other honorable mentions
the 'snap' (clap&snare+reverse reverb before the 2nd and 4th hit) --> introduced by Timbaland? way overdone now
pryda snare --> well, I guess each electronic dance track for the big crowd has one nowadays
vinyl stop/stutter fx in synths/vox
tonal kicks .. yeah I know it's part of the style but I prefer kicks with basslines .. even an 808/909 combined with a Moog

 

The nerve grating whiney lead sounds in Melbourne house and big room EDM Electro, that sounds like some taking a shit though a pitch shifter, like the 2 that start at 30 seconds.

 

I agree with almost everything. Slap bass is good when not overused, same for the vocal fry, if applied tastefully. Melisma is pissing me off the most.

 

death growl and pre-song shout outs for me!

 

So kool.....................

 

mine would be
1. over produced 4 on the floor kick drums
2. Nexus/Access synth sound
3 Auto Tune to the point of robot voice.
4. Singles that have the word "featuring" in them.
5, "artist"
6. The Grammy awards
7. Lars Ulrich
8."dj*s thinking they are musicians ( glorified record players)
9.Playback on stage
10. instant rock star shows like American Idol

 

Don't forget about that awful makeshift lead saxophone thing in today's pop songs. Many of them taken from Vengeance sample packs like "Pop Essentials". And then those annoying vocal chops you got here:
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/AfNi/mountain-dew-kickstart-wiggle

Then lastly, I would ban chord progressions that go like this:
C G Am F
And NOT just limited to the key of C major like that one. This applies to every key. That chord progression is so fucking cliche, it should be illegal. I propose a new law going into effect on today - June 8th 2016 - That says any "musician" who uses it from now on will be punished under capital punishment... by having their faces scraped off with a rusty pocket knife and then being locked inside a washing machine with 3 angry rabid cats, before turning the washing machine on. Leave the washing machine on for 3 hours and you got yourselves a cadaver.

 

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somehow this never bothered me when it was applied to say.. Prince.. the " " formerly known as.. or just the " "
but to Kanye Worst..? you gotta be kidding me...

 

Plus, if you remembered to sample it, a Prog Rock classic album.

 

It's on my bucket list to write and record a song that includes all 10 of the most irritating sounds ........cant decide if I should autotune my death growl though. Also may struggle a bit with the melisma when I go to a key change because I've got a limited range. Got the ukulele intro, pedal steel chorus and widdly-widdly guitar solo down pat though already. Just need someone to offer to mix and master it....free of charge of course and you can remain anonymous if desired !