Poll: Dubstep: The next big thing in mainstream or another come and go fad?

[JUMBO PALACE]

noone wants to listen to it in their car

I have to disagree with the "noone". I know a couple people, myself included

My fault, I meant it to be with family or like your parents in your car. I love dub in the car too ;P

Ahh I see. That makes complete sense.

I'm getting my head unit put in soon. I can't wait to blast me some dubstep.

 

[Wolfram23]

I prefer Deadmau5.
-snip-
You should listen to these songs in their entirety before judging them.

I never heard that Moar Ghosts N Stuff mix! Very cool! I did hear an Obama speech edit tho which was quite uplifting. I've been listening to Deadmau5 in my car recently, I've really enjoyed:

 

[Noogai]

I prefer Deadmau5.

You should listen to these songs in their entirety before judging them.

From 4:00 on...yeah
OT: I like basically any music, so I like dubstep as well, however I don't think it would gain much popularity because, while I think it's awesome, other people probably won't; it's too odd.

 

[Dr. Pepper Unlimited]

I've heard of dupstep, but I've never really known what it sounded like until this thread. It sounds awful (in my opinion). I wouldn't really care if it became "the next big thing" because I don't follow music fads, but if it does, that means I'm going to have to hear it being blasted out of cars because most of it just screams "Play me on an aftermarket car stereo with too much base". I can hear all the rattling trunks now... 0_o

 

[Suicideking]

For the most part, all the examples posted my reaction was "What the hell is this $%!t?". The Deadmau5 stuff is at least tolerable to me. But considering I am mostly listening to Old School R&B these days I don't think I am the intended audience for this kind of music. Thank you to the Original Poster for bringing this type of music to my attention. I am finally glad to be getting older and losing touch with the modern music scene.

The Isley Brothers - Footsteps in the Dark

 

[Spade Lead]

Where's the "What is Dubstep" option? I do not know what this "Dubstep" is.

Me either. I do actually have interest in finding out what it is, so I refuse to vote, who cares, but I would like to know what it is...

 

[k-ossuburb]

Yeah, it'll be a hit, I can see the trend there, Emo was able to take over from Goth, New Metal has pushed its way past Metal (not saying they're the same thing, just go with me on this). But here's the thing; just because something is simply more popular doesn't mean it's better.

I've heard way more poetically structured lyrics in Goth music, a hell of a lot more technical skill in Metal than either New Metal or Emo. The Dubstep movement will be popular, insomuch as a subculture can be, but compared to its predecessor (D&B) it doesn't come close, most of the stuff I've heard just doesn't have the same technical skill and structural power than the old-school stuff like "Black Tarantula", "Helicopter" and "Twist 'Em Out".

I'm not so much of a curmudgeon that I cannot stand music evolving and splitting into subgroups, many decent genres have been made by pushing the boundaries and exploring the limits, but don't mistake it for quality as a whole, I'm sure there'll be good songs in there somewhere but, from what I've heard from this recent resurgence it still has a hell of a long way to go before it has fully matured into a genre in its own right.

But, then again, it's not like my two cents are worth anything anyway. If you enjoy it then good for you, doesn't say anything about you and I won't have a go at you about it as everyone has their own tastes and I respect that. I'm just giving my reasons for not appreciating it as much as people say I should and I'm getting really tired of having it recommended to me.

I just had to get it off my chest.

/pointless rant

 

[Zaverexus]

Finally finding out what this is, no, I don't think it could become radio popular. But I put down "Who cares?" because I don't"
I've only ever heard this in a couple parkour videos, and it's fine for slow-mow/reverse/twisting moments but aside from weird Special FX I can't imagine listening to it

 

[gl1koz3]

As long as the music still sounds good, I don't really care.

 

[DustyDrB]

I listened to that new James Blake (I think that's his name) album. I can see the appeal, and I wouldn't complain if I were forced to listen to it. But I would never seek that kind of music out. I've listened to other artists as well, I just heard his album hyped up a good bit so gave it a listen to see what the fuss was about. Much of it reminds me of a more sparse-sounding LcD Soundsystem. And the beats don't "hit" quite as hard as something like this...

So, my opinion (a reiteration): I see the appeal, but it isn't for me.

 

[ToMuchAtOnce]

I don't mind some of the dubstep, (see below), but I really don't think it break into the mainstream. Has too much of a niche appeal to be played on the radio, despite the legions of UK teenagers who seem to love the stuff.


But I prefer Electronic such as this:

 

[black_omega2]

While I like dubstep, I doubt the masses have the attention span to listen to it for very long, as it's very samey after awhile. Best guess is that they'll overplay it to death and get quickly bored.

 

[aenimau5]

I think it wont be as big as it is in a year or two but it'll still be there, personally i think most of them sound the same (Skream seriously i can't tell half his stuff apart) some of the newer stuff is good though

Skip to 1:13
skip to round 0:30

 

[Red Right Hand]

It's a shame that good dubstep like Burial will never become well-known because people always associate dubstep with the shitty "wom wom wom wom" style of it.


Also, it's hilarious how so many metalheads on here complain about people not liking metal because they listen to one shit example and then class all of it as the same. Theeeennnn, we have those very people who complained about it doing exactly the same thing with dubstep and electronica in general. Hypocrits.

 

[Jazoni89]

It's a shame that good dubstep like Burial will never become well-known because people always associate dubstep with the shitty "wom wom wom wom" style of it.


Also, it's hilarious how so many metalheads on here complain about people not liking metal because they listen to one shit example and then class all of it as the same. Theeeennnn, we have those very people who complained about it doing exactly the same thing with dubstep and electronica in general. Hypocrits.

That is possibly the most Intelligent comment I've ever seen on this forum.

A Internet high five my good sir.

You cannot judge a genre by simply listening to just one song, you need to at least listen to a dozen before you dismiss it altogether. Over wise you are either very ignorant, or you are a stuck up elitist idiot, or a combination of both.

 

[DarkShadow144]

who calls that crap music? Its like every time I turn around some new shitty music is out and for some reason people love it. What ever happened to music from Metallica and other actually GOOD artists?Red Right Hand

Edit: ok that one that Red Right Hand put up is pretty good. I would rather have that around then some of the other examples shown

 

[DarkShadow144]

From the examples that others have shown, I hope that this doesn't catch on.