Unpopular Opinions Thread

[Steamboat1874 4032]

3 hours ago, Tom said:

 

I don't disagree with any of that.  When I say the earliest albums didn't age as well I'm talking specifically about the production.  Nothing wrong with the songs themselves or Twist and Shout, I like them all, but some of the recordings or the mixing or whatever you call it sounds dated to my ears.  I still enjoy the songs, but they sound "old" whereas the later albums almost feel like they could have been recorded much more recently then the 1960s.

Their early albums were recorded on a two track recorder which means they were basically live.

Twist and Shout was recorded in one take at the end of a long recording session in which John could barely even speak. Turns out to be one of the greatest rock and roll vocal recordings inhistory.

[Nolacycling 893]

When DJ Mike died, daughter <pic called to tell me. I told her I didn't even know you liked Beastie Boys. "Dad, You used to make us listen to them going to soccer practice". I beamed. 

Edited April 18, 2022 by Nolacycling

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

1 hour ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Led Zeppelin says hello

The Kinks say wazzup

[nnm 36108]

2 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

It’s great if you love the Stones but they didn’t introduce the blues to rock music anymore than Rush introduced syncopation (an opinion my brother seems to hold).

I thought Billy Ocean introduced syncopation. 

 

[General Specific 3234]

Babymetal says hi (and Hookem in their vid). Thanks for the rabbit hole this morning!

[General Specific 3234]

dp

[closetohumping 17405]

Friends was  funny

[ztejas 43266]

On 4/18/2022 at 9:02 AM, burntorangebongos said:

Yes, those albums were great. But I'll have to commend Ztejas for recognizing that Who album with its innovative use of synthesizers and great sound. It propelled hard rock forward and is a definite landmark album. Saying it is better than anything the Stones put out is arguable at best.

This is unpopular opinions. I'm not trying to be super objective or academic. If anything I'm trying to ruffle feathers. I like The Who better than the Stones or Beatles. Sue me. 

[burntorangebongos 10681]

"Saying it is better than ANYTHING the Stones put out".... was my attempt to be argumentative and have an unpopular opinion. haha

Someone upthread posted my true opinion that some of the Stones later albums were bad and NEXT kicks their ass.

 

[Not that Bob 734]

I like olive loaf.

[General Specific 3234]

I like olive loaf.

Never heard of them. Are they a cover band for Meatloaf?

[nnm 36108]

2 hours ago, General Specific said:

Never heard of them. Are they a cover band for Meatloaf?

He ded 

[High Plains Drifter 10981]

9 hours ago, Not that Bob said:

I like olive loaf.

 

This is an unpopular opinion?

 

[Not that Bob 734]

19 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

This is an unpopular opinion?

 

I thought there was universal surl hatred of it, but doing a little historical searching, I see that it was only a couple of people on the unpopular food opinions thread, and that was from a couple of years ago. You know how time compresses when you're old...I thought it was a couple of months ago. 

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

On 4/23/2022 at 2:32 PM, Not that Bob said:

I like olive loaf.

I hate olives and thus, the loaf isn't for me but I respect your opinion.

[Nolacycling 893]

Olives suck.

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

1 hour ago, Nolacycling said:

Olives suck.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Unpopular because of modern times/women’s lib/etc:

My wig should ALWAYS appreciate when I slap the ever living hell outta of her ass. It’s a compliment. Learn to accept it.

[WhatTheBuck 28716]

21 hours ago, Nolacycling said:

Olives suck.

Maybe you need to try better olives. I didn’t like olives for a long time but that was because I was only familiar with pimento-stuffed green olives from a jar and sliced black olives from a can. I got over my hangup by sampling an olive from the olive bar whenever I went to the grocery. Blue cheese-stuffed olives are great. I know an Italian market that used to carry habanero-stuffed olives that were awesome but I haven’t seen those in awhile. They went great with a Bloody Mary. I’m not a big martini drinker but if I have one, I’m not garnishing it with an onion. That requires an olive or two.

How do you feel about olive oil? That’s a staple I could barely live without.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Unpopular because of modern times/women’s lib/etc:

My wig should ALWAYS appreciate when I slap the ever living hell outta of her ass. It’s a compliment. Learn to accept it.

Wig=wife. Off to the trivial annoying things thread, thanks apple autocorrect.

[Nolacycling 893]

Csb/ I'm in Greece and offered a black olive w/salt by shopkeep. Had the taste in my mouth all day.

They pollute pizza. Olive oil is wonderful just like salsa, marina but don't want a raw tomato.

 

[DigglerontheHoof 21069]

10 minutes ago, Nolacycling said:

Csb/ I'm in Greece and offered a black olive w/salt by shopkeep. Had the taste in my mouth all day.

They pollute pizza. Olive oil is wonderful just like salsa, marina but don't want a raw tomato.

 

Solid humblebrag but I have no idea what the last sentence is trying to convey. 

[Nolacycling 893]

I guess that in their raw form, I  don't like some things. But derivative products can be great.

Feel same way about alcohol. Have to cover the taste w/mixers.

[General Specific 3234]

I guess that in their raw form, I  don't like some things. But derivative products can be great.
Feel same way about alcohol. Have to cover the taste w/mixers.

Strike two!

Olives are awesome, peppered, stuffed with jalapeños, or garlic, or pimento, or onion, on and on and on….yum! Team Bubba Gump on olives.

If you have to use mixers with alcohol, you probably are not drinking top shelf! Pro tip, pay extra for the good stuff, and drink less with the generally increased proof of the top shelf. Less calories that way too.

Or you might be a woman!/s

[Nolacycling 893]

Right, because in your world women don't like the taste of alcohol. Maybe we should ask the female mafia here on Surley. 

Csb/ in-law gives tours of Scottish distilleries. Very interesting and could taste the regional flavorings. Ocean, Forests...  Last scotch I drank.

Edited April 26, 2022 by Nolacycling

[WhatTheBuck 28716]

1 hour ago, Nolacycling said:

Csb/ I'm in Greece and offered a black olive w/salt by shopkeep. Had the taste in my mouth all day.

They pollute pizza. Olive oil is wonderful just like salsa, marina but don't want a raw tomato.

I don’t like raw tomatoes. I wish I did. Life would be easier if I did. That’s my hangup and it’s my problem. I think that’s a weakness on my part but I don’t think I can ever get over it. I’ve fought back against my distaste for olives and learned that some olives are really good. I’ve fought back against my distaste for tomatoes and can cook with them and enjoy them in many dishes, sometimes even exceeding the amount of tomatoes and their juices than the recipe calls for. I’ve never had a problem with tomato sauces as long as they were cooked and seasoned enough to mask their raw tomato flavor. I don’t think I can ever get over my revulsion over the taste of raw tomatoes.

I’ve considered starting a thread on the Food & Travel board about food hangups and how to get over them but never bothered. But I have made some progress in getting over my olive hangup and I’m more tomato-friendly now than I used to be. I’m jealous of Anthony Bourdain because he could eat anything. I wish I could do that. I was practically scolded once by a waitress at a Japanese restaurant when I didn’t eat the head of my jumbo prawn...eyes, antennae, and all. I can suck the head of a crawfish but eating eyeballs is a bridge too far. Again, that’s on me. I know that. I can’t help it. I figure the best I can do is make little incremental steps wherever I can and hope to make some improvement. But I honestly don’t know if it’s possible to ever make myself like raw tomatoes, let alone eyeballs. 

['stache 21777]

Sliced tomato with flaky salt and fresh ground pepper is terrific. Put them in the oven for a little bit and they are good too. Put a little mozzarella, maybe a thin slice of prosciutto before the oven, just fantastic. I'm glad I don't have your tastebuds otherwise I'd miss out on this deliciousness.

[Paco 1932]

Sliced tomato with flaky salt and fresh ground pepper is terrific. Put them in the oven for a little bit and they are good too. Put a little mozzarella, maybe a thin slice of prosciutto before the oven, just fantastic. I'm glad I don't have your tastebuds otherwise I'd miss out on this deliciousness.

Put 'em in a salad, put 'em in a stew, make your very own tomato soup.
You can eat 'em with eggs, you can eat 'em with gravy
You can eat 'em with beans, pinto or navy.
Put em on the side, put 'em in the middle, put a homegrown tomato on a hotcake griddle

[WhatTheBuck 28716]

6 hours ago, &#x27;stache said:

Sliced tomato with flaky salt and fresh ground pepper is terrific. Put them in the oven for a little bit and they are good too. Put a little mozzarella, maybe a thin slice of prosciutto before the oven, just fantastic. I'm glad I don't have your tastebuds otherwise I'd miss out on this deliciousness.

When I was young I could eat raw, sliced tomatoes with salt and pepper. (Jarred olives too.) I’m not exactly sure when things changed. I used to also like tomato soup. My best guess is that there was this one evening when my single mom left me and my older brother and sister to look after ourselves for some reason. We were eating Campbell’s tomato soup and I decided to get some food coloring (my mom was an excellent baker and had food coloring for the frosting she used on cakes) and add it to my soup. That entertained my siblings, they added a little to their own soup, and I, being the youngest and eager for the validation, kept adding more to my soup until it was a cold, bluish-grey disaster. I got some laughs which made me feel good but I never could finish that bowl of soup.

I don’t know if that was a hard threshold or anything. I think I was already more enthusiastic about tending the strawberries and the corn in the garden than the tomatoes at that point. And I think it had been a long time since I’d eaten raw slices of tomato with salt and pepper by then. But somehow that tomato soup incident seemed to be a marker of some sort.

Ive tried. I just can’t do it. I don’t know why. 

[Sam Lin 3541]

12 hours ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

Solid humblebrag but I have no idea what the last sentence is trying to convey. 

I think it's a humblebrag about him being in a marina.

[nnm 36108]

7 hours ago, Paco said:

Put 'em in a salad, put 'em in a stew, make your very own tomato soup.
You can eat 'em with eggs, you can eat 'em with gravy
You can eat 'em with beans, pinto or navy.
Put em on the side, put 'em in the middle, put a homegrown tomato on a hotcake griddle

Only two things that money can’t buy

And that’s true love

and homegrown tomatoes. 

 

[closetohumping 17405]

Taylor Dayne would've been bigger than Madonna if she had the right support system.

[smuggs 9342]

34 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Taylor Dayne would've been bigger than Madonna if she had the right support system.

Madonna either co-wrote or wrote 95% of her own stuff. She was also an accomplished dancer before her music career got rolling. Taylor Dayne had a string of hits off a single album, none of which were written or produced by her. She also danced about as well as Elaine Benes.

 

Edited April 27, 2022 by smuggs

[Prepuce of Doom 20988]

1 hour ago, smuggs said:

Madonna either co-wrote or wrote 95% of her own stuff. She was also an accomplished dancer before her music career got rolling. Taylor Dayne had a string of hits off a single album, none of which were written or produced by her. She also danced about as well as Elaine Benes.

 

Madonna also desperately sought Susan, and Taylor Dayne didn't do shit to help look. 

[closetohumping 17405]

7 hours ago, smuggs said:

Madonna either co-wrote or wrote 95% of her own stuff. She was also an accomplished dancer before her music career got rolling. Taylor Dayne had a string of hits off a single album, none of which were written or produced by her. She also danced about as well as Elaine Benes.

 

Taylor looks like she doin some Tae Bo

Edited April 27, 2022 by closetohumping

[WhatTheBuck 28716]

On 4/26/2022 at 11:08 PM, nnm said:

Only two things that money can’t buy

And that’s true love

and homegrown tomatoes. 

 

Tomatoes, potatoes...

 

[52-80 19097]

On 4/26/2022 at 9:32 PM, Paco said:

Put 'em in a salad, put 'em in a stew, make your very own tomato soup.
You can eat 'em with eggs, you can eat 'em with gravy
You can eat 'em with beans, pinto or navy.
Put em on the side, put 'em in the middle, put a homegrown tomato on a hotcake griddle

you sound like Samwise Gamgee

Edited April 28, 2022 by 52-80

[closetohumping 17405]

On 4/27/2022 at 7:17 AM, smuggs said:

Madonna either co-wrote or wrote 95% of her own stuff. She was also an accomplished dancer before her music career got rolling. Taylor Dayne had a string of hits off a single album, none of which were written or produced by her. She also danced about as well as Elaine Benes.

 

I'm gonna take the L here.  Strike 1.

 

How about Howard Jones is far more talented than Huey Lewis, he just didn't sleep his way to the top?

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

1 hour ago, closetohumping said:

How about Howard Jones is far more talented than Huey Lewis, he just didn't sleep his way to the top?

Things will only get better, Howard.

[Dbeasy 14970]

Burn It to the Ground by Nickelback is a good song. 

[Guest]

On 4/28/2022 at 9:42 AM, closetohumping said:

I'm gonna take the L here.  Strike 1.

 

How about Howard Jones is far more talented than Huey Lewis, he just didn't sleep his way to the top?

No one is to blame, really...

[Bender Bending Rodriguez 1669]

I would love to sleep my way to the top. That sounds awesome. 

[Prepuce of Doom 20988]

A cold Burger King bacon double cheeseburger is a perfect breakfast along with a black coffee. 

I would eat this daily if I could. 

Edited May 8, 2022 by Prepuce of Doom

[Underdog 28457]

 

[CoTex 1160]

Cholula brings nothing to the table and is only marginally better than any random run of the mill Louisiana hot sauce.

[Al_4_ISU 12409]

Cholula brings nothing to the table and is only marginally better than any random run of the mill Louisiana hot sauce.

This is how you do this thread.

[CoTex 1160]

14 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

This is how you do this thread.

Your post takes up space yet fails to deliver. The Cholula of posts.

[Al_4_ISU 12409]

Your post takes up space yet fails to deliver. The Cholula of posts.

If you think my post sucks, you should try it with eggs.

[ztejas 43266]

Cholula is a better stand by than Tobasco. But the flavored tobascos aren't bad. I've definitely moved on from Cholula in terms of what I keep at home but if I'm eating out it's still acceptable and I still prefer it 10/10 over that disgusting Tobasco crap. 

Luzianna is better than both. As are a lot of other sauces. 

 

[Brisketexan 104637]

Fuckers who don’t know the difference between Louisiana style hot sauces (Crystal is my choice) and Mexican style hot sauces (Valentina or Tapatio) piss me off.