Topic: Unpopular Opinions

[Jookie]

Which fast food restaurant has the best chips? 

George's chippy by Anfield. Think it was/is on Priory Road.

Amazing chips back in the day (1980's).

[SamLad]

Only if I’d ordered the fillet o’fish.

Fillet o'fish is great.

[Black Bull Nova]

George's chippy by Anfield. Think it was/is on Priory Road.

Amazing chips back in the day (1980's).

What's unpopular about that comment?


Over the last few days this thread has appeared to shift into a food thread with virtually nothing unpopular or controversial at all. Where do we go to hear grumpy people mouth off when your threads are taken over by talk of chips and chippies.

[afc tukrish]

 

[Crosby Nick]

She went easy on me there! At least it wasn’t Gareth!

[Jookie]

What's unpopular about that comment?


Over the last few days this thread has appeared to shift into a food thread with virtually nothing unpopular or controversial at all. Where do we go to hear grumpy people mouth off when your threads are taken over by talk of chips and chippies.

Apologies

Unpopular opinion: the food scene in Liverpool is absolutely dire. In my experience there's a handful of good to very good restaurants across the entire city. It's full of chains and, in general, unimaginative or just not very good independent restaurants. Selling large portions of food is not the epitome of a good restaurant and that seems to be the adage of most places.

In my experience Liverpool's culinary options are poorer then many smaller towns or rural areas that have a fraction of restaurants and footfall. It's been similar for the last 20-30 years as well.

[Ghost Town]

Is it an unpopular opinion to say that Slough is a great place to live?

Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!
It isn't fit for humans now,
There isn't grass to graze a cow...

[Ghost Town]

I've never met anyone in the States that kept chip fat in the fridge.

I got proper told off for keeping chip fat in the fridge






Mind you chip fat was the name of our cat, like

[RJH]

Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!
It isn't fit for humans now,
There isn't grass to graze a cow...

I don't think you solve town planning problems by dropping bombs all over the place.

[Ghost Town]

I don't think you solve town planning problems by dropping bombs all over the place.

How about just on the town planners?

We can leave the normal resident alone, after all:

It's not their fault they do not know
The birdsong from the radio,
It's not their fault they often go
To Maidenhead

And talk of sport and makes of cars
In various bogus-Tudor bars
And daren't look up and see the stars
But belch instead...

[Historical Fool]

What's unpopular about that comment?


Over the last few days this thread has appeared to shift into a food thread with virtually nothing unpopular or controversial at all. Where do we go to hear grumpy people mouth off when your threads are taken over by talk of chips and chippies.

Transfer thread …

[Jookie]

Transfer thread …

Food opinions in the Unpopular Opinion thread

Unpopular Opinions in the Transfer thread

Just need to add some transfer news to a food thread

[TepidT2O]

Is it an unpopular opinion to say that Slough is a great place to live?

I think “totally incorrect” is the best response

[RedSince86]

The Stone Roses.

I think their 2nd album Second Coming is better than their debut.

The debut album i only like I wanna Be adored, She bangs The Drums, Waterfall and I am The Resurrection, the rest of the songs on it i find a bit meh.

The Second Coming, Majority of the songs on it are belters it's their best album.

[Black Bull Nova]

The Stone Roses.

I think their 2nd album Second Coming is better than their debut.

The debut album i only like I wanna Be adored, She bangs The Drums, Waterfall and I am The Resurrection, the rest of the songs on it i find a bit meh.

The Second Coming, Majority of the songs on it are belters it's their best album.

I never got the Stone Roses, it felt like I'd heard their stuff before in another form but then I am an old bastard

[Black Bull Nova]

Transfer thread …

That's dead now, I assume those who inhabited that for the summer will be heading over hear soon, I have (but then I never really moaned in the transfer thread)

[rob1966]

That's dead now, I assume those who inhabited that for the summer will be heading over hear soon, I have (but then I never really moaned in the transfer thread)

Nah, they're in the player threads spouting their knowledge.......................

[Nobby Reserve]

The Stone Roses.

I think their 2nd album Second Coming is better than their debut.

The debut album i only like I wanna Be adored, She bangs The Drums, Waterfall and I am The Resurrection, the rest of the songs on it i find a bit meh.

The Second Coming, Majority of the songs on it are belters it's their best album.

I seriously loved first album when it came out, loved the Roses full stop. I was 17/18 and a total pot/trip-head.

Thought the second album was pretty wank, even though I so wanted to love it and recapture that sense of the crazy 89-91 period.

As the years have gone on, it's got clear to me that the first album was very much 'of its time', and hasn't stood up well at all. I put it on occasionally and am underwhelmed.

I'm the same with Oasis.

My probably unpopular opinion is that neither's music has stood the test of time.

[Crosby Nick]

Pretty valid Nobby. I used to listen to both a lot in my school and uni days. Haven’t really actively sought out either to listen to in a long time.

[Kenny's Jacket]

Pretty valid Nobby. I used to listen to both a lot in my school and uni days. Haven’t really actively sought out either to listen to in a long time.

I think both The Stone Roses and Definitely Maybe are great, but both had their status elevated by being in a 'movement' 

Everything Oasis or a Gallagher did post Morning Glory is pretty shit

[Crosby Nick]

I think both The Stone Roses and Definitely Maybe are great, but both had their status elevated by being in a 'movement' 

Everything Oasis or a Gallagher did post Morning Glory is pretty shit

That’s also probably fair. I think if I listened to it again in full I’d like it. I’ve definitely (maybe) had opinion shaped by mainly Noel being such a twat with his City comments in recent times.

[Kenny's Jacket]

That’s also probably fair. I think if I listened to it again in full I’d like it. I’ve definitely (maybe) had opinion shaped by mainly Noel being such a twat with his City comments in recent times.

as much as I hate city, I dont mind the Gallagher's from a footy perspective, both are respectful regarding Hillsborough and their Hero is a scouser

They were born city fans, its not their fault, the Manc twats.

[Buck Pete]

The Stone Roses.

I think their 2nd album Second Coming is better than their debut.

Debut is very, VERY good but I'm with you.  I loved the much heavier Second Coming.

From Atlanta, Georgia
to Longsight, Manchestehhhh

[bradders1011]

Tiktok should be banned.

[Party Phil]

Tiktok Social media should be banned.

[End Product]

The last of us 2 is superior to the first one.

[Sheer Magnetism]

Nah, the first Stone Roses album is pretty much wall to wall fantastic, apart from Elizabeth My Dear which makes more sense conceptually, in the same way Fitter Happier does on OK Computer.

Second Coming has a few clunkers (notably Straight to the Man and Good Times), the best songs go on for too long and some of the others start with a hook and then meander away into dull noodling. Brown's vocals are noticeably worse too. It's still a decent album with some great moments, but nowhere near their debut or the Led Zep albums Squire was trying to copy.

[Statto Red]

Nah, the first Stone Roses album is pretty much wall to wall fantastic, apart from Elizabeth My Dear which makes more sense conceptually, in the same way Fitter Happier does on OK Computer.

Second Coming has a few clunkers (notably Straight to the Man and Good Times), the best songs go on for too long and some of the others start with a hook and then meander away into dull noodling. Brown's vocals are noticeably worse too. It's still a decent album with some great moments, but nowhere near their debut or the Led Zep albums Squire was trying to copy.

Agreed, the Stone Roses first album is one of the best albums released, i can listen to the whole album without skipping a track, even the b side songs from the singles are good as well, but second coming has it's moments but nowhere near as good, it didn't help The Stone Roses split during that second album, largely due to a moron of a manager who wrecked that band through idiotic deals.

[Nobby Reserve]

Michael Jackson was the most overrated popstar in history.

He was nothing without Quincy Jones.

Everything after Bad (which was pretty average anyway) was nothing but self-indulgent shite.

His records should be boycotted by TV & radio in the same way Garry Glitter's are, because Jackson was an evil nonce.

[AndyMuller]

Fred Again is shite.

[Red Viper]

Wes Anderson films are bad

[SamLad]

Michael Jackson was the most overrated popstar in history.

He was nothing without Quincy Jones.

Everything after Bad (which was pretty average anyway) was nothing but self-indulgent shite.

His records should be boycotted by TV & radio in the same way Garry Glitter's are, because Jackson was an evil nonce.

I don't have much of an opinion about his music, but you've neatly boxed in anyone who wants to to disagree with the first 3 sentences by adding the last one.

[Sudden Death Draft Loser]

Fred Again is shite.

Agree

Dreadful "vanilla" "dance-music"

[Sheer Magnetism]

Michael Jackson was the most overrated popstar in history.

He was nothing without Quincy Jones.

Everything after Bad (which was pretty average anyway) was nothing but self-indulgent shite.

His records should be boycotted by TV & radio in the same way Garry Glitter's are, because Jackson was an evil nonce.

They won't be because even though he was almost certainly guilty, he was never found guilty so there's an element of deniability. I actually think that, much like James Brown, Elvis or Madonna, Jackson is very underrated as a musical figure because he never played an instrument. Spectacular voice (listen to his cover of Ain't No Sunshine), one of if not the greatest dancer in pop history and very underrated as both a writer and co-producer.

Most of his biggest solo hits, including Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, Beat It, Billie Jean and most of Bad were written solely by Jackson. I could go into more detail production wise, but Off the Wall is very much a Quincy Jones album, their work on Thriller is about equal and Bad is very much a Michael Jackson production. You can hear their individual styles in the stuff they did separately in that era - Jones on We Are the World or George Benson's Give me the Night and Jacko's on Diana Ross's Muscles or Rebbie Jackson's Centipede for example.

[Andy @ Allerton!]

If aliens fired London off into space never to be seen again, no one would miss it.

[SamLad]

If aliens fired London off into space never to be seen again, no one would miss it.

I feel that way about some countries. The ones run by fucking cave men.

[Nobby Reserve]

I feel that way about some countries. The ones run by fucking cave men.

Good job we ditched the albino Neanderthal

[Crosby Nick]

If aliens fired London off into space never to be seen again, no one would miss it.

Would no one miss me?

[Andy @ Allerton!]

Would no one miss me?

You would get transfamortifatrogified back to Crosby Marina with a pint

[Crosby Nick]

You would get transfamortifatrogified back to Crosby Marina with a pint

Sounds alright. Crack on!