Jazz music. You either like it, or you can't stand it. One of the main reasons in my opinion is the skill of a saxophone player.
I like jazz music where the saxophonist plays little high notes, or plays the high notes smoothly without any growls, or audible reed vibration.
But sometimes, sax players like to blow out my eardrums with loud, screechy high notes and I noticeably cringe and tense up.
Here's a list of songs that I hate:
Staff Roll: from Mario Kart 7
I am a big fan of Mario, but I don't like this track. It starts with a non-threatening drum fill, but after that, the sax player opens with...
*BWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER BWA BWAAAA*
and ends with a "BWAaAAaAaAAaAaaAAA Bada bada bada" before the outro. The high note in that one is lower, but the reed audibly vibrates, amplifying the ear-destruction factor.
Sticking with Mario Kart, we have,
"Mute City" (from Mario Kart 8)
Mute City is known for being a hard-rocking track in the F-Zero series, but the sax player thought, "Hey, watch me ruin the song!", and opened it with:
*BWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER BAAAA DA!!*
So whenever I'm playing on Mute City, I pop open the F-Zero X rendition of the theme, arranged by Taro Bando, which is my favorite one. I also like the version from Smash 4, which was arranged by Kenji Ito.
I also do the same for Big Blue as well.
And now the most controversial music I hate is the music from to Saturday Night Live. Yup, you read that right. I hate SNL's music. The fact that the sax player needs to blow the audience's eardrums out with all sorts of high notes, INCLUDING ONES I DIDN'T KNOW WERE EVEN POSSIBLE TO HIT ON AN ALTO SAX, really bothers me. He's just flexing his skill way too hard, and as such, makes it unbearable to my ears. NBC, you better control your sax player, because with all the high notes he plays, he might explode, and the pitches will jam your transmitters! Just saying.
With ear-grating music like THAT, I find it hard to believe the show has been on for 50 years! At least tone down the high notes!
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