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By Derwood
Why the fuck should you care so much what other people listen to?
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My G/F & I also differ greatly in musical tastes. If anyone wants to listen to Lo-Lo thats thier business & If anyone believes that J-Diddy makes creative, thought provoking, cutting edge music then they, also are entitled to thier opinion.
But get this, I listen to that runny poo! Yes, I listen to Lo.Diddy.P.P. too! I have no choice! Its everywhere Its all around me as soon as I take off my headphones. Why should I not rant about something that effects me?
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By derwood too
But not everyone cares about music as much as you or I do. And not everyone should.
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Agreed. But in the minds of the (manipulated) consumers, This diluted caterwauling is the pinacle of modern musical talent.
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Also by Derwood
As insipid those people who "just like what's on the radio" are to me and you
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I think it goes further than "just like whats on the radio" THese people allow the radio to decide thier opinions.
Ask one of these people why, when they turn on the radio It consistently play music they personally like? Are they so In touch that thier musical tastes reflect almost exactly what the DJ chooses? Is it just coincidence??
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You guessed it, Derwood
You see it on this message board all the time. People post topics about "best love songs" or "desert island discs", and you always have those people who post a long list of songs that they know no one else has heard of. Why?
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Because someone started a thread looking for tracks similar to thier tastes. Others want to share.
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By SHinji
i like pop music.
it depends on your definition of pop music. unless you define pop music by anything that isn't blues, jazz, classical, world, or folk/tribal/whatnot, then the definition becomes very unclear. what do you consider to be pop music?
your rant is attacking the industry rather than the music itself. safe, but also very unoriginal. we know all this already. besides, it is possible for someone to be in the machine, be successful, and still create good pop music.
what do you listen to? it's very possible that your favorite artists are not completely outside of the system.
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You are of course, entitled to your opinion, as I am. That said, Did you read my thread?
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Originally posted by me, in my thread, that you read
Pop music is (deep breath), Easily accesable, simplistic, un-creative, non threatening, purile, disposable, anitcreative, mindless, manufactured, insipid, standardised, undaring, cliche-ridden, tedious shit Shit SHIT.
It is desinged to be non threatening, as to worm its way into your mind, to be the background themesong for your everyday actions.
It is pieced together to be non challenging, so you can do anything & not be distracted by it, go about your daly business & have jLo, P.Diddy, PuffLo, J.Daddy, diddyLo, LoLo, or DaddyDiddy's tune drill a fucking huge hole in your head.
With the exception of "novelty" tunes pop music has a rhyme & a hook. Instantly recognisable hooks that get people humming in thier heads before they even know theyre doing it. Speech that is understandable & singalongto-able. Dont use big words or the people wont understand.
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What does it matter what I listen to? Lets just say that its not pop & it's very possible that my favorite artists are completely outside of the system.
Kudos BTW for saying you like pop.
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By Phaenx
You make it sound like the rest of the music industry has some sort of artistic message to get across. Maybe they do, but most musicians are also complete retards, so any message they do get across is respectively, retarded. If you want something to impress you, go ask a scholar or some crap to write you a real story.
Music is for sounding good, it doesn't matter if someone else wrote the song for another to play, if you have a problem with that you might as well go rant outside your local symphony hall. Bottom line is if you get a talented musician[s] (I say musician to get your ire up, ho ho) together and give them something to do then someone will probably like it, and thus will buy it, from the businessmen who exploit it. This is how America works, capitalism is good.
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The rest of the music industry
DOES have an artistic message to get across!! WTF!
Musicians are retards? I do not have the words to express my opisition to this shallow statement.
From a pop perspective your "Bottom Line" is skewed. It goes like this:
Businessman is first, He does some market research, surveyes, brainstorming sessions, looks at the market & decides from all the info whats hot & whats not. He then auditions a few sexy young people (not necesarily musicians) that look good & are tripping over themselves to be famous. The businessman employs fashiln consultants, Image consultants, wardrobe specialists, & so on untill he has a marketable product. Publicitys next, get the sexy young thing with her new clothes, opinion, hair & makeup on the front of magazines, on tv etc etc. somewhere along the way the "musician" is brought into a studio and told what to sing. Long after shes gone to do a public appearance or practise her little dance routine the sound engineers & producers are busy transforming her four minute wailing session into a number 1 hit! & so the money rolls in as expected & everyone is happy.