Down goes Doc!Marky Dread wrote: ↑25 Jul 2022, 5:44pmI don't care who says what about the music "I" like. As for KISS I believe you were once fooled by them. So take a long hard look into the mirror.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 Jul 2022, 5:08pmWatch out—you're opening the door for Heston to say you love Dynasty.Marky Dread wrote: ↑25 Jul 2022, 4:57pmThat's the point. To me it's great becuase it's what I like (I don't).Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 Jul 2022, 4:15pmWhat if the stuff "you" like is, I dunno, Kajagoogoo or Dynasty? Asking for a friend.Marky Dread wrote: ↑25 Jul 2022, 3:53pmThe only music that's good is the stuff I like and the stuff you like.
We make our own choices through what we are fed. If you are happy with generic pop music then fair enough. If want music to challenge you (Swans) then fair enough.
Does Contemporary Music Suck?
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Re: Does Contemporary Music Suck?
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
Re: Does Contemporary Music Suck?
Got a Rake? Sure!
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Re: Does Contemporary Music Suck?
I agree with both of these posts.
Got a Rake? Sure!
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I missed this first time around, but that is a great quote.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
Re: Does Contemporary Music Suck?
Hello,
This touches upon current music to a limited extent:
https://www.ft.com/content/827295d2-849 ... 57621fffd8
This touches upon current music to a limited extent:
https://www.ft.com/content/827295d2-849 ... 57621fffd8
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Re: Does Contemporary Music Suck?
Does it suck? Yeah it does.
The mainstream is really bad. It can't just be me getting old, it's just objectively really shit.
There's a reasons kids are resonating with the sound track to Stranger Things so much. They're just desperate for anything that isn't mumble rap or some female 'artist' talking about how wet her pussy is (lol).
That said, genre music is still decent and always will be. It's just sort of funny when it's like a revival movement. It's an homage but will it ever be the same as when it was fresh and in its own way was pop music or challenging pop music? I dunno but probably not.
Whether it's music or movies or whatever else, we're in a derivative era where the best stuff is just a copy and paste of the best stuff from the past, including previously overlooked stuff that's for some reason fresh again.
The TV shows are close to being written by algorithms and music probably is too and it'll only get worse.
Music is best when it's participatory and that will never go away. And it's gotta be 2-way, dancing at the back of a stadium doesn't count.
The mainstream is really bad. It can't just be me getting old, it's just objectively really shit.
There's a reasons kids are resonating with the sound track to Stranger Things so much. They're just desperate for anything that isn't mumble rap or some female 'artist' talking about how wet her pussy is (lol).
That said, genre music is still decent and always will be. It's just sort of funny when it's like a revival movement. It's an homage but will it ever be the same as when it was fresh and in its own way was pop music or challenging pop music? I dunno but probably not.
Whether it's music or movies or whatever else, we're in a derivative era where the best stuff is just a copy and paste of the best stuff from the past, including previously overlooked stuff that's for some reason fresh again.
The TV shows are close to being written by algorithms and music probably is too and it'll only get worse.
Music is best when it's participatory and that will never go away. And it's gotta be 2-way, dancing at the back of a stadium doesn't count.
Re: Does Contemporary Music Suck?
You spelled "subjectively" wrong.Mark^Bastard wrote: ↑01 Aug 2022, 1:32amThe mainstream is really bad. It can't just be me getting old, it's just objectively really shit.
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Re: Does Contemporary Music Suck?
Nah I didn'tKory wrote: ↑01 Aug 2022, 4:24pmYou spelled "subjectively" wrong.Mark^Bastard wrote: ↑01 Aug 2022, 1:32amThe mainstream is really bad. It can't just be me getting old, it's just objectively really shit.
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I've been thinking about it, and contemporary music - since the creation of recorded music - has all been logically and indelibly leading to its apotheosis: third wave ska. Since the end of third wave as a charting concern, we have been straying further and further from god's light and along a path of accelerating, and I fear unstoppable, degeneration. Sad!
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
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Third wave was the one in the 90s right? If so I guess I got your back on this.Flex wrote: ↑01 Aug 2022, 9:50pmI've been thinking about it, and contemporary music - since the creation of recorded music - has all been logically and indelibly leading to its apotheosis: third wave ska. Since the end of third wave as a charting concern, we have been straying further and further from god's light and along a path of accelerating, and I fear unstoppable, degeneration. Sad!
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Correct, and
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
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Re: Does Contemporary Music Suck?
Moments like these confirm that revbob is the only person in the room whom I can trust.
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Re: Does Contemporary Music Suck?
Marky Dread wrote: ↑25 Jul 2022, 3:53pmThe only music that's good is the stuff I like and the stuff you like.
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Well that's dumb as the wearer of that shirt doesn't know who my favourite band is.Spiff wrote: ↑02 Aug 2022, 10:46ams-l1600.jpgMarky Dread wrote: ↑25 Jul 2022, 3:53pmThe only music that's good is the stuff I like and the stuff you like.
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The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
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