"Real" Music?
Um, quite random here guys. Skip if want, not sure what was going hough brain but possibly worth a giggle. Oh, and if you find a point to this, tell me, because I lost it somewhere along the way.
MSN just grvely insulted me. I clicked on the most annoying songs of 2008, thinking, "Aha, let's giggle at the silly pop songs with "rapping" in the background, this'll be fun." Nuh-uh. The article went on to criticise bands likeScouting for Girls, calling them "flat pack indy". Now, James Bond wasn't the best song ever, and they do all sound the same, but you just take the one that you most like, and ignore the rest. So maybe they are toned down for today's listeners, they do not even approach the depths of 'Umberella-ella-ella-ay".
While we're at it, what makes indy so great anyway? Yes, it's "different". Sometimes. But that doesn't stop bands that have "sold out" making songs that are jolly good fun, even if they do have the wanky instramental (seriously, every song has an instramental version of the chorus or the chorus itself repeated five times to pad the song out to almost but not quite four minutes). Thing is, nowadays you have to listen to obscure bands who actually make almost the same stuff as everyone else but "different", so maybe with more shouting, longer hair, or wackier lyrics. Or the best indicator of originality, irony. Ironic death pop is okay for a few songs, but after that te counter-cynicism sets in and you just feel the urge to listen to Avril Lavigne's happy stuff. I'm not sying it's all bad, just that the filtration process hasn't happened yet. And you can't dance to it.
There's a lot to be said for listing to old bands. Not because "that was before manufacturing and the establishment, man", but because the filtration process has already happened. The truly awful stuff has been forgotten and you can skip the really repetitive tracks.
God, this went off in a weird direction. What I'm trying to say is, forget "proper" music, anything you can belt out at the top of your voice while headbanging and air guitaring. Bonus if the lyrics are patently silly. And yeah, I will still complain that a lot of music is the same. It all follows formulas and has the wanky instramental. I will start yawning when a song approaches the three-minute mark, my attention span just isn't what it used to be. And I will continue to listen to the friendlier bands, because it's better than Rhianna bleating at me.
Oh, and if you want good music, Sandi Thom. Average song length just over three minutes, and at least two different tunes. Oh, and Brad Paisley, he's quite funny sometimes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df53LWQuezQ&feature=channel_page
MSN just grvely insulted me. I clicked on the most annoying songs of 2008, thinking, "Aha, let's giggle at the silly pop songs with "rapping" in the background, this'll be fun." Nuh-uh. The article went on to criticise bands likeScouting for Girls, calling them "flat pack indy". Now, James Bond wasn't the best song ever, and they do all sound the same, but you just take the one that you most like, and ignore the rest. So maybe they are toned down for today's listeners, they do not even approach the depths of 'Umberella-ella-ella-ay".
While we're at it, what makes indy so great anyway? Yes, it's "different". Sometimes. But that doesn't stop bands that have "sold out" making songs that are jolly good fun, even if they do have the wanky instramental (seriously, every song has an instramental version of the chorus or the chorus itself repeated five times to pad the song out to almost but not quite four minutes). Thing is, nowadays you have to listen to obscure bands who actually make almost the same stuff as everyone else but "different", so maybe with more shouting, longer hair, or wackier lyrics. Or the best indicator of originality, irony. Ironic death pop is okay for a few songs, but after that te counter-cynicism sets in and you just feel the urge to listen to Avril Lavigne's happy stuff. I'm not sying it's all bad, just that the filtration process hasn't happened yet. And you can't dance to it.
There's a lot to be said for listing to old bands. Not because "that was before manufacturing and the establishment, man", but because the filtration process has already happened. The truly awful stuff has been forgotten and you can skip the really repetitive tracks.
God, this went off in a weird direction. What I'm trying to say is, forget "proper" music, anything you can belt out at the top of your voice while headbanging and air guitaring. Bonus if the lyrics are patently silly. And yeah, I will still complain that a lot of music is the same. It all follows formulas and has the wanky instramental. I will start yawning when a song approaches the three-minute mark, my attention span just isn't what it used to be. And I will continue to listen to the friendlier bands, because it's better than Rhianna bleating at me.
Oh, and if you want good music, Sandi Thom. Average song length just over three minutes, and at least two different tunes. Oh, and Brad Paisley, he's quite funny sometimes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df53LWQuezQ&feature=channel_page