• Pop music too loud and all sounds the same: official
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I'm glad that the "hurr durr mainstream music is so bad let me show you ~ReAl MuSicS~" comments died down after page 1.
[QUOTE=Upgrade123;36957849]I'm glad that the "hurr durr mainstream music is so bad let me show you ~ReAl MuSicS~" comments died down after page 1.[/QUOTE] To be honest, there weren't that many posts at all. Which maybe is a sign that the "hurr durr mainstream music is so bad"-thing is starting to go away.
best music [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2QM-tAYzJs[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWcpw3GAAms[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eab_eFtTKFs[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCJ7BOeCpkY[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0cpKzDoOdA&feature=related[/media]
[QUOTE=Kel|oggs;36954043]Music is music, you either like it or you dont. Dont see why all this debating is the least bit necesarry [editline]26th July 2012[/editline] I dont really care for pop music as a genre really, but there some songs i've genuinely enjoyed. And to come out and say that all music from one genre sounds the same, you are just proving that you're a retard.[/QUOTE] pop music isn't a genre, it's a myth propagated by giant media corporations
Isn't all of this subjective anyway? If you think about it it's impossible to properly criticize any art form because every single person's tastes are different. You can only really tell by each individual artwork (in this case song) whether you like it or not. This is the reason why I can listen to jazz, classical, techno, rap and metal easily because I decide whether to like a song based on its individual merits (how it sounds to me), and not its genre.
IMO, the problem with pop music is that it tends to be heavily centered on the singer and lyrics, causing the actual music part to take a backseat.
Only idiots say all modern music is bad most people don't know where to look
It's a shame whats happened to pop music. 80s pop was pretty good going by what I've listened to in Vice City, Vice City Stories and what my mum used to play through the stereo when I was young. Nowadays they don't even try and just use the same framework. [url]http://i.imgur.com/hJFeo.jpg[/url] and heres an interesting article on why music sounds the same and the loudness war. Won't use tags because it is simply too long.
All [B]bad [/B]pop music sounds the same.
[QUOTE=Genericenemy;36958262]80s pop was pretty good[/QUOTE] lost all credibility
[QUOTE=T.F.W.O.;36951826]Pop is dead[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;QuCY7ldETM8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuCY7ldETM8[/video]
why radiohead, why
over at /mu/ it seems everyone goes nuts for radiohead
itt: the music i listen to is the best!
yeah going nuts for radiohead is fine, as long as it's strictly post The Bends anything pablo honey era is as enjoyable as getting chemically burned, and i have the same facial expression listening to it
I want to say I hate radiohead but I haven't heard anything That aside from that one song that everyone something something I'm tryna get some sleeeeeeeeeeeeep King of limbs and colours are both cool album covers at least
You guys know there is a subforum for music right?
[QUOTE=WhatAmI;36958616]I want to say I hate radiohead but I haven't heard anything That aside from that one song that everyone something something I'm tryna get some sleeeeeeeeeeeeep King of limbs and colours are both cool album covers at least[/QUOTE] i'm using every single possible brain-cell but i still can't decode this
oh gosh you're so funny xD
dude i'm totally serious like what is colours what album cover is that
People can listen to what the hell they want. Do they really need to conduct researches about this? I like heavy metal, I listen to it, period.
[QUOTE=thisispain;36958723]dude i'm totally serious like what is colours what album cover is that[/QUOTE] oh, hold on fuck, it's called in rainbows [editline]27th July 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=CommanderPT;36958728] I like heavy metal, I listen to it, period.[/QUOTE] but i dont and thats why you should stop
[QUOTE=Lambeth;36958023]pop music isn't a genre, it's a myth propagated by giant media corporations[/QUOTE] Indie shouldn't have been a genre of music but it is. As is pop, which has spawned the likes of "art pop", "ambient pop", "dream pop". They're not rigid terms, more like an umbrella term to be honest. Labelling something "just pop music" isn't clever. [editline]27th July 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=CommanderPT;36958728]People can listen to what the hell they want. Do they really need to conduct researches about this? I like heavy metal, I listen to it, period.[/QUOTE] Yes. It's actually very relevent to research why people like/dislike certain things. Would it surprise you that the 2 most disliked genres of music in society is hip hop and metal?
[QUOTE=Taepodong-2;36947815]Now they have to do the same study with metal so I can back up my music being better with science.[/QUOTE] Try spreading political awareness through metal I dare you :U
[QUOTE=Chicken_Chaser;36958873]Try spreading political awareness through metal I dare you :U[/QUOTE] I'd say KMFDM but they're actually Industrial.
[QUOTE=thisispain;36950844]motown was made for exactly the same reason [editline]26th July 2012[/editline] music has a basic level of volume as in the music can't possibly be louder than say -4db. in the olden days due to the limitations of vinyl the music couldn't possibly get louder than like 10 or 5 db, but with the advent of digital music that limitation can be pushed up close to 0db which is the absolute loudest. they accomplish this by taking music and pumping it with a brickwall limiter which means that the music is louder more often. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEFyNdB13vg[/media][/QUOTE] Ah, so as in music is more compressed and sounds thicker? I don't see the problem with that, it works especially well with genres like metal
[QUOTE=RobbL;36959260]Ah, so as in music is more compressed and sounds thicker? I don't see the problem with that, it works especially well with genres like metal[/QUOTE] Metal is reknowned for a lot of things sounding the same.
and cue the counter argument that metal is diverse and has heaps of sub genres
[QUOTE=RobbL;36959260]Ah, so as in music is more compressed and sounds thicker? I don't see the problem with that, it works especially well with genres like metal[/QUOTE] You often lose dynamics and clarity because compressors destroy the transients and "attack" of many instruments (the initial phase of a note where the tone is building up). For example, this makes percussion instruments and solo vocals sound less interesting. You're basically boosting everything in the song up to the same level to make the whole louder. But I guess this isn't as much of a problem with most metal songs.
[QUOTE=Datsun;36954498]Well I guess this kind of explains why I don't listen to the radio anymore during long car trips.[/QUOTE] Back when I worked at an old job, I just tuned in to NPR. It drove my hip-hop/pop-loving co-workers crazy when I changed every truck's radio to it. :v:
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