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You have to understand that I have limited skills but I am very good at make broad over generalized statementsph4ever wrote:That's a pretty broad negative statement you made about todays youth and the music they listen to.
I'll be the first to say that ALL music being released today isn't bad. I guess I'm expressing the same feelings my parents had when comparing the music they liked to the music I listened too. My mother referred to the Kinks as the Kooks. To them the Rolling Stones was something that fell down the side of a mountain or Cream was something they put in their coffee.... ScarletB wrote:First of all, at the risk of sounding like a prude, I'm really dismayed that the title of the number one song can't even be printed. It's not like I don't occasionally drop the F bomb (OK well MORE than occasionally) myself but do we really need a song with that title? Second, based on the descriptions on most of them (I've heard of FOUR of them - who the h*ll ARE these people?) I don't even WANT to hear them.
God I'm old
I've heard several people say Eminem's Recovery CD is really good. I'm really not a fan of rap, but I do like Eminem.LIPH wrote:I've heard the F You song (I have it on my iPod) and it's actually a pretty catchy tune. There's even a clean version, Forget You, that they play on the radio.
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sonofabeach wrote:I'm not so sure most of them will be bagging groceries in a few years. There are so many avenues to make $$ now. Who would have thought that Vanilla Ice would still be around all these years later?
Cee Lo Green has came a long way. He was a rapper in the 90s.
Me too...I find myself singing along to it.Dancin' Queen wrote:I know a few of the songs but...
I really like the Cee Lo song.
Beat me to it.......phjrsaunt wrote:Oh. So we're talking about music. Not my divorce that became final this year. I guess that lessens my disappointment at not being the number one single of 2010
You say that like it's a bad thing.sonofabeach wrote:Cee Lo Green has came a long way. He was a rapper in the 90s.
He enjoyed a good bit of success with Goodie Mob as well as Gnarls Barkley.How are grunge and iTunes responsible for what you see as the "wretched" music of today? Being able to buy one song at a time is no different than the days when people bought 45 rpm records. Oftentimes they were released before a complete album was even available. The Top 40 has always been a singles driven market, it's just that the method of delivery has changed.Skibo wrote:LOL I remember when my parents thought everything I liked was crap and the top 10/40 was all bad music, but yuh this music today is wretched. I blame the grunge movement of the 90's and iTunes.
Skibo wrote:Music hasn't been the same since 'artists' haven't been required to put 8-12 good songs on an album./quote]
When were they ever "required to put 8-12 good songs on an album" to start with? The most significant change in the industry that I've noticed has to do with artist development. Years ago, if a new artist didn't have a hit right out of the box, it wasn't an issue. These days, if someone doesn't have a hit right away the record labels (most of the major ones anyway) will drop them like a hot potato. In the past, the labels nurtured their artists and allowed them to grow over time. That is still true today but has sadly become the exception rather than the rule as most labels don't even have A & R departments anymore. At this time of the year myself and lots of my friends start compiling our year end Top 10 lists. I have so many favorites that it will be a real challenge to narrow it down to 10. That's an indicator to me that artists are still thinking in "album" rather than "a few hit singles with lots of filler" mode.
I know myself well enough to know that any song described by the words "electronic textures" and "almost accidental bleeps" isn't going to interest me. Yes "F-You" has a catchy tempo - I have heard it - but it seems the use of that phrase was just for shock value to make kids want to buy it. Otherwise it would have been called "Forget You" in the first place.Tiki Torches wrote:You say that like it's a bad thing.sonofabeach wrote:Cee Lo Green has came a long way. He was a rapper in the 90s.
And I have to wonder about all the criticism being leveled at Cee Lo Green in this thread, have you even heard the song? It's probably the catchiest thing to top the charts since "Hey Ya" back in 2003. Some have confessed to not even wanting to hear it. How can you pass judgement on music you haven't heard and admittedly don't even want to hear?
How are grunge and iTunes responsible for what you see as the "wretched" music of today? Being able to buy one song at a time is no different than the days when people bought 45 rpm records. Oftentimes they were released before a complete album was even available. The Top 40 has always been a singles driven market, it's just that the method of delivery has changed.Skibo wrote:LOL I remember when my parents thought everything I liked was crap and the top 10/40 was all bad music, but yuh this music today is wretched. I blame the grunge movement of the 90's and iTunes.
Skibo wrote:Music hasn't been the same since 'artists' haven't been required to put 8-12 good songs on an album./quote]
When were they ever "required to put 8-12 good songs on an album" to start with? The most significant change in the industry that I've noticed has to do with artist development. Years ago, if a new artist didn't have a hit right out of the box, it wasn't an issue. These days, if someone doesn't have a hit right away the record labels (most of the major ones anyway) will drop them like a hot potato. In the past, the labels nurtured their artists and allowed them to grow over time. That is still true today but has sadly become the exception rather than the rule as most labels don't even have A & R departments anymore. At this time of the year myself and lots of my friends start compiling our year end Top 10 lists. I have so many favorites that it will be a real challenge to narrow it down to 10. That's an indicator to me that artists are still thinking in "album" rather than "a few hit singles with lots of filler" mode.