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PrintableSoulAlive said: No,your country can have her!
 Take her away,please!No way. We have enough shit here. | |
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paisleypark4 said: Graycap23 said: I absolutely love music in it's many forms but as I look over the past few years, music is becoming less and less important 2 me. The artist 2day have very little talent and the production is even worse. My one saving grace is that I can make my own music. I spend more time listening 2 my own work than the stuff that is available 2 purchase.
It's really a very sad situation. ur getting ...old  nahhhhh.....my kid is about to turn 17 and there are days when she'll even say that music sucks. | |
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sosgemini said: PFunkjazz said: Yeah today's mainstream really sucks, but if you look into other "rootsier genres" you'll find music as vibrant as what you yourself could create.
your arse is lazy if you can't find it. Lol....I can find it but why does it have 2 be a treasure hunt? That is tiresome as well. | |
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Moonbeam said: I turned off my radio about 13 years ago and haven't missed it one bit. Thank God for the Internet- I've discovered a great deal of music that I adore that would never be played on the radio. In my top 15 albums of 2007, I think a grand total of maybe 2 singles cracked the top 40 anywhere in the world.
Good music (at least to me) will continue to fight the good fight and sneak through the ether and find its audience.  I stopped listening 2 the radio in 1982. | |
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jn2 said: Graycap23 said: I absolutely love music in it's many forms but as I look over the past few years, music is becoming less and less important 2 me. The artist 2day have very little talent and the production is even worse. My one saving grace is that I can make my own music. I spend more time listening 2 my own work than the stuff that is available 2 purchase.
It's really a very sad situation. haven't you tried Classical/ non Pop ("World"..) Music? There are so many beautiful things outside the Pop radio format.. I've tried it ALL. That's why I'm in a funk. | |
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Graycap23 said: jn2 said: haven't you tried Classical/ non Pop ("World"..) Music? There are so many beautiful things outside the Pop radio format.. I've tried it ALL. That's why I'm in a funk. Y'know Gray...I just read your sig for the first time
Music must not be the obsession for you that it is for me. | |
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Slave2daGroove said: Graycap23 said: I've tried it ALL. That's why I'm in a funk. Y'know Gray...I just read your sig for the first time
Music must not be the obsession for you that it is for me. lol.....these days, I wish it wasn't.  | |
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Rhondab said: paisleypark4 said: ur getting ...old nahhhhh.....my kid is about to turn 17 and there are days when she'll even say that music sucks. That's cuz her mama raiser her right.  | |
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ElCapitan said: Getting old sucks don't it?
There's alot of great music out there if you're willing to find it. You can knock mainstream music all day and you'd be right. But trust me, there was no shortage of crap back in the day. It's tempting to get good ol' days syndrome and just write off everything current as weak sauce. But that's when you know your really old, when your just too damn lazy to find the good stuff. My mother and her generation didn't have to climb the highest mountain or swim the deepest sea to find good music in the 1980s when she was my age. When she went clubbing back in the 1980s, the clubs were playing the same mainstream R&B that was on the radio. You could say that she was an exception but that is not true because everyone in the clubs was her age and there were a string of clubs so apparently, lots of people in their late 30s/early 40s were into the mainstream R&B back then. If you go into an R&B club these days with people that age, you are either going to hear oldies, blues, or something slow and current like maybe Robin Thicke but not fast enough to dance to. Older generations didn't have to search for music they like, so why should we? As for being lazy, I have looked for good music and, if it's out there, it's well hidden and doesn't want to be found. If your idea of something new and good is slow, well, that's not my idea of good music. I grew up on music that was at a tempo that you could shake ass to and I'm not about to go backwards into time and start liking all slow music. Now, that would be a sign of getting old. I'm far from being ready for the "sitting in a rocking chair and listen to the purty slow music" days. Too bad the younger generation isn't. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: Rhondab said: nahhhhh.....my kid is about to turn 17 and there are days when she'll even say that music sucks. That's cuz her mama raiser her right. she does like her share of sucky music BUT she can go from listening to chris brown to the dream girls soundtrack or some new edition without a skipping a beat. | |
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Buck up, Gray! Stop being a wuss! Man up and make ya own damn good music, dawg! I don't listen to radio anymore as well but I sho' damn know where to find good music! Fuck the masses! Do "you", ya heard!?  nWo: bboy87 - Timmy84 - LittleBlueCorvette - MuthaFunka - phunkdaddy - Christopher
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vainandy said: My mother and her generation didn't have to climb the highest mountain or swim the deepest sea to find good music in the 1980s when she was my age. When she went clubbing back in the 1980s, the clubs were playing the same mainstream R&B that was on the radio. You could say that she was an exception but that is not true because everyone in the clubs was her age and there were a string of clubs so apparently, lots of people in their late 30s/early 40s were into the mainstream R&B back then. If you go into an R&B club these days with people that age, you are either going to hear oldies, blues, or something slow and current like maybe Robin Thicke but not fast enough to dance to. Older generations didn't have to search for music they like, so why should we? As for being lazy, I have looked for good music and, if it's out there, it's well hidden and doesn't want to be found. If your idea of something new and good is slow, well, that's not my idea of good music. I grew up on music that was at a tempo that you could shake ass to and I'm not about to go backwards into time and start liking all slow music. Now, that would be a sign of getting old. I'm far from being ready for the "sitting in a rocking chair and listen to the purty slow music" days. Too bad the younger generation isn't. I read where you stated you have gotten into some rock. Have you checked out betty davis. Believe me it is not slow shit either. If you haven't check out her debut self titled album. Larry Graham, Greg Errico of sly & the fam as well as the pointer sisters and sylvester contribute to the project. This sister definitely rocks out on this. The cd has excellent liner notes too. This cd f###king rocks dude. [Edited 12/19/07 10:27am] Don't laugh at my funk
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phunkdaddy said: vainandy said: My mother and her generation didn't have to climb the highest mountain or swim the deepest sea to find good music in the 1980s when she was my age. When she went clubbing back in the 1980s, the clubs were playing the same mainstream R&B that was on the radio. You could say that she was an exception but that is not true because everyone in the clubs was her age and there were a string of clubs so apparently, lots of people in their late 30s/early 40s were into the mainstream R&B back then. If you go into an R&B club these days with people that age, you are either going to hear oldies, blues, or something slow and current like maybe Robin Thicke but not fast enough to dance to. Older generations didn't have to search for music they like, so why should we? As for being lazy, I have looked for good music and, if it's out there, it's well hidden and doesn't want to be found. If your idea of something new and good is slow, well, that's not my idea of good music. I grew up on music that was at a tempo that you could shake ass to and I'm not about to go backwards into time and start liking all slow music. Now, that would be a sign of getting old. I'm far from being ready for the "sitting in a rocking chair and listen to the purty slow music" days. Too bad the younger generation isn't. I read where you stated you have gotten into some rock. Have you checked out betty davis. Believe me it is not slow shit either. If you haven't check out her debut self titled album. Larry Graham, Greg Errico of sly & the fam as well as the pointer sisters and sylvester contribute to the project. This sister definitely rocks out on this. The cd has excellent liner notes too. This cd f###king rocks dude. [Edited 12/19/07 10:27am] I have looked at every record store in my area for Betty Davis with no luck. Even when I saw the post, here on the org, that one of her albums was being released on CD, not one damn record store in my area carried it. Not even ONE! However, I betcha if I was looking for some shit hop, I would trip all over a big ass display of it in the front door.
I'm about ready to order some Betty Davis off the internet but I only order things as a last resort. It really pisses me off to have to order it though because if my mother had not given me her computer, I would be one of those people who aren't fortunate enough to afford one. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: My mother and her generation didn't have to climb the highest mountain or swim the deepest sea to find good music in the 1980s when she was my age. When she went clubbing back in the 1980s, the clubs were playing the same mainstream R&B that was on the radio. You could say that she was an exception but that is not true because everyone in the clubs was her age and there were a string of clubs so apparently, lots of people in their late 30s/early 40s were into the mainstream R&B back then. If you go into an R&B club these days with people that age, you are either going to hear oldies, blues, or something slow and current like maybe Robin Thicke but not fast enough to dance to. Older generations didn't have to search for music they like, so why should we? As for being lazy, I have looked for good music and, if it's out there, it's well hidden and doesn't want to be found. If your idea of something new and good is slow, well, that's not my idea of good music. I grew up on music that was at a tempo that you could shake ass to and I'm not about to go backwards into time and start liking all slow music. Now, that would be a sign of getting old. I'm far from being ready for the "sitting in a rocking chair and listen to the purty slow music" days. Too bad the younger generation isn't. Exactly, as i stated before the labels,radio,video was your filter and it made sure it threw everything out there and some of it stuck and some of it didnt but it was right there for you to choose, with the attitude of "you have to search for it" Prince wouldnt even exist nor would 99% of the artists we all talk about here from Madonna to Janet etc..artists used to do their stuff and boom it was there, nowadays there is nothing that does that, the internet? i hear that as a replacement, but is it really, nope the iternet may be alot of things but a replacement it isnt. And its got nothing to do with age because if it did, when i was a teen i would have been listening to "teens" was i? no the artists that were out and they were older, 20's and up most 30's and 40's. But as this generation came in, someone put out an idea that making music, or at least the music that would be promoted or played or seen video wise, would only be by young artists, and thats how it has been, and the scary thing is that on the whole almost everyone making the best music in all genres is well past that "teen" age of music. The playing field should be equal again and you would see how quick sales of music would return. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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Graycap23 said: sosgemini said:
your arse is lazy if you can't find it. Lol....I can find it but why does it have 2 be a treasure hunt? That is tiresome as well. "Why ask 'Why?'"; "Just do it." test | |
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vainandy said: I have looked at every record store in my area for Betty Davis with no luck. Even when I saw the post, here on the org, that one of her albums was being released on CD, not one damn record store in my area carried it. Not even ONE! However, I betcha if I was looking for some shit hop, I would trip all over a big ass display of it in the front door.
I'm about ready to order some Betty Davis off the internet but I only order things as a last resort. It really pisses me off to have to order it though because if my mother had not given me her computer, I would be one of those people who aren't fortunate enough to afford one. That shit is criminal...where do you live so I never go there? I'm in Detroit and found it consistently, went to Chicago and the same thing... | |
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lastdecember said: I understand what you are saying and over the last 2 years especially i have felt the same way, but its been a natural progression it seems. I have wondered what caused it, i thought at first it was the fact that i wasnt involved in the music aspect of industry and relations anymore since 2006, but it wasnt, since even though i was surrounded by it 24/7 then i was mainly going through the motions because it was my job at the time, but years before i actually took in interest in helping promote artists and such, but i stopped really caring for the most part because it seemed that the "labels" really stopped caring so why should i.
But on the personal level i think what has caused this for people and myself included is the marriage of all forms of media with artists. Back when i grew up my love of music came from my older brother having everything from Queen records to Stevie Wonder records and countless others, that was my source, then when i started to be able to buy my own stuff, my source was a little bit of radio which played everyone, to mtv or Friday night videos which played everyone, they were your filter for music, they kind of threw it all at you and some stuck and some didnt but it all was there pretty much for you to choose. Now with radio trimmed down to a playlist of 10 tracks and mtv trimmed down to playing about 2 hours of videos a day, its become like another JOB to find music, which is not how its supposed to be, sorry but labels,radio etc are supposed to be the ones to get it all to us, that is their JOB. So in recent years though i have found new artists here and there, i thank god that the older continue to work and record or i would be staring at the walls at times or walking around listening to nothing but people on their cell phones and hearing their annoying ringtones. I recently scanned a Billboard 200 albums list and back 15-20 years ago i would have owned that artist or that song or album about 50% of the time, now its about 10-15% if that much, and looking at that 10-15% its mainly older artists that have just done new records. So the excuse i often hear is that your close minded to anything new, well thats a crock of shit quite honestly mainly because i have always looked for something new, had i been close minded in years past, i wouldnt have found Norah Jones or Rashaan Patterson or Van Hunt or David Gray or Ryan Adams or Alison Krauss or Girls Aloud or Katharine Mcphee and countless others, and the thing with almost all of these artists i found out about them on my own, or believe it or not the label pushed towards me or in Norah's case was just someone i knew from clubs in NYC. So i think labels and media really dont want you to LOVE music anymore they are not looking to build a music lover, they just want the immediate sale, and believe it or not it HAS NOT always been that way. [Edited 12/18/07 9:59am] ur post is right on point and i appreciate it. thank u man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81 | |
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2freaky4church1 said: Rolling Stone has an article where they say the problem today is that most albums are too loud, that there are no subtleties as was seen with analogue recording. Everything in the mix is turned up to keep the interest of the young listener, but the loudness ends up boring listeners, where they cannot stand repeated listens.
what bores me as a listener of today's music is not the mixing, it's the content and how everything sounds the same. there r no bass lines just drum beats and a keyboard mortif that a 5th grader can come up with. no one looks distinguish enough 2 seperate them as well. how stupid songs like umbrella becomes hits astonishes me.  when the articles in rolling stone tell of the tale of how cd sales r down and the excutivies they interview try 2 blame it on digital sales, i always laugh cause that's not the problem at all. it's the artist they sign and the lack of a & r departments grooming artists. where r the bass lines in r & b music anymore? where r the drummers getting a groove in the pocket? where r the bridges that take the song in2 another atmosphere then drops u back 2 where u began? chord structers? none of that is prevelant in todays music unless u go in2 rock categories.
as long as music programs in schools and music shops disappear, there won't b any music that will b new and changing the focus of nations. man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81 | |
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phunkdaddy said: Graycap23 said: I absolutely love music in it's many forms but as I look over the past few years, music is becoming less and less important 2 me. The artist 2day have very little talent and the production is even worse. My one saving grace is that I can make my own music. I spend more time listening 2 my own work than the stuff that is available 2 purchase.
It's really a very sad situation. I can relate. Help is on the way in early 2008. I just got an email a few days ago from a music fansite. Mint Condition has just completed there new album titled E-Life and will be released early 2008. I basically listen to a lot of stuff from the past. I just bought marvin gaye's hear my dear and enjoy it thoroughly. Mint Condition is probably in about a 35 percent cluster of artists post 1990 that is worth listening to. thanks 4 the heads up man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81 | |
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vainandy said: My mother and her generation didn't have to climb the highest mountain or swim the deepest sea to find good music in the 1980s when she was my age. When she went clubbing back in the 1980s, the clubs were playing the same mainstream R&B that was on the radio. You could say that she was an exception but that is not true because everyone in the clubs was her age and there were a string of clubs so apparently, lots of people in their late 30s/early 40s were into the mainstream R&B back then. If you go into an R&B club these days with people that age, you are either going to hear oldies, blues, or something slow and current like maybe Robin Thicke but not fast enough to dance to. Older generations didn't have to search for music they like, so why should we? As for being lazy, I have looked for good music and, if it's out there, it's well hidden and doesn't want to be found. If your idea of something new and good is slow, well, that's not my idea of good music. I grew up on music that was at a tempo that you could shake ass to and I'm not about to go backwards into time and start liking all slow music. Now, that would be a sign of getting old. I'm far from being ready for the "sitting in a rocking chair and listen to the purty slow music" days. Too bad the younger generation isn't. Oddly enough, vainandy, I was thinking about you when I wrote that
First off, it's an amazing time to be a music fan in that you can find so much to listen to without too much effort. I can get online and find all kinds of music that I would never have had a chance to in prior eras. My mom, who can hold seeing Jimi live in concert over my head, also had the distinct impression that music in the 80's was just horrible. It all was starting to sound the same, the musicianship was shameful, songwriting was a joke, etc... Of course my grandmother thought my mom's tastes was crap...(although she did see Prince in concert with me) So yeah, maybe this time around music really has gone to the pits. Maybe our crap to gold ratio was alot better back in the day. Maybe not.. "What kind of fuck ending is that?" | |
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Graycap23 said: I absolutely love music in it's many forms but as I look over the past few years, music is becoming less and less important 2 me. The artist 2day have very little talent and the production is even worse. My one saving grace is that I can make my own music. I spend more time listening 2 my own work than the stuff that is available 2 purchase.
It's really a very sad situation. Well what'cha waiting for bro??? Lemme hear some Graycap joints why don'cha! 
I feel ya, I can't remember the last time I listened to music on the radio because it's been years. I don't want garbage shoved down my throat. I don't believe younger people understand what we mean though...they just think we're old and cantankerous, LOL! The thing is, every radio station and dj used to have a distinct personality and so did the artists they played. Remember when every artist had their own sound and you knew who it was from the first three notes??? Remember when every cut on an album was slammin'? Or when we had so many funky mofos throwin' down that EVERYBODY had to bring their A-game??? Now it's all about getting paid from the label execs to the djs to the artists themselves. Mind you, ain't nothing wrong with getting paid but we had more people creating music whether they got rich or not primarily because they loved music and strived to create a unique sound. It still happens today but unfortunately those types of musicians are not promoted in the corporate owned media and record companies are investing next to nothing in artist development. Anybody who's not a hit out of the box is S.O.L. This is the age of formulaic music, pre programmed playlists and instant gratification. Whenever a particular formula works, everybody rushes to duplicate it and you get clones of whatever is selling at the moment. You get photogenic females who can barely carry a tune without studio gimmickry, the hot producer of the moment and rappers who can barely stay out of drama long enough to tour their latest cd. My personal pet peeve is the sampling. You have no idea how much it pisses me off when I hear one of these new jacks using classic masterpieces to spew their lame drivel over.  Not to mention the fact the most of the youngsters think it's some cool new beat the producer came up with! The bottom line is without electronic support the vast majority of the current crop of recording artists would be lost. I'd love to sit 'em down with nothing but a piano or guitar and their natural voice and see what they come up with,...
And don't even get me started with the videos. If I'm not looking at somebody's ass or bling flashing, I'm watching some guy fling his hair while trying to convince me he can really play his guitar. It's the same repetitive look and sounds over and over and over and over... And Vainandy is correct, would it kill these people to go up tempo once in awhile? Finally, what's up with everybody featuring three of four other artists on their cd? It's like nobody has enough talent anymore to produce a collection of their own songs without help from a bunch of other people. Whew, RANT OVER! Having said all of that, they're out there Gray, looks like it's up to us to find and support the few that we can find. People like Mint Condition, Martin Luther, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and MeShell for example, now more than ever need to know that we won't give up on 'em. What would make me happy is if all real music fans would support a full out war on the corporate music industry including radio stations as well as BET, MTV and VH1 because nothing will change until a huge backlash hits these clueless b@*&%s in the pocket. Luckily, I like all different kinds of music from classical and old skool rock to reggae and Native American chants although my favorite genre will always be da "FUNK". Hopefully that'll keep my love of music alive and well for a very long time. Now how's about hookin' a sista up wit some of yo music??? Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
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 Man I get tired of these "whiny-ass, crying myself to sleep cause music sucks" threads but I can't help but read them If you will, so will I | |
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Graycap23 said: I absolutely love music in it's many forms but as I look over the past few years, music is becoming less and less important 2 me. The artist 2day have very little talent and the production is even worse. My one saving grace is that I can make my own music. I spend more time listening 2 my own work than the stuff that is available 2 purchase.
It's really a very sad situation. For me, it's less about new or current artists not being up to snuff, because I've gotten into more and more older artists, as time has gone on. But I'm just finding that there are other things to take up my leisure time, when back in the day, it was all music all the time. Plus, I've been sorting out a lot of priorities in life, and I'm realizing that I often use music (and other leisure activities) to fill a void in my life, or as an opportunity or project to avoid asking the hard questions in life. So, I'm still lisetning to a lot of music. But I'm switching it up a lot more than I used to, and I'm not using it as a crutch to get me through the day. I'm letting life do that, for the first time in a long time. Probably not exactly what this thread was about, but whatever "Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you." - Kahlil Gibran | |
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ElCapitan said:
My mom, who can hold seeing Jimi live in concert over my head, also had the distinct impression that music in the 80's was just horrible. My mother loved a lot of music from the 1980s. She didn't consider it as good as The Supremes, Elvis, Fats Domino, or any of the artists she grew up listening to but she still loved a lot of 1980s music and it was certainly the soundtrack to a lot of her "nights out". She liked some of Kool and the Gang, two or three songs from Prince, one or two songs from Rick James, a few songs from The Gap Band, she like "Let It Whip" from The Dazz Band, lots of Smokey Robinson and Diana Ross, The Four Tops "When She Was My Girl". She didn't get heavy into the deep funk but there was still a lot of stuff she loved from the 1980s. However, when the 1990s came around and shit hop took over, she switched completely over to blues which is what a lot of older people in my area did. Most of the blues artists live right here in Jackson so it's more of a local thing. When my nephews would come over and play their BET videos, she would scream to the top of her lungs....."Damn, I losing my damn mind. That is THE worst shit I've ever heard in my life! It sounds like a damn dog fight! I don't even hear any music, just some damn talking! And I used to think that Andy's bumpitty bump shit got on my nerves sometimes but this shit y'all are listening to is worse than ANYTHING I've ever heard in my life. I feel like I'm in hell!" Andy is a four letter word. | |
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babynoz said:
And Vainandy is correct, would it kill these people to go up tempo once in awhile? Damn right. I've heard faster shit in a nursing home. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: babynoz said:
And Vainandy is correct, would it kill these people to go up tempo once in awhile? Damn right. I've heard faster shit in a nursing home. EXACTLY!! Those of us who grew up in the 70s and 80s remember a time when songs actually had fast,relentless grooves! Just listen to an R&B/funk jam from the 70s or early 80s ("Im Freaky" by Obryan...."You're The One For Me" by D-Train..."Hot Number" by Foxy) and compare to the boring,midtempo shit-hop garbage today Is it asking too much for these people to simply up the tempo a little? Damn! | |
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Read one of the first posts mentioning Roli Kiley; now there is a group going though changes. Lovely to keep track of. Also check their lead singer's Jenny Lewis solo (well) album with the Watson Twins; Rabbit Coat Fur. BLew me away in int's simplicity.
Then, same as with Moonbeam, there is a difference between popular music and good music. There was a time that good music was popular, but these days the rift is somewhat bigger. I do not know what kind of music you prefer, my taste is rather ecclectic, but my new loves in music (The Knife, Handsomne Furs, most stuff of the Kitsuné label) I discovered through fans I met on music board. Then sometimes it is as easy as clicking on the friend profiles of your fave artist on MySpace and find out what makes them tick. Also, www.myspace.com is a kewl site I found through the Renner's; it is a site that has a lot of discographies, biographies and such. Best feature is their listings; each artist is compared by listeners to other artists. It also lists whom they were influenced by, who were influenced by them, etc. Their musical styles pages are GREAT. Search for funk or whatever style you like and see the toplist of most appreciated artists, albums and singles in that style and take that as a lead to hunt old stuff. Reaaly good. Try www.cokemachineglow.com They have a nice collection of reviews on indie music, written smartly, but also with humour. Through that site I found Arcade Fire and the likes. And even though some of those bands did not live up to expectation, I would never do without Arcade's debut album, or Franz Ferdinand's first album. www.last.fm A site that makes you download a lil program that keeps track of the songs you play on your computer, then publishes it on your page on their site. After 200 or so listens, the site calculates what you like and if you are compatible, musically, to other people. See what they play, listen to sound clips, make friends. Discover new music, send tips to your freinds. Horribly addicting. And as much a cruising place as Org, so go mingle. Go check it out! |
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Also, growing older makes sure more and more music sounds insincere. Your tastes are more defined, so what you dislike is also more obvious.
If you have been Prince fan for a long time, you notice that his present day music is somewhat stale and less adventurous, or wrought over adventurous. It makes you play his older stuff more. To me, checking out threads here on Org are also a good way of being hipped by something I missed. [Edited 12/20/07 2:33am] |
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SoulAlive said: vainandy said: Damn right. I've heard faster shit in a nursing home. EXACTLY!! Those of us who grew up in the 70s and 80s remember a time when songs actually had fast,relentless grooves! Just listen to an R&B/funk jam from the 70s or early 80s ("Im Freaky" by Obryan...."You're The One For Me" by D-Train..."Hot Number" by Foxy) and compare to the boring,midtempo shit-hop garbage today Is it asking too much for these people to simply up the tempo a little? Damn!Damn right. Speed the tempo up and get rid of those damn weak shit hop sounding drum machines that just barely tap. If they insist on using drum machines, at least use some that thump harder and sound more realistic. Hell, Prince used drum machines and they didn't sound weak like these today. And put some damn bass on the songs. Anything remotely related to rhythm, they have taken out of the songs. I give them credit for one thing though, they have absolutely shattered the old stereotype that all black folks have rhythm. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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thekidsgirl said: Man I get tired of these "whiny-ass, crying myself to sleep cause music sucks" threads but I can't help but read them Lol.....me 2, but it's COME 2 this. | |
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