The Official Music Thread

[Lily x]

I'm not a big fan of pop.
I'm going to get Blunderbus ASAP!

 

[Quickie-la]

Yeah, that post's pretty old.


But since the subject of autotune was brought back up by it, I might as well state my opinion on it:

The problem with autotune is that it allows musicians to trick others into thinking they can sing well, or allows them to make utterly lazy music without even trying to get on pitch.
When the use of autotune is for artistic effect, though, that's another thing: since the autotune makes the voice sound robotic and cold, using autotune on a song that's about that sort of thing (i.e. Radiohead's "Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box") is appropriate and compliments the music.

It goes the other way around too: using the cold and synthetic autotune on a song that's supposed to be emotional and sad (i.e. Bon Iver's "Beth/Rest") can make it all the more heartrending, if it's done right. The fact that autotune makes the voice so emotionless works well in contrast to everything else about the song being so bleak. It sounds like the song is trying to be soulful but is being corrupted into (at the risk of sounding like a hipster douche) a sterile, mass-produced, radio-friendly unit shifter*- which makes it more soulful and sad than it would have been otherwise. It sounds like someone resisting "the system" and failing.

Boards of Canada do something sort of like that, but it doesn't involve autotune (except once, I think, on "1969," but I can't really tell), so I'm not going to get into it right now.

I don't know if the above paragraphs are comprehensible to anyone but me, but I'll take the chance.

So, Jamie and Damon have fallen out... Gorillaz might split/end. Plus Blur might to as the members other than Damon are not full time musicians, ALL OF MY FAVORITE BANDS WILL BE OVER!
My reaction

It's just a hiatus, though I must say I'm not really interested in Damon Albarn's non-Gorillaz projects (with the exception, of course, of Blur, but I don't think Blur have put out a really great album in a while).


*Not to be confused with the awesome Nirvana song of the same name.

I agree with this exact post. I think we're on the same page.

Also EDIT:
The 26th of this month was my birthday, and I received two tickets to see Beck at the Santa Barbara Bowl. I'm extremely stoked.

 

[Scarecrow von Steuben]

But now I listen to Pop like, Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and the like.

I really don't want to be a dick here, but this is the music thread, so I guess I'll express my opinion on those three.. musicians? I guess?

I really, really don't like Katy Perry and I'm not even sure Britney Spears is technically human anymore. I'd say that Lady Gaga is worth listening to, but she's very hit-and-miss. A lot of the tracks on Born This Way are quite good (though, unfortunately, the crappy title track and "Judas" are all anyone really knows from it).

There's lots of great pop music out there, but I don't think you're going to find it coming from Katy "I Wrote A Song Called 'Ur So Gay' And I'm Not Even Remotely Ashamed Of Myself" Perry. Don't you sometimes want songs that you really care about or that will genuinely move you?

That said: you are under no obligation to listen to me at all. Music quality is subjective.

I received two tickets to see Beck at the Santa Barbara Bowl. I'm extremely stoked.

fucking hell i envy you

 

[Verbal Rhythm]

Don't you sometimes want songs that you really care about or that will genuinely move you?

Those are always the best songs.
http://bit.ly/KjeikL

 

[Lily x]

But now I listen to Pop like, Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and the like.

I really don't want to be a dick here, but this is the music thread, so I guess I'll express my opinion on those three.. musicians? I guess?

I really, really don't like Katy Perry and I'm not even sure Britney Spears is technically human anymore. I'd say that Lady Gaga is worth listening to, but she's very hit-and-miss. A lot of the tracks on Born This Way are quite good (though, unfortunately, the crappy title track and "Judas" are all anyone really knows from it).

There's lots of great pop music out there, but I don't think you're going to find it coming from Katy "I Wrote A Song Called 'Ur So Gay' And I'm Not Even Remotely Ashamed Of Myself" Perry.

That said: you are under no obligation to listen to me at all.

I agree with Scarecrow, I'm just a creepy 14 year old girl who has an abnormal taste in music, I'm fucking proud of it too.

 

[Soundless Voice]

But now I listen to Pop like, Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and the like.

I really don't want to be a *bleep* here, but this is the music thread, so I guess I'll express my opinion on those three.. musicians? I guess?

I really, really don't like Katy Perry and I'm not even sure Britney Spears is technically human anymore. I'd say that Lady Gaga is worth listening to, but she's very hit-and-miss. A lot of the tracks on Born This Way are quite good (though, unfortunately, the crappy title track and "Judas" are all anyone really knows from it).

There's lots of great pop music out there, but I don't think you're going to find it coming from Katy "I Wrote A Song Called 'Ur So Gay' And I'm Not Even Remotely Ashamed Of Myself" Perry. Don't you sometimes want songs that you really care about or that will genuinely move you?

That said: you are under no obligation to listen to me at all. Music quality is subjective.

I received two tickets to see Beck at the Santa Barbara Bowl. I'm extremely stoked.

<br *bleep*ing hell i envy you[/i]

I'm not a fan of Katy Perry anymore, but, I'm kinda a geek, so I listen to NSMBWii video game music. Mainly the battle and World 8 music. And yes, I admit, I'm a geek. You can critcic the music, but please don't call me a geek or a nerd.

 

[Scarecrow von Steuben]

...?

what?

You just called yourself a geek twice and then said not to call you a geek.




and you can like whatever music you want to like, i was just expressing my views on the musicians you mentioned

 

[Lily x]

What's wrong with listening to VG music? I have the Zelda album and sometimes listen to VG music.

 

[Soundless Voice]

...?

what?

You just called yourself a geek twice and then said not to call you a geek.




and you can like whatever music you want to like, i was just expressing my views on the musicians you mentioned

It's cuz I know I'm a geek, and didn't mean to mention it twice, and I don't like hearing it from someone else. And, it's fine.