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Started by MadImmortalMan, March 09, 2023, 07:04:23 PM

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HVC

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March 10, 2023, 03:41:27 PM Last Edit: March 10, 2023, 03:43:42 PM by HVC
Popular music sucks because people age out of what's popular and get cranky :D


Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Josquius

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March 10, 2023, 03:44:33 PM
Quote from: HVC on March 10, 2023, 03:41:27 PMPopular music sucks because people age out of what's popular and get cranky :D


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So when was this golden age where the charts were dominated by music I'm into (indie) ?
Even at high points like the brit pop years and the 2000s it was still pretty fringey.
I distinctly remember hating club music and preferring stuff from before I was born even at 18.
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HVC

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March 10, 2023, 03:46:44 PM
Quote from: Josquius on March 10, 2023, 03:44:33 PM
Quote from: HVC on March 10, 2023, 03:41:27 PMPopular music sucks because people age out of what's popular and get cranky :D


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So when was this golden age where the charts were dominated by music I'm into (indie) ?
Even at high points like the brit pop years and the 2000s it was still pretty fringey.
I distinctly remember hating club music and preferring stuff from before I was born even at 18.

You're just naturally cantankerous :P
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

crazy canuck

#18
March 10, 2023, 04:06:32 PM
Quote from: HVC on March 10, 2023, 03:41:27 PMPopular music sucks because people age out of what's popular and get cranky :D




So true
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The Minsky Moment

#19
March 10, 2023, 04:25:50 PM
When it comes to pop music, fads go in and out but the essentially stay the same.  Grey Fox mentioned The Wknd; his success isn't that complicated - he has some catchy tunes and a distinctive voice.  That formula always works, even if the precise instrumentation, arrangements, attire, choreography, and attitude change.

I'm not a huge fan of what today gets counted as the top of the charts; but the same held for the synth pop and hair bands of my youth. 

then again, I spend a lot of time listening to music created or recorded well before my birth, so I may not be representative of anything.
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Eddie Teach

#20
March 17, 2023, 05:23:21 AM
Quote from: HVC on March 10, 2023, 03:41:27 PMPopular music sucks because people age out of what's popular and get cranky :D




Nah, people just have bad taste. The popular music of our youth sucks too.
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