FuriousFox46 Posted 20 August 2013 Posted 20 August 2013 I've written a blog about the state of modern chart music and like always wondered what people thought; http://thechriswhitingshow.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/the-death-of-music-2/?share=twitter&nb=1 I also wrote about homophobia in society. It kind of focuses on the coming out of a 'singer' so I kind of fits in here as a mere after thought. Anyway, please read that too, if you have time http://thechriswhitingshow.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/thats-so-hateful/
shen Posted 20 August 2013 Posted 20 August 2013 When was chart music ever anything worth writing home about?
Rocket-Ron Posted 20 August 2013 Posted 20 August 2013 When was chart music ever anything worth writing home about? Pre 87
Guest Posted 20 August 2013 Posted 20 August 2013 Didn't you also write a blog recently on underrated 'gems' which were almost entirely pop/chart fodder? Oh and that link handily tweets your link as opposed to opening the actual blog
DennisNedry Posted 20 August 2013 Posted 20 August 2013 XFactor is the death of music. Nah, the death of music is all the fags who like acts who have been on the X Factor. I am completely disallusioned with people my age including all my friends liking dance/pop/hip hop/rap and anything other crap that appears on Radio 1. The only songs this whole year that I've actually liked are from Green Day (and I like their 90s stuff more anyway). But at least we live in an age where you can ignore the mainstream and listen to any song you want on youtube.
Samilktray Posted 21 August 2013 Posted 21 August 2013 How can anyone slag a persons music taste off, and then say they like Green Day Bar a handful of posters the music forum on here is so poor.
LestaFox92 Posted 21 August 2013 Posted 21 August 2013 I deffiently feel music as lost abit of it's soul since the early 00's and 90's but calling music dead is like saying garry glitter aint a kiddy fiddler.
hairy Posted 21 August 2013 Posted 21 August 2013 But at least we live in an age where you can ignore the mainstream and listen to any song you want on youtube. But isn't that part of the problem? With music available from so many sources on demand these days they find it difficult to put the charts together let alone pick up on any trends that might be happening. These days you can listen to anything in an instant and there is no one, main meduim for new groups and trends to develop. Before there was the radio and that was it, and I don't just mean bbc output. At the moment the charts are dominated by radio 1 songlist hits because that is the most popular medium of exposure. There are of course exceptions, one which springs to mind is gangham style after it trended on youtube before radio 1 picked it up. Unless this changes then the charts will always be the radio 1 playlist which is pushed by PR men and big labels. But that's the charts. With so much music available on the web, at an instant, I would strongly argue that music is not dead and infact the opposite applies, it has never been more alive and available for all tastes.
purpleronnie Posted 21 August 2013 Posted 21 August 2013 The last 15 years has been terrible, but that's based on the music I love, I'm sure there are millions who love current pop music. The good thing is with the internet you still can find music you love but just not in the top 40.
purpleronnie Posted 21 August 2013 Posted 21 August 2013 How can anyone slag a persons music taste off, and then say they like Green Day Bar a handful of posters the music forum on here is so poor. So true some people actually like kanye west.
DennisNedry Posted 21 August 2013 Posted 21 August 2013 How can anyone slag a persons music taste off, and then say they like Green Day Bar a handful of posters the music forum on here is so poor. From wikipedia: 'They are one of the world’s best-selling groups of all time, having sold over 75 million albums worldwide'
James. Posted 21 August 2013 Posted 21 August 2013 From wikipedia: 'They are one of the world’s best-selling groups of all time, having sold over 75 million albums worldwide' From Wikipedia: Steps sold 20 million records.
purpleronnie Posted 21 August 2013 Posted 21 August 2013 From Wikipedia: Steps sold 20 million records. Green day are almost 4 times better then. did that in me ed.
James. Posted 21 August 2013 Posted 21 August 2013 Green day are almost 4 times better then. did that in me ed. Almost 4 times better than Steps. Something to tell the grandchildren.
Guest Posted 21 August 2013 Posted 21 August 2013 The good thing is with the internet you still can find music you love but just not in the top 40. That's about the size of it. Music's not dead. In fact it's alive and well and there's much more to cater to every taste. R1 during the day would do my head in (but then it's not aimed at me) but in the evening and overnight there's some great stuff on.
The Doctor Posted 21 August 2013 Posted 21 August 2013 How can anyone slag a persons music taste off, and then say they like Green Day Bar a handful of posters the music forum on here is so poor. The latest stuff may be incredibly shit, but the early material (e.g. Dookie) was pretty good. Unfortunately they then went from being punk to just some dull gateway drug. From wikipedia: 'They are one of the world’s best-selling groups of all time, having sold over 75 million albums worldwide' Sales are no indication of quality, The Velvet Underground sold very little, and they're one of the most influential groups around.
Finnegan Posted 21 August 2013 Posted 21 August 2013 Green Day were always awful. Even the SLF covers (all of their material up to American Idiot) are shit SLF covers. You just have to accept them for what they are, happy pop music. Like Blink. Enjoy it for what it is but don't try and make out it's genius or talent.
DennisNedry Posted 21 August 2013 Posted 21 August 2013 Green Day were always awful. Even the SLF covers (all of their material up to American Idiot) are shit SLF covers. You just have to accept them for what they are, happy pop music. Like Blink. Enjoy it for what it is but don't try and make out it's genius or talent. SLF are good, so are other older bands like the Clash, the Ramones etc. Sex pistols were ok too. I wouldn't call what was on Dookie or Insomniac pop at all, although after that they have softened a lot since then. Curious as to why do you say that they are not talented, or any less so than any other band?
Finnegan Posted 22 August 2013 Posted 22 August 2013 If you're going to quibble, everyone is talented. I'm talented, you're talented. We've all got talents. Green Day write bland, middle-of-the-road, power-chord punk-pop with little imagination or creativity. They hardly inspired a new sound, they're hardly all blistering musicians or ground-breaking lyricists. I'm going to see them (albeit at a festival) tomorrow night, I don't loathe them, but like I said you need to appreciate them for what they are because trying to convince people they're some exceptional collection of savants is just daft. As for what they play, if you don't think Dookie is pop there's very little helping you. It's perhaps unfair to compare them to bands of older generations but compare Basket Case and When I Come Around to what their contemporaries were producing at the same time? Pennywise, Rancid, even Anti-Flag, Bad Religion. Or, shit, the entire Boston Hardcore scene. "Do you have the time, to listen to me whine?" Come on, it's as pop as guitar music gets. They basically paved the way for Busted and McFly, via MCR and the Rasmus.
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 22 August 2013 Posted 22 August 2013 Bar a handful of posters the music forum on here is so poor. I'm in that handful, I know it. I KNOW IT. TELL ME.
Fox92 Posted 22 August 2013 Posted 22 August 2013 I couldn't care less what people think of my music taste, I enjoy it and that's what matters. I'm not really into nowadays music apart from the odd artist (I like Arctic Monkey and Amy MacDonald), but that's about it.
Samilktray Posted 22 August 2013 Posted 22 August 2013 I'm in that handful, I know it. I KNOW IT. TELL ME. You are welcome at the table yung god, pull up a seat.
fleckneymike Posted 22 August 2013 Posted 22 August 2013 It would be a distinct advantage if you knew what you were writing about. Lazy argument with little to no research.
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