Members felix Posted February 22, 2006 Members Share Posted February 22, 2006 You knew this thread was inevitable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted February 22, 2006 Members Share Posted February 22, 2006 anything by Brittany Spears? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted February 23, 2006 Members Share Posted February 23, 2006 I can separate a good song and good playing from bad production; I have a much harder time separating the other way. But it's safe to say that I'm contantly surrounded by exqsuistiely produced (and performed) music that, imho, sucks. Not even "sucks," because theat implies that it engages me enough to make me hate it. Something worse than sucks. I have a particular peeve (and I feel I'm virtually alone in this) for boutique roots music, like some of Cheryl Crow's stuff, where you can just hear the big ticket "authentic vintage" vibe pouring out the speakers, courtesy of a well-financed fetishistic fervor for the "authentic." "Authentic" as a style. Yuck. It comes from the same place as pre-ripped jeans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Joe Cole Posted February 23, 2006 Members Share Posted February 23, 2006 Originally posted by Magpel "Authentic" as a style. Yuck. It comes from the same place as pre-ripped jeans. freaking great one liner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted February 23, 2006 Moderators Share Posted February 23, 2006 I thought the couple of hits by that band Vertical Horizon had that great production / weak song thing going on. I remember hearing their first hit a couple of years ago in the car and getting very excited. Tempo gated rhythm guitars simulating a tremolo vibe, but with huge drums and high quality acoustic stumming. I liked it. Then I started hearing it a lot and the weakness of the song itself became clear. All style... no substance. All chocolate sauce and no ice creamAll gravy and no tenderlion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted February 23, 2006 Members Share Posted February 23, 2006 Originally posted by Joe Cole freaking great one liner! Well, thanks. I have occasional spikes of eloquence, then its back to my usual muddled verbosity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 2manband Posted February 23, 2006 Members Share Posted February 23, 2006 I don't know where to start with this thead - There's a dizzying array of well polished turds out there. Actually, I'd say that most music on the radio and the Billboard charts falls into this category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted February 23, 2006 Members Share Posted February 23, 2006 Originally posted by 2manband I don't know where to start with this thead - There's a dizzying array of well polished turds out there.Actually, I'd say that most music on the radio and the Billboard charts falls into this category. What 2man said. Songs are songs, y'know...one man's meat is another man's poison. There's a person out there for every song. I think there are a lot of weak songs on the radio. GAWD, I don't know how slickly produced it was, but there was one song by the Beastie Boys that was like "Geez...my 6 year old nephew could do better than this"...it was just stupid. And that weird elecropop dance "Venga" music was dumber than a bag of nails. And it was huge with teenyboppers, 'cuz you could dance to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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