Pop music now vs Pop Music then

My name is no, my sign is no, my number is no 
You need to let it go, you need to let it go 
Need to let it go 
Nah to the ah to the no, no, no 
My name is no, my sign is no, my number is no 
You need to let it go, you need to let it go 
Need to let it go 
Nah to the ah to the no, no, no
-Iggy Azalea, Anaconda

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It's one for all and all for one 
We work together common sons 
Never need to wonder how or why. 

We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx 
Our great computers fill the hallowed halls. 
We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx 
All the gifts of life are held within our walls. 
-Journey, Any Way You Want It
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  • My dreams exceed my real life
    I rest my case
  • kill living beings
    what is happening
  • Munch munch, chomp chomp...
    This is a good thread.
  • After the ball is over,
    After the break of morn –
    After the dancers' leaving;
    After the stars are gone;
    Many a heart is aching,
    If you could read them all;
    Many the hopes that have vanished
    After the ball.
  • pop music then:
    "I am the eggman"
    "I am the walrus"

    pop music now:
    "if you like it then you should have put a ring on it"
    "wake up in the morning feeling like p. diddy"
  • edited 2016-04-26 22:56:09

    pop music then:
    "I am the eggman"
    "I am the walrus"

    pop music now:
    "if you like it then you should have put a ring on it"
    "wake up in the morning feeling like p. diddy"

    unrepresentative sampling then:
    "case study"

    unrepresentative sampling now:
    "N=2 or smaller is a perfectly reasonable sample size"
  • My dreams exceed my real life

    pop music then:
    "I am the eggman"
    "I am the walrus"

    pop music now:
    "if you like it then you should have put a ring on it"
    "wake up in the morning feeling like p. diddy"

    These are fake lyrics
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    Led Zeppelin is pretty shitty compared to Nicki Minaj
  • oh no you di'n't
  • kill living beings
    nicki minaj is def better than disco tex though
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    That Led Zeppelin song is from 1969, and borrows lyrics from Jimi Hendrix anyway.

    I say this as a Zeppelin fan, you understand
  • Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.

    nicki minaj is def better than disco tex though


  • THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS
    dammit now I have that disco tex song in my head
  • THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS
    (also, it's totally not fair to knock on dance songs for having nonsensical or minimal lyrics -_-)
  • Fine, replace Disco Tex with the Queen Bicycle lyrics.
  • *barges into thread* OKAY HOLD UP
    Bee said:

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    first up stupid hoe is a fucking work of art that i have defended since it came out and that i will defend forever. some pop artists make a show of being "weird" and usually it comes across as incredibly forced but sstupid hoe is so actually, genuinely way out of the leftfield that i massively respect nicki for having the cojones to release something like that as a huge mainstream pop artist. i have seen people buried deep, deep into the avant-garde of music, like ppl so far down the rabbbit hole theyre at the earth's core, watch the video for stupid hoe and be absolutely stumped. anyone that can do that i have respect for but for a pop star like nicki to do it is absolutely mad. i unapologetically love stupid hoe. amazing track.

    second, while 'doot doot doot doot doot yeah yeah yeah' isn't good lyric writing, it isnt bad lyric writing either. its just so fucking simplistic that you really cant make a value judgement on the artistry of the lyrics because... like... its just someone going 'doot doot doot'. lyrics arent really there per se. and the qqueen bicycle lyrics are sick tbh, it's just a dude going 'i like to ride my bicycle', you can't knock that, it even has some interior rhymes ya kno

    meanwhile those florence and led zep lyrics are both bullshit masquerading as 'deep' and 'poetic' and are both actually genuinely pretty bad lyrics if u want some good/poetic/meaningful lyrics the least u could have done is put some PJ harvey in there or kate bush or joni mitchell or ykknow a genuinely talented lyricist??
  • while im ranting about lyrics can i also mention that bob dylan sucks about 95% of the time, like 5% of the time hes p good but overall bob dylan is pretty bad. okay thats me out bye
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    sunn wolf said:

    while im ranting about lyrics can i also mention that bob dylan sucks about 95% of the time, like 5% of the time hes p good but overall bob dylan is pretty bad. okay thats me out bye

    Jaws was never my scene and I don't like Star Wars
  • I'll admit it took me a while to actually appreciate Stupid Hoe for the work of art that it is but I do now and it is glorious

    agreed on all points, Sunny
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