Give me a stereotype of any genre of music and I will post a song that breaks it.
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Really? You ask to explain what I mean by something and now that is the only thing I said?Cabamacadaf said:
Its boring, all the best of it is over a century old and because of this every "good" piece has become cliched and what isnt cliched isnt worthy of mention. Its stale and boring... like an old piece of bread.
Actually, I would argue that only a minority of hip hop and pop songs contain those phrases or are about those subjects. That minority, however, just happens to be the most marketable.Tadas Kucikas said:
Here's a list of hip hop artists and groups that have lyrics that are primarily about other, more cerebral subjects. Everything from politically charged lyrics to abstract, soulful poetry.
Aesop Rock
Atmosphere
cLOUDDEAD
13 & God
Antipop Consortium
Blue Scholars
Nujabes
Food for Animals
Madvillain
And I'm relatively new to the genre as well. Most of the hip hop I listen to is more obscure and less mainstream though.
Here's the lyrics: http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858633395/
Don't be fooled by the loudest, most obnoxious majority.
Not every little innovation or change in a genre makes it an entirely different genre. I bet you if I didn't call it Techno jazz fusion, people wouldn't be putting up these "it's not techno" arguments. Sure, it was influenced by jazz, but the core of composition, approach and idea still lies with techno. I mean, if you listen closely to song, you can some sampled Arabic singing. So what, this is now called Arabian Techno Jazz Fusion? But oh wait! The song also uses ambient sounds to create a calming mood and texture. So now it's Arabian Ambient Chillout Techno Jazz Fusion! You see what I'm getting at here? The more serious and strictly you take genres, the more ridiculous they get.Kinguendo said:
Don't take genres too seriously, they are just labels that describe a musical sound. The reason they exist is so we can talk about them, so we can go "I just heard this awesome *insert genre here* song!" and people will have a general idea of what you are talking about. The key word here being general. Genres are vague, there isn't some extremely strict definition of them.
Used this artist once already on this thread but...Talon_Skywarp said:
(if video embed is not working... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MigURCQQA0)
Some of the most atmospheric music that I've listened to, sparing use of bass, focused instead on percussion and vocal/orchestral samples. Very interesting, massive critical acclaim.
Here you go!the Dept of Science said:
Listening right now. Like it so far.
EDIT: Finished. I shall now go listen to the rest of this man's discography.
Alright, i will try to tackle this. This is opinion basked in the "better" aspect, but here goes. I will shoot for equally as good or better.Eden the Fox said:
I will also hide who the original is by so that you get an unbiased look
99 Red Balloons. (German and/or English Version)
Nena (of course)
We are only going to die for our own arrogance
Bad Religion
[this one is cheating] Keasby Nights
Catch 22, but half of streetlight is catch 22 so its technically a remastering/rerelease
Dear Sergio
Catch 22. Another Thomas Kalnoky song covered by Thomas Kalnoky
Dead Bodies
Rancid
Bob
Nofx
The Brews
Rancid. Its the old switcheroo. Altho its a good CD where rancid and NOFX cover each others songs.
Scarlet Begonias
Shocker? The grateful dead. You mean Sublime was basically a glorified cover band? A-yup. Alot of their songs are covers. They are still really good tho.
Take on Me
Aha!
That was fun. Sorry about the really long post. If you need more examples hit me up.
This is alot of opinion but [not posting the videos for this one] The lead singer of Guttermouth actually has an amazing range in vocal styles and through out his catalog is able to change the way he sings as well and for my money is an amazing singer.creepy_rabbit said:
Now on to videos.
Michael Graves - Misfits
Glen Danzig - Misfits
Greg Graffin - Bad Religion
Greg Attonito - Bouncing Souls
Mark Adkins - Guttermouth
Jason Alexander Cruz - Strung out
There are also more poppy punk bands you can list. Or some sexy voiced female singers.
Alright.bubba145 said:
Flogging Molly-
Dropkick Murphys-
And Chu lose!
I'm the weasle! Wheeze the Jah-uice!
Yes, I know what you are getting at here... however you are forgetting you called it techno/jazz fusion, not me. You made the distinction between techno and techno/jazz fusion... If it was just techno it would be called techno and it isnt, simple as that.TheLaofKazi said:
Also, I didnt listen to the song because I fucking HATE techno dance shite but I believe I know which song you are talking about and I can tell you that song is clearly the worst of the worst. I can normally ignore most dance "music" but when that comes on it just pisses me off... its more irritating than the other dance songs I have heard and I might have heard a lot of them... or one very long one, you really cant tell.
EDIT: Nope, it isnt the song I was thinking of but there in lies the problem... they are so bloody similar mistakes like that happen all the time. Also, I skipped along a couple of times and do you want to know what I heard? The same thing over and over again... and not like a chorus, I mean all the way through just *thump, thump, thump, thump, thump* like every other dance song.
Bested damn it!the Dept of Science said:
Ok i'll give you this, it hasn't made my ears bleed! Very interesting.
Could you please send this kind of stuff to every DJ in England please? I might enjoy going out if this was on.