This Is Why I Don't Listen To Pop

[Snake Plissken]

This just in:

In accordance with the OP's logic, the thread title is now changed to "This Is Why I Don't Listen To Any Music At All".

 

[minimacker]

Disco > Pop

The thread has exploded and can not be recovered from true.

 

[TomLikesGuitar]

So what. You could do the same thing with any 12-bar blues from the 30s or any rock or doo-wop from the 1950s.

12 bar and doo-wop were specifically designed to let people who have never played/sang together have a common ground and be able to jam. This is blatant cookie-cutter bullshit at its worst.

Oh, the similarities between these songs are not the problem... The problem is both lyrics are rubbish, the artists not very talented and the "beat" makes me want to strangle kittens. And I REALLY love kittens...

What I hate the most is that somehow Kesha feels she knows how P Diddy feels in the morning. That's just presumptuous.

You're rightfully mad, but for all the wrong reasons... Chord progressions are not grounds for anger. You can't get mad at every 1 4 5, or 2 5 1 chord progression, because you'd have to hate most of jazz for that. You're logic that 12 bar blues or doo-wop are "just to jam" doesn't make them any less lazy (Although doo-wop covers a lot more that one specific set of chords).

The reason these 2 songs can be laid over one another is that they are in the same key at the same tempo (probly 120). This is just common for music made electronically. And still this is not the reason to be mad.

The reason why pop music sucks is that it is emotionless, made up to be a lot better than it is, and just plain stupid. Kind of like 90% percent of the "attractive" women in the entertainment industry.

The lyrics are shit, the singing sucks, and pretty much everything done without a computer is horrible.

 

[Cowabungaa]

And this is why I do listen to pop music every now and then:
Goddamn that voice is epic, not to mention that pin-up style was oh so very hot. Shame that was only a phase, we need more albums like this.

Anyway, in the case of pop music, there's 3 crap songs for every good one. Doesn't mean that all popular music is bad of course.

I think what you are forgetting is... Katy Perry is fuckin' fine.

That and she made a crazy-ass videoclip with Snoop Dogg, and fact is, Snoop Dogg is absolutely hilarious, and thus awesome. I mean:
That's just...so...incredibly....CAMPY!!! Isn't it awesome?! Even the French and Dutch combined aren't that cheesy!

 

[Buizel91]

And this is why I do listen to pop music every now and then:
Goddamn that voice is epic, not to mention that pin-up style was oh so very hot. Shame that was only a phase, we need more albums like this.

Anyway, in the case of pop music, there's 3 crap songs for every good one. Doesn't mean that all popular music is bad of course.

I think what you are forgetting is... Katy Perry is fuckin' fine.

That and she made a crazy-ass videoclip with Snoop Dogg, and fact is, Snoop Dogg is absolutely hilarious, and thus awesome. I mean:
That's just...so...incredibly....CAMPY!!! Isn't it awesome?! Even the French and Dutch combined aren't that cheesy!

He is hilarious! Every time me and my mate see this song we instantly start howling


Sticky Drippy! yes that is a line in this song...

When he isn't singing, just keep a look out for him, every shot he is in make me laugh XD

 

[Wintermoot]

well we have people like Bieber the Jonas Sisters (its biologicaly impossible those gals are male) and Miley Cirus getting a lable (or fuck even allowed to make music) makes it pretty obvious that pop from the 00,s and 10,s being FUBAR

 

[Triple G]

Works best in stereo. On the left we have Katy Perry, on the right we have Kesha (I refuse to write her name with a dollar symbol due to basic human decency).

People laugh when I say all pop music sounds the same and is specifically designed to emulate itself in an endless loop. This, I believe, proves my point. I haven't done a 'mashup' here, I've literally just played them at the same time.

Is this a sign that music is stagnating? How long is it going to be before 'pop' music is actually good again?

Pop music is bad by definition, and music's not stagnating, it has already stagnated. Most people only know pop music, because you don't find quality music on tv. That's just how it is, and how it's gonna be.
People aren't just becoming stupid, they're already stupid. Don't try to change the system, do what all really smart people do: Exploit it.

 

[SantoUno]

...the artists are not talented whatsoever...

Fixed that for you, sounds more accurate doesn't it?

That's my main justification for hating pop music.

There's no talent to it, and yet they have the largest, undeserved fame and success.

That's why i usually stick to progressive metal. It's more interesting.

Thumps up, dude. Any genre of metal, rock, punk, indie, etc. is more interesting than that shit in the OP.

 

[The_Emperor]

I think music glamourises going out and getting drunk and fucked by random people.

listen to the lyrics its nothing but filth, i may sound like an old man but how can people let their yooung daughters listen to this then get suprised when they get pregnant?

The worst thing is you cant exactly stop them because they will resent you and youd be like a fucking nazi so all you can do is explain to them why emulating these people is wrong.

the stupid spoiled whore episode of south park explains my sentiments exactly

 

[Diligent]

Sort of reminds me of this video featuring those douche-bags in Nickleback:
The song progression is so cookie cutter, and it really applies to a good 90% of what's on the radio.

 

[Yossarian1507]

The truth is, you can probably find examples like that in every genre.

Thankfully, I'm yet to find an example like that in my favorite genre (prog rock/metal), but I bet there is one as well (especially since my Tool-fanatic friend told me countless times, that 'x sounds like Tool's y'. I never listen to him, but...).

 

[Antidrall]

This is why I stick to NES soundtracks and chiptune music.

 

[AstylahAthrys]

i hate it when they call themselves artists and there so full of themselves......
Anyway back to lisening to muse

You have no idea how hard it is for me to crack up in the middle of my professor's lecture right now.

OT: Music by nature is going to have some songs that sound alike. It happens, but it happens in pop music a lot more. Not everything in this world is going to be original, unfortunately. Modern pop music is a wonderful example of this.

 

[BlackStar42]

Oh, the similarities between these songs are not the problem... The problem is both lyrics are rubbish, the artists not very talented and the "beat" makes me want to strangle kittens. And I REALLY love kittens...

And seeing as "pop" music is "popular" music, it'll be good again once average Joe gets his ears on straight and can see crap for what it is... Crap...

Not my kittens, surely?

Surely they're just too adorable to strangle!

Ahem:

Awwwwwwwwwwwww!!! CYOOT KITTY!

...That is all.

 

[Dags90]

I suggest the OP never visit TV Tropes.

Repetition and similarity has existed in media since it's beginning. Sometimes it's homage, sometimes it's people having similar experiences and influences, sometimes it's downright theft[footnote]Intellectual theft, that is[/footnote].

 

[Tipsy Giant]

I hate pop cos IT IS NOT A GENRE, it is merely watered down versions of genres which have good underground scenes at the time

 

[WordyLAnn]

I don't like either of their songs but it has nothing to do with that. Their music just doesn't appeal to me, that's all.

Besides, there are other songs you can do that to. Go onto youtube and look up "four cords axis of awesome" - it's the same four cords with popular songs. It's inevitable that something like that happens.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

So what. You could do the same thing with any 12-bar blues from the 30s or any rock or doo-wop from the 1950s.

You're always here to defend pop music, aren't you?

Is it bad that I actually thought that, when they're both played together, it didn't sound half bad. Well, that is when the bass actually matched up. And yeah, people can do this with any genre of music. The only truly "original" songs are the experimental ones, and I'm using the term "songs" very loosely here.