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Originally Posted by eric generic
i'll agree that they are a pop band, and that all my favorites from them are pop. however, a very simple reaction from the casual listener occurs when they hear any song from either album. this shit sounds kind of weird. really think you are over-thinking yourself.
just take a moment and compare it to most top 40 radio type artists.
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Well to be honest, I usually think that most people who'd bother to sign up for a music forum and frequent it are a bit more than just casual listeners. Usually the people who visit music forums consider music to be a pretty important part of their overall life, and that's why seeing it in music forums/websites all over the place makes me a bit skeptical.
Yes, it's a tad more bizarre than a top 40 hit. I'll take back that it's not 'strange and offbeat', sure, but experimental is a giant stretch.
Animal Collective: My Girls - Heavy repetition, electronic samples, reverberation, verse chorus verse structure
Top 40 generic hit - Heavy repetition, electronic samples, verse chorus verse structure.
I don't want to take anything away from Animal Collective - they obviously make very special pop music, and I would never claim otherwise, but I just want to take that tag away from their overreactive fans. Animal Collective deserve a lot of things, and certain genre tags just aren't among them.