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Old 10-13-2014, 10:47 AM   #11 (permalink)
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basic ingredients of a modern pop song:

- party party party
- mention of "dance floor"
- distorted vocals
- loud electronic noises
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Old 10-13-2014, 11:08 AM   #12 (permalink)
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I personally believe that there's original and innovative music out there to be found if you look for it hard enough, but at the same time, I'm also bored with all the throwback bands of the modern day. Blues rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, modern day bands of those particular genres. I'm not trying to say that all the current throwback bands are all bad, there are a few here and there that are halfway decent.

Current metal seems to be just splintering off even into more and more generc subgenres and different styles that its sometimes hard to keep up with what's going on in the music industry.
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Old 10-13-2014, 11:09 AM   #13 (permalink)
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I'm fine with gay people making music.
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basic ingredients of a modern pop song:

- party party party
- mention of "dance floor"
- distorted vocals
- loud electronic noises
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I see your "Dancing Queen" and raise you an "I Let the Music Speak" because Americans are generally pretty ignorant to the vast emotional value of Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus' musicianship.



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So while it's fair to say that ABBA was part of the disco scene for a little while, it's not exactly accurate to lump them with the other disco acts of the time period. I can't think of any other songs off the top of my head (apart from "Summer Night City") where there's even a mentioning of dance floors or any other stupid, useless lyrics.
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Food for thought: I've gotten my cousin into a few non-mainstream bands that would never get radio time. She asks me to make cd's of these bands, but doesn't look into them or others like them herself, because she's technologically inept and not that into music. Me making a mix CD of random songs is fine for her because she doesn't think in terms of artists or albums she likes, she thinks in terms of songs.

For people who don't become obsessed with music like us here are, their listening doesn't extend much beyond what they hear on the radio and what other people show them. And yes, most of the radio music follows a specific formula that apparently suits such people just fine. So more similar music is made to appeal to that greater demographic, even though they don't necessarily love it, they're just cool with it. I think if bands not following the formula would get more airtime, they'd have just as many fans as those who do.
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