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07-04-2018, 10:15 PM | #1 |
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The Truth About Popular Music
Fuck man, this video really hammers the nail on it's head. It's a shame what popular music has become.
Billy Corgan has a cameo in this video. He's actually quite articulate when talking about music. |
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07-04-2018, 10:19 PM | #2 |
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07-04-2018, 10:37 PM | #3 |
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There's a great clip in that video of Frank Zappa explaining how humanity was better off with these old out of touch cigar chomping music executives than the young hip kids that manage the labels today.
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07-04-2018, 11:08 PM | #4 |
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why executives at all
you're comparing now to a time where independent release and niche labels didn't exist now that they do, pop can just be pop, and if you don't want that don't listen to the radio |
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07-04-2018, 11:10 PM | #5 |
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While you have a point, it's hard for people to invest in having a career in music when there's no route to making a living off of it (even in the short term).
There's a reason why some of the best music of the last 70 years has been by major label acts. Passion is great and everything, but eventually people have to pay the bills, and when that happens, music usually takes the backseat. |
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07-04-2018, 11:15 PM | #6 |
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on the contrary careerism is often what leads to exactly the lowest common denominator music you are supposedly concerned about
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07-04-2018, 11:18 PM | #7 |
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I fucking knew it was going to be a Paul Joseph Watson video.
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07-04-2018, 11:20 PM | #8 |
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besides fuzzy you want the same vapid shit just with robust guitars because masculinity roar
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07-04-2018, 11:24 PM | #9 |
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the problem is more that the quality music that is available to the general public has inarguably decreased a crazy amount over the years, and unless you have a special interest in music and take the time and effort to explore rabbitholes (which most people don't), the great majority of what you're gonna hear out there is music that doesn't even attempt any sort of craftsmanship, but has a sole purpose of making as much money and hooking as many children as possible. that's everybody's loss, and it's a damn shame if you ask me, because even though it was always Money Talking, there used to be a lot of substance to be found even in mainstream music
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07-04-2018, 11:25 PM | #10 |
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It's so easy to know what to think when your confirmation-bias daddies make videos titled "The TRUTH about _________"
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07-04-2018, 11:26 PM | #11 |
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i mean yeah me personally, i'm not affected, because i just don't listen to the radio and i explore my own avenues. but it's still a pity that music as a general idea that belongs to the public has been downgraded such a critical amount
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07-04-2018, 11:28 PM | #12 |
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yeah i bet you explore your own 'avenues'
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07-04-2018, 11:31 PM | #13 | |
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I guess because I have a "it's not for everyone" mentality towards a lot of the music I like |
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07-04-2018, 11:36 PM | #14 |
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Well think Elphie, you think any of those great post-punk bands you like would've found a platform in today's musical climate?
Fat chance. |
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07-04-2018, 11:38 PM | #15 |
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the general public has internet access. so everything you and i listen to is available to them as well.
it's they're own fault they listen to shit. |
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07-04-2018, 11:40 PM | #16 |
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Just the truth or the REAL truth?
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07-04-2018, 11:40 PM | #17 |
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Wow so edgy
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07-04-2018, 11:41 PM | #18 |
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07-04-2018, 11:43 PM | #19 | |
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That video I posted does a spot on job of articulating why it's as bad as it is. |
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07-04-2018, 11:45 PM | #20 |
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This song plays all the time at my work... Like 2 times a shift and it seriously gets me angry. Like I start getting edgy and pissed off whenever it's on.
227,647,516 views of this shit on youtube. People gotta stop vindicating these record labels by supporting this shit. |
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07-04-2018, 11:45 PM | #21 |
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I guess if I had to say something negative about music in 2018 it's that local scenes can't form isolated and idiosyncratically as well, the world is too connected, and if you didn't have unlimited access to music on your phone you'd be more inclined to support your local scene
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07-04-2018, 11:49 PM | #22 |
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or have you guys heard this shit?
This song really pisses me off too. 1.3 billion views. I bet RBG likes it lol *edit* I really had no idea what the band looked like. I can't believe that they look like punk guys. I never would've imagined that in a million years. |
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07-04-2018, 11:50 PM | #23 | |
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but being forced to listen to music you don't like is awful, so my condolences |
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07-04-2018, 11:59 PM | #24 |
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lol that's what we used to listen to, trust me man, it was wayyyyy better.
I'm also struck by how much this new shit all sounds the same. And I think that video does a good job of explaining why that is. It seems like all these singers sound like Maroon 5 these days. It's weird. And it's all like super repetitive and basic melodies with that downtempo vibe, sorta like that Lorde Royal vibe. I've been doing a pretty good job of just tuning it out, but sometimes those songs you really hate just drive a person nuts. |
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07-05-2018, 12:01 AM | #25 |
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your warehouse has radio?
why would it, that's strange |
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07-05-2018, 12:03 AM | #27 |
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07-05-2018, 12:04 AM | #28 |
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oh it's connected to the store I see
change jobs |
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07-05-2018, 12:05 AM | #29 | |
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not my style but I appreciate em |
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07-05-2018, 12:06 AM | #30 |
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Yeah, it really is time I do that. I need to start making more money. It's just hard though, when you're complacent and know exactly what to do.
I don't even talk to my manager at all or have task lists, I just come in and know what to do. It's nice to have no one breathing down your neck, although night shifts can be a little bit lonely. |
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