yeah I'm kind of sick of the "why do so many people hate this guy, isn't it like how parents of teens hated Elvis?" argument
― Estimate the percent chance that a whale has ever been to the moon? (frogbs), Thursday, 5 April 2012 16:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
one really good point about something everyone is already talking about but somehow expanded into 12 paragraphs
Isn't this how music journalism works in general?
― beanz meanz lulz (snoball), Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
is skrillex really that hated? seems like he went from underground famous to accepted/appreciated in a very short time frame
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe not hated but he's def still a punchline in a way few other artists are
― ♆ (gr8080), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
People I know who hate Skrillex haaaaaaaaaaaate Skrillex.
― TALiB KWELi SODMG (The Reverend), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, but so many people who hate Skrillex are douchey dubstep "purists," but nevertheless, your point stands, rev.
― heiswagger (rennavate), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
i kinda dislike dubstep in general but i really do get the feeling that if you're not seeing this stuff live or with bigass speakers, it's kinda shit, plus there's the whole douchy-16-year-old element
― Estimate the percent chance that a whale has ever been to the moon? (frogbs), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
Every time I see bros in a jeep bumping something with wub wub bass, I assume I am hearing Skrillex. i could be wrong.
― og (admrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
― heiswagger (rennavate), Thursday, April 5, 2012 11:25 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
A lot of people who aren't dubstep purists have a hate-on for Skrillz too tho!
― TALiB KWELi SODMG (The Reverend), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.mixmag.net/words/features/richie-hawtin-interviews-skrillex
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Friday, 6 April 2012 01:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm pretty lots of people i know that hate skrillex and dubstep have like heard one skrillex song and heard no actual other dubstep at all. it's just a thing to say
― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 6 April 2012 01:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 16 April 2012 07:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
hahahaha
― The Reverend, Monday, 16 April 2012 08:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
is that Corey Feldman?
― Chris S, Monday, 16 April 2012 08:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
No, it's more useful.
― Jeff, Monday, 16 April 2012 10:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/skrillex/mynameisskrillex.html
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/skrillex/firstoftheyearequinox.html
― Tuomas, Friday, April 20, 2012 1:40 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ♆ (gr8080), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
hahaha
― Hoo Nu Cookies (crüt), Saturday, 21 April 2012 14:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
What in the
Skrillex @SkrillexI wish I was aloud to use the n word sometimes (in a non racist way of course)
I wish I was aloud to use the n word sometimes (in a non racist way of course)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 April 2012 14:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, that o_O moment was discussed upthread.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 27 April 2012 14:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Got it, thought it was just posted (saw the Apr 26 date, missed the 2011 part!)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 April 2012 14:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
I had to unretweet that so I could retweet it again.
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Friday, 27 April 2012 21:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
why is there a firestorm over this today
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 April 2012 21:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
it was in that Jezebel hipster racism article
― rob, Friday, 27 April 2012 21:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
ah
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 April 2012 21:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
aloud
― the late great, Friday, 27 April 2012 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
― a parker full of poseys (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
I totally want a Skrillex button for all of my board games, I'd be grinning just like the guy in the video
― Moodles, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
that video + shrooms = i would literally die.
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was hoping that video was why this thread got revived.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.forbes.com/profile/skrillex/
― The Reverend, Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 14 June 2012 17:47 (11 months ago) Permalink
― they loooovin the crut (The Reverend), Thursday, 14 June 2012 18:34 (11 months ago) Permalink
saw him for the 2nd time tonite. imo if you've never seen skrillex live u dont really have the full scope of what it is he does
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Sunday, 17 June 2012 06:24 (11 months ago) Permalink
― am0n, Sunday, 17 June 2012 06:42 (11 months ago) Permalink
I believe you and I want to see him live but I have to lol at this
― hot slag (lukas), Sunday, 17 June 2012 07:03 (11 months ago) Permalink
tbh that is exactly what someone told me about Phish, years ago
― mh, Sunday, 17 June 2012 16:06 (11 months ago) Permalink
haha
― lamborghini persie (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 17 June 2012 16:14 (11 months ago) Permalink
― StanM, Sunday, 17 June 2012 16:30 (11 months ago) Permalink
― mh, Sunday, June 17, 2012 11:06 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i dont like phish but i dont like most of the wack bands ppl around here like either
i do like dance music & hes great at spinning it.
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Sunday, 17 June 2012 17:22 (11 months ago) Permalink
littledoweknow of the full scope of what it is he does
― am0n, Sunday, 17 June 2012 17:26 (11 months ago) Permalink
if you've never seen skrillex live u dont really have the full scope of what it is he does
I used to be the #1 hater of positions like this i.e. if I have to see you live to like your records then your records suck but time has mellowed me on this q. Still, it's fair to judge recorded output on its own merits whether you've seen the act live or not I think
― decrepit but free (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 17 June 2012 17:31 (11 months ago) Permalink
I thought he doesn't "spin" anything but just does live recreations of his songs, including ramp up/slow breakdowns, creating song-length ups and downs rather than maintaining energy for multiple songs? idk, that is just what I got from earlier live reviews
I'm cool with that, and I'm sure it is a good live show, but that is pretty much completely different from most live dance acts
― mh, Sunday, 17 June 2012 17:39 (11 months ago) Permalink
also it's different for skrillex because his recorded material is like 2% of the reason why he's risen to fame
― lamborghini persie (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 17 June 2012 18:19 (11 months ago) Permalink
Is that really for-real true? Like, are you saying that a v. high % of the people who've made him famous are people who've seen him live - does he tour constantly and widely? I don't doubt that his live act is a big part of how he came up (that's true of acts reaching back a long ways) but "the recorded output barely matters at all" is a pretty intense thing to say imo
― decrepit but free (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 17 June 2012 19:32 (11 months ago) Permalink
youtube is probably a factor
― Number None, Sunday, 17 June 2012 19:33 (11 months ago) Permalink
ha yeah ok I'm a fuckin' mummy, it's v. hard for me to imagine seeing a guy whose music I didn't otherwise care about on YouTube and goin' "oh fuck, I love this now, having seen it on YouTube"
― decrepit but free (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 17 June 2012 19:38 (11 months ago) Permalink
think he meant the way he looks/headbangs in popular .gifs accounts for the other 98%
― carly rae (flopson), Sunday, 17 June 2012 19:39 (11 months ago) Permalink
why can't this guy rise to the top the way the rest of us did it i.e. by sleeping with the right people
― decrepit but free (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 17 June 2012 19:53 (11 months ago) Permalink
brostep product differentiation
― carly rae (flopson), Sunday, 17 June 2012 19:54 (11 months ago) Permalink
I finally checked out some more of the recordings and I had underestimated the plunderphonic aspect. If Girl Talk is brazen about borrowing, and doesn't do much of any transformation of his material, a lot of this guy's stuff is playing with that space between original production and sampling. The word most people would use is 'remix' except they're all mostly unauthorized remixes. What this means is that most of his strongest, most effective tracks are commercially unreleasable; he only plays them live.
I'm going on excerpts from youtubes; I'm interested in finding myself a good mp3 of a straight through live set.
― Milton Parker, Sunday, 17 June 2012 20:14 (11 months ago) Permalink