Macklemore, "Same Love"

i got though 2.5 minutes of it

yeah I couldn't make it through the whole thing

it does honestly get better five minutes in, but those first five minutes are so hilariously terrible that I understand bailing

"Sharp moments and awful phrasing + music" is essentially my critique.

this is longer than 5 minutes? jesus.

those first five minutes!

lol xp

the macklemore song white privilege part two gets better after five minutes

did Ryan Lewis play piano on this, because he is not very good

this thing is an overlong trainwreck but there's a minute and a half of it that I would say works well with the subject matter and how he delivers it; it's kind of a shame about the other 6 minutes and 30 seconds thouh

motivation here seems covering his own ass while throwing others under the bus

eh sort of, but I don't think the disses are particularly unjustified - he seems to be honestly grappling with what it means to be who/what he is (a white guy operating in a black subculture) and forthrightly portraying his confusion about how to deal with that, which is a topic that is generally not addressed in pop music and is surely something his (presumably largely white) audience is familiar with. It's more direct and insightful than anything that Iggy or Miley's ever said, that's for sure. But the execution is just godawful, it's so clumsy.

xp

did Ryan Lewis play piano on this, because he is not very good

maybe he put up this tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU5ZE5QdZEo

omg

he does favor the black keys

I think the Accidental Racist comparison is apt because I have laughed this much at a serious song since first hearing Accidental Racist

also I think that if you don't have a grasp on enharmonics, you should not be putting out music tutorials

wait but that tutorial's only 3 1/2 minutes, how do I play the other 4 minutes of the song

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZWIlfwUgAA-VYb.png

"not a terrible thinkpiece" --the most charitable review yet of macklemores new song

what if i actually read an article

when i was in third grade i thought i was a blogger because i had a tumblr

i can't believe i'm still listening to this

this song has its own website http://www.whiteprivilege2.com

it's also hilarious that Macklermore's apparent reaction to stealing Kendrick's Grammy is to steal the more avant-garde patchwork style of some of Kendrick's recent album tracks for a song about white privilege

omg what if this whole album is mackle trying to be kendrick

I am not gonna lie, I would probably buy it

the belly lols would be so satisfying

"As a company (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LLC), we are committed to a long-term investment of our time, resources, finances and creative capacities towards supporting black-led organizing and anti-racist education & discourse.

We are engaging with four initial organizations and collectives whose work inspires and informs us: Black Lives Matter, People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, Youth Undoing Institutional Racism & Freedom School (a project of AFSC and The People's Institute), and Black Youth Project 100."

wld be beautiful if ppls hatred motivated him to sabotage his career

well perhaps that song is the first step of the sabotage

omg what if this whole album is mackle trying to be kendrick

― lag∞n, Friday, January 22, 2016 1:20 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

To Mackle a Butterfly

also I think that if you don't have a grasp on enharmonics, you should not be putting out music tutorials

― its subtle brume (DJP), Friday, January 22, 2016 12:58 PM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i don't know what enharmonics are but like lots of times it's just like you wanna know how to play a GnR riff or something not get a Ph.D. in harpsichord from the Little Lord Fauntleroy Academy of Music

YUIR are a really awesome group here in Seattle. That's going to be my only comment here about this.

So is 'Downtown' Macklemore's attempt at 'King Kunta'?

i don't know what enharmonics are but like lots of times it's just like you wanna know how to play a GnR riff or something not get a Ph.D. in harpsichord from the Little Lord Fauntleroy Academy of Music

do you understand that F# and G-flat are the same note?

when writing out a major D triad, would you write it as "D, F#, A" rather than "D, G-flat, A"?

congrats, you understand enharmonics

To Mackle a Butterfly

lol

do you understand that F# and G-flat are the same note?

Yes!

when writing out a major D triad, would you write it as "D, F#, A" rather than "D, G-flat, A"?

No! (but i don't read or music and so i guess there's no meaningful difference between what it's called it's just a fret on a string)...(actually now that i started playing in open tunings i don't know what any notes are really except the open strings)

congrats, you understand enharmonics

i do now, i guess it sounded fancier than it was

this is like piano 101 guys

i play music from the gut not the piano you ascot wearin square

lol

so does he mention his 3 un-deserved Grammys in this? i am not giving him the views/youtube sales by listening to this song. i have heard his music before, it is shit.

i do now, i guess it sounded fancier than it was

this is music theory in a nutshell

yes lol

altho I am like m@tt in that playing guitar or keyboard I'm just like oh *that* note why does it have two names, which one is the right one? I don't care really

xp

all the black notes have to have two names

isn't that kind of weird

I am not going further down this rabbit hole I swear

(actually now that i started playing in open tunings i don't know what any notes are really except the open strings)

also m@tt just get a clip-on/snark tuner and it will always tell you what note you're playing (which I've found is v convenient to communicating w other players when using non-standard guitar tunings)

this is a more interesting conversation than one based upon "White Privilege II", y/n

trick question, they're both awful

ok i just read the lyrics. he doesn't mention the Grammy awards at all. this guy refuses to acknowledge his own privilege.

wait til white privilege 3

White Privilege 3: Dream Warriors

lollll