accordions are not natural
― j., Tuesday, 21 January 2020 17:19 (four years ago) link
But… it breathes!
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 17:21 (four years ago) link
Lol
― Montegays and Capulez (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 21 January 2020 18:44 (four years ago) link
https://aeon.co/ideas/why-are-pop-songs-getting-sadder-than-they-used-to-be
ok, i can't be arsed to read this, i don't care, it's probably terrible, but choosing to illustrate your "pop music used to be so much happier" argument with a picture of ABBA is so fucken stupid that i think we can save ourselves the time and effort
― babby bitter (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 15 February 2020 12:45 (four years ago) link
bet this person actually thinks "Happy Together" is a song about a couple being happy together
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Saturday, 15 February 2020 15:15 (four years ago) link
^I skimmed it, and that seems to be exactly how their analysis works!
― You have seen the heavy groups (morrisp), Saturday, 15 February 2020 15:20 (four years ago) link
Look buddy I've seen lots of TV ads for soda, bubblegum and adult diapers and that's definitely what that song means
― Evan, Saturday, 15 February 2020 15:21 (four years ago) link
analysing lyrics alone to judge the emotional content of music is maybe the stupidest fucking thing i’ve ever heard in my life
― Homegrown Georgia speedster Ladd McConkey (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 15 February 2020 15:30 (four years ago) link
Wait so what is Happy Together actually about
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 15 February 2020 15:31 (four years ago) link
a sad lonely dude imagining being together with someone who either doesn't know he exists or does and doesn't gaf about him
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Saturday, 15 February 2020 15:36 (four years ago) link
i mean the first word is 'imagine'
It’s the A-prime example of Songs where the singer/protagonist comes off as a serious dick without meaning to
― You have seen the heavy groups (morrisp), Saturday, 15 February 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
Sentiment analysis is often nonsense
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Saturday, 15 February 2020 15:57 (four years ago) link
not to mention pop isn't any happier or more morose than it's ever been.
it's not like the charts are being topped by MC D-Pressed with hit single "I Ain't Shit"
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Saturday, 15 February 2020 15:59 (four years ago) link
How do you quantify the emotional tenor of having your horses in the back, horse tack is attached?
― You have seen the heavy groups (morrisp), Saturday, 15 February 2020 16:06 (four years ago) link
You could argue that Post Malone’s career is depressing but I doubt it would be because of his lyrics
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Saturday, 15 February 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link
I’m not going to read the article but it’s pretty unassailable knowledge that in the last 3+ years of rap have been incredibly depressive and pop quickly followed suit
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 15 February 2020 17:29 (four years ago) link
not to mention pop isn't any happier or more morose than it's ever been.it's not like the charts are being topped by MC D-Pressed with hit single "I Ain't Shit"
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 15 February 2020 17:31 (four years ago) link
Their analysis stops in 2015.
― You have seen the heavy groups (morrisp), Saturday, 15 February 2020 17:32 (four years ago) link
Also, they seem to be just looking at instances of words like “happy” vs. “sad,” and major vs. minor key. Someone actually paying attn to pop trends could probably write a thing about recent depressing rap lyrics, but this ain’t it.
― You have seen the heavy groups (morrisp), Saturday, 15 February 2020 17:36 (four years ago) link
imo all “scientific” studies of pop music are bad because they’re all pretty much rooted in confirmation bias
― maura, Saturday, 15 February 2020 17:40 (four years ago) link
i don't think this fits the thread perfectly but we need to talk about this
https://www.businessinsider.com/electric-guest-tour-north-america-mercedes-benz-sprinter-van-2020-3
How an LA band completed a tour around North America in a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van...This means the duo — and the two other musicians who play with them while on tour — need to share the three-passenger row Sprinter while on the road.While they're on the road, Taccone takes the back passenger row while Compton gets the middle. The two additional touring members get the front row directly behind the driver and passenger seats.
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This means the duo — and the two other musicians who play with them while on tour — need to share the three-passenger row Sprinter while on the road.
While they're on the road, Taccone takes the back passenger row while Compton gets the middle. The two additional touring members get the front row directly behind the driver and passenger seats.
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 23 March 2020 17:41 (four years ago) link
how in the hell is that not marked as sponsored content
― absolute idiot liar uneducated person (mh), Monday, 23 March 2020 17:45 (four years ago) link
"SEE ALSO: This $150,000 off-roading camper van built on a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter can stay off the grid for 7 days"
― morrisp, Monday, 23 March 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
Business Insider, posting an ad thinly-disguised as an article? What is this world coming to?
― DJP, Monday, 23 March 2020 18:56 (four years ago) link
the band has a member of lonely island
― maura, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 14:22 (four years ago) link
but what kind of IPA do they drink?
― fits, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 14:23 (four years ago) link
xpost his brother is in the Lonely Island ... not that that changes your point, I don't imagine
― alpine static, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 04:16 (four years ago) link
unless i don't know something ... which is entirely possible.
i am only paying attn to twitter a little bit right now (work at a hospital and day job is, uh, very busy) but i couldn't quite tell if ppl were clowning the publication or the band. or both?
if it's not marked as ad content that's pretty silly.
the whole thing is silly.
but there are a lot of old punks on the timeline touting their '94 tour in a brokedown econoline and acting like they wouldn't have jumped through fire at a chance to tour in that van!
― alpine static, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 04:24 (four years ago) link
asa has written some of the lonely island’s music. he also co-wrote that big song by portugal the douchenozzle
― maura, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 13:13 (four years ago) link
the band too ephemeral to be a real nemesis
― absolute idiot liar uneducated person (mh), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
I think it was the timing more than anything, just with everything going on it seems even more vacuous and stupid
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 17:11 (four years ago) link
I mean, it's Business Insider
― DJP, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 17:17 (four years ago) link
A colleague sent me a Business Insider link today, and it’s a “BI Prime” story (behind paywall) – which means he must actually subscribe(!?)
― morrisp, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 18:08 (four years ago) link
lol
― absolute idiot liar uneducated person (mh), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 18:09 (four years ago) link
― brimstead, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
paid content articles are going to be a rich vein for literary analysis in about three years
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande teamed up for "Rain On Me," an upbeat dance track where each singer takes a turn with a verse. They also sing together on some of the choruses. https://t.co/eap8R2kl0p— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) May 23, 2020
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Sunday, 24 May 2020 20:31 (three years ago) link
(the tweet, dunno about the article)
"Both wear eye makeup."
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 24 May 2020 23:29 (three years ago) link
reminds me of NAME RELEVANT SONG FROM ANTI THAT MATCHES DESCRIPTION
― dyl, Monday, 25 May 2020 00:07 (three years ago) link
Ladies and gentlemen, I rarely post articles in this thread. But today I found a piece of work that I feel is truly, truly exceptional. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.
https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/mark-words-lets-rock-way-extinction-2578080?fbclid=IwAR0JEbEYNsElq4MpZYShemmOw6LLkiDsOTTNI7EWf7We8i4tgYcALV5F08w
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 14:39 (three years ago) link
Made it to this point, couldn't go any further:
The fact is, whatever you think of their music, Coldplay put on one of the most spectacular, un-beige, bed-shitting live shows on the planet, a tornado of colour and excitement that makes a Beyonce show look like Milkfloat Karaoke.
Assuming it goes on in this manner and is confirmed to be parody by the end.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
even without a pandemic going on i don't know if i'd attend a bed-shitting live show
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link
Holy shit, this article
― (so serious) (DJP), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 16:05 (three years ago) link
Does the bedshitting provide natural, renewable electricity to power the instruments
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link
"un-beige bed shitting" suggests the blueberries went bad
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 16:17 (three years ago) link
And if our efforts to save the planet fail? I’d rather spend my last few decades of habitable planet rocking out to retina-exploding 5D live shows, thank you very much. At least I’ll end up saluting my desert mutant warlord with a whole bunch of euphoric nights behind me and a wrist full of flashing neon bracelets.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 16:20 (three years ago) link
"At least I'll have my memories of Coldplay concerts when the environmental apocalypse comes" is one hell of a thesis statement
xp: lol I may have had similar posting motivation there
― (so serious) (DJP), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 16:22 (three years ago) link
it's strange to me that he invokes maroon 5 as the sort of cultural decay that would justify complete nuclear annihilation, and yet for some reason coldplay is the band whose shows must go on even if the price is total environmental catastrophe. like, if you just squint hard enough
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 16:25 (three years ago) link