generic pop songs meaning axis of awesome dudes' 4 chords:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ
or
https://qz.com/767812/millennial-whoop/
that 'perfect pop song' that martin wants to hear again and again is just a type of succession of notes that we love to hear on repeat, like some type of drug:
https://aeon.co/essays/why-repetition-can-turn-almost-anything-into-music
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 23:31 (seven years ago) link
that "millennial whoop" piece is terrible and worse than almost anything in this thread
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Thursday, 2 March 2017 02:09 (seven years ago) link
BOOMER: here is a participation trophyMILLENNIAL: *whoops from fifth note to scale to third and back*
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 2 March 2017 02:24 (seven years ago) link
whoop there it is
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 2 March 2017 04:46 (seven years ago) link
katherine otm
― maura, Thursday, 2 March 2017 10:15 (seven years ago) link
Explore Elliott Smith’s Iconic Either/Or in 5 Minutes
Explore Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks in 4 Minutes
noticing a trend here.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 3 March 2017 00:25 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB2di69FmhE&t=61s
― Number None, Friday, 3 March 2017 00:41 (seven years ago) link
https://theawl.com/internet-video-is-lies-34ee5b3a4ccb
― maura, Friday, 3 March 2017 00:57 (seven years ago) link
the beguiling Explore John Cage's 4"33 in 4"36
― Karl Malone, Friday, 3 March 2017 02:29 (seven years ago) link
a new low:
Most crucially, The Sophtware Slump countered the pre-millennial tension of trip-hop, Timbaland, and Radiohead with Y2k’s definitive ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ album
the future of music criticism: listicles and emojis
I struggle to understand how this Ian Cohen guy continues to get work
― Wimmels, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 13:02 (seven years ago) link
You left out half the sentence, and it's a pretty good description all in all.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 13:10 (seven years ago) link
All in all, this is as good a two-sentence band summary as can be hoped for, imo:
Grandaddy are still a state-of-the-art 2000 band, the sum of slack-motherfucker indie rock, the mid-fi experimentalism of Sparklehorse, and just enough of Mercury Rev and Flaming Lips’ late-’90s prog sweep. Most crucially, The Sophtware Slump countered the pre-millennial tension of trip-hop, Timbaland, and Radiohead with Y2k’s definitive ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ album, speaking to people who came of age during the tech boom and felt like the 21st century could only promise shinier distractions from the same old pervasive suburban boredom.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 13:11 (seven years ago) link
Pitchfork may be dumb, but this new feature 'Name Dropping' is brilliant. Good idea, good editing, and Michael Bolton is a good sport:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqQYUjAA8kI
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 13:20 (seven years ago) link
Yes, I enjoyed that. Michael Bolton seems like a pretty likeable guy.
― Wimmels, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 13:29 (seven years ago) link
Only two reviews today?
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 14:24 (seven years ago) link
also that's not an emoji
― na (NA), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:00 (seven years ago) link
haha, that bolton thing has legit funny moments
― niels, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 17:17 (seven years ago) link
"Pitchfork to Review Key Albums From the Notorious B.I.G." 👏👏👏
― spastic heritage, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:34 (seven years ago) link
Tomorrow, Pitchfork will commemorate the 20th anniversary of his death by reviewing four key albums in his catalog.
oh so just the big four then?
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:40 (seven years ago) link
they all suck
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:41 (seven years ago) link
yeah i noticed the only two reviews
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
there's so much good new music coming out i don't get why they couldn't have a full slate every day.
unless of course preparing reviews for two biggie albums and two sorta-biggie albums was too much to handle
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:48 (seven years ago) link
damn that's crazy, only 2 albums per day? end of an era
― flopson, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:54 (seven years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, March 8, 2017 1:41 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
BOO YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!! baby BAY-beh
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:55 (seven years ago) link
as annoying as many elements of pitchfork dot com have gotten over the years, albums reviews are still top notch
― flopson, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:55 (seven years ago) link
this is the first day i've noticed only two reviews, usually it's four reviews per day
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link
gotta make room for booze ads and links to non-music news!
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 20:03 (seven years ago) link
wait shakey doesnt like biggy?
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 20:17 (seven years ago) link
west coast guy
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 8 March 2017 20:27 (seven years ago) link
that's... not an excuse
― flopson, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 20:28 (seven years ago) link
It's partially true that the Jay-Z/Biggie axis just didn't circulate as much out here, but that's not all of it. I can pinpoint watching the "Big Poppa" video as the exact point at which I realized that rap as a mainstream pop phenomenon had morphed into something I definitely did not like and tbh my opinion has never changed. Puffy was a blight on the genre, and his success was emblematic of everything that went wrong from that point on imo. I don't really care about his canonization, and while I will agree that he was a solid rapper I just hate the sound and the nihilistic mythology of his two records.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 20:36 (seven years ago) link
Pac's martyrdom/mythology isn't really much better but he at least had singles + producers + collaborators that I liked
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 20:37 (seven years ago) link
Can you pinpoint watching the "Juicy" or "Hypnotize" videos and recognizing that they're some of the most incredible rapping to ever appear on a mainstream single?
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 20:52 (seven years ago) link
*crosses shakey off list of ppl who can play my super nintendo & sega genesis*
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 20:58 (seven years ago) link
I realized that rap as a mainstream pop phenomenon had morphed into something I definitely did not like and tbh my opinion has never changed
did you ever bother to listen to the actual albums and hear non-commercial, amazing songs like "the what" or "machine gun funk" or "10 crack commandments" or "warning"?
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 20:59 (seven years ago) link
xp lol, i was gonna say this has the makings of a good ol' fashioned nerd fight and HERE WE ARE
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 20:59 (seven years ago) link
with pitchdork banner in the background
sponsored by conde nast
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 21:03 (seven years ago) link
you know what really might change my mind about Biggie? some retrospective Pfork reviews
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 21:31 (seven years ago) link
i didn't want to spoil it shakes...but...you are in for a treat :)
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 21:38 (seven years ago) link
birthdays was the worst daysfor clicks pitchfork is so thir-stay
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 21:39 (seven years ago) link
lol
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
classic m@tt responses itt
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 21:48 (seven years ago) link
shakey have you really tried? like really?
Everyday Struggle? Unbelievable? Suicidal Thoughts? the ones shakedown mentioned?
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 21:50 (seven years ago) link
I'm too old to "try" to like things - of course I know 10 Crack Commandments and Suicidal Thoughts c'mon bro
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 22:12 (seven years ago) link
i just dont know man. cant fathom dislike for big on those grounds.
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 22:21 (seven years ago) link
the baconing of Michael Bolton is some bottom-tier kitsch barrel scraping imo. dude forever belongs as a punch line in an 80s Weird Al song.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 22:30 (seven years ago) link
NEVER GIVE UP SHAKEY YOU CAN LIKE A RAPPER YOU'RE ONLY AS OLD AS YOU FEEL!!!!
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 22:30 (seven years ago) link
I feel like I don't get anything lyrically from his records that I couldn't get from Scarface tbh, whose stuff just *sounds* better. but to be clear a lot of my dislike of his catalog is how poorly served he was beat-wise - in contrast to the sample-heavy or g-funk stuff that immediately preceded him, to my ears a lot of what he got was short, shitty loops over shitty drums and it grates on my ears. for the most part the post-golden age rap stuff that I like that crossed over into pop success - whether it's Wu-Tang or Timbaland/Missy or various southern guys - just had more going on sonically. he was a solid rapper but that's not enough for me. and then when Puffy shows up to interject some nonsense I'm just like arrrrrggggh get me outta here
xp
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 22:31 (seven years ago) link
the man invented the remix, show some respect fer chrissakes
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 22:33 (seven years ago) link
I feel substantially older than lil yachty btw
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 22:34 (seven years ago) link