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stephin merritt had the most influence on how i listen to pop songs--essentially formulaic, with these surprising moments of genuineness, like what roland barthes called the "punctum" in photography-- so the answer to me is clear.
roland barthes.
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 24 December 2018 17:34 (five years ago) link
It’s Nile I promise (precursor to hip hop, dance, but through a pop lens)
Either him or Big N Rich
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Monday, 24 December 2018 19:04 (five years ago) link
You can make a solid case for Daft Punk as the figureheads of the reinjection of disco and electro into pop from circa 1996-now.
They lack an iconic death, but arguably Green Day/Offspring have had the most solid musical legacy within rock over the past 30 years - after the grunge boom petered out not that many bands really sounded like Nirvana, but pop-punk remained huge.
As far as producers go, you can make a good case for the obvious ones: Max Martin, Dre, Timbaland, Neptunes, Kanye. NWA, Snoop, Tupac?
As far as the continued omnipresence throughout the past decades of shaggy haired white dudes singing their heart out to acoustic guitar strumming, is there any single name responsible?
― Siegbran, Monday, 24 December 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
Yes, thank you Siegbran, Shaggy it is! Lock thread.
― breastcrawl, Monday, 24 December 2018 20:46 (five years ago) link