Pop music

[Invader Zim]

Alright what pop music do you listen to? Dont be shy, we all have our weaknesses.

I listen to Feeder, Muse, The calling a hell of a lot recently, snd im not ashamed to admit I enjoy it, a hell of a lot.

What pop music do you guys listen too?

[Roses in the Hospital]

I wouldn't really class muse as pop, more grungy/progy/wierd rock. Have you heard their latest album, it's incredibly good?
Getting back to the original point the closest thing to pop I listen to is probably Queen's less rocking moments, and also all the classic stuff from the Sixties: Beatles, early Who etc...

[Danton]

No, no I really don't..

[Hate Is Art]

McFly!!!! w00t!!! They are so cool! (seriosuly, I do actualy like McFly)

[The Children of the Revolution]

"Pop" music? Yeuch.

Join my "Crusade" against it!! (http://www.che-lives.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=19505&hl=crusade)

Heh, let's not start THAT again... :P

'Feeder' and 'Muse' are "Pop-Rock". This is excusable. In my opinion.

Annoyingly though, I have developed a "taste" for some of Dido's music. And that of Sarah McLachlan. They both have beautiful voices... It's just a shame that there are so many that follow only the "image"! :(

[Funky Monk]

I have to admit that i like both Muse's and Dido's first albums.

Quite liked Space as well, suppose that is classed as Pop.
Queen were good.





But my true confessional piece, i like the occassional Britney song.

[FatFreeMilk]

I don't consider any of that pop, Enigma. More like adult contemporary soft rock office music type shit. I thought this was gonna be a thread about people confessing to liking Avril Lavigne and Britney Spears..damnit.

I do like Dido on occassion. How about that :)

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

I have developed a "taste" for some of Dido's music. And that of Sarah McLachlan. They both have beautiful voices

You are an enemy of the crusade and a colaborator of the evil popular music. You disgust me!!
:P

I listen to the Beatles, Jefferson Airplane, Radiohead, Queen, David Bowie and others.

[Comrade BNS]

Yeah i Have to agree, some of Dido's stuff is pretty cool, cause it's similar to alot of lounge stuff i already listen to...

but yeah i listen to tons of world "pop". Stuff like Despina Vandi (the greek goddess), Najwa Karam (the queen of the Hijaz), Hisham Abbas, Nawal al Zoughbi, Julia Boutrous etc...

The music is quite different to western pop, though the concept i guess is the same. It's played in all the trendy spots, the personalities are huge....the major difference being, that the personalities do have the talent and the goods to be where they are, and the chicks don't look like crack whores who just woke up and finished off a bottle of vodka...

Comrade BNS

[Danton]

Dido is the very epitome of bland, souless, manufactured lifestyle muzak.. I really, really detest her with every ounce of hate in my heart..

[mentalbunny]

I don't mind her lyrics, but her voice pissed me off and I've heard her newest album too many times (once a week, every week last term during pilates, enough to put anyone off for life), but her brother was/is in faithless and they're pretty cool.

I've got tATu's album in Russian, and I've got Aquarium by Aqua. And I like No Doubt's tragic Kingdom, and Roxette.

[Invader Zim]

Originally posted by [email protected] 14 2004, 01:44 PM
Dido is the very epitome of bland, souless, manufactured lifestyle muzak.. I really, really detest her with every ounce of hate in my heart..
Its nice to see such a generous report, with which I fully agree, buyt I personally may have been a little more damning.

[The Children of the Revolution]

You are an enemy of the crusade and a colaborator of the evil popular music. You disgust me!!


I know...

* Ashamed *



I don't mind her [Dido's] lyrics, but her voice pissed me off and I've heard her newest album too many times...


I haven't heard the new album. But I love her voice! Anyone that calls it "bland" or "souless" is obviously a cretin; I hereby declare them the infidel! Join my crusade against th - Ok, I'll shut up. :lol:

[Hate Is Art]

Quite a lot of those bands aren't pop!


Queen's less rocking moments, and also all the classic stuff from the Sixties: Beatles, early Who etc...

Beatles aren't pop pop, I think Enigma means manufactured pop etc!

Who are mod rock!

[Danton]

Originally posted by The Children of the [email protected] 14 2004, 03:20 PM
But I love her voice! Anyone that calls it "bland" or "souless" is obviously a cretin
You sound like my Nan.. Dildo is the sort of Heart FM, Lighthouse family style pretensiously wistful, two a penny, ill-conceived bag of horseshit that makes me want to cut people like you up..

She's missed the Bristol bandwagon (Massive Attack, Portishead, Earthling) by about eight years and those afformentioned did it a zillion times better.. She's living off that other little **** Eminems record whilst sucking every corporate dick on the ladder, she was dating a ecord exec - the foulest creatures on earth...What gets me though is she really thinks she's down, well I guess she is with middle England.. Deep as a petri dish... And don't call me a cretin again because I will find you and fuck you up...

[Roses in the Hospital]

Beatles aren't pop pop, I think Enigma means manufactured pop etc!

Non of the band's Enigma mentioned were manufactured pop and the Beatles are without a doubt the definative example of a pop group...

[The Children of the Revolution]

You sound like my Nan.. Dildo is the sort of Heart FM, Lighthouse family style pretensiously wistful, two a penny, ill-conceived bag of horseshit that makes me want to cut people like you up..


Your Nan must be a wise old creature. Such a shame these characteristics aren't hereditary! If you noticed - it is her voice I praised. I am well aware of the contrived nature of "her" songs, thank you very much. Like it or not, she has talent.



She's living off that other little **** Eminems record...


Eminem is the only tolerable "rapper" in the universe. His lyrics are superb. Well, most of them are - in some songs, he reverts to to the "I can't think of a word that fits here; I'll use an expletive instead" formula which is seemingly loved by rap "artists".



And don't call me a cretin again because I will find you and fuck you up...


Cretin.

I await your "vengeance", comrade. I live on campus in York; but only for another two weeks or so. You'll have to be quick! :P What's more, you'd better bring an army - else I'd tear you to shreds. :)

[Palmares]

Despite what many have said, I think pretty much all the mentioned music is 'pop'. Pop is so broad and hard to contain, overall, it literally means 'popular'.

Personally, the best I could scope it would be whatever has appeared on the charts (overall, not specific charts like country charts). It doesn't matter whether the music is 'good' or 'bad'. It doesn't even matter what the genre is, as 'pop-rock' is still 'pop'.

I used to be fairly into Radiohead, Coldplay, Travis, and various mainstream rap. I have some Beatles too. Some of my metal could be considered 'pop'.

Think about it, alternative used to mean something. What now? Alternative fashion and music have been hijacked by the mainstream and is now pop(ular).

I like whatever the fuck I like, no matter the label.

[EneME]

Originally posted by [email protected] 13 2004, 11:19 PM
I do like Dido on occassion. How about that :)
HEY! I love Dido....but the shit they play on the radio doesn't capture how good she is. I have both her CD's...and I pretty much hate her music thats on the radio. She is alot more than just another pop singer...she writes her own lyrics, she works solely with her brother and a couple other musicians, and she has alot of R&B influence as well.

I actually just saw her in concert a couple weeks ago and got to meet her..I also got to meet and talk to her band as well. The venue was small, (it was a community theatre) and she didn't have tons of merchandise to sell...only a bit. I checked out the label of the shirt and it reads "made in a sweatshop free environment in Los Angeles." Which I find really cool, cuz I'm sure she must have some say on that type of thing. Her and her band are really down to earth....and I think ppl shouldn't judge her music by whats on the radio...

Check out "Honestly Okay" or "Who Makes You Feel" if anything..

[celtopunk]

Originally posted by The Children of the [email protected] 14 2004, 06:28 PM
Eminem is the only tolerable "rapper" in the universe. His lyrics are superb. Well, most of them are - in some songs, he reverts to to the "I can't think of a word that fits here; I'll use an expletive instead" formula which is seemingly loved by rap "artists".


eminem is the only tolerable rapper? How about a no talent asshole with crappy voice to boot. He's a novelty rapper no more no less.

[Danton]

Originally posted by The Children of the [email protected] 14 2004, 06:28 PM
If you noticed - it is her voice I praised. I am well aware of the contrived nature of "her" songs, thank you very much. Like it or not, she has talent.




Her voice is shallow, it's almost wafer thin and not in a good way.. I can appreciate these willowy voices, try Beth Orton or Joni Mitchell and you might begin to learn about how such timbres should sound.. Dildo isn't marketed by her voice because even her own people realize she can't sing any better than any one of Atomic kitten or whoever..Talentless, like it or lump it..

Eminem's been dissembled before here by myself and others, I can't be bothered..

York? Sounds northern, fuck that - I don't venture north of Watford, on my map it says "Here be Dragons".. Still I'm sure you get a regular beating by the sounds of you, so..

[Comrade BNS]

Originally posted by [email protected] 15 2004, 04:06 AM
eminem is the only tolerable rapper? How about a no talent asshole with crappy voice to boot. He's a novelty rapper no more no less.
:lol:

Here Here!

Comrade BNS

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Dido! AUGH! I hate that moany, whingy voice that makes the happiest man alive (me) want to slash up their wrists and bath in vinegar while drinking syrup of Ipecac. Even thinking about her songs makes me want to skin my knuckles by punching a solid oak door in an adrenaline-fuelled rage!

I'm usually quite tolerant when it comes to voice styles; from the chipmunk vocals of Happy Hardcore to Opera to the rasping bestial roar of Slipknot.

hmm, Slipknot. I ain't listened to that in a while.

[The Children of the Revolution]

eminem is the only tolerable rapper? How about a no talent asshole with crappy voice to boot. He's a novelty rapper no more no less.


You think so? Well, I disagree. Admittedly, I haven&#39;t listened to all that much rap. But what I have heard is shockingly bad; it revolves around "*****es", "fuck" and "homies". Or something... <_< &#39;Eminem&#39; can, at least, write about interesting things.



Her voice is shallow, it&#39;s almost wafer thin and not in a good way..


Well - I disagree. Tough.



York? Sounds northern, fuck that - I don&#39;t venture north of Watford, on my map it says "Here be Dragons".. Still I&#39;m sure you get a regular beating by the sounds of you, so..


Northern... Yes... York would be northern... Lose your prejudices, fool. It&#39;s not so bad. And I&#39;m a southerner myself. What on Earth makes you think that I get a "regular beating"? Don&#39;t I swear enough? Do I use too many polysyllabic words? Is it because I like Eric Clapton? :P

I don&#39;t get into fights.

But I once beat a former British Judo olympian in "Randori" at the Judo club I used to go to. He was impressed, I could tell.

Noxion, you need help sir&#33; &#39;Dido&#39; isn&#39;t that bad&#33; :lol:

[Danton]

Originally posted by The Children of the [email protected] 15 2004, 12:17 PM
What on Earth makes you think that I get a "regular beating"? Don&#39;t I swear enough? Do I use too many polysyllabic words? Is it because I like Eric Clapton? :P


No, it&#39;s because your a complete prat - just my impression.. I imagine they steal your lunch money and call you little lord Fontolroy..

Judo? :lol: :lol: :lol: If you seriously think I&#39;d be bothered about doing over some internet kid your worse off in the mental dept than I suspected..

Eminem, yeah right he doesn&#39;t use sexist, homophobic and racially stereotypical language or swear does he? You&#39;ve addmited your utter ignorance on the subject so STFU..

[The Children of the Revolution]

No, it&#39;s because your a complete prat - just my impression.. I imagine they steal your lunch money and call you little lord Fontolroy..


Congratulations. You are a moron. Just my impression, you understand.



Judo? If you seriously think I&#39;d be bothered about doing over some internet kid your worse off in the mental dept than I suspected..


I hadn&#39;t thought, for a minute, that you would actually do anything about your idle threats. (Incidentally... What are you, if not an "internet kid"?) I was merely pointing out the fact that, should anyone try to steal my lunch money, they&#39;d be rather worse for wear for trying.



Eminem, yeah right he doesn&#39;t use sexist, homophobic and racially stereotypical language or swear does he? You&#39;ve addmited your utter ignorance on the subject so STFU..


Eminem has written some corkers. If you don&#39;t agree - why should I care? You&#39;re just some loser internet kid, after all. Go look at some porn or something; and don&#39;t go outside, the sunlight might damage you... :P

[mentalbunny]

COTR, you really really don&#39;t know much about rap, do you? C&#39;mon you seriously don&#39;t think all rap is like the american shit they subject us to through MTV and the other corporate crap that constitutes outlets for "pop culture"? It&#39;s like classyfying all rock by Busted or all punk by Avril Lavigne.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

But what I have heard is shockingly bad; it revolves around "*****es", "fuck" and "homies"

Just to stop a fight; I don&#39;t think TCOTR has heard the full spectrum of Rap.

[Danton]

Originally posted by The Children of the [email protected] 15 2004, 01:01 PM
(Incidentally... What are you, if not an "internet kid"?)

You&#39;re just some loser internet kid, after all. Go look at some porn or something; and don&#39;t go outside, the sunlight might damage you... :P
I&#39;m a man at work who in idle moments dips in to see what new shit you are spouting, I would look at porn but they put a firewall up.. Your on fucking half term or something and your in your room posting shite on the net :lol:

Thank&#39;s to my dark complexion I have never been sunburnt, not in Mexico, Egypt, Cuba, Morrocco or anywhere else Iv&#39;e been... I doubt a bit of English sun will bother me...

[DaCuBaN]

You can keep &#39;pop&#39;

For the record, the rap that was spoken of in this thread is mainstream, and hence &#39;pop&#39;

Personally, there&#39;s very little I&#39;ve hear that was recorded after 1979 that I enjoy listening to... I go through maybe 8-9 new albums a week - I need music, and I constantly search for something new to listen to, but more recently I&#39;ve been getting disheartened. If it&#39;s not formulaeic shite then it&#39;s a rip off of the stones or some such.

Oh well :(


Her voice is shallow, it&#39;s almost wafer thin and not in a good way.. I can appreciate these willowy voices, try Beth Orton or Joni Mitchell and you might begin to learn about how such timbres should sound.. Dildo isn&#39;t marketed by her voice because even her own people realize she can&#39;t sing any better than any one of Atomic kitten or whoever..Talentless, like it or lump it..

I have to agree, and not just with the sentiment but with the recommendations. Beth Orton is a perfect example of what Dido should have sounded like, and Joni Mitchell is simply unmissable.

[Funky Monk]

I think you are doing Rap a great diservice by saying its all about *****es and Whoes. Try some NWA.

[The Children of the Revolution]

"COTR, you really really don&#39;t know much about rap, do you? C&#39;mon you seriously don&#39;t think all rap is like the american shit they subject us to through MTV and the other corporate crap that constitutes outlets for &#39;pop culture&#39;?"

"Just to stop a fight; I don&#39;t think TCOTR has heard the full spectrum of Rap."


I didn&#39;t pretend to know much about rap, you&#39;ll note.

However, in my limited experience, I have found rap to be utter trash. &#39;Eminem&#39; is the exception. For me. And no - I&#39;m not naive enough to think that rap is represented fully by what MTV throw at us. But I&#39;m sure the "good stuff" is, at least similar. Therefore, in my opinion, would likely be dross.



I&#39;m a man at work who in idle moments dips in to see what new shit you are spouting, I would look at porn but they put a firewall up.. Your on fucking half term or something and your in your room posting shite on the net

Thank&#39;s to my dark complexion I have never been sunburnt, not in Mexico, Egypt, Cuba, Morrocco or anywhere else Iv&#39;e been... I doubt a bit of English sun will bother me...


Hmmm. I feel honoured that you choose to spend your idle moments (of which I&#39;ll wager there are many) admiring my wisdom. A shame I rank second to internet porn, of course, but then you&#39;re a simple creature.

I&#39;m at university. We don&#39;t get half term. I currently have an essay to do - therefore, I am procrastinating to the nth degree. And... Yeah... I AM in my room... Strange, that; you&#39;d have thought I&#39;d be on the internet whilst sat outside in the sun...



Personally, there&#39;s very little I&#39;ve hear that was recorded after 1979 that I enjoy listening to... I go through maybe 8-9 new albums a week - I need music, and I constantly search for something new to listen to, but more recently I&#39;ve been getting disheartened. If it&#39;s not formulaeic shite then it&#39;s a rip off of the stones or some such.


This is true. I don&#39;t buy quite so much new music as you; but I devour the stuff... I think my CD collection numbers close to 200 now. 90% of which are albums. And there IS some recent music that&#39;s worth a look. Like &#39;The Darkness&#39;&#33;&#33; :D

[andresG]

Originally posted by Funky [email protected] 15 2004, 06:22 PM
I think you are doing Rap a great diservice by saying its all about *****es and Whoes. Try some NWA.
I love NWA and all but c&#39;mon.

"Dopeman (Remix)" from "Straight Outta Compton"

Man I can&#39;t believe this shit
This ***** is tryin to gank me
Yo I oughta slap you upside yo&#39; head
with nine inches of limp dick

"A ***** Is A *****" from "N.W.A. and the Posse/Greatest Hits"

Now, the title ***** don&#39;t apply to all women
But all women have a little ***** in &#39;em (yeah)
It&#39;s like a disease that&#39;s plagues their character

[Ziggy]

good pop:
the cars
old michael jackson (when he was still black)
culture club
soft cell
blondie
heart
joan jett
shanana
Police
Eurythmics
some journey
yes
nena
Pat Benatar
cheap trick

god i love the 80&#39;s

[SittingBull47]

yea. I don&#39;t consider muse as pop at all. But, i do listen to them
eh, Junior Varsity. <Guilty pleasure.

[dopediana]

eugh. dido is terrible. if she does write her own stuff she suffers from lack of imagination. i can&#39;t distinguish between any of her songs.


you want real pop? my favorite pop is ABBA. so cool. swedish people who figured out if you wanted to sell music you&#39;d have to do it in english. the women didn&#39;t speak english but they learned it phonetically. i learned to appreciate abba from "the adventures of priscilla queen of the desert."

[The Worm is God]

Originally posted by [email protected] 16 2004, 02:09 AM
good pop:
the cars
old michael jackson (when he was still black)
culture club
soft cell
blondie
heart
joan jett
shanana
Police
Eurythmics
some journey
yes
nena
Pat Benatar
cheap trick

god i love the 80&#39;s
definitely wouldnt call yes pop.

[revoevo]

Since when do you have to confess to liking the Beatles and Jefferson Airplane? :blink:

Some No Doubt, Outkast, Sublime, the Postal Service... oh and Coldplay. That&#39;s about as lame as my musical tastes get. Well, in my own opion. ;P

[Palmares]

Originally posted by [email protected] 16 2004, 01:07 PM
yea. I don&#39;t consider muse as pop at all. But, i do listen to them
eh, Junior Varsity. <Guilty pleasure.
Muse not pop? Those Radiohead wannabes (not that Muse is necessarily bad) are as pop as any &#39;pop-rock&#39; group out there. Alternative music is by no means exempt for being &#39;pop&#39;.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

Originally posted by [email protected] 14 2004, 08:13 PM
Despite what many have said, I think pretty much all the mentioned music is &#39;pop&#39;. Pop is so broad and hard to contain, overall, it literally means &#39;popular&#39;.

Personally, the best I could scope it would be whatever has appeared on the charts (overall, not specific charts like country charts). It doesn&#39;t matter whether the music is &#39;good&#39; or &#39;bad&#39;. It doesn&#39;t even matter what the genre is, as &#39;pop-rock&#39; is still &#39;pop&#39;.
Exactlly, bro&#33;
That&#39;s what I&#39;ve been saying all these days&#33;

I would possibly go as far as saying that all rock music is pop.

[Kurai Tsuki]

Christina Aguilera is really the only one I can stand to listen to, but still, I wouldn&#39;t pay the money to buy her album ^^;;

http://www.christinazone.com/coppermine/albums/wpw-ef/normal_maxim_09.jpg

[Kobbot 401]

Would you call most of what R&B and rap is now pop? Its all sounding the same.

[Floyd.]

May you all burn in bad music hell for this and listen to Beyonce for eternity.

Nikki Webster Rules she&#39;s the greatest talenr ever <_<

[Hampton]

Whatever rap you consider "mainstream" it is probally pop and it most likely sucks and really does not represent hip hop because it&#39;s trying to appeal to a certain audience and that is bollocks.

[Rex_20XD6]

I don&#39;t really like pop music. It’s gotten way to edited. Like BRITNEY SPEARS new songs. Her voice has a ring dubbed into it. Listen to it and you’ll know what I mean.

[Rex_20XD6]

One rapper I have a lot of respect for is Brother Lynch.

[Raisa]

Rap gets looked down on for the shit on TV. Thats not all there is but that is all you see becuase its usually all the capitalists put on there. Its just the same as pop, same music industry. Dont let your opinion on rap music be simply by the commodified garbage you see on television. Whats on TV is just a whore being made from a very proliterian culture. You dont see alot of Public Enemies and Talib Kwelis because their not talking about universal concepts of pleasure,love and joy all of which are things that sell.

Judging from television I know its easy to believe thats all there is out there but its not true at all and there is so much more to rap music then the shit THEY put on TV.

[Raisa]

I used to like the spice girls. I still do, they were pretty damn cool&#33;
http://orbita.starmedia.com/~mauriciopinheiro/images/spice.jpg

Of course Scary spice was infact, the coolest. Her and Geri spice.

[Postteen]

Ugh&#33;&#33;I hate them&#33;&#33; :ph34r: they suck&#33;#@&*&#33;&#33;[email protected]&#036;

I don&#39;t like today&#39;s pop music at all.I get sick when i listen to it&#33;Of course i love the 60&#39;s and 70&#39;s pop music&#33;(the Beatles etc).

[Floyd.]

Originally posted by [email protected] 16 2004, 01:00 PM
Muse not pop? Those Radiohead wannabes (not that Muse is necessarily bad) are as pop as any &#39;pop-rock&#39; group out there. Alternative music is by no means exempt for being &#39;pop&#39;.
Soory Chris but Muse are in no way Radiohead wannabe&#39;s they are Jeff Buckley wannabe&#39;s with way too much self-indulgence.