Re: USCHO Music Thread 3: They Heard Me Singing
The Uptown Funk by Bruno and that SOB by Nathaniel Radcliff were awesome, I'll say that.
The Uptown Funk by Bruno and that SOB by Nathaniel Radcliff were awesome, I'll say that.
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USCHO Music Thread 3: They Heard Me Singing
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St. Clown
Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: USCHO Music Thread 3: They Heard Me Singing
I wanted to hate 1989. I really did. Then I started hearing songs. It was an incredible album. Both the artist and producers did a phenomenal job. Don't dismiss it because it's pop or you might get some on you. It's totally changed my view on pop.
I wanted to hate 1989. I really did. Then I started hearing songs. It was an incredible album. Both the artist and producers did a phenomenal job. Don't dismiss it because it's pop or you might get some on you. It's totally changed my view on pop.
Re: USCHO Music Thread 3: They Heard Me Singing
I don't dismiss anything because of a "label." I was recently ridiculed because I admitted I had the Jewel debut album, and I loved it. Friggin' great album.
I don't dismiss anything because of a "label." I was recently ridiculed because I admitted I had the Jewel debut album, and I loved it. Friggin' great album.
Re: USCHO Music Thread 3: They Heard Me Singing
I have not. I have heard some of her earlier stuff, and meh. Not a knock on talent, knock on the style.
Did you listen to it?
I have not. I have heard some of her earlier stuff, and meh. Not a knock on talent, knock on the style.
Re: USCHO Music Thread 3: They Heard Me Singing
She's really never been true country. By that I mean REAL country. Hank family, Merle, Johnny Paycheck, etc. I haven't dismissed it, necessarily. I didn't like her early work, so I failed to explore more.
She's really never been true country. By that I mean REAL country. Hank family, Merle, Johnny Paycheck, etc. I haven't dismissed it, necessarily. I didn't like her early work, so I failed to explore more.
Slap Shot
I got nothing
Re: USCHO Music Thread 3: They Heard Me Singing
There are plenty of ways to find new music outside the mainstream if you put in a little bit of time. Some of the things I've done to fine new music (some of which I can no longer do living here in Asia)
1. Read music reviews at Spin, Rolling Stone, last.fm, etc. It's easy to see descriptions that would lend me to believe it's an artist I would be interested in whether it be alternative, blues, hip hop, rock...
2. Check out their CDs from the Hennepin County Library. You would be amazed how many CDs they have available. New releases are harder and are often wait-listed, but everything else you can usually be had within 2-3 days. You can request them from home and the HCL will deliver them to the location nearest you, then send you an e-mail when it's arrived. I've rarely ran into a search they didn't have in their catalog. They were starting to grwo their MP3 catalog before I moved here - not sure how expansive that has grown in the last 18 months. I'd have to imagine other major metros have access to the same.
3. Listen to iheart radio online and rate everything. I limited my favorites to more recent artists the first several months as those stations would then tend to play mostly newer releases as well. Pay attention, write down names, explore further again either via HCL or even YouTube. This has been way more productive than Pandora and imho the variety is even better as you're not limited to how many favorite artists you can rate.
4. Back home I listened to 89.3 The Current in my car a lot rather than talk radio. Didn't always like what I heard but there was enough. Here Manila has a very good progressive station that will change the format in segments such as blues on Friday nights, retro-alternative on Saturdays, covers on Sundays, etc.
5. Use last.fm to find 'similar artists' to bands you currently like - new or old - and you'll discover dozens and dozens of other bands guaranteed you've never heard of.
There are plenty of ways to find new music outside the mainstream if you put in a little bit of time. Some of the things I've done to fine new music (some of which I can no longer do living here in Asia)
1. Read music reviews at Spin, Rolling Stone, last.fm, etc. It's easy to see descriptions that would lend me to believe it's an artist I would be interested in whether it be alternative, blues, hip hop, rock...
2. Check out their CDs from the Hennepin County Library. You would be amazed how many CDs they have available. New releases are harder and are often wait-listed, but everything else you can usually be had within 2-3 days. You can request them from home and the HCL will deliver them to the location nearest you, then send you an e-mail when it's arrived. I've rarely ran into a search they didn't have in their catalog. They were starting to grwo their MP3 catalog before I moved here - not sure how expansive that has grown in the last 18 months. I'd have to imagine other major metros have access to the same.
3. Listen to iheart radio online and rate everything. I limited my favorites to more recent artists the first several months as those stations would then tend to play mostly newer releases as well. Pay attention, write down names, explore further again either via HCL or even YouTube. This has been way more productive than Pandora and imho the variety is even better as you're not limited to how many favorite artists you can rate.
4. Back home I listened to 89.3 The Current in my car a lot rather than talk radio. Didn't always like what I heard but there was enough. Here Manila has a very good progressive station that will change the format in segments such as blues on Friday nights, retro-alternative on Saturdays, covers on Sundays, etc.
5. Use last.fm to find 'similar artists' to bands you currently like - new or old - and you'll discover dozens and dozens of other bands guaranteed you've never heard of.
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St. Clown
Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
Re: USCHO Music Thread 3: They Heard Me Singing
This past summer I was hanging out with some old high school friends, mostly women and only one other guy because the rest of the guys had conflicts. The women controlled the stereo for about two-thirds of the time. They played Swift's stuff a lot. A lot-a lot. I only heard the songs and album referenced as "her new one." It wasn't gut wrenchingly horrible, but it's not for me.
Grace Potter put out a pop album this year titled "Midnight," normally she puts out rock albums of varying sub-genres with her band The Nocturnals, and I like most of her pop album, especially the song Low.
This past summer I was hanging out with some old high school friends, mostly women and only one other guy because the rest of the guys had conflicts. The women controlled the stereo for about two-thirds of the time. They played Swift's stuff a lot. A lot-a lot. I only heard the songs and album referenced as "her new one." It wasn't gut wrenchingly horrible, but it's not for me.
Grace Potter put out a pop album this year titled "Midnight," normally she puts out rock albums of varying sub-genres with her band The Nocturnals, and I like most of her pop album, especially the song Low.
rufus
rock and roller
Re: USCHO Music Thread 3: They Heard Me Singing
The only thing I've heard of it was Ryan Adam's cover of Bad Blood, which I think is excellent. Not sure how true it is to her version though, perhaps he made it better.
The only thing I've heard of it was Ryan Adam's cover of Bad Blood, which I think is excellent. Not sure how true it is to her version though, perhaps he made it better.
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Gurtholfin
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Re: USCHO Music Thread 3: They Heard Me Singing
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Gurtholfin
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Re: USCHO Music Thread 3: They Heard Me Singing
Regarding Taylor Swift or any other popular artist that snobbish types like to rip on...
She's incredibly talented and good at what she does. Probably the best in the world right now at what she does.
Nobody has to like what she does, but anyone who claims that she "sucks" is close-minded or has a hard time saying that they simply don't like the type of music that she makes.
She certainly doesn't "suck."
None of that is directed at anyone specifically in here.
I hear stuff like that all the time though and have to laugh.
T-Swift sucks? Phish sucks? U2 sucks? Coldplay sucks? Kanye sucks?
Really? Okay, you do what they do then.
They're all actually very, VERY good at what they do. You just don't like what they do. Learn to express yourself better.
To be honest though... Kanye does suck.
Regarding Taylor Swift or any other popular artist that snobbish types like to rip on...
She's incredibly talented and good at what she does. Probably the best in the world right now at what she does.
Nobody has to like what she does, but anyone who claims that she "sucks" is close-minded or has a hard time saying that they simply don't like the type of music that she makes.
She certainly doesn't "suck."
None of that is directed at anyone specifically in here.
I hear stuff like that all the time though and have to laugh.
T-Swift sucks? Phish sucks? U2 sucks? Coldplay sucks? Kanye sucks?
Really? Okay, you do what they do then.
They're all actually very, VERY good at what they do. You just don't like what they do. Learn to express yourself better.
To be honest though... Kanye does suck.
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Gurtholfin
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I found Cryin' Ryan's take on 1989 to be less than memorable and I was a HUGE Ryan Adam's fan at one point. I've only heard it one time through, but haven't felt any desire to revisit it just yet.
I think he may have shot his creative wad as I haven't been really inspired by anything he's done since Cold Roses.
My wife has Swift on her iPod and will take over the stereo on road trips and I've thought everything I heard was quite good. Well crafted pop songs for sure and she can definitely sing.
And I haven't paid attention to the Grammy's for at least the last 20 years.
I found Cryin' Ryan's take on 1989 to be less than memorable and I was a HUGE Ryan Adam's fan at one point. I've only heard it one time through, but haven't felt any desire to revisit it just yet.
I think he may have shot his creative wad as I haven't been really inspired by anything he's done since Cold Roses.
My wife has Swift on her iPod and will take over the stereo on road trips and I've thought everything I heard was quite good. Well crafted pop songs for sure and she can definitely sing.
And I haven't paid attention to the Grammy's for at least the last 20 years.
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: USCHO Music Thread 3: They Heard Me Singing
Yeah, I completely agree. For pop, which I generally dislike, it's pretty dam good. And like I said, I really, really wanted to hate this album. The first time I heard a song I completely dismissed the whole album. By the second single release, I was hooked.
Yeah, I completely agree. For pop, which I generally dislike, it's pretty dam good. And like I said, I really, really wanted to hate this album. The first time I heard a song I completely dismissed the whole album. By the second single release, I was hooked.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: USCHO Music Thread 3: They Heard Me Singing
Swift reminds me of Linda Ronstadt. Through the midpoint of her career, Ronstadt's catalog was garbage -- she was on the pop fluff track and her material was about as interesting as Barry Manilow. She was an amazing talent and a consummate professional, but you couldn't tell because of the seven layers of goo her genre buried her under. And then she started doing music she liked, and holy crap is she powerful and subtle and fascinating.
If Swift ever starts creating actual music, she may be great. Right now she's still in the diaper phase, but that in itself is not a DQ, and of course it will give her the millions she needs to be free to do whatever she wants.
Swift reminds me of Linda Ronstadt. Through the midpoint of her career, Ronstadt's catalog was garbage -- she was on the pop fluff track and her material was about as interesting as Barry Manilow. She was an amazing talent and a consummate professional, but you couldn't tell because of the seven layers of goo her genre buried her under. And then she started doing music she liked, and holy crap is she powerful and subtle and fascinating.
If Swift ever starts creating actual music, she may be great. Right now she's still in the diaper phase, but that in itself is not a DQ, and of course it will give her the millions she needs to be free to do whatever she wants.
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Gurtholfin
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You know she writes her own songs and all that...
She's had those millions (upon millions) she would need for many years now.
You know she writes her own songs and all that...
She's had those millions (upon millions) she would need for many years now.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
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I'm giving her all the credit I can, man...
She may have a million dollar arm and a five cent head.
But she's got that rat-faced look and gosh darn I like it, so I'll stand by her. With noise-canceling headphones.
I'm giving her all the credit I can, man...
She may have a million dollar arm and a five cent head.
But she's got that rat-faced look and gosh darn I like it, so I'll stand by her. With noise-canceling headphones.
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dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
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goddamit. That Swift/Gadget side-by-side was fantastic.
Though, I have to say she grew up:
http://specials-images.forbesimg.co...5448a/320x486.jpg?fit=scale&background=000000
goddamit. That Swift/Gadget side-by-side was fantastic.
Though, I have to say she grew up:
http://specials-images.forbesimg.co...5448a/320x486.jpg?fit=scale&background=000000
St. Clown
Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
Re: USCHO Music Thread 3: They Heard Me Singing
Yeah, she's 26yo now. People still think of her as a young teenager, but it's not quite like that anymore.
Yeah, she's 26yo now. People still think of her as a young teenager, but it's not quite like that anymore.
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