tylermunns
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| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time @akg_ca Well don’t you just make a newcomer feel welcome. Good thing the post-# police are out, keeping watchful eye on how many posts people have made, and then strongly advocating silencing people whose opinions they don’t like - “too bad that... | |
| 50 years of Hip Hop- How Come? @larsman I wasn’t making a value judgement either way. I certainly don’t consider technical proficiency/musical complexity to be synonymous with quality. I was just elucidating the stark differences between the music that comes out of someone’s ... | |
| Anyone else think that Kid A sounds alot like Mingus? Not at all. Kid A, given it was my personal Sgt. Pepper or whatever (came out when I was 17, was already a fan but this was revelatory, ‘Praise Be!!’ type stuff) is one of those top-10 worthy albums for me. Anything by Mingus, particularly Th... | |
| Is R.E.M. underrated by new music nerds? Just turned 40. My favorite bands in my teens were Nirvana, Pavement, and Radiohead. Each one idolized REM. They were definitely still big when I became a budding music nerd circa ‘95. I tried. Never really stuck. I’ve periodically retried ove... | |
| Burt Bacharach has passed away One of my all-time favorite songwriters. I play his songs on the piano constantly. I’m doing it a lot more the past few days. Thanks, Burt. RIP | |
| 50 years of Hip Hop- How Come? @perki Perhaps you have some ideas of your own you’d like to share. Or perhaps you’d like to merely copy and paste a few music writers who wanted to publish a vaguely plausible “story” to meet their deadlines. A lot of stretching going on ther... | |
| 50 years of Hip Hop- How Come? @perkri ”Old white guys discussing rap and hip hop. Hilarious. You do all realize, it was born out of jazz? It is the urban music of our time and is a reflection of the disenfranchised of large groups of people.“ Ay yi yi, where to begin with... | |
| 50 years of Hip Hop- How Come? @simao: “Ready for some blasphemy? I prefer "Mercy Me" over "What's Going On" -- and Robert Palmer's cover of it over the original.” Yeah, you’re right. At least you’re self-aware. Preferring Robert Palmer’s cover of “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecolog... | |
| 50 years of Hip Hop- How Come? Why does this music’s “longevity” “surprise” you? | |
| Did vinyl sales just hit the proverbial brick wall? The resurgence of vinyl the last 10-15 years has largely been, “millennials,” and now, “Gen Z.” Ditto for the cassette thing. Hilarious. There was a different fella than normal, a younger fella behind the desk at one of the record stores I frequen... | |
| Those singers you enjoy,....that don't really have a great voice? Given this is an audiophile forum, I’ll note that the Analogue Productions vinyl reissue of Roy’s Crying LP is knock-yer-socks-off glorious. And yeah, most singers would kill to have a voice like Roy’s. | |
| Those singers you enjoy,....that don't really have a great voice? Roy Orbison “doesn’t have a great voice?” Wow. Those are some high standards. I love the sound of Kurt Cobain, Lemmy, Lou Reed, Roger Miller and John Sebastian’s voices. I wouldn’t say any of those guys were proficient vocalists, but I’ll be d... | |
| Are solo efforts ever better? Todd Rundgren > The Nazz. Michael Jackson > The Jacksons Bjork > The Sugarcubes. Neil Young > Buffalo Springfield. Brian Eno > Roxy Music | |
| Music for 2022- Is It Just Me Or?.. There is no denying that current mainstream pop music is pure and utter trash. Anyone who says otherwise is lying or has no taste. | |
| Music for 2022- Is It Just Me Or?.. There’s a NYT article today talking about new music. It’s unintentionally hilarious. It starts by noting that the 2022 Saucy Santana single, “Booty,” not only uses the same Chi-Lites sample that gave Beyoncé her signature song, “Crazy in Love,” (... |