pap64 wrote:Sorry if I looked like a very touchy guy. I actually don't mind if people like her, since I am no music expert and I ain't one to criticize tastes in music.
I consider you one of the cooler people here and didn't want to piss you off.
TheSequelOfDisney wrote:Anyway, Ke$ha's songs may be fun and catchy, but when I hear a song I would kind of like to hear someone singing (that's why I don't like rap "songs").
I happen to like a lot of rap. There doesn't necessarily need to be any pretense about it. You just don't get beats like this in a lot of pop, no matter where you look.
TheSequelOfDisney wrote:A lot of recording artists today can't sing worth crap, and yet they're still making boat-loads of cash. Kind of the same deal with athletes? They get paid millions of dollars just so they can catch a football and run, hit a baseball with a bat or dunk a basketball into a net. To me, that makes absolutely no sense.
AAAH!!
That was good! Excellent point.
All I can say to that is that- you can really
move to music, so it doesn't seem like sports to me. And move independently- whereas with sports, there's a crowd conformist mentality to the experience of watching them and you have to sit on your butt for a good portion of it. Music is there for so many different reasons. People listening to it get more involved with it, in different ways.
TheSequelOfDisney wrote:And I don't really appreciate people who think they are singers, but really aren't. I guess that's probably why I like Broadway so much. They have to be able to sing otherwise they won't be in the show.
I'm highly ignorant when it comes to Broadway. My impression of it is of choreographed musical numbers with dancing, orchestral compositions, and a lot of physical drama. That's for folks who want a show, right? When I turn on my stereo, I might want to relax with something ambient and ethereal. But usually, I do it because I want to bang something out of me. Dance, club, rap, and electronica music can do this just as well for me as musicals can for some others.
Disney's Divinity wrote:Yes, I watch Glee and American Idol because, in today's music world where everything is repetitive, the one saving grace is people who have good voices. It's the reason I don't care for people like Katy Perry or Keisha (although I will say that Perry is a better singer--and that's really putting Keisha down).
Sorry. I know it's so very offensive that I don't want to listen to hacks and robotic noises try to stumble through a "song."
Oooh... Maybe you should change your name to Disney's Div
a.
Seriously- I'm a pretty smart person with a nose for good in bad taste. It's not that I don't recognize Ke$ha's shortcomings... It's that I'm smart enough to place the ones that matter where they belong: on writing and production. Since these
are dance and club songs, not Christina Aguilera ballads meant to bring a nation of tweens to tears.
Yeah, I admit my first instinct is to think that the people who like Glee are just a bunch of drama queens. I know better, but it's people who take it so dang seriously who make me love that my brain works like this.
pap64 wrote:I mean, I can see why people would be annoyed about it. Pop culture has the tendency of forcing acts, trends and thoughts down people's throats, and people that opposite it charge back with mock and ridicule. But should we really be THAT upset about it? I think not.
I remember the dumb pop artists that were around my era, with their repetitive lyrics and mind numbing beats. And guess what? We liked them! So clearly, this isn't anything new, and I do find it silly how people condemn the death of music today when "fake" music has been around forever...
Duckburger wrote:I can't see why people shouldn't enjoy songs from Kesha. They're fun. In a mindless drunk way. It's not like she's claiming to be the second coming of Jesus. And judging by the album sales, a lot of people don't seem to care that she's not the second coming of Jesus.
From what I can gather, every song on Glee is recorded with auto-tune. No 'raw' voices -'real' talent- to be found, so when they do it on their show - 'robotic voices' are okay? If I were to guess, the only reason artists agree to have their songs on Glee is because it boosts iTunes sales.
AMEN!
TheSequelOfDisney wrote:Ke$ha just can't sing. Period.
Who made up this rule that it matters? What is this- your way of trying to control a cultural anarchy you believe has developed?
Scarred4life wrote:her lyrics are trashy.
So are Prince's, Madonna's, Lady Gaga's, and so many other artists- I could go on for hours.
Point: I doubt that one is a fair criticism. She didn't make the rules, she just follows them.
PeterPanfan wrote:I really like "Your Love is My Drug"
I adore it. As pop songs go, it's a masterpiece. And one of my favorite songs of the new millennium. I wouldn't compare anything else she's done to that, though. It's on a whole other level.
PeterPanfan wrote:and I plan on buying her deluxe version of her album, Cannibal when it's released in November.
Wait- is this her 2nd album or an expansion of her first?
pap64 wrote:Anyone remember these guys?
No- but I'll never forget "Blame It on the Rain" and "Baby, Don't Forget My Number." Both because I'll be a rabid fan of 80's & 90's era Weird Al until the day I die (he parodied them in "The Plumbing Song"), and they're fun to dance to.
