Top 100 Songs of 2013
This was posted on May 24th . . . but I'm posting it here for easier reference.
As I do every year, I took a Top 100 list of songs as decided by a radio station and have made my comment on them. Completing this 5 months after 2013 has ended has taught me that the bulk of "important" music of 2013 was really forgettable . . .
( Top 100 Songs of 2014 )
As I do every year, I took a Top 100 list of songs as decided by a radio station and have made my comment on them. Completing this 5 months after 2013 has ended has taught me that the bulk of "important" music of 2013 was really forgettable . . .
( Top 100 Songs of 2014 )
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Then I realized you were reviewing 100 songs from a chart not made by you.
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I also really like "Roar," for reasons I can't describe. I was going to say it has an interesting, catchy beat, but then so does "Brave." I guess "Roar" is a bit more over-produced and that tends to be the preference these days? I like "Roar" and "Brave" about equally, though I think "Brave" has a better music video and the better, less vague lyrics.
Macklemore is getting a lot of slack from the SJW community (not you in particular but I've wanted to get this off my chest for a while) and it just makes me want to throw my hands up (in the bad way). CAN NO ONE WIN WITH THOSE PEOPLE? You can't blame Macklemore for winning an award or becoming this viral pop phenomenon. People have no control over that, same as you can't blame Dave Brubeck for winning a Grammy instead of Duke Ellington. I'd rather have a white rapper like Macklemore talking about important social issues than one like Eminem. I don't think Macklemore or anyone ( ... )
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I mean, no judgement if you like anything I don't like :P And I like a lot of music (including a lot of Katy Perry's music) that I can't justify why I like it. I can see how Roar was catchy, but the "ro-o-o-o-o-o-o-ar" skipping just annoyed me and I found it repetitive and dragging. (I honestly think it would be like 10x better if it was just a few beats faster?).
Yeah, I think the SJW criticism of Macklemore's success would be better served against the system/general population that drove it than Macklemore himself. (Which is how I think about it though I'm not sure it came across in the post). He's a good rapper and I think people would like his music anyway, and he uses his position as a platform but doesn't fancy himself like *the* spokesperson or anything-- but I think the success of "Same Love" also speaks to how many people find it more palatable to hear about social justice issues from a privileged mainstream than the target "other" itself. It's more like, Why did we choose Macklemore to be the only artist in the hits ( ... )
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Apparently Sandé had always been interested in music but decided to go to school to have something to fall back on in case she didn't make it as a musician. She never finished school because ultimately decided to take the plunge, but she could always go back and then only have one more year or something, I think. But either way, yeah-who gives a shit, that doesn't mean Sandé's any less of a person or any less good at what she does.
I mean, no judgement if you like anything I don't like :P
I know! XP But I do like to think about what is it in pop songs that I like, and why some are catchier than others. "Roar" versus "Brave" is like a textbook case because they're SO similar. Though, I did hear them BOTH on the radio CONSTANTLY, so I don't know if there was a big mindshare discrepancy over on the East Coast about it.
Why did we choose Macklemore to be the only artist in the hits chart to make a ( ... )
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Lol so accordingly Walter real artists are only the people who commit to starving as an artist or nothing else, rather than be practical about how life works?
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