General Music Discussion II

by **Drongonia** » Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:21 am

Dresderstan wrote:Who says everyone hates it? A reshoot MV being #1 on YT and the song being the biggest song in the country doesn't scream abject hatred of it to me. Or is there something you want to say?

Perhaps I should have been more specific, most people in retail dislike the song. Better?

Last.FM · by **Corrian** » Thu Dec 26, 2019 1:30 am

Drongonia wrote:
Dresderstan wrote:Who says everyone hates it? A reshoot MV being #1 on YT and the song being the biggest song in the country doesn't scream abject hatred of it to me. Or is there something you want to say?

Perhaps I should have been more specific, most people in retail dislike the song. Better?

God, I can't wait until the Christmas music is over and I mostly work outside. Can't imagine being inside all the time.

by **Ameriganastan** » Thu Dec 26, 2019 5:38 am

I can confirm anyone who has worked retail (Including me) hates that damn song. Cripes, they started playing it the day after Halloween.

Last.FM · by **Corrian** » Wed Jan 01, 2020 12:00 am

I would post my top 2019 albums, but I have like 9 albums to listen to still in the year and I want to re-listen to some to finalize, so I'm behind.

by **Anollasia** » Thu Jan 02, 2020 7:09 pm

Corrian wrote:I would post my top 2019 albums, but I have like 9 albums to listen to still in the year and I want to re-listen to some to finalize, so I'm behind.

I haven't even listened to a single album from 2019 yet. Well, I listened to an EP from 2019 but that's it.

Last.fm · by **Cosumar** » Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:30 am

I made a decade list

What are y'all's favorite albums of the 2010s?

by **Nuroblav** » Fri Jan 03, 2020 2:14 pm

Cosumar wrote:I made a decade list

What are y'all's favorite albums of the 2010s?

Mine at the moment are:

All the Little Lights - Passenger
To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
Holy Hell - Architects

Not a decade I've dug into tbh.

Last.fm · by **Cadonica** » Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:17 am

The biggest music discovery for me this decade was, without a shadow of a doubt, synthwave.

Cosumar wrote:I made a decade list

What are y'all's favorite albums of the 2010s?

Making such list would be really hard and time consuming for me, so I'll just throw my AotYs 2010-2019 here

SotY list too, because why not?

by **Cisairse** » Sun Jan 05, 2020 5:14 pm

Cosumar wrote:I made a decade list

What are y'all's favorite albums of the 2010s?

I think Simulation Theory takes the #1 slot for me.

Song of the Decade is definitely "Rowing" by Soundgarden.

by **Hypersensible Crybabies** » Thu Jan 09, 2020 8:19 am

Cosumar wrote:What are y'all's favorite albums of the 2010s?

The National - High Violet
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Deafheaven - Sunbather
Wolf Parade - Expo 86
Wolf Parade - Cry Cry Cry
Coldplay - Ghost Stories

by **Anollasia** » Thu Jan 09, 2020 8:22 pm

Cosumar wrote:I made a decade list

What are y'all's favorite albums of the 2010s?

I started a list but it might take a while to finish it. I'd definitely include "Lonerism" by Tame Impala, I think it's the only 5/5 album I have from that decade that was actually recorded in the 2010s (not archival material).

by **Nuroblav** » Fri Jan 10, 2020 12:54 am

https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade ... rock-songs

I have no idea what is up with the Top 10 at all.

by **Dresderstan** » Fri Jan 10, 2020 3:55 am

Nuroblav wrote:https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/hot-rock-songs

I have no idea what is up with the Top 10 at all.

Ugh, I've already seen the internet rant about how awful this is, I don't need the melodrama over something so stupid over here. What is and is not rock is irrelevant, this is what rock station's have been playing therefore that's what the charts count as rock.

by **Nuroblav** » Fri Jan 10, 2020 9:50 am

Dresderstan wrote:
Nuroblav wrote:https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/hot-rock-songs

I have no idea what is up with the Top 10 at all.

Ugh, I've already seen the internet rant about how awful this is, I don't need the melodrama over something so stupid over here. What is and is not rock is irrelevant, this is what rock station's have been playing therefore that's what the charts count as rock.

Fair enough. Just merely observing, that's all...

by **Asle Leopolka** » Fri Jan 10, 2020 12:25 pm

Nuroblav wrote:https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/hot-rock-songs

I have no idea what is up with the Top 10 at all.

Billboard is dying and they're going with pop to try and stay relevant?

by **Dresderstan** » Fri Jan 10, 2020 12:51 pm

Asle Leopolka wrote:
Nuroblav wrote:https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/hot-rock-songs

I have no idea what is up with the Top 10 at all.

Billboard is dying and they're going with pop to try and stay relevant?

No that is incorrect, blame the rock stations that pick them up, Billboard just calculates along with Nielsen tracking the biggest songs either in all formats/genres, or in separate charts (I.E, rock, R&B, hip-hop/rap, you get the idea), complies the data into a points based system come the end of the year/decade, and you have what we've got. Also, Billboard does not need to stay relevant, it's been relevant since it's inception in tracking music back since the late 50s, it's not the charts "going pop"

by **Nuroblav** » Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:04 pm

Asle Leopolka wrote:
Nuroblav wrote:https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/hot-rock-songs

I have no idea what is up with the Top 10 at all.

Billboard is dying and they're going with pop to try and stay relevant?

Nope, they compile data from what other stations play.

Not that I care about the mainstream anyway. There's a lot I could say about it but I can't be bothered to say right now.

Last.fm · by **Cadonica** » Fri Jan 10, 2020 2:59 pm

RIP Neil Peart 1952-2020.

Time for a Rush marathon. Excluding their debut since he didn't play on that record.

by **Ameriganastan** » Fri Jan 10, 2020 2:59 pm

Cadonica wrote:RIP Neil Peart 1952-2020.

Time for a Rush marathon. Excluding their debut since he didn't play on that record.

Oh come on!

by **Ghost Land** » Fri Jan 10, 2020 3:22 pm

Dresderstan wrote:
Asle Leopolka wrote:Billboard is dying and they're going with pop to try and stay relevant?

No that is incorrect, blame the rock stations that pick them up, Billboard just calculates along with Nielsen tracking the biggest songs either in all formats/genres, or in separate charts (I.E, rock, R&B, hip-hop/rap, you get the idea), complies the data into a points based system come the end of the year/decade, and you have what we've got. Also, Billboard does not need to stay relevant, it's been relevant since it's inception in tracking music back since the late 50s, it's not the charts "going pop"

That explanation is correct.

The Mainstream Rock chart (i.e. what "the rock chart" was in the 80s) is what you're looking for if you want to see more traditional rock and metal represented.

Cadonica wrote:RIP Neil Peart 1952-2020.

Time for a Rush marathon. Excluding their debut since he didn't play on that record.

And the 2019 rush (no pun intended) of musician deaths continues into 2020. I was not expecting this. May he rest in peace.

RIP Neil Ellwood Peart (12 Sep 1952-7 Jan 2020)

by **Minoa** » Sun Jan 19, 2020 4:36 am

Posted here for relevance.

I have been aware of a thread where readers posted their top genres on Spotify, but it means nothing to me because Spotify has, if I recall correctly, yet to make a profit. I think this is likely down to cheap digital downloads on Amazon Digital Music, and in our country, 7digital.

In my case, Audio CDs remain my main port of call for a good majority of tracks: only a handful of tracks, such as David Hasselhoff’s True Survivor, were digital downloads due to the fact that they were never released on Audio CD.

I think that digital downloads take away my enjoyment of hunting down the originals in marketplaces like eBay and Discogs, and then create lossless digital files as if you were developing photographs from a film camera. That is not to say that cheap digital downloads do not have a future: in fact, they have contributed towards finding a different way to curb piracy in the aftermath of the Sony BMG rootkit scandal.

by **Vyleria** » Sun Jan 19, 2020 4:40 am

Query, Rick Roll, Take on me or Crazy Frog?

p.s what would you do if you were rick rolled?

by **Ghost Land** » Sun Jan 19, 2020 5:03 am

Vyleria wrote:Query, Rick Roll, Take on me or Crazy Frog?

p.s what would you do if you were rick rolled?

"Never Gonna Give You Up". I used to be firmly in the "Take On Me" camp but the memes surrounding that song have been more recent.

I've been rick-rolled once; it isn't that big of a deal. Just let the song play and enjoy it; it's 3:32 of glorious late-80s cheesy pop that isn't made like that anymore.

Edit: 800th post on this nation!

Last.FM · by **Corrian** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 6:21 pm

Vyleria wrote:Query, Rick Roll, Take on me or Crazy Frog?

p.s what would you do if you were rick rolled?

What year is this?

There's nothing groundbreaking I'd do because I got freaking rick rolled. In this day and age that would literally be my response, "What year is this?".

by **Nuroblav** » Tue Jan 21, 2020 10:06 am

What are our thoughts here on Radiohead?

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