I like lots of music after 2000. But don't sit there and tell me that the decade before wasn't overwhelmingly more innovative and...well, better. There is a difference between a studio producer and a fat-fuck billionaire label producer who sits in a teakwood office and plays the Ignorant God.
Sorry buddy, those don't exist anymore. They're losing out because of Amazon, Pandora, this little application called iTunes, YouTube, direct purchases of their albums from their websites. Are there billionaire label producers anymore? I don't think that's the case. For the record, technically Akon is who found Lady Gaga, so he's getting the backend of that, not some fat Ignorant God billionaire record producer. Usher never has to work again because technically Bieber is on his record label. Yeah those two are the definitions of Ignorant guys. Artists are becoming producers, finding talent and bringing them up. You're thinking and taking your stance off an outdated platform that is quickly on its way out. The big name record labels aren't in the Golden Age anymore, so that is where you're a little off base here. But you missed JWags question. What are these modern songs you actually like? Don't dance around this one buddy. Name 3 songs that came out in the last 3-5 years (huge window) that you really liked. Also, just because Madonna, Prince and MJ were transcendant artists, doesn't mean music now is completely shit. That's like saying they aren't shit because the Beatles were good. Or the Beatles were shit because...uh...fuck...Beethohven was the shit. Its a silly argument. Side note: We have 3 fucking Sober threads hovering at the top? Wtf? What's the distinction of a Sober Thread vs other non WDT? So confused.
I have a colleague who could be made the subject of a Twitter account for all the stupid shit she says. "When I was at the conference in Amsterdam, it was 1000 Euros for the regular countries but there was a group there from one of the African countries and for them it was only 50 Euros" "Where I grew up there was a guy trying to breed an extinct species of dog" "I was bitten by a snake! It was a little baby snake only this long (spreads finger) and I picked it up to show everyone" "Hey, isn't our warehouse getting a manufacturing license? Maybe that would be an opportunity for us to (manufacturer piece of equipment with a chemical nobody is willing to make)" Good lord.
You need "sober" threads when there is a weekend drunk thread that lasts for about 3 months at a time
Just to add to what Parker said: Who fucking cares that there's a lot of shit mainstream out there. There's tons of great music being created every year, and in this day and age of accessibility there's no excuse not to go out an find it. Every time I think I've run out of enjoyable music - and my tastes aren't very mainstream - I find a band putting out great music that I like.
Well..... Underground- Eminem Check my Brain- Alice in Chains Ghosts n Stuff- DeadMau5 Raise your Weapon- DeadMau5 You're a Lie- Slash & Myles Kennedy 1,000,000- Nine INch Nails Running Wild- Airbourne Baby Hates Me- Danko Jones So Happy- Theory of a Dead Man Pork and Beans- Weezer Satallite- Rise Against Supermassive Black Hole- Muse Break the Ice- Britney (I like it, sue me) Hold me in your Arms- The Trews Anything by Rival Sons Dangerous- Kardinall & Akon Way I Are- Timbaland Sweet Dreams- Beyonce Your Decision- AIC Troublemaker- Weezer Forever- Chris Brown Getting over You-Guetta, Fergie, etc. In the Air Tonight- Naturally Seven Say Hey- Michael Franti & Spearhead Dj Got us falling in love- Usher Hollow- AIC HIgher- Tiao Cruz I need a doctor- Dre & Em The Sex is Good- Saving Abel Let it go- Dragonette We Speak no Americano- Yolanda Faster- Within Temptation Country Song- Seether Lonely Boy- Black Keys The Shakes- Priestess Gold on the Ceiling- Black Keys Howling for You- Black Keys Anything by Florence & The Machine Big Slice- Jonas & The Massive Attraction Never Looking back- Kenny Wayne Sheppard Band Anything by Steel Panther Raindance Maggie- RHCP Somebody I used to know- Gotye Break- Three Days Grace Hands up for Detroit- Fedde le Grand Scream- Usher S & M- Rihanna Fuck You- Cee-Lo Sweet Nothing- Calvin Harris Now that my cards are out, what about YOU, smarty-pants?
Its interesting that you mention Break the Ice cause that song is responsible for the most disappointing first 15 seconds of music-inspired reaction in the last decade. The beat of that song is incredible and the first time I heard it was right around the time that T.I. was on his game and I was convinced it was about to be one of the best hip hop tracks I'd ever heard, hopefully from T.I. Then Britney's voice came in, and I was tremendously disappointed, though it is a good track. Also, funny that you listed two garbage Weezer tracks after Rivers Cuomo started mailing it in with garbage. But to each's own. But I'm curious, what makes Higher by Taio Cruz so much more high bro than other pop music? That song is as generic as they come and Taio Cruz can be confused with Jason Derulo and multiple other B-list pop musicians to a less informed ear. As for pop, I'm probably not a good counterpoint there, cause I love alot of it, even shitty stuff. I can find bits and pieces of most songs to appreciate. Currently, I love anything Ellie Goulding is doing, I do think Ke$ha's cd is pretty solid and "C'Mon" is just a fucking jam, and I think One Direction's first album was catchy enough to take over the world regardless of girls thinking they're dreamy. You're gonna be hard pressed to find female pop I don't like just at least just a little bit. It's a guilty pleasure.
Because I'm a DJ, I like shit that makes people dance and dance well. Rhythm and beat are important to me: they have to be present, and the sure as hell better not be boring. "Higher" has that, though my typical crowds unfortunetly like "Dynamite" about 20x better. And Break the Ice, yeah that's one of the best beats of the last ten years. It's tremendous when thrown out of JBL speakers.
Thinking about it, I just realized that out of the three Ninja Gaidens for the NES I only beat II. I never got around to beating the original or Ancient Ship of Doom. I think the one time I got to Jaquio in the original I died, and when it sent me back to the beginning of the stage I said "fuck this" and threw my controller across the room, pulling the NES behind it and jostling the cartridge. III can bite me quite frankly. I guess now I have plans for the weekend!
The first one is the shortest and toughest of the three, no doubt. The third is actually pretty easy but it doesn't compare to the first two.
Tell me when you beat Battletoads. That game is sadistic, It's sent reasonably sane kids into manic depression, fits of inconsolable rage. Myself included. Everyone that has played it understands this: Spoiler Die. Die in a righteous fire, developers.
I broke no less than 4 NES controllers trying to beat that level in Battletoads. It's the most frustrating thing in gaming.
Don't take the easy way out either: get a friend and beat Battletoads together. If you can do that, you will truly have a fire-forged life companion who will follow you to the gates of hell if needs be.
In regards to your list, I like most of those songs, except for a few I have no idea who they are (see: Saving Abel, Kenny Wayne) or I never got into like Weezer. I see what you did there with the bolding. Nice... But the question really comes back to, do people walk off the floor with Tik Tok comes on? Do they start dancing badly when Ke$ha plays? All her songs are dance songs with excellent beats that are not just easy to mix on the utlity side. I don't know a person that doesn't start singing and dancing once they hear "Waking up in the mornin' feeling like P. Diddy" Shit, I just started dancing in my office chair against my will... You can't argue for Taio Cruz based on the beat of the song, then completely shit on Ke$ha. Ke$ha is a better pop artist. She at least has put out another album.
So today is my old roommate's birthday, and the running joke amongst all of our friends is to make bear jokes at his expense due to his hairiness. Well I was trying to find a picture I had sent him a while back of what appears to be a bear getting a mouth-hug from another bear, but couldn't find a saved copy of it. Let me serve as a warning to you all, DON'T DO A GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH FOR BEAR BLOWJOB expecting to find pictures of animals.... especially at work. This is the image for reference.
Wait a minute, that is a kesha song? That song is hot garbage that has been left out in the sun for days covered in coyote vomit. That song is my cue to step outside for a smoke.
Sort of related- I wish more people here were into the benefits of brevity in their posts. I think every post I've seen about Kesha has had about one hilarious sentence surrounded by about 20 more boring sentences.