i was very late to the party with Boards of Canada, but better late than never. this whole downtempo genre, or as i like to call it "Hotel Lobby Music" is a guilty pleasure. it reminds of Pure Moods, but for people who grew up listening to hip hop.
If more “normal people” realize this and quit social media, we’ll all be better off. These tech companies have really done a fantastic job of making everyone feel like they HAVE to be a part of it, but I have plenty of friends who do not participate and they do just fine in life.
On the other hand I saw an old friend after a long time of not speaking and he started bragging about trolling NBA players on Twitter with the goal of being blocked. What the fuck kind of life is that?
i feel like they'd have turn in some really sloppy shit to mess up their legacy at this point. i wasn't sure they could top Ga Ga Ga for me, and Transference certainly wasn't AS good, but it was still really good. i was worried that was the start of their downslide, but then next two releases were strong. never doubt Spoon.
another one that got really popular, and i'm not sure if this was everywhere, or if Hartford CT was an outlier, was this song "Hey Mister" by Custom. the lyrics were fucking gross. the singer seems to be addressing some rich guy who drives a Volvo(?) telling him about having sex with his daughter. even in my early to mid twenties when i didn't really pay a lot of mind to the vulgarity of lyrics, i felt this one was on par with Akinyele's Put it in Your Mouth as degrading. and for some reason, women (and of course guys) loved it.
accidental downvote...my bad. but Saliva, wow, that's one i'd rather forget. i worked at a "Modern Rock" radio station around this time and another band aside from the standard Nickelback/Puddle of Mudd bullshit that was constantly played was Default with "Wasting my Time". woof. my buddy who worked at the station with me got a Default hockey jersey from the stupid merch pile the label sent over. He wore it a lot. i know he didn't like the band, but we were poor because we worked for Clear Channel, and he needed clothes.
i will not put aside that MGK is in his 30's. aside from how terrible his music is, the biggest thing that bothers me about him is that he is over the age of 30, heard the song Sk8tr Boi, and thought to himself "i'm going to make myself over to be like the protagonist of this song". and i don't care what anyone says, Sk8ter Boi is hot garbage with corny lyrics that even John Hughes would shake his head at.
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