This is so absurd. Was what he said in bad taste? 100%. If we’re not careful someone might mistake him for the singer of a punk band. The inability for folks to differentiate the scale of these infractions is getting so tiresome.
NYCHC is just the worst sub culture. White, macho, weirdly conservative. The music is totally creatively hollow and the people who make it their identity are borderline fascist about it.
But why did the simpsons make an episode about Morrissey?? Do people watch the Simpsons? Do the people who do know who he is?? Why does any of this exist?????
Lol I mean did he think anyone was going to read his book? I wish there was a way for me to know LESS about Moby. Figure that out and you're on to something.
Plus her voice can't carry the pop aspirations. Works well when she's doing the more whispery bedroom thing but for a full on pop song it just doesn't have the power needed to pull it off. In the recorded version you can hear how incredibly tuned it is which helps I guess for the pitch but doesn't help for the energy. In the live version you can hear how strained and flat it is. It just can't carry the weight.
I just don't think it rises to the level it aspires too. It wants to be this big shimmery synth pop song and it just never gets off the ground IMO. The chorus especially just is so forgettable and missing any kind of energy or urgency. This is a pretty well worn genre of song so feels like it would need to hit higher highs to stand out in the field. Just feels generic.
Her voice in the chorus of that new single is rough. I guess she's built up enough momentum to get as big as she seems to be for this album cycle but that song is really not strong.
The Grammy's have been so terrible for so long that I am surprised I care about anything related to them. That said, it's truly unreal that Blinding Lights wasn't nominated.
But he's not saying there are no bands that exist. "I mean, there still are plenty of bands, and maybe they’re not in the limelight quite as much, or in the pop limelight, but I wish there could be more of those around."
Compare to the same list from 2002 the year the first Maroon 5 record came out. https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/top-billboard-200-albums
There's literally not one contemporary band on the top 200 records from 2020. Where's the lie? https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-billboard-200-albums
Lol rock music is deader than dead. Old farts can't handle a guitar getting smashed while PB is giving the guitar company a heads up in advance and had a fake monitor built for her to smash (maybe that was a joke?) The lameness of this is coming from all angles.
The point he is making is that moral certainty with no nuance or compassion is akin to religious fervor, and he's right. The framing of this article supports his point.
Again this is another instance that seems to speak to KP's pretty outrageous privilege. On the last post about her a lot of people went with the "Well just cause she's rich does that mean we should discount her as an artist?" Which I think is just missing the point. It's more about the fact that you can't break through without buying access and that paradigm excludes voices that I would rather hear from.
yeah totally. I don't think it's disqualifying there aren't rules but it definitely isn't irrelevant either. the music industry (and lets face it lots of other creative industries) have steadily become a circle jerk where privilege and connections blow open all the doors and then everyone pats each other on the back for what geniuses they are to have "made it." the context matters and it also matters which voices aren't being amplified because someone couldn't afford to focus solely on their music or hire an expensive engineer or get their music in the hands of someone who could help them.
From Wikipedia - "On her father's side, her great-great-grandparents were Isidor Straus, a U.S. Congressman and co-owner of Macy's". I think it sucks that everyone who blows up like this started from such deep privilege. Like heir to Macy's money raised in BK and trained in performing arts? That's a hell of a leg up and a lot of access that most people just don't get. Super common story these days. I dunno it's complicated but feels gross that something that's supposed to drive the culture is so heavily gate-kept by privilege and access. Especially weird that it's left completely out of the conversation. Like there's no mention here about the conditions that need to be in place for a 20 year old to end up in this position. Seems whack.
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