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American Europop

CountryPumpkinCountryPumpkin
edited 2012-01-03 16:06:20 in Media
I clench my fists and yell "anime" towards an uncaring, absent God, and swear solemnly to press my thumbs into Chocolate America's eyeballs until he is blinded, to directly emasculate sporting figures, to beat the shit out of tumblr users with baseball bats, and to quietly appreciate what Waylon Smithers being gay means to me.
I mean seriously. What the hell is with all of these stupid new pop songs about clubs and shit? Trying to combine the worst aspects of pop (shallow materialism and love on the dance floor OOH BABY HURRY LET'S FUCK BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF TIME) with the worst aspects of trance and techno (shallow, lifeless beats that sound more like flies or zippers than anything, repetitive snares and bounces, catchy but forgettable music) shouldn't lend itself to being the biggest trend in pop music today. Why the hell is this shit so popular? Is it the recession? For fucks sakes, people like to pile on Kanye West but the last time he released dance/club music was in 2007. Five goddamn years ahead of the curve.

I prefer listening to Adele and Mumford & Sons. 

Comments

  • Wicked223Wicked223
    edited 2012-01-03 17:34:23
    We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, For the Earth Had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year
    >catchy but forgettable music
    >I prefer listening to Adele and Mumford & Sons.




  • CountryPumpkinCountryPumpkin
    I clench my fists and yell "anime" towards an uncaring, absent God, and swear solemnly to press my thumbs into Chocolate America's eyeballs until he is blinded, to directly emasculate sporting figures, to beat the shit out of tumblr users with baseball bats, and to quietly appreciate what Waylon Smithers being gay means to me.
    uh
  • vacasamavacasama
    Woki mit deim Popo.
    After seeing many what many Europeans call pop music, it makes Lady Gaga look rather normal.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Is Adele the one who did the Jar of Hearts and Rolling in the deep songs?

    If so she can be eaten alive by voles.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Rolling in the Deep is awesome, shut up.
  • All NinesAll Nines
    Has friends besides tanks now
    ^^ She wrote "Someone Like You". Therefore, I can't stand her. Though that's her only song I know.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    FWIW, Rolling in the Deep is the only Adelle song I like.
  • Wicked223Wicked223
    We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, For the Earth Had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year
    "Jar of Hearts" was someone else, not Adele. 

    "Rolling In The Deep" is good, but the only real notable thing about it is Adele's voice, which is sort of a running pattern in all the Adele songs I've heard...
  • captainbrasscaptainbrass

    "Stupid new pop songs about clubs".


    Well, people have been doing songs of the "Hey baby, let's dance" variety since there was pop music. They are all a bit shallow, but I suppose in depressing times people seek escapism.


    In Britain in the 80s, with the economy similarly depressed to today, the biggest bands were Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet and Wham.All basically about love/dancing/having a good time. People remember The Smiths or New Order, but they weren't the biggest sellers at the time.

  • WhaleWhale
    Champion of the Whales
    Oh yeah, I've always hated the song "Rio" by Duran Duran >.>

    But weren't there other songs that were popular in the 80's such as Ghost Town and One in Ten?
  • TheConductorTheConductor
    I hate Adele, every song she sings is just moaning about getting dumped, eventually you just gotta say "You know what Adele? Maybe if you spent more time at the gym instead of the piano..."
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon
    But "Rio" is the greatest christmas song of all time!
  • OctoOcto
    I don't even call it violence when it's in self defence; I call it intelligence.
    In Britain in the 80s, with the economy similarly depressed to today,
    the biggest bands were Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet and Wham.All
    basically about love/dancing/having a good time. People remember The
    Smiths or New Order, but they weren't the biggest sellers at the time.

    I don't know. I think many people remember 80s pop as being between Depeche Mode and Duran Duran. And maybe U2 and New Order. Ah, British 80s pop was pretty damn cool...

    But "Rio" is the greatest christmas song of all time!

    Among 80s pop that surely would be Last Christmas by Wham!, which without fail manages to enter charts here in Germany every year anew again, heh.
  • Wicked223Wicked223
    We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, For the Earth Had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year
    I hate Adele, every song she sings is just moaning about getting dumped, eventually you just gotta say "You know what Adele? Maybe if you spent more time at the gym instead of the piano..."


  • InsanityAddictInsanityAddict
    Diet NEET
    Where is most pop music played? At clubs. Of course they're going to cater to their own market.

    Since I assume OP does not frequent clubs often, his beef is with encountering that sort of shit outside of said environment. Answer: switch radio stations. Bring a music player if someone else controls the radio. Try a different venue if it soils your nightlife.
  • captainbrasscaptainbrass

    "British 80s pop was pretty damn cool..."


    It was, in retrospect. I didn't appreciate it as much as I should at the time because I spent the late 80s/early 90s going through a weird teenage phase where I basically hated everything popular without making the effort to find anything unpopular I could claim to like. I was a sort of failed hipster.


    As for Adele, I have to admit none of her songs stick in my head at all. The press over here really worship her though, because she's been successful in the US, which always tends to wash away all your sins in the British music industry.  

  • CountryPumpkinCountryPumpkin
    I clench my fists and yell "anime" towards an uncaring, absent God, and swear solemnly to press my thumbs into Chocolate America's eyeballs until he is blinded, to directly emasculate sporting figures, to beat the shit out of tumblr users with baseball bats, and to quietly appreciate what Waylon Smithers being gay means to me.
    I hate Adele, every song she sings is just moaning about getting dumped, eventually you just gotta say "You know what Adele? Maybe if you spent more time at the gym instead of the piano..."


    I don't know. I think many people remember 80s pop as being between Depeche Mode and Duran Duran. And maybe U2 and New Order. Ah, British 80s pop was pretty damn cool... 

    U2 were more rock than pop until Achtung Baby. And I have a certain affinity for this album, so it's not like I'm being a music eltist or anything.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    I would say U2 didn't really become pop until after Achtung Baby, but it's such a minor difference it barely matters.
  • captainbrasscaptainbrass

    ^ Before Achtung Baby they were "rock" in a very earnest and self-conscious way. Afterwards they seemed to realise life was too short to bother with all that and started dressing stupidly, dating supermodels and pratting about on huge over-elaborate tours, like proper pop stars.


    It's the reverse order to how most bands do it.

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