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Wheat Loaf posted:I was thinking earlier that I'm disappointed saxophone solos didn't make the comeback projected by "The Edge of Glory" and "Last Friday Night". Me too, and if you're joking, I am not. (Former sax player here.)
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I'm not joking - I play saxophone myself. You listen to pop music from the 1980s and there's loads of songs with guitar solos and sax solos. Lionel Richie - "Dancing On the Ceiling" - there's a Steve Lukather type guitar solo in that, and it's not even a rock song. Why and when did little eight-bar instrumental solos become old-hat? I don't believe it's entirely down to grunge; that primarily impacted on how rock music was in the 1990s more so than pop music generally. "California King Bed" by Rihanna had an eighties-style guitar solo in it, I believe.
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Yeah but Dancing on the Ceiling was garbage.
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Nov 1, 2015 15:17
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Ellie Goulding's cover of Tessellate has a great sax solo in it.
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Josh Lyman posted:Yeah but Dancing on the Ceiling was garbage. Frankly, I don't particularly like any of Lionel Richie's solo oeuvre (Commodores FTW though).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf_wVfwpfp8 How is that chorus real. How.
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PUGGERNAUT posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf_wVfwpfp8 What chorus  ?
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PUGGERNAUT posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf_wVfwpfp8 it sounds like cash money from gravity falls.
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Biebervelli with another one http://noisey.vice.com/blog/justin-bieber-i-ll-show-you-stream?utm_source=noiseytwitterus
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Anyone else read The Song Machine? It's a book about the industrialization of modern pop music, with the author crafting a sort-of-narrative out of the development of different artists and songwriters. It doesn't always succeed, and has some weird inaccuracies (this article covers some of them, even if it's way too bitter), but it's compelling enough that it kept me reading.
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Tired Moritz posted:it sounds like cash money from gravity falls. Sounds like Mystikal to me. Also, thoughts on the new Grimes track? Khagan fucked around with this message at 13:59 on Nov 2, 2015 |
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Josh Lyman posted:Yeah but Dancing on the Ceiling was garbage. Look at this crazy opinion.
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ariana grande makes me uncomfortable.
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HorseRenoir posted:Biebervelli with another one http://noisey.vice.com/blog/justin-bieber-i-ll-show-you-stream?utm_source=noiseytwitterus Haven't even listened yet and it's better than every song posted in this thread. Bugatti Biebz back bitch
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Tired Moritz posted:ariana grande makes me uncomfortable. Go on...
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aBagorn posted:Go on...
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PUGGERNAUT posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf_wVfwpfp8 This is really bad. Khagan posted:Also, thoughts on the new Grimes track? She should upgrade to a PS4. It's pretty good. Can't believe it's been nearly 4 years since 'Visions'.
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Listening to Jo Whiley's Radio 2 show on my way home this evening - she played some tracks from the new John Newman album. Sounded pretty good. The fellow she had on with her reviewing albums made an interesting observation that he is to Sam Smith what Duffy was to Adele - both similar artists on a similar level for a while, then one of them took off in a big way. I like Sam Smith well enough but I think I prefer John Newman.
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John Newman rules. I don't understand why his career didn't take off, especially after Uptown Funk made everybody want to do brassy retro stuff. I like Ariana Grande because she's basically an American Kpop singer. I can definitely see why she'd creep someone out though!
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Sure, I liked his last album a lot. It had a sort of Northern soul influence that I think is actually in more contemporary dance music than we realise (see also: "Happy" by Pharrell). I hadn't previously made the Sam Smith connection before - I hadn't realised they both debuted around the same time, probably because John Newman had an album out first by about a year, I think - though it's pretty obvious now that it's been pointed out to me. I don't dislike Sam Smith or anything, but I find him a bit dull unless I'm in the right mood for his music.
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Josh Lyman posted:She's 5'0 and looks like a 12-year-old. Is Ariana Grande Actually a Baby?: An Investigation I really like her, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACN9NU9WYfo
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Nov 3, 2015 02:41
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Tired Moritz posted:she's not making herself look taller by putting herself in small circles or boxes. Josh Lyman fucked around with this message at 05:57 on Nov 3, 2015 |
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I like Focus (and I'm pretty ehhh on Ariana usually; she makes me uncomfortable too, all told) but ever since I read a review saying it sounds like a rehashed "That's The Way I Like It" by KC and the Sunshine Band, I can't hear anything else.
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RIP to Ellie Goulding who has about 3 weeks to get a hit before Adele loving bodyslams her.
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^burtle posted:RIP to Ellie Goulding who has about 3 weeks to get a hit before Adele loving bodyslams her.
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Josh Lyman posted:Nah, Ellie Goulding is a dance-pop artist now. Unfortunately, Tay Tay has basically run out of singles from 1989, otherwise we'd get an interesting showdown. New Romantics
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Sprat Sandwich posted:New I love New Romantics. Even though it totally sounds like a MySpace profile song from 2007, I love it.
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PUGGERNAUT posted:I love New Romantics. Even though it totally sounds like a MySpace profile song from 2007, I love it. It's really good. That it was relegated to a deluxe edition bonus track is a real shame.
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Wheat Loaf posted:I wonder whether the new Adele album will sell a million copies in week one? Taylor Swift is the only artist who can do that nowadays - Adele is the only other singer I think is big enough to potentially manage it. Uh- her album goes on sale the week of Black Friday, she is going to obliterate records (I don't think she will match N syncs record though (isn't it like 2.3 million in one week?), but she will certainly beat Britney's record, I'm like 90% sure of this)
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Josh Lyman posted:I can't wait for #TeamTaylor vs #TeamAdele I'll be over here alone in the #TeamKylie corner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckd58uBiwFQ
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PUGGERNAUT posted:I'll be over here alone in the #TeamKylie corner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXQViqx6GMY
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Sprat Sandwich posted:It's really good. That it was relegated to a deluxe edition bonus track is a real shame. She seems to be making up for that shame by playing it live, which is actually really strange considering how many other songs she could be doing instead of that one.
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The verses in New Romantics where there's a backing choral, it reminds me of another fairly recent pop song that I think had a male singer but I can't remember much else.
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Josh Lyman posted:This is the only pop singer Christmas song we need: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM2Fnp_qnE8 Josh Lyman posted:The verses in New Romantics where there's a backing choral, it reminds me of another fairly recent pop song that I think had a male singer but I can't remember much else. That Bastille song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F90Cw4l-8NY
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Team Gaga anyone? ........guys? (I wish she was still as popular, so much potential  )
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somnambulist posted:Team Gaga anyone? I feel like if you combined the best tracks from Born This Way and Artpop, you'd have an amazing album. As it stands her stuff has been very hit-or-miss lately, and that makes me sad, because The Fame and The Fame Monster are both so consistently amazing. This was good though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44ntWqV4oW0
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