Mondo Bungle

All music is just ripping off other music, why don't we stop making music ever

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grtwhtgrvty

That's not true though.

Zyrada

... but it absolutely is true. To say something is derivative is a totally meaningless criticism in and of itself because all music/art comes from something else in some form. Jazz musicians even unabashedly steal from other jazz musicians as a core part of the culture.

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grtwhtgrvty

This is turning into a vocabulary lesson real quick. Obviously everything is inspired by something and nothing is completely and utterly 110% unique but the term 'derivative' doesn't mean "inspired by", it means 'imitative of".

Like Bjork's 'Debut' was really the birth of dance-pop but Bjork's 'Debut' isn't derivative of dance music.

Death Grips incorporates industrial sounds into their music but Death Grips isn't derivative of industrial music.

I think it made a lot of people realize how powerful silence can be in music, and how the absence of sound can, in of itself, be an element in the music.

grindy

That would be just ripping off 4'33''.

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grtwhtgrvty

I actually think 4'33 is a really cool commentary on music. Idk if that's controversial around here.

tray

A boy blatantly ripped off Usher's "Yeah!" and it went viral. Like, don't people know this song has basically been done before? A lot of music fans are just so dumb honestly. It's all the same thing mostly anyway, just love songs, usually with the same lyrics in a different order lol Rap and other genres might be more original but pop has gone down the toilet.

If I'm being honest, I can't think of anything more cringe-worthy than singers who just continue to act like how they were when they were younger singers, just singing the same things without thinking it'll get boring eventually, and bouncing around on stage as if people don't notice they are much older and their moves no longer look good on them now they are capable of rearing kids.