Rebecca Black

Burning Down · 04-06-2011, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by s_k

Well yeah, that's true. But was that the idea?
I mean, how could they guarantee it would go viral?

You rule. But I usually see you listening to proper music.
So... explain?

I listen to all kinds of music. What's proper music?

s_k · 04-06-2011, 12:33 PM

Haha, well whenever I read the what are you listening now, last bought etc. topics, I seem to like your taste. It told you that before

RVCA · 04-06-2011, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

The fact that this thread and the Justin Bieber thread have probably been the 2 most posted in threads dedicated to one artist on the entire forum over the past few months makes me sad.

from now on, I'll just assume that the TLDR of any Urban post is

"forum's gone to shit"

djchameleon · 04-07-2011, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by RVCA

from now on, I'll just assume that the TLDR of any Urban post is

"forum's gone to shit"

rofl it basically is , majority of the time.

Howard the Duck · 04-07-2011, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by s_k

You rule. But I usually see you listening to proper music.
So... explain?

Top 40 is not not proper music. It's just music devoid of any intellectual or artisitic content. But I do love some of Top 40 now. I loved all Top 40 in the 80s.

Ben Butler · 04-07-2011, 10:02 AM

The top 40 exists to make money which is the whole point of mainstream music. Commercial imperative of an artist is more important than the actual talent but despite all this I can not help liking some of the songs. They are catchy, nice to dance to as djchameleon says and that is why they sell and are so popular.

djchameleon · 04-07-2011, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

Top 40 is not not proper music. It's just music devoid of any intellectual or artisitic content. But I do love some of Top 40 now. I loved all Top 40 in the 80s.

I don't agree with your statement that they lack artistic content.

If you look at the Top 40 from the past decades, they came from some very good artists but were also catchy songs and that's why they became popular.

Radioplay tied in with being catchy.

One thing I don't like about how they choose singles is that I will listen to the full album and hear way better songs that SHOULD be on the radio but they never use those as singles.

iron9567 · 04-07-2011, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by RVCA

"Stephen Colbert sings 'Friday' with The Roots on The Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon"

Hulu - Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Stephen Colbert Sings "Friday" With the Roots

maybe I'm just seeing things but if you pay attention to 3:30 the girl that's hugged looks alot like rebecca black. Not sure if it's her or not but it looks alot like her though.

Howard the Duck · 04-07-2011, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

I don't agree with your statement that they lack artistic content.

If you look at the Top 40 from the past decades, they came from some very good artists but were also catchy songs and that's why they became popular.

Radioplay tied in with being catchy.

One thing I don't like about how they choose singles is that I will listen to the full album and hear way better songs that SHOULD be on the radio but they never use those as singles.

i was talking about current Top 40

pop used to be an artform

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 04-07-2011, 11:12 PM

The Top 40 makes my ears bleed.

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Ben Butler Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Rudheath Posts: 393	The top 40 exists to make money which is the whole point of mainstream music. Commercial imperative of an artist is more important than the actual talent but despite all this I can not help liking some of the songs. They are catchy, nice to dance to as djchameleon says and that is why they sell and are so popular.