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It surprises me how people on Xltronic just never seem to admit to liking anything mainstream at all... I find this hard to believe, and I think that half the people just say they hate certain things so they'll look cool on the board... which would be really pathetic if they actually did that... ...I don't know, does anyone else agree? |
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I do... in fact, that seems, strangely enough, just like something I said to you one time! ;) |
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it's almost like people are afraid to admit they like mainstream music, cause if they do, their credibility is shot... |
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what mainstream...? britney mainstream? pop mainstream? top of the pops mainstream? the first is shite, the next two are ok in a car-ride, but to listen it at home, not really... |
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well anything mainstream really... |
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I disagree, I have in the past named a number of "mainstream" songs I like, including but not limited to Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Travis, Coldplay, Radiohead, Gloworm, Prodigy...the list goes on and on. |
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well, good enough... noone in particular was named here... |
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Hmmm, I don't mind this when it involves poppy artists in the Britney or Justin legion. But I hate it if people slag off bands like Air or Daftpunk or people like Mike Oldfield or Jean Michel Jarre just to look cool. Mind you, if you really hate them, then fair enough! |
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I listen to mostly classic or timeless rock from the 60's and 70's. We have two of those stations where i live and i find it to be a blessing! Next i really enjoy hardcore metal and punk. After that it's IDM and braindance type of shit. Which i am starting to slightly lose interest in sometimes. |
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madonna u2 queen beatles arent these mainstream enough for you? I love them |
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I don't know what it is but i like just about every Justin Timberlake song, and I'm really getting into the newer Britney and Christina stuff, especially when maddonna is involved. |
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I listen to whatever the hell I want, whether it's mainstream or not. I couldn't possibly care less about whether or not people will think I'm cool. Life is too short for childish bullshit like that. |
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if it sounds good, it sounds good |
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well, I don't listen to Justin Timberlake at all because I think he in particular sucks, but I don't have anything against the idea of "mainstream". if the music sucks, I don't like it, plain and simple. |
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Nah, I like some pop music. A lot of it is gash, but there's something good in almost every genre. Over ten people have DLed Kylie Minogue - Slow off me on SS. I think that shows "IDM fans" do tend to like other stuff too. |
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Skip a beat and move with my body |
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i don't know if they are actually mainstream but i like: björk, radiohead, cardigans (okay cardigans are definitely :D), norah jones, underworld etc. i think listening to mainstream is okay, if the music is actually good, and not uninspirated or just empty trash |
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My favorite band has sold about a billion albums, give or take a few mil. So I've got no qualms. |
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let me take a guess the baettlelss? |
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i think there are some people who express liks/dislikes based on a perception of what is "cool," but i think they're few in number here. it seems to me that the dearth of discussion about so-called mainstream music on xltronic is due to the website's focus on electronic music, which is generally not particularly commercial/widespread popular. i imagine there's someone on a justin timberlake message board right now, wondering why more posters don't admit to liking aphex twin. as long as the aesthetic experience of music is influenced by belief in "quality" as an objective feature of music there will exist fashion trends and pretenders... not that there's anything wrong with that. |
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the beatles are the link between mainstream and underground |
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i am sometimes sad, when good not so popular music all of a sudden comes to the focus of the media, and they show the musician frequently on tv or play his songs on radio more than enough... you are full then |
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The fact that they're so astronomically popular is a millstone around their beautiful and uber-creative necks. |
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god i have to go piss |
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true |
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air is mainstream too. moon safari has been sold 1,000,000 times as i heard... this doesn't mean they are shit, and it depends how you define ''mainstream'' |
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@ rongEnemy me too |
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As far as top 40 I have to admit to liking that cover of It's My Life by No Doubt. Mainstream music was just better in times past. It seemed like after the early 90s music kind of split and the underground became huge and mainstream finally went corporate beyond the point of no return. Before that there was more good music in the mainstream. |
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I'll even go as far as liking it even better than the original! |
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I like watching American Idol. well, i've only just started watching it but i saw a midget so thats pretty cool. |
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rather than deny that i don't like mainstream things and cite a handful of decent danceable singles that i like (Kylie songs, some JT, certain pop-hop,etc.)... which, when you put it into context, would come out as a ratio along the lines of 1,000 non-mainstream songs to 1 mainstream song... i'm just going to say that the reason i don't listen to mainstream music is that it is to focused on being easy to assimilate... if you spat out the same math equation over and over again, would you expect me to clap after the 1,000,000th time? what about the 1,000,071st time? the reason why i obsess over obscure things is not because they are obscure, but because the nature of the market is such that things that are difficult or different are generally pushed to the periphery in favour of easily accessible, easily markertable entertainment... on the occasions that i do enjoy mainstream pop, there usually something about it that roughens (to borrow a formalist term... not to be a snob, but because i think formalism makes a lot of sense i many circumstances) my perception of an otherwise easily assimilable song... in the case of Kylie... i find her sexual presence captivating, a far cry from your typical starlet, whom i won't deny that i often find sexy, whose voice has a sincerity of emotion that i don't think you can attribute to most manufactured starlets... and when i speak of my affection for Kylie, i'm only really speaking about a handful of songs in which the music compliments the vocal (or vice versa) in just the right way... when i really like a straight up hip hop jam, there has to be something about the beat that seperates it from your standard fare (maybe texture, maybe even just a less common chord progression... depends)... but this is precisely what the mainstream is looking for: standard fare and a marketable personality... there's only room for so many freaks in pop... why do "hipsters" like Missy? because Timbaland's beatscapes are interesting... it takes more than a bar to sort them out... on top o |
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i simply have to admit to listening to Depeche Mode and feeling kind of nostalgic right now. |
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i love white stripes and i like some suga babes songs. |
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and some sugababes members :) overload is a great track |
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of this Missy rhymes around the beat in an unconventional manner... that she rose to the top is a sheer fluke... that she will stay there, at least for a little while, despite continued experimentation, has to do with the fact that people don't necessarily always want entertainment over art... if you commit yourself to understanding something (particularly something such as missy, which is, while challenging, not nearly as challenging as listening to Stockhausen... nor am i insinuating that it should be, or that i prefer stockhausen, cause i don't...) there is a decent chance that you will enjoy it in the end... but it's not the business of the majors to take chances on artsy when it requires more time investment on the part of a culture that is obsessed with efficiency |
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the thing is... mainstream music in general is shit... britney, aguielera, linkin park, limp shitskit, justin timbershit etc etc.. |
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isnt that because theyres more of it? |
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i wonder if they're up for a foursome? |
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thats not the most flattering picture. heidi is hot though. |
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They look like the girls down the local STD clinic by mine. |
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thats because she's a scouser. or do you mean methadone clinic? |
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is heidi the left one? cuz i like that one. |
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uh-huh :) |
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They look well nasty on that picture...like city centre sluts who'd fuck for the price of a double vodka neat. |
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which road please |
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those girls are triflin |
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whats funny is that people are frantically responding to this topic so their credibility won't be shot. |
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you mean 'will be shot' surely.. :) |
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ah, im just laughing at the chick on the right because shes like "will you still fuck me even though i have pizza sauce on my lip" |
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if im not mistaking, that's actually a piercing. |
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