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Another thread started out of sheer curiosity. The reason being is that my 14 year old grand daughter remarked today that Jessie J's Price Tag was too poppy after I asked her if she liked it,(I do...catchy retro tune). She said Katie Perry is better and that Lady GaGa is too strange. So that's the modern music critique for the day.
Can you detect if a tune or album is too poppy or sugar-coated ? I look at it in simplistic terms - if you like ..you like it...no genres count...like Crazy-Horse would say.
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HERE! HERE! SteveO
all i know is that the older i get i seem to be able to say whether an artist will still be around in a couple of decades or a song will be played on radio in ten years...for example, im no fan of Bieber yet, but he does have talent...its there, i can sense it and i can see him maturing into a good artist with 'credibility' over his next four or five albums, from memory my last prediction was Pink and she is now a respectable artist....but ive stuffed up a few times as well, i though aussie rockers Jet would be huge after their great debut album...sadly they went on tour with Oasis and it all fell apart...not sure if Oasis were partly responsible with introducing these young lads to extreme decadance, but something sure went cockeyed after that tour???!!!
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damn you guys! stop making me think. it's too early.
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I'm pretty much of the same view (about poppiness, not thinking...)
If I like something, I like it. Having said that, there are certain artist that seem to be universally liked that do nothing for me. David Gray is one example. Bland beyond belief IMV.
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Blandness is something I won't even bother with no matter who they are !
IMO the late John Denver was bland to me...but immensely popular !
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JD was pretty bland but i still like some of his songs, the same goes for Glenn Campbell and Anne Murray IMO
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