i know people here will prolly groan, but i'm curious. who do you consider in this (gag) genre to be quite good? i've always heard from musicians that they thought the guys in duran-duran were decent players. john taylor... any good???
new topic - "pop music"
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J the TyranT
Thats just how it is...
dimensionidol
free thinker
i am really into:
1)i LOVE:Smug: alanis morrisette every thing that she have made!
2)i really like suzanne vega
3)i was a big fan of cindy lauper
4)i like very much Pale Forest(norwegian avant pop band)
i enjoy every type of music metal is only one of many
1)i LOVE:Smug: alanis morrisette every thing that she have made!
2)i really like suzanne vega
3)i was a big fan of cindy lauper
4)i like very much Pale Forest(norwegian avant pop band)
i enjoy every type of music metal is only one of many
hakkikt
Member
if you call pop everything that is not metal,
it's hard to give a simple answer, but
definitively there are good musician everywhere.
Pop has no defined rules, but maybe be dance-able or
romantic ballads. Usually good vocal are a must.
Today's shitty disposable pop (or poop ) music is
mostly made by teen artists in the last two decades:
every boy band or teeny-girl superstar fall in this category.
Sometimes they use good session players,
but the music is crafted to be easy listening,
so there's no interesting work on that.
In the other hand:
Pop music used to be well crafted in the sixties and seventies.
Take, by example, Motown hits and the godly James Jamerson.
Some good songs and good playing there.
Stevie Wonder has some really nice records.
There was disco music that had interesting rhythms,
and some good bass lines.
Take ABBA, the ultimate pop music prom Sweden.
The music they did is beautiful, well crafted and played.
(there's a heavy metal tribute to ABBA that's ranks really high
in the bizarre stuff I've got, but good)
Funk players are rhythm/groove masters: Tower of Power
(Rocco Prestia rocks!). Funk has influenced dance pop
since then.
Michael Jackson 80's works were also good.
And he used to play with really good players
(half of the band Toto played with him, they were good too)
A couple of months ago I was listening
a Paula Abdul song, the bass line was kick ass funky,
but I'm not sure it it was synthesized or played.
These days, Bjork's work is really interesting,
with elements of pop & electronica & everything else.
But again, some people says she's not pop.
(there's a Carcass remix of Isobel that's awesome)
Conclusion:
To know if there's good music or good musicians in pop
music is a case by case problem.
That were my two cents.
Cheers,
Hakkikt
it's hard to give a simple answer, but
definitively there are good musician everywhere.
Pop has no defined rules, but maybe be dance-able or
romantic ballads. Usually good vocal are a must.
Today's shitty disposable pop (or poop
) music ismostly made by teen artists in the last two decades:
every boy band or teeny-girl superstar fall in this category.
Sometimes they use good session players,
but the music is crafted to be easy listening,
so there's no interesting work on that.
In the other hand:
Pop music used to be well crafted in the sixties and seventies.
Take, by example, Motown hits and the godly James Jamerson.
Some good songs and good playing there.
Stevie Wonder has some really nice records.
There was disco music that had interesting rhythms,
and some good bass lines.
Take ABBA, the ultimate pop music prom Sweden.
The music they did is beautiful, well crafted and played.
(there's a heavy metal tribute to ABBA that's ranks really high
in the bizarre stuff I've got, but good)
Funk players are rhythm/groove masters: Tower of Power
(Rocco Prestia rocks!). Funk has influenced dance pop
since then.
Michael Jackson 80's works were also good.
And he used to play with really good players
(half of the band Toto played with him, they were good too)
A couple of months ago I was listening
a Paula Abdul song, the bass line was kick ass funky,
but I'm not sure it it was synthesized or played.
These days, Bjork's work is really interesting,
with elements of pop & electronica & everything else.
But again, some people says she's not pop.
(there's a Carcass remix of Isobel that's awesome)
Conclusion:
To know if there's good music or good musicians in pop
music is a case by case problem.
That were my two cents.
Cheers,
Hakkikt
Dave Matthews are pretty decent, though I don't like 'em enough to get any of their discs. The Cranberries I rather enjoy. There's some others, but not too much.
Fortunesmith
Put it in your mouth!
Rick Ocasek (is that spelled right?) is the man. His side project stuff is cool, too. My bro has a rule that if the Cars are on the radio while we're in the car, we can't turn the station or leave the car until the song is done. Can't tempt fate.
J the TyranT
Thats just how it is...
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neal
wizard in black
i like most of red hot chili peppers slower songs. the fast ones where he like tries to rap an shit dont really apeal to me though.
-neal
-neal
xenophobe
Active Member
Like Hakkit said, Pop... so I'll generalize as being "not metal" ....
Peter Gabriel is awesome. Great composer and musician.
No Doubt ... liked them since their first album.
Journey - anything from their first two albums.
I also like a lot of female artists... Heather Nova (older stuff), Portishead, Elysian Fields, Diana Krall, POE, etc...
Peter Gabriel is awesome. Great composer and musician.
No Doubt ... liked them since their first album.
Journey - anything from their first two albums.
I also like a lot of female artists... Heather Nova (older stuff), Portishead, Elysian Fields, Diana Krall, POE, etc...
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