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27 Sep 2010, 2:35 pm

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i would say Katy Perry is taking it a bit too far. who agrees? or has a whole auto-tuned mess to rant over altogether...


I'm glad you mentioned Auto-Tune, because I think that is the single most annoying, godawful trend in music right now. It was annoying when Cher did it for "Believe", it's annoying when T-Pain does it, and it's annoying even when artists I generally like (like Filter or Bloc Party) do it. I liken Auto-Tune to Hollywood's fixation with CGI: the technology is seen as a magic fix for every little mistake, as well as an instant hit-maker-- but all too often, the end result is awkward, cold, and soulless, because there are certain human aspects you really can't replace with a machine. When I hear singers sing, I don't want to hear artificial pitch correction. I want to hear them sing, the old fashioned-way, without the crutch of Auto-Tune. This is not to say that modifying the voice can't yield some interesting and creative results; Maynard James Keenan, Thom Yorke, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, and Karin Dreijer Andersson have all experimented at one time or another. But they have the vocal talent to back it up. To me, Auto-Tune automatically sounds like someone sloppily trying to cover up a lack of effort to make a quick buck-- and that's not what I feel music should be about.

That said, I agree, the most overrated artist right now is Lady Gaga. She's supposedly "different" from all the other pop acts out there now, but all I really see is another artist who elevates style over substance. Maybe it's just me, but I honestly don't care what the artist is wearing, so long as the music doesn't insult my intelligence.



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27 Sep 2010, 4:33 pm

nobody's said it yet.. maybe i'm immature, i'll accept that.. gaga IS different, she has a penis.. lady*boy* gaga.. well, there it is. ;)
no discernible musical talent tho :/



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27 Sep 2010, 5:44 pm

Chevand wrote:
Auto-Tune, because I think that is the single most annoying, godawful trend in music right now


Quite. I only heard that it was a specific and trendy piece of software recently, and had been mentally referring to it as "that stupid fad for using a vocoder in odd places where there really isn't any call for it" - it took me a while to work out that the artists in question just can't sing what they're trying to. :lol: I mean, s**t, if I want to sing something I can't I practice it or work around it by changing the song or dropping it an octave or whatever, it's not brain surgery. :lol:


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28 Sep 2010, 1:06 am

Wow nobody mentioned Rihanna?


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28 Sep 2010, 2:15 am

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U2


They've been overrated sense the end of the 90s at least. A lot of people like em simply because being a U2 fan seems like a kewl thing. A lot of their so-called fans nowadays don't seem to know much about their music except for what the radio plays. U2 isn't super popular & famous rite now like most all these other pop artist who were mentioned here so for but U2 is not disappearing like most of these other artist will do. It feels like U2 has always been around & always will be.

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Wow nobody mentioned Rihanna?


Is she even still around :?: I haven't heard much about her in a couple years


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28 Sep 2010, 7:13 am

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Wow nobody mentioned Rihanna?


Yeah, I haven't heard much about her since the whole "Chris Brown" scandal. :/

I will admit to liking some of her songs though, they're so catchy. D:



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28 Sep 2010, 10:49 am

It's def Lady Gaga right now and it's not even close.



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28 Sep 2010, 11:15 am

While in the plainest sense Justin Beiber is a fag... I watched his documentary, "God Forbid... It sux" and he is less of a fag that I 1st thought... (I still hate him and his music but I don't really give a damn) There is no point in being a hater.



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28 Sep 2010, 11:22 am

I like Rihanna, and I remember listening to Umbrella a lot when it was first out :P



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28 Sep 2010, 10:26 pm

Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, and Nickelback.



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29 Sep 2010, 10:01 am

Fudo wrote:
nobody's said it yet.. maybe i'm immature, i'll accept that.. gaga IS different, she has a penis.. lady*boy* gaga.. well, there it is. ;)
no discernible musical talent tho :/


She actually is a talented musician; look up some of her performances with just her and a piano. And even if you don't like her, it's not okay to make transphobic comments.

Anyway, I think Robyn is overrated. I've tried to get into her music, but she just doesn't do anything for me.


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29 Sep 2010, 2:29 pm

Taylor Swift GRRRRRRRR her music makes me so ANGRY!! ! I mean she's talented vocally, but I'm not a country fan. and her songs all sound the same!! !

And then Ke - $ - ha; she's a drunken ass whore (ass whore?)

and lady gaga. I've kind of warmed up to her, I like her style and her appearance, but her music is NOT for me.



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29 Sep 2010, 3:22 pm

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I admire Lady Gaga as a visual artist, but she represents everything that is wrong with popular music.



Exactly this. I don't understand why people don't seem to get that music is a SOUND medium. And yes, I've seen the video with her and a piano- it's nothing that millions of high school kids all over the globe can't do- it's not what she's famous for, and rightly so.



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29 Sep 2010, 4:23 pm

i'm not trans phobic in the slightest.. i said she's different because of gender issues and implied she's totally devoid of any unique talent. because i think she is devoid of any unique talent not because of her gender, whatever that may be, that has no bearing on musical ability.. like dress sense etc lol nvm. ladyboy gaga is a catchier name.. fits the song too.. 'all i hear is...'



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29 Sep 2010, 4:53 pm

-Justin Bieber
-Lady Ga Ga
-T Pain
-All the rappers with "lil'" in their names
-Ludacris
-Akon



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29 Sep 2010, 5:26 pm

Fudo wrote:
i'm not trans phobic in the slightest.. i said she's different because of gender issues and implied she's totally devoid of any unique talent. because i think she is devoid of any unique talent not because of her gender, whatever that may be, that has no bearing on musical ability.. like dress sense etc lol nvm. ladyboy gaga is a catchier name.. fits the song too.. 'all i hear is...'


Your comments about how "lol she has a penis" are transphobic. Her status as a trans woman or a non-trans woman has nothing to do with her music.


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