I find Pop-GAF utterly baffling (RANT)

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They're embracing a certain stereotype of the flamboyantly gay man. I find it endearing because it reminds me of people I've known IRL.
 
It's impossible to comprehend, and it's not restricted to this gen. Back in my high school days I remember arguing with a crowd that was convinced the Bay City Rollers were going to be bigger than the Beatles.

It must have something to do with undeveloped brains or something.
 
swoon said:
xx and tallest man are pop music though.

just think swift wrote more of her songs than sinatra.
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Do people really think Taylor Swift properly writes her songs? She might bring the smallest germ of an idea to some of them, but those songs are devised and produced by an army of people.

If you understand anything about music production, you will realise these songs are being executed by people with years of experience at sculpting pop tunes. They're filled with little production and writing tricks from people who do this for a living and have done it for countless other artists.
 
Basically I don't see why I should just be pinned down to enjoying a certain kind of music a certain kind of way. I enjoy Talking Heads and The xx and Colin Stetson and I also enjoy Robyn and Girls Aloud and Britney, and I enjoy them in different ways and for different reasons. And that's why I post in Pop-GAF and it's why you will take all the seats.

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GAF is full of nerds with nerdy fetishes like ponies and sexually attractive female popstars. Hating on that will do nothing but get you banned, it's best to ignore them.
 
This is utterly hilarious coming from you Messofanego, one who is on the same level as a Wilbury or a Eggman or a Blame Space.

Pop Gaf are fine, you don't like them don't click their thread, or any pop related threads, they're one of the better communities on here.
 
swoon said:
xx and tallest man are pop music though.

just think swift wrote more of her songs than sinatra.
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Uh uh. I sincerely disagree, xx are hardly pop (not sure how to categorize them though, indie rock?), and Tallest Man is folk/country, very far from pop. Popular music? Sure. Pop? Nope.
 
I have a hard time understanding how grown men could like this shit too. It's not like michael jackson stuff either, it's these talentless hacks like Spears and Gaga. To each their own I guess. There's a lot of weird things I don't understand in this world.

captmorgan said:
The simple fact is most pop music is better than the vast majority of the indie shit that more than a few members of gaf circle jerk over.
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I like to believe they both have their own special places reserved in Hell.
 
G-Fex said:
This is utterly hilarious coming from you Messofanego, one who is on the same level as a Wilbury or a Eggman or a Blame Space.

Pop Gaf are fine, you don't like them don't click their thread, or any pop related threads, they're one of the better communities on here.
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BAM, called out.
 
I wasn't aware that musical taste was some kind of epic battle between good and evil. People like what they like and I couldn't care less.
 
Look. I have a grudge with POPGAF over one very important subject.

I do NOT ApPrEcIaTe all the SHADE they throw on the PEOPLE'S FAVE PSY.

Their LACK of appreciation for GANGNAM STYLE.

Infuriating man. Simply infuriating.

I hope they get a parade of GIFS of YELLOW SUIT MAN and ELEVATOR MAN in their threads.
 
Green Scar said:
While we're at it, Bats for Lashes ain't pop either.
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New Bat for Lashes album is amazing. Natasha is the only woman I would go straight for.

Having said that, she's one of those artists that blurs the line between indie and pop. I would totally agree on The xx being pop as well. While it's not traditional pop, there are a lot of pop elements in their songs.
 
kitchenmotors said:
New Bat for Lashes album is amazing. Natasha is the only woman I would go straight for.

Having said that, she's one of those artists that blurs the line between indie and pop. I would totally agree on The xx being pop as well. While it's not traditional pop, there are a lot of pop elements in their songs.
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I can't disagree, but I don't think it goes far enough. I personally don't classify either as pop, but given that I'm not sure what I would classify them as, now that I think about it, I'll accept it if others do. I just feel weird throwing Natasha alongside the likes of Gaga.

Musical genres are weird.
 
how about the idea that 'manufactured' music is still made by a person, who might actually be very talented? the fact that a vehicle used to present the music doesn't inherently make it worthless. in the 90s a few of the top UK drum and bass producers were also making the tracks for pop music (uncredited), because they were very talented producers.

i think its a kind of childish attitude to say that whatever form of music you happen to like is somehow more 'cool' than what other people like. in that case you are still associating an image with the music, in this case a snobbish 'i'm so indie and unique and cool' one. its really not that different to pop. there are people who would look down their nose at the xx as an example of 'proper' music, just like you look down on pop.

i think its good to be able to appreciate more experimental or less-traditional forms of music but theres not necessarily inherently more value to it.
 
captainnapalm said:
Do people really think Taylor Swift properly writes her songs? She might bring the smallest germ of an idea to some of them, but those songs are devised and produced by an army of people.

If you understand anything about music production, you will realise these songs are being executed by people with years of experience at sculpting pop tunes. They're filled with little production and writing tricks from people who do this for a living and have done it for countless other artists.
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isn't that what pop songs are all about? and always have been about? does it really matter that aretha didn't write most of her songs?

i don't have any insight into swift's song writing process, but the idea there is some big gap between two pretty obvious pop bands like xx and tallest man and swift is silly.
 
There are a handful of GAF communities that I am utterly baffled by and choose to just ignore. Pop-GAF is pretty much at the top of that list. Also included are stuff like Hip-hop-GAF, Wrestling-GAF, and any Sports-GAF

Seems to work out pretty well for the most part, but it does get annoying when they invade some thread that I was otherwise interested in and start throwing their horrible reaction gifs back and forth.
 
swoon said:
isn't that what pop songs are all about? and always have been about? does it really matter that aretha didn't write most of her songs?

i don't have any insight into swift's song writing process, but the idea there is some big gap between two pretty obvious pop bands like xx and tallest man and swift is silly.
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Again, Tallest Man on Earth is not pop, he's folk. Secondly, he's one guy, not a band. Third, he writes his own music, hence the term "singer/songwriter".
 
No one is forcing you to read Pop Gaf. If you don't like em dont visit the thread and move on to threads of your interest.

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God...frey Jones said:
Not really, gaming is basically geared towards the young adult, male demographic.
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You surely know a lot. Keep explaining me the forums. (Sarcasm)
 
pop music is my lifeblood but pop-gaf is something else. i've poked my head in there and their tag is seems to be somewhat of a misnomer - chart gaf is more appropriate. most of them seem only interested in sales.
 
yeah, they're weirdos alright. not because they're into pop music but because they're in a gif based pop music cult on the internet. .. two totally different things.
 
NinjaBoiX said:
OK. What does this mean? I'm not sure what point you are trying to make, that if an artist writes their own stuff, it is inherently more credible?

Good/shit music is good/shit music, it doesn't matter who wrote it.

What I will say, is that any artist writing their own stuff gets a lot more respect from me, but it doesn't automatically make their music any good. Miss Swift being the perfect example; its vacuous, cynical, focus-grouped, crowd-pleasing tripe. The fact that she wrote it, doesn't suddenly turn it into Beethoven.
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On the other hand, "vacuous, cynical, focus-grouped, crowd-pleasing tripe" is not a new phenomenon. That's what the Monkees were. Doesn't mean the music wasn't enjoyable. If I'm not mistaken, even in the era of classical music there were musicians who composed pieces to appeal to the masses.
 
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