Soulscribe
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Just realized how massively our standards for good music has gone down since 2006-2008. There are of course a lot of good songs out there now but Scream and Shout would have never been released as a single five years ago.
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It's not Ne-Yo's best, but the song is pretty catchy and inoffensive.
Wafflecakes
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Eh I don't think thats the case. It probably wouldn't have been released 5 years ago, but I don't think it has anything to do with our standards for music going down. Has more to do with the rise of Dance tracks in popularity on mainstream radio in the last few years.
There have always been terrible songs on the radio. We just tend to forget about them later.
Turned into grating with the kind of rotation it got.
Definitely, just look at the year-end hot 100 lists for those years. The good stuff is right alongside the garbage. It's always been that way and it will always be that way.
god you have just the worst taste
Supermanisdead
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What is PopGAF's obsession with this girl?
It looks like a combination of La Roux's BulletProof video and Shit.I.Am/Shitney's video for Scream and Shout.
Wafflecakes
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She just keeps on trying.....bless her heart.
Wafflecakes
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I gotta love how ATRL was down for over 24 hours......plus this morning....
Yet their lag mess is completely unchanged.
Yet their lag mess is completely unchanged.
I'm screaming at that low budget video. I didn't know the girl in this gif made music.
May I ask for the source of that gif?
I don't know. If Marius hadn't banned ha self maybe he could tell us. It's from his minus account.
That gif comes from Shady - Go In
Supermanisdead
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I'm gonna pop some tags
Only got twenty dollars in my pocket
I - I - I'm hunting, looking for a come-up
This is fucking awesome
Wafflecakes
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I'm gonna pop some tags
Only got twenty dollars in my pocket
I - I - I'm hunting, looking for a come-up
This is fucking awesome
As much as I hate to admit it. The song is growing on me..... its clever.
I imagine I will be sick of hearing it in a few weeks though.
Wafflecakes
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Clever?
It is what it is.
Its not GOOD.... its fun. The two do not always go together.
TBH I love thrift shops. Though usually I buy interesting stuff and books.
Wafflecakes
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I enjoyed that for a few week as well lol.
People got over it.
....not sure what people have against fun. It seems like all "fun" songs are universally hated. I like when artists don't take themselves too seriously.
But what is the difference? Both songs have no true substance, and are beloved for their trendiness/catchiness. Except, at least Gangnum style was accompanied with a "fun" dance.
Did I lie?
Wafflecakes
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But what is the difference? Both songs have no true substance, and are beloved for their trendiness/catchiness. Except, at least Gangnum style was accompanied with a "fun" dance.
Did I lie?
Nope.
...but you also didn't call either bad. Which neither are. They are just....different, and obviously not for everyone.
Supermanisdead
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Thrift Shop is ahead of it's time and for real music lovers.
But what is the difference? Both songs have no true substance, and are beloved for their trendiness/catchiness. Except, at least Gangnum style was accompanied with a "fun" dance.
Did I lie?
Believe what you will.
Nope.
...but you also didn't call either bad. Which neither are. They are just....different, and obviously not for everyone.
I find both songs to be different shades of vile, but, as with most 1 hit wonders, at least it won't be around for very long. So I can respect everyone draining the fun out of it while it last.
paperheart
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Exactly what I was thinking! It's unoriginal mess. Flopzinger can stay irrelevant now.
You just described almost every mainstream pop song.
Not really. Looking at the top 10 of the hot 100 right now, most of those songs have great substance in their production alone. I won't deny that a lot of what is popular is, especially lately, is shit... but to say "almost every mainstream pop song" is kind of insulting to a huge majority.
Wafflecakes
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Meh. Everyone is a one hit wonder until their second hit. Was the same thing everyone was saying about Fun. (not on popgaf specifically) which was proven to be dust when their second single smashed as well.
I will wait and see..... I don't like calling people one hit wonders until they have a few flops under the belt.
Not a damn lie told.
I was mildly interested. Nicole isn't lacking for talent; just vision.
i can't at yall coming for Thrift Shop. i'm happy that the public is rewarding a song that demeans trends/brand name clothing/expensive buying instead of ones about sex and one night stands, or ones that whine about ex-boyfriends, or ones about having fun in a club.
and macklemore is likely a one hit wonder, too, so let the guy have his time in limelight. ;__; it's not like thrift shop is cockblocking anything more deserving, either.
and macklemore is likely a one hit wonder, too, so let the guy have his time in limelight. ;__; it's not like thrift shop is cockblocking anything more deserving, either.
You just described almost every mainstream pop song.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
I wonder what his reaction would be if Your Body topped the charts. But I guess meaningless pop drivel is only acceptable if put out by your fave.
Something tells me that when Macklemore gets his itunes check he'll stop visiting the thrift shop for a while.
Except, I haven't stanned that song since it came out. I have specifically been behind songs like "Cease Fire" and "Red Hot Kinda Love" which are superior songs and have a metric ton of substance behind them. Of course I would have been happy for my fave if her single went #1, but I don't see how that would reflect on my opinion of the song. It's not like I am a Ke$ha stan whose enjoyment of a song is based on how high it charts.
Wafflecakes
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Supermanisdead
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Does botty even like anything anymore?
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