Random Rants 94 I rant at the thread title and shake my fist menacingly.

[Takhisis]

omfg, I am so tired of hearing about Taylor [flipping] Swift. Half the podcasts I listen to have mentioned her lately, and I don't even listen to any pop music podcasts. This morning [freakin'] NPR mentioned that she went to a football game yesterday. wtaf?

It's called clickbait. They just gain, what? One cent every ten clicks? So yay, they need to push it everywhere.

Some of her songs are actually good, but the overpromotion of her ongoing world tour usually puts me off listening to her.

(btw madviking's reply was funny)

 

[EgonSpengler]

Ah yes, kids and their music.... In the 60s it was the British invasion groups that dominated the headlines and whose every antic was headline worthy. Before that Elvis tried, but the more limited media crimped his public profile a bit.

Right, the obsession with celebrity gossip certainly isn't new. Photoplay magazine started in 1911. You can actually read a bunch of them, from 1914-1963, at the Online Books Page of the University of Pennsylvania. Someone must have had a stash of them in a storage locker or an attic. They're in remarkably good shape. And another array of pop culture magazine covers from the 1920s.

It's called clickbait.

Well, not in the cases of podcasts or NPR. At least with clickbait, I can, y'know, not click on it.

 

[EgonSpengler]

here's some help for you

Spoiler :

And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate (haters gonna hate)
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off

Yeah. Not really my cup of tea.

Meanwhile, I was listening to Anja Plaschg, aka Soap&Skin, over the weekend. Really great.

Spoiler :

 

[Hygro]

Yeah. Not really my cup of tea.

 

[sophie]

 

[Hygro]

I dress for revenge

 

[EgonSpengler]

Scientists Just Discovered Why All Pop Music Sounds Exactly the Same

Anyone who listens to pop radio regularly has probably been hit with this realization at one point or another – a ton of pop music sounds very similar. It seems like grandpa logic, but a growing body of research confirms what we all suspect: Pop…

www.mic.com

And guess whose photo they used?

 

[Hygro]

Naturally the Atlantic misreports the study which says instrumental complexity rises and falls. Instrumental complexity is for noobs.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Scientists just discovered chord progressions?

 

[madviking]

 

[Takhisis]

This is the song by a villain in a musical, right?

 

[Hygro]

Well, time to finally dive into Taylor Swift.

 

[Takhisis]

Hygro-san, I'd recommend Kylie Minogue's latest album, from a couple of months ago.

 

[Hygro]

Hygro-san, I'd recommend Kylie Minogue's latest album, from a couple of months ago.

I will check it out.

I trade you Tove Lo’s last album from last year.

 

[Takhisis]

Hmmm. Some of her songs sound like the right material for anime outros.

 

[Hygro]

You’re welcome

 

[Caesar of Bread]

So, is it okay if you all give me some nice comments or something? I’m just trying to make myself a bit happier.

 

[Cutlass]

Me too.

 

[Takhisis]

So, is it okay if you all give me some nice comments or something? I’m just trying to make myself a bit happier.

Mmmkay?

 

[Birdjaguar]

@Caesar of Bread I like your avatar! Listening to his music might give you a boost.