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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2014 at 05:19
Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:



Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Are you serious ???
You're unhappy aren't you?  Are you a man who's growing boobs??? Tongue
How did you know ?? I'm beggin' ya', please don't tell anyone.......
No, really - I work in a grocery store where the latest hits are constantly churned out ad-nauseum, and there may be a brief passage that could be jammed out to be something cool, but overall, the quality of most of these modern hits is pretty low........
........thankfully I hear some decent things like acceptable hits from Gabriel, Genesis/Collins, Yes, Asia, Chicago, Zeppelin etc.   
There is a total RUBBISH song from Jessica Mauboy - who chants "fill me up, fill me up.." - well, if she was hot then I'd oblige.............

Yeah, I was in disbelief when I heard that song, I was thinking `It can't be that blatant, can it....?'

Then again, I noticed that `One Direction' song that was played about a million times everywhere had some line about `Tonight let's GET SOME...and live while we're young', and I thought `Wow, that's unusually direct for a boy group being sold to kids...'

Ticks me off a little when it's only really young girls that listen to that crap, and here's these sexually suggestive songs that give them all sorts of bad encouragement.

And yeah, Jess Mauboy's barely hot...the kind of girl I'd prefer to have as a friend, I think!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2014 at 05:23
I always thought it was 'tonight lets get stoned, and live while we're young'.........
Oh, the curse of the corrupted mind......................2 decades later and still 'out there'..........

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2014 at 05:31
Oh, but they're good boys I'm sure, Tom! Good looking bunch of lads like that with the world at their feet, surely they wouldn't be doing drugs and taking advantage of pretty young willing girls?!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2014 at 05:47
Though their music at times gets rather shticky, I quite like Crystal Castles' second album because how much it sounds like it comes from some neon-lit rain-drenched dystopian future.









I have also recently been getting into Warpaint. Has the same type of relaxing dreaminess and otherworldly feel as Cocteau Twins just with much more conventional vocals.






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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2014 at 11:15
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Ah crap. Svetonio's discovered this thread. Ouch




Oh well, it was fun for a while.
One more pop album for your pleasure. Top quality release.




I hope that you'll give it a listen.






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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2014 at 11:18
Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:



Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Are you serious ???
You're unhappy aren't you?  Are you a man who's growing boobs??? Tongue
How did you know ?? I'm beggin' ya', please don't tell anyone.......
No, really - I work in a grocery store where the latest hits are constantly churned out ad-nauseum, and there may be a brief passage that could be jammed out to be something cool, but overall, the quality of most of these modern hits is pretty low........
........thankfully I hear some decent things like acceptable hits from Gabriel, Genesis/Collins, Yes, Asia, Chicago, Zeppelin etc.   
There is a total RUBBISH song from Jessica Mauboy - who chants "fill me up, fill me up.." - well, if she was hot then I'd oblige.............


Er me gerd, you have my sympathy.  I worked in a used and new bookstore in high school that wasn't part of chain.  Many I night I had control of the music. Big smile  I did play mellow prog stuff though that I though would be conducive to book browsing and I think I only got one complaint.
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2014 at 11:33
Originally posted by A Person A Person wrote:

 
CHVRCHES:
Chvrches is good stuff. 

+Janelle Monae
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 22 2014 at 03:17
It's not quite "good" but I kinda like Wide Awake by Katy Perry. That vocal hook, with the overdub, I dunno man. It's kinda emotional and stuff.

What else... I assume we're just talking popular / top 40 type stuff. Either way, Fountains of Wayne are a good band.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 22 2014 at 10:26
I think Katy Perry puts out good stuff!
On the first page I saw some put up a video of Perfume!
Yes, they are the best! Awesome electro J Pop. I like them almost as much as prog!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 22 2014 at 22:35
Hmmm...good modern pop songs....?
I'll ask my granddaughter.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 23 2014 at 03:57
forgiv me pls
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 23 2014 at 05:36
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

I grew up on pop music and singles.  I don't really pay much attention to pop these days, but still it's out there and what I do get wind of smells really bad.  The first one I've heard in a long time that I think is pretty good is Pharrell Williams - Happy.



Here's a good parody -

http://v5.player.abacast.com/v5.1/player/index.php?uid=6294&popupurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffilesource.abacast.com%2Freachmediainc%2F022114%2FHIT0221.mp3


Sure it's a bit repetitive, but...

Feel free to share if you have any other worthy candidates out there.

Happy is a great pop song. Thanks for posting!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2014 at 02:01
I'd like to recommend Hidden Beauty EP by Ka'Ra Karsey




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2014 at 02:29
is it at all possible that you confine bandcamp pop songs to the bandcamp thread?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2014 at 03:02
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

is it at all possible that you confine bandcamp pop songs to the bandcamp thread?

There's not such a thing as "bandcamp pop", because Bandcamp is not a record label, as e.g. Epitaph Records, Hyperdub, La-La Land Records and so on; Bandcamp is a service for the artists and the buyers (fans), and for the record labels too, e.g. MoonJune Records.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2014 at 04:45
Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

is it at all possible that you confine bandcamp pop songs to the bandcamp thread?

There's not such a thing as "bandcamp pop", because Bandcamp is not a record label, as e.g. Epitaph Records, Hyperdub, La-La Land Records and so on; Bandcamp is a service for the artists and the buyers (fans), and for the record labels too, e.g. MoonJune Records.
Okay, I'll be more specific:

Is it at all possible that you confine all bandcamp "recommendations" to the bandcamp thread?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2014 at 05:19
^^ I didn't do nothing against the site rules if I used the Bandcamp links - in this thread - in order to recommend some modern pop. Also, I don't understand your point,  i.e. why YouTube embedded videos would be welcome, but Bandcamp links wouldn't. Nevermind. Cheers, Dean.


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I'd like to recomend the britpop band Kristali from Belgrade, Serbia. 





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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2014 at 05:58
*sigh*
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 25 2014 at 05:46

LOL

I like the song and that is helped in no small way that I haven't been over exposed to it as I don't listen to radio anymore. Smile


Edited by Slartibartfast - April 25 2014 at 05:49
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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