Excuse Me Katy Perry!

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

LOL

There's no need to get all butt-hurt over it. Just because YOU think that there isn't anything NEW or GOOD out there (other than GAGA) doesn't mean others feel the same way.

That's all I'm saying...

You were already told that her point wasn't that there isn't any NEW or GOOD music out there. She was saying that the music industry is just like the rest of the world, it operates in patterns. When we talk about people sounding like other artists, that's something that has happened with every generation in music.

Now, you and BabyPINKFL need to save this snarky back-and-forth for a more funererererer topic.

[groovypq]

I really want to write a parody of this song called "Pennsylvania Girls." :-)

[BabyPiNK_FL]

^^^Dr. Phil to be honest that wasn't a direct response to him but more as a joke to share with everyone else. He keeps ASSuming things based one sentences that are unrelated. Like that I think Rihanna's music is fierce (I said her style was NOT her music) and that all I listen to is Lady Gaga. He keeps making sweeping assumptions and yes that is annoying, but my last comment was pretty much to everyone else and not him. He's music Buddha in his own mind, and that's just fine with me.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

Originally Posted by groovypq

I really want to write a parody of this song called "Pennsylvania Girls." :-)

Sorry to double post:
I often sing my region's name instead of California. And Sunshine Coast instead of Golden Coast. I have a feeling tons of parodies and local takes will be arising out of that song so keep your ears open on local morning talk shows.

[KSUViolet06]

I really didn't know that a discussion of Gaga could get so serious. lol.

People like/don't like what I listen to on a regular basis. It's ok.

*scrolls in iPod to "Gin and Juice"*

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

^^^Dr. Phil to be honest that wasn't a direct response to him but more as a joke to share with everyone else. He keeps ASSuming that I think Rihanna's music is fierce (I said her style was NOT her music) and that all I listen to is Lady Gaga. He keeps making sweeping assumptions and yes that is annoying, but my last comment was pretty much to everyone else and not him. I follow the philosophy of a wise man arguing with a fool to the T and know when to quit. He's music Buddha in his own mind, and that's just fine with me.

Now you are the one ASSuming.

[ASTalumna06]

PiKA, I think the point is that there’s nothing TRULY new about music today, and not that there isn’t any other music out there besides the 20 top songs that are played on the radio 24 hours a day.

The second half of the last century brought a lot of things to music that people had never really seen or heard before…

KISS, with their crazy makeup and outfits.. The Beatles, the first true boy band that girls went CRAZY for… Queen, which needs no explanation. There were songs that people loved that were more than 10 minutes long (and in some cases, much longer). There was the creation of rock ‘n roll, Motown, disco, rap, hip hop, R&B and grunge… and crazy guitar riffs that most people only wish they could play. Woodstock.. need I say more? (I could go on and on with this list...)

The point is, years and years later, people still LOVE the music of those 50 years or so. Hell, I love that music, and I’m not even old enough to have been able to truly live most of it.

It almost seems as though there's nothing new to create.

In 20 years, what “classics” will still be playing on the radio from this generation?

[ASTalumna06]

(Wow, sorry if my font is crazy, but I'm at work and can't edit it!)

[agzg]

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

^^^Dr. Phil to be honest that wasn't a direct response to him but more as a joke to share with everyone else. He keeps ASSuming things based one sentences that are unrelated. Like that I think Rihanna's music is fierce (I said her style was NOT her music) and that all I listen to is Lady Gaga. He keeps making sweeping assumptions and yes that is annoying, but my last comment was pretty much to everyone else and not him. He's music Buddha in his own mind, and that's just fine with me.

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Now you are the one ASSuming.

To the corner, both of you.

[BluPhire]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

The Beatles, the first true boy band that girls went CRAZY for…

Umm excuse me?????

** adding gas to the fire, but serious none the less**

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by BluPhire

Umm excuse me?????

** adding gas to the fire, but serious none the less**

I was going to say The Temptations but they were also founded in 1960. The Beatles beat them in terms of mainstream success but I love The Temptations more and listen to their greatest hits almost everyday.

There were boy bands before 1960 that I loved but none that received the mainstream critical acclaim and notoriety (even generations later) that The Beatles received.

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

But don't think of them as the best that's out there, or that they are popular because they are actually really talented. I think this topic is getting muddled by different points, I jumped in to talk about artists altering their music for mass appeal and the so called dying music industry.

I like watching films that make me think...sometimes. I occasionally flip to the Sundance channel when using my parent's house for their digital cable. But a lot of the time movies are escapism for me, and I LIKE watching stupid, pointless movies that make me laugh or feel good for two hours without much effort. Same with music. There's a place for "selling out"...it's entertainment and that doesn't make it less valid than "indie" music. My iPhone has music that is completely across the board and I listen to all of it, from local bands to Gaga. Art isn't just about angst and drama, it's also about effecting a reaction in the consumer and I never have and probably never will understand why just making people happy isn't as important as making them scream about their dark inner angst.

[BluPhire]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I was going to say The Temptations but they were also founded in 1960. The Beatles beat them in terms of mainstream success but I love The Temptations more and listen to their greatest hits almost everyday.

There were boy bands before 1960 that I loved but none that received the mainstream critical acclaim and notoriety (even generations later) that The Beatles received.

True. I was just starting something.

As for the Beatles v Temptations, it was pretty close. British invasion was in December 63, and Temps had their big hit in January 64.

[ASTalumna06]

BluPhire... if I missed another group, please inform me!

The Beatles are just that classic boy band that I'll always picture getting off of planes with screaming girls around them (and everything DrPhil said).

And they were so much cuter than the boy bands of today!

[ASTalumna06]

^^ Ok, that answers it! haha