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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
all that really matters in music is whether someone likes it
I don't like Lady Gaga but its obvious that millions of people do, I don't think my taste in music is any better or more superior to theirs.
thats why I hate sites like Pitchfork who act like indie music is the be all end all and once you get popular among the masses you immediately begin to suck
Music is one of the most subjective things in the world. Just because I don't like Lady Gaga doesn't mean she is cookie cutter or bad. It just means I don't like her music.
Saying a certain band or artist is better than another is one of the most idiotic comments, its all opinion not fact.
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No, its not all opinion. Quality in music exists (or in Lady Gaga's case, doesn't) and while taste is certainly subjective, quality is not.
As for the comments regarding how popularity = junk, that's simply not true. There are acts out there that have had huge commercial success all the while producing
art. I guess that's what's wrong with today's popular music. The bottom line to the major labels is more important than what music was intended for in the first place.
There is nothing about music that is created for the club scene that equals art. At all.
Step 1: Create simplistic beat that drunk people will be prone to dance to.
Step 2: Add meaningless, provocative lyrics.
Step 3: ?
Step 4: Profit.
It's a very standard formula that has been used over and over again. Hell, even Nicklebacks new junk is very basic 2-4 rock. Moreso than the old junk. It sucks. Why? It's easy to dance to. Add them to the group with Lady Gaga of "this has been done before". How is Lady Gaga doing anything that is progressing
music forward?
And for all the people that say "if its so easy why don't you go make a number one hit?" Well I guess its cuz I don't have millions of dollars to sink into a marketing campaign. Too much of today's radio friendly music is given a fancy spit shine strait from the factory, placed in movies, car commercials, and marketed as "the new black" to young people. And then of course, everyone has to keep up with the joneses, the album moves a wack of units and if little Stacy down the street doesn't have a copy shes instantly a nerd. Does anyone here think its a coincidence that pop music is a big hit to the 16-25 year old demographic? Youth with disposable income, the average movie going crowd, ect?
I guess I look at it this way.
The book Twilight has sold over 17 million copies to date. Surely it must be great literature?