Issues with mainstream music

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   mcbelposted 12 years ago

   Is there anyone else who would like to complain about all the music on the radio? I can't stand listening to music in the car that is meant to be danced to. How do we make people stop having such conformist and zombie-like taste?

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   WriteAngledposted 12 years ago

   I select the radio stations to which I listen: either Radio Cymru (Welsh language BBC station) or BBC Radio 3 (classical music). If neither of these suit, I listen to my own CDs or drive in silence.
   
   I don't see a problem.

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   psycheskinnerposted 12 years ago

   The mainstream is mainstream. This does not surprise me.

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   mcbelposted 12 years ago

   Of course I can control what I listen to when i'm in my own car, but I feel that this is the perfect place to complain about the things I can't control, is it not?

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      stclairjackposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      yea! ha!.... i feel ya!

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   psycheskinnerposted 12 years ago

   But you just said you can control it.  What you can't control is the golden oldies stuff piped into malls.  I'd rather have dance music--but you can;t please everyone and I have my iPod to drown it out.

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      mcbelposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      only when i'm in my own car by myself. I'm targeting the majority's taste, not my own, so i am obviously going to be forced to listen to the stuff somewhere.

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         psycheskinnerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Well, you choose to to experience associated benefits...

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            mcbelposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            It's what I get for being a semi-nonconformist hypocritical socialite.

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   WriteAngledposted 12 years ago

   A couple of the supermarkets I use have piped music. However, I only go in every couple of weeks and don't really notice what is being played. If I ever happen to walk into a shop with really loud music, I just walk out again immediately and take my custom elsewhere.

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   stclairjackposted 12 years ago

   correct me if i'm wrong ( some will do so without invite i'm sure) but i think what your most annoyed with is the "formula music" that pours forth from our TV's and radios for the hapless masses to drink up like so much filtered tasteless water.
   
   did that get it?................. if so,.......... i agree
   
   but the internet will fix this problem in the long run.

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      mcbelposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      #following

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   psycheskinnerposted 12 years ago

   Pandora and Last.fm make a good replacement for mainstream radio

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   mcbelposted 12 years ago

   In a car with other people, in a store, with a girl... all places I'm subject to hear music that makes me want to tear my ears off... HOWEVER, rather than walk out of the store, break up with a girl based on her poor taste in music, or jump out of a moving car, I would rather take it like a man when i'm there and then vent about it here.

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      stclairjackposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      lol! agreed!

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    Uninvited Writerposted 12 years ago

    I haven't listened to mainstream radio in years, only in passing in cabs and in stores. Before then I always listened to alternative or campus radio stations. As a result, I know hardly any of the acts in the Billboard charts.

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       mcbelposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Prom was a NIGHTMARE for me. The only song I knew was "Call Me Maybe". It's horrible, and i only knew it because of the Harvard baseball team's video on youtube. Fantastic way to make fun of the musical equivalent of processed red meat.

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    lorddraven2000posted 12 years ago

    To me the majority of music I am hearing on the radio is all repetitive hooks and cheesy computer generated music. It all sounds the same to me. I tried new metal and it literally sounds like one group recorded a hundred albums.

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       mcbelposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       punk rock does not work either...
       alternative is pretty much all i can find now

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    FatFreddysCatposted 12 years ago

    I don't have issues with mainstream radio, mainly because I haven't listened to it in over 20 years. I highly recommend this method.

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       mcbelposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       haha i try that... still forced to hear it sometimes at social events

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          FatFreddysCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          In that case, do what I do whenever I hear someone jammin' out to current/mainstream junk. Pity them for their horrible taste  while you chuckle inwardly and revel in your own musical superiority.

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             mcbelposted 12 years agoin reply to this

             I like your style

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    Mighty Momposted 12 years ago

    I thought it was just me getting old and set in my ways.
    I've long since given up on knowing who is behind the pablum they play on the radio or on New Year's Eve countdown shows.
    There are a handful of standouts in an overly bland, homogenized, synthesized rotation.
    Meaningful lyrics? Practically unheard of.
    Really sad commentary. I feel bad for the generation for whom this is their defining sound. Yikes.
    Sadder still that I come from an era when cars only had AM radio!
    The music selection was way better back then. Oh wait. Everything was way better back them.
    Guess I am just old and crotchety.
    

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    classicalgeekposted 12 years ago

    A note to everyone complaining about mainstream music on this thread:
    
    It's not you!
    
    A study was released just a few weeks ago that looked at trends in popular music and found two things: there is now markedly less variety in melody and rhythm, and this has been compensated for by increasing the volume of the music.
    
    So, no, you haven't suddenly become old and curmudgeonly; you are correct in your observations.

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       galaxy1000posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I work in a salon and we have to have the radio on.  Today's music is uninspired, lacks melody and the songs seem to have been written by a kindergartener.  I appreciate wide variety of muscial genres so its not like it has to be classical or pop etc.  Just bring back some good music.

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    trusouldjposted 12 years ago

    As an African American kid growing up in the 70s and 80s, I was expected to listen to certain types of music.  But why listen to mysogonistic Hip Hop when I really only want to listen to Huey Lewis and The News or The Monkees?  That's my wife's favorite joke -- that I don't listen to the radio.  But why should I when I have a crate full of old friends on CD that I can pop in.  The people on the radio today are mostly strangers.  And my mom always told me to beware of strangers.

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       galaxy1000posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I have Afican Americans in my family and I appreciate good ole what we used to call soul music and the blues but I don't get into very much of the rap today.  I like good music no matter what color it comes from just bring it on.

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