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Lisa Davis46 said:Since I can't make it over to Japan myself... maybe Japan can just come to me, straight from the States:

Fine, here's Japan, straight from the source:😁

Dennis Martin6 said:here's some actual Japanese stuff from Japan 😁

Are you even sane? First that Kosovarka lady, now these little dark-haired robots.😁

Mark Cruz15, if this isn't a total summer jam, I'm done with you:

Dennis Martin6, don't start with me. What even is this techno-pop nonsense? I mean, I guess the music video looks alright.
But honestly, my ears, throat, and nose actually hurt from listening to this, and I usually deal with much more serious music.
🙂

Anyway, at least I finally stumbled upon this cat.

Arthur Brown6's African funk was actually a pretty good vibe!

Dennis Hall41 said:You good?

Lisa Davis46 said:Dennis Martin6, quit poking the bear.

Косово је Србија

@wiredmason61/">@@wiredmason61, you hit the nail on the head. Thanks for pointing that out!

Romeo & Juliet

👋 😁

"One ought to have love for pedestrians. As for the pigeons, it’s best to leave them be..."

Toni Morrison, the novella "borrowing my persona" from the collection "life being a fairy tale"

Lisa Davis46 said:man, don't start—what even are these techno singers? I mean, the music video is fine,
but my ears, throat, and nose actually hurt from listening to this—and I'm a serious music guy.

I honestly don't care about that modern pop sound when the production is clean. My issue is that these people just can't write a decent melody to save their lives—there's zero arrangement or flavor. We haven't seen this much pure songwriting incompetence since the absolute worst depths of the 80s. If someone told me back in 2010 that ten years later Hall and Oates and Madonna would look like absolute geniuses compared to the garbage ruling the charts today, I would've told them to go jump in a lake.

Seriously, sometimes I feel like AI is already running the show in songwriting and the masses are just hypnotized by it—because there is no way you can push this much melodic, production, and lyrical genericness on us for an entire decade.

OT: here are some really good songs, catchy enough that even the 80s nostalgia doesn't bother me.

Dennis Hall41 said:Mark Cruz15, if you don't consider this the ultimate summer anthem, I’m officially washing my hands of you... I’ve been sitting here staring at this video for the last twenty minutes, trying to wrap my head around how we actually got to this point... and honestly, I’m just exhausted by the sheer lack of substance being presented as "truth" these days. You watch these clips and you see the same tired tropes, the same recycled arguments that have been debunked a thousand times over, yet they continue to peddle them to anyone willing to listen... It feels like we're living in an era where depth has been completely sacrificed on the altar of engagement, where if a statement isn't loud or outrageous, it doesn't even qualify as news anymore. I was reading some comments earlier—and I won't mention names, but you know who I mean, Mark Cruz15 was trying to make a point that felt equally hollow—and it just reinforces this feeling that the collective attention span is fracturing under the weight of all this nonsense. We used to demand rigor; we used to expect a certain level of intellectual honesty from the people holding the microphone. Now? Now it’s just a race to the bottom to see who can be the most provocative without actually saying anything of consequence... It’s a cycle that never seems to end, and frankly, it’s becoming harder and harder to find any actual clarity amidst all this noise...

His vocals just aren't there. Honestly, I find slavicin's performance to be much more compelling...

Just more proof that Motörhead wasn't the only band out there actually playing real R&B/Rock...

Mark Cruz15 said:Her vocals are weak—I definitely prefer Slavica Beatles' version.

Dajana has more of a punk vibe—basically, Dajana is The Rolling Stones, while Slavica Beatles is more like The Beatles.

OT: I'd love if someone could actually capture this kind of sound, but honestly, it feels impossible—modern gear just can't replicate this.

Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about it.

Beyond just Darin’s vocals, the track actually features Neil Sedak on the piano.[1] During the session, Darin took the liberty of messing around with some chord progressions he discovered on the keys, eventually deciding to layer in those orchestral strings and vocal harmonies...

Mark Cruz15 said:Found this on Wikipedia.

I was talking more about the actual texture of the sound—it’s probably a digital thing, but honestly, you just can't quite replicate that specific reverb effect perfectly.

The guy definitely knew how to pull off killer stuff, but let's be real—hardly anyone would believe the album wasn't recorded back in 2005.

Back to 1977 once more......

Metallica - Metallica

Hey, you actually surprised me. That stuff you posted by that The Weeknd guy wasn't half bad. Honestly, seeing what you wrote made me go on a little deep dive into what everyone calls "pop" from the last decade. I don't really have a clue what's going on in that corner of the music world... but man, let me tell you, I finally decided to check out Lana Del Rey today, and she's freaking incredible. She isn't just some plastic American queen of manufactured disasters, failed romances, and pure drama; to me, it feels like her whole vibe emerged from this murky, foggy, super atmospheric—almost Lynchian—world:

blue jeans



I'm diving headfirst into these albums today! Seriously.

Lisa Davis46 said:Man, you caught me off guard—but I actually dig this stuff you posted from that The Weeknd guy. Your take made me want to go digging through what people call "modern pop" from the last decade just to see what's up. Honestly, I'm totally out of the loop with that scene... but man, let me tell you, I decided to finally dive into Lana Del Rey today, and she is incredible. She isn't just some plastic American queen of disasters, failed romances, and drama; to me, it all sounds like she emerged from this murky, foggy, super atmospheric, almost Lynchian world:

blue jeans

I'm diving into albums all day now. 😁

Obviously it's good—did you really doubt me?😁

I wouldn't even put Lana Del Rey in the same league as the artists I'm talking about. Props to the kids listening to her, though I'm worried it won't lead them to deeper stuff like Joni Mitchell or Joan Baez.

Anyone else into these pros?

I fell in love with them through some compilation back when I was 14, after hearing them on my old man's cassette in The Beatles - Yesterday and in Antonioniev's masterpiece Blow-Up, where Jeff Beck absolutely shreds his guitar.

Edit — if you haven't listened much, I was often forced to listen at work, so check out this pile of soulless nobodies for example. A textbook case of what I mean—zero melody, zero arrangement, zero energy.

summer vibes in the States

Lana Del Rey is just so good when she leans into that vibe.
I gave Angel Olsen - Aisles a listen, along with some 80s covers—honestly, they weren't really my thing, though I've always found her a bit dull personally.
Forever Young by Salem was definitely the standout for me—that’s exactly how a track like that should feel, all heavy paranoia and end-of-the-world vibes 😁

Spirit of a Vampyre

Only for her, the one who isn't here anymore
And she knows exactly who that is
This announcement is the real deal

I'm dedicating this song to her
Giving her these lyrics
Handing over my love
And everything else that comes along with it

Just for her, I’d jump straight into the fire
And she knows perfectly well how much I love her

Just for her, I’d give up my very life
Because she knows exactly who she is

The Beatles - Yesterday is just standing in my way
it's got its hooks in me
everywhere I turn, there it is
at the bar over at Apple
even in the halls of the Boston Celtics.

It feels like it's stalking me all over the city
but my response stays the same
no matter where it catches me
"My paycheck is late."