but at the end of the day, the most critical factor is unknown because let's face it—there's only a finite number of melodies out there, and even fewer ways to actually piece them together...
Andrew Stewart2 said:I can't get behind pop music at all. Honestly, just grab a karaoke machine—you know, those things—and listen to the tracks without singing along. It’s pretty pointless, isn't it? You're left with nothing but the backing track, which gets boring fast (unless there's a decent solo here or there, though even those tend to be pretty lackluster, at least in our neck of the woods).
Man, if you're comparing actual music to karaoke tracks, then just stop listening altogether.🙏
Speaking of Mars Volta, I actually put together this bit of text for them a while back:
GOT THE CASH, NEED A BEER> (dedicated to Mars Volta)>
in the darkness, a ratified fallacy against stenodactylographic menorahs democristians demystify the rallentando turicéphaly stage managers devour imaginary visualized hapaxlegomenons through correction a tourniquet drips from the theatergoer's ear vomiting retrobulbar taxonomic scripts reality crawls through cosmolitic pores noctambular fistulas grow viscous through Trojan palaces soaked in collodion asbestos biotypologies darken their minds revising the process of toxicopathic decisiveness stealing their prokinetic sense via defenestration
Just wanted to jump in on what Pips was saying... honestly, their words don't even matter. If they weren't being so incredibly dim-witted and vague, it still wouldn't change anything—the whole thing would just be total garbage from a bottom-tier garage band.
Here’s the deal—someone like Morissette and her crew might just strip everything down... sometimes you hit upon a flawless piece of writing, and other times you end up looking like a complete idiot. But honestly? None of that matters when someone like Jon Mar churns out a million melodies anyway.
Look, say I’m hanging out at the local drive-in—the music they play is actually decent enough—but the second those lyrics hit my ears, I honestly feel like I'm going to gag.
Words can definitely ruin a song—especially if the person behind them doesn't exactly have a knack for songwriting. But honestly? The perfect antidote is just cranking up the volume. 🙂
Personally, I’m all about a song with a killer chorus—once you’ve got that hook, they could be singing about frog mating seasons for all I care, and I'd still be vibing.
stormyviper11's log star date 83928.21 "I'm putting on Sonic Youth's latest album, "Goo"—hoping my girlfriend won't complain about me playing such laid-back music during our private time. Fingers crossed she doesn't follow through on those occasional threats to pack her bags and head for the hills..."