The Music Thread

nrsair said:
New Taylor Swift album is honestly pretty terrible.

The new AFI, on the other hand, is pretty cool. Kind of a western goth rock vibe. I’m seeing them In Asheville on the 20th. This is probably my favorite off the new album:

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I'm hearing echos of Bauhaus' Bella Lugosi Is Dead in that. Maybe it's just the lead singer's voice, though.
 
Ddseddse said:
I'm hearing echos of Bauhaus' Bella Lugosi Is Dead in that. Maybe it's just the lead singer's voice, though.
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No, you’re right- the singer has talked about how much he loves Bauhaus. The goth rock/dark wave influences come through super strongly- I hear Sisters of Mercy, The Cure, The Cult, Depeche Mode, even some Death In June. They’ve been trending this way for a while but this is the first time it’s come through really cohesively.
 
I feel like the songs on each album Swift has put out since 2020 all sound the same throughout the album. I actually liked her new album more than any other she has out put since then, but the songs still all sounded similar.
 


This is one of my 12 yo daughter’s current favorites. I’d never heard of this dude and she turned me on to him. I think maybe she has good taste? Proud papa.
 
Carolina Fever said:
I feel like the songs on each album Swift has put out since 2020 all sound the same throughout the album. I actually liked her new album more than any other she has out put since then, but the songs still all sounded similar.
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That’s because they are all her songs.

Which artists sound markedly different from song to song?

Swift is about as diverse a pop artist as you’ll see.
 
Bigs23 said:
Not according to most critics, including Rolling Stone which gave it 5 stars.
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The Guardian gave it 2:

www.theguardian.com

Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl review – dull razzle-dazzle from a star who seems frazzled

Far from the Max Martin-assisted pop juggernaut fans expected, this soft-rock paean to domestic bliss is slight on tunes and still seethes with grievance. And the less said about her fiance’s ‘magic wand’, the better
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

My thoughts pretty much align with his- and make no mistake, I love T Swift but I think Tortured Poets and this represent a pretty steep decline from her previous work.

There are almost no musical hooks on this album, which is atypical for Max Martin. Actually Romantic may be the closest it comes, and that’s because it either sounds like Where is My Mind by the Pixies or Beverly Hills by Weezer depending on who you ask.

The memorable lines from Swift are only because they’re cringy (“his love was the key that opened my thighs”) or clunky (which worked for her in the past but seems she’s trying too hard here, “Your faultless ambition sparked the ignition on foolish decisions which led to misguided visions”) or sometimes both.

I also think it’s odd that the marketing for the album leaned so heavily into the showgirl theme and then that shows up exactly 0 times on the album. Puzzling.
 
nrsair said:
The Guardian gave it 2:

www.theguardian.com

Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl review – dull razzle-dazzle from a star who seems frazzled

Far from the Max Martin-assisted pop juggernaut fans expected, this soft-rock paean to domestic bliss is slight on tunes and still seethes with grievance. And the less said about her fiance’s ‘magic wand’, the better
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

My thoughts pretty much align with his- and make no mistake, I love T Swift but I think Tortured Poets and this represent a pretty steep decline from her previous work.

There are almost no musical hooks on this album, which is atypical for Max Martin. Actually Romantic may be the closest it comes, and that’s because it either sounds like Where is My Mind by the Pixies or Beverly Hills by Weezer depending on who you ask.

The memorable lines from Swift are only because they’re cringy (“his love was the key that opened my thighs”) or clunky (which worked for her in the past but seems she’s trying too hard here, “Your faultless ambition sparked the ignition on foolish decisions which led to misguided visions”) or sometimes both.

I also think it’s odd that the marketing for the album leaned so heavily into the showgirl theme and then that shows up exactly 0 times on the album. Puzzling.
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I just listened to it for the first time and think it’s very good especially for a first listen. I hear plenty of hooks and catchier lines than the ones you mentioned.

At this point in her career the reviews are going to probably always be mixed. She somehow became polarizing so there’s a market for criticizing her. She’s also surpassed the opinions of professional critics mattering as she’s pretty much mastered the industry. In other words she knows more than they do.

Most Swift fans are going to like it a lot.

Swift haters will continue to hate everything she does.

It will be massively successful and break records.
 
Released on this date; Oct 4th - "Shake Ya Tailfeather" by P. Diddy (and Nelly)

I guess diddy may get released on this date... 4 years from now. :cool:
 
I needed to cheer up myself after watching UNC shit the bed so I'm posting one of my favorites. I am wearing my "It's Business Time " tee shirt to enjoy this. If you have 30 minutes to have a laugh or two give it a listen.

 
Bigs23 said:
I just listened to it for the first time and think it’s very good especially for a first listen. I hear plenty of hooks and catchier lines than the ones you mentioned.

At this point in her career the reviews are going to probably always be mixed. She somehow became polarizing so there’s a market for criticizing her. She’s also surpassed the opinions of professional critics mattering as she’s pretty much mastered the industry. In other words she knows more than they do.

Most Swift fans are going to like it a lot.

Swift haters will continue to hate everything she does.

It will be massively successful and break records.
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It is a catchy album. I do like it more than anything else she has put out since 2020. I still think her best work was before 2020.
 
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