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[Ren]

I liked "We Are Young" when I first heard it, same with "Somebody That I Used To Know."

Now that I've heard each of them well over 100 times... not so much. That is the ultimate test, though, isn't it? I can listen to Zeppelin over and over and I never tire of it. If my ear catches it when I'm out or when watching something, I go "Nice!" When I hear these other songs in the same situation, I go "Enough!"

It's horrible how over played songs get. The fun and gotye song especially. And now the jepsen. :

The thing with LZ and the like is that there's a depth to the writing that isn't there in many popular songs today

[Wojo]

I like the Gotye song because I lived it.

[Alexcremers]

I don't like it but I like that it's a hit.

[Ren]

The gotye song reminds me of Sting every time

[Wojo]

I don't understand why alternative rock stations play it along with STP, Incubus, Disturbed, Pearl Jam, Shinedown...and Gotye.

The gotye song reminds me of Sting every time

His other songs on the album remind me of the same. Gotye is the artistic lovechild of Sting and Peter Gabriel.

[Ren]

And is the some nights song by fun. Sounding like journey or Chicago?

[Ren]

So, I'm planning some curricular diversions for school - and I'm hoping some people can contribute. My favorite is showcasing the sampling and source inspiration of Gnarls Barkley's Crazy - (Viva Django, Gianfranco Reverberi) Are there others that come to mind that you think I should look into as I'm planning?

[Jason LeBlanc]

I don't understand your question. Are you asking what artists influenced Gnarles Barkley? Or are you asking us for other pop songs that have influences?

[Ren]

Other pop songs that have some sort of quirk to them.

No I think Gnarls Barkley is educationally spent after that song

[Koray Savas]

What kind of quirk?

There are plenty of songs that just take the tune from older classics and write their own lyrics.



Not suitable for the classroom, possibly, but I'm sure you can figure who they took from.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Robbie Williams - Millennium (samples John Barry's You Only Live Twice)
Nas - I Can (samples Beethoven's Für Elise)
Coolio - C U When U Get There (samples Pachelbel’s Canon in D)
Tenacious D - Classico (samples Bach's Bourrée in E minor, Beethoven's Für Elise, and Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik)

[Ren]

bah, Koray - I need suitable for the classroom.....

and I guess I mean I don't NEED songs with direct quotes from other songs. Like I use a Thriller techno version because the entire song is completely different than the original. It just has quotes and snips from the original to make a new one. Are there other songs out there have have little know, interesting backgrounds?

Thank you Jason

[Jason LeBlanc]

Oh man how could I forget Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers!

And Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 by Trans-Siberian Orchestra!

Also Nas's Hate Me Now samples Carmina Burana

[Koray Savas]

There's that crappy song from The Hangover that reworks You Spin Me Right Round, but again not suitable

I remember there was a Kanye West song that sampled Powell, but again probably not suitable. Oh, and there was a rap song that just wrote lyrics to Inception's "Time."

[ShowUStheHOOK]

Enough said....... especially when the choir kicks in...... though can anyone figure out what they are saying?

Oh man how could I forget Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers!

And Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 by Trans-Siberian Orchestra!

Also Nas's Hate Me Now samples Carmina Burana

speaking of righteous brothers.............. another favorite, you've lost that loving feeling.

[Hurmm]

Was browsing through my library and stumbled onto an album I haven't heard in some time, and this track played. What an eclectic summer tune.

[Jason LeBlanc]

About to be seeing Dawes and Mumford and Sons in concert! I listened to the Dawes album on Spotify today because I was unfamiliar with them, and they are really good!

Mumford and Sons are awesome, can't wait to experience them live. I have a huge emotional connection to their debut album (It got me through the toughest breakup of my life) so it should be interesting!

[Koray Savas]

I still listen to Sigh No More regularly. I'm eagerly awaiting their next album.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Based on the new songs I heard tonight, it will be very good!

[Marian Schedenig]

Good news!

[Jason LeBlanc]

Here's a good list of upcoming albums I found online:

http://www.metacriti...e?view=detailed

I'm most looking forward to:
Mumford and Sons - Babel
Muse - The 2nd Law
Coheed And Cambria - The Afterman: Ascension
Fitz & the Tantrums - untitled second album

And am curious to hear:
Matchbox 20 - North
Dave Matthews Band - Away From The World
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter
Pink - The Truth About Love
Green Day - Uno, Dos, and Tre
No Doubt - Push and Shove
Matt & Kim - Lightning
The Wallflowers - Glad All Over
Aerosmith - Music From Another Dimension

[Koray Savas]

No Doubt is still making music?

[Jason LeBlanc]

It's their first album in 11 years.

It's Matchbox Twenty's first (real) album in 10

[Koray Savas]

That'll explain it haha

[Richard Penna]

Don't think this has been posted before - before this year's eurovision I was trawling through a 'best of' compilation and found this.

This is from back when the contest wasn't about spectacle, but about good singing and great tunes (my primary criteria).



These days, if I'm lucky I find one track I like from among the semi-finalists, and they rarely come close to this.

This one though, is from this year, but it didn't make it through to the final: (I die a little inside when rubbish like Jedward gets to the final, and this beautiful song doesn't)

[Hurmm]

For some reason Sigh No More really bored me.

I love this dreamy cover of The Beatles' Michelle.

[Koray Savas]

Heard one of Mumford & Sons' new songs on the radio today. It underwhelmed, could have sworn it was the same melody from a previous song with new lyrics.

[Stefancos]

That's pop music for ya!

[Jason LeBlanc]

Mumford and Sons is not a pop band

[Koray Savas]

No they're not, and typical run-of-the-mill pop/dance/whatever does all have this same beat, I've noticed. I mean literally, there's this one dupstep crap beat in like every fucking song I'm hearing these days.

That shit that starts in Starships when she goes all vocode. I won't post the video here to spare you all.


On a positive note, I finally got the RAA's debut album, Homelands.

[Ren]

Wahhhhhh I like dubstep!

[Stefancos]

I just suffer though it sometimes, with a rictus grin.....

[Alexcremers]

Mumford and Sons is not a pop band

In the end, it's all pop music.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Nope

[Stefancos]

It is.

[Richard Penna]

I always thought pop = popular.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Pop music is a style of music. Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, and Ke$ha are pop artists.

Mumford and Sons is a folk band.

[Alexcremers]

What's the difference?

I always thought pop = popular.

That's the original definition. Pop music = music with popular appeal. A broad term for any short 3 or 4 minute song with clear verse-chorus form. Its influences could be 'anything' and that's exactly what I hear with Mumford and Sons.

[Koray Savas]

Mumford & Sons is more alternative than folk, to me.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Mumford and Sons is a band who learned how to play musical instruments and write their own songs and play them.

Pop artists go into a room and sing lyrics others have written to beats made by computers that others have written.