Pyrian on 16/2/2016 at 15:12
Quote Posted by henke
I'd like to listen to 1989 to see what all the fuss is about, but it isn't on Spotify (or Tidal).
Turn on the radio. Seems like it's all they play, lol. (Disclaimer: May not apply in Finland.) Hyperbole aside, I like
1989, being a fan of both Taylor Swift and the eighties music scene. I still think
Fearless was better, though.
henke on 16/2/2016 at 16:30
I think she gets a fair bit of radioplay here. I know I've heard "Love Story" on there, tho I've barely listened to the radio for at least 3-4 years.
Manwe on 16/2/2016 at 20:11
This thread has broken my sarcasm detector. I didn't even know that guy made music.
Jason Moyer on 17/2/2016 at 00:20
Quote Posted by henke
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is one of my all-time faves.
I would seriously challenge anyone to name a better top-40 album from the past 20 years. And I'm not really big on most of his other stuff.
demagogue on 17/2/2016 at 00:33
Meh, over producing a song like it's a space shuttle launch and micromanaging every picosecond of it is not my bag of mushroom. Plus he seems to be completely sincere about the revolutionary powers of pop culture and what he's saying? Zappa was invented as an antidote to exactly this, but I don't know who is carrying that torch now.
bjack on 17/2/2016 at 01:53
Kanye who? Is he related to that shit stone that disrespected McCartney? Yes, I know that answer… Still… Kanye. The ultimate in clown, yet not funny. Even the French seem to find him tedious. His 15 minutes were up 15 years ago. Next?
froghawk on 17/2/2016 at 02:00
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
I would seriously challenge anyone to name a better top-40 album from the past 20 years. And I'm not really big on most of his other stuff.
Easy even in the rap genre for the past 5 - both of Kendrick Lamar's major label records.
Kanye is a fantastic producer but a terrible rapper. This album continues that trend - some great beats that would've been better off in the hands of someone who didn't want to stuff the album with embarrassing one-liners and pseudogospel singing heavily treated with Autotune EFX.
For example, I would love a song like 'So Appalled' if the lyrics weren't basically wealth porn. A great beat with a somewhat obscure sample, plus guest spots by a ton of talented rappers - but the choice of subject material tanked its chances.
Jason Moyer on 17/2/2016 at 02:21
Huh, I always kinda thought "I'm Appalled" was anti-wealth porn.
henke on 17/2/2016 at 06:29
Quote Posted by froghawk
and pseudogospel singing heavily treated with Autotune EFX.
Those are my favourite parts, personally.
Sulphur on 17/2/2016 at 06:35
My favourite parts of MDTF are the music and the bits where someone else apart from Kanye raps.
