Since when is making cute music trash? Stop being pretentious, just because music isn't about your extreme despressing life experiences doesn't make it ****. Music is supposed to be fun and enjoyable too, you can't expect everyone to write a deep song everytime they pick up the pen. God, shut the **** up.
That's your opinion and all, but I would at least enjoy listening to music with meaning. La Roux's music isn't necessarily depressing and it is fun and enjoyable with creative lyrics. Despite acting a bit pretentious, Elly was simply expressing her opinion, which can be backed up easily when you have songs like Call Me Maybe, Good Feeling, and Glad You Came on the radio.
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She can come for every bitch in the game and I wouldn't blame her. The production of her album was beyond ANYTHING i hear on the radio.
'Call Me Maybe' has a meaning. That is why it is coherent to the ears. It is not just jumbled up words that don't make sense. Therefore, it has meaning.
'Call Me Maybe' has a meaning. That is why it is coherent to the ears. It is not just jumbled up words that don't make sense. Therefore, it has meaning.
Please. You think the message "oh, you're hot. Call me maybe." is quality?
Oh course you feel that way.
You seems to like music that is straight to the point, looking at Taylor in your avatar.
Many people think they are in love when they are truly not. That is what the lyric is getting at.
Feelings and emotions are synonymous. And you know possibly even less about Taylor's music than Elly did when she called it 'manufactured princess pop'. Your pretentious drivel is truly enfuriating.
Feelings and emotions are synonymous. And you know possibly even less about Taylor's music than Elly did when she called it 'manufactured princess pop'. Your pretentious drivel is truly enfuriating.
They are slightly different.
Hold on. I never made fun of Taylor's music.
I just said her lyrics and songs are more straight to the point love songs.
Please. You think the message "oh, you're hot. Call me maybe." is quality?
You said it didn't have meaning. You were wrong. I think a song capturing the instant moment of infatuation is a good enough meaning to write a song about, yes.
You said it didn't have meaning. You were wrong. I think a song capturing the instant moment of infatuation is a good enough meaning to write a song about, yes.
I get it though, unless she's wrapped up in a trendy outfit, singing an overproduced song with overexposed promo and overdone music videos, none of you want anything to do with her.
She'll remain getting rave reviews (76 on Metacritic for a debut, better than Adele, Gaga, Britney, Beyonce, Rihanna, Katy, Ke$ha, Christina, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Carly Rae Jepsen, Lana Del Rey, Marina, etc.), being highly respected by the British media, earning Mercury Prize nominations, and being highly anticipated by the critical community, and the niche-pop fans.
You just made that up, but really at this point I might have to force myself out of this argument. Even though Elly is endlessly enfuriating with her ignorance and generally false sense of superiority, and even though some people in this very thread are the same, claiming her basic lyrics over generic 80s beats are innovative and abstract give her the right to put down others - INCLUDING DISMISSING THE ENTIRE GENRE OF R&B I MEAN FOR ****'S SAKE HOW CAN YOU NOT LOATHE THIS IDIOT - I just can't argue it any more. You'll probably never think otherwise, and I certainly won't. I don't think she can sing, I don't think her production is remotely interesting or new, her lyrics are NOT deeper and more layered than Taylor Swift's, I think she's pretentious, I think she's style over substance, I know for a fact her opinions are ignorant nonsense, and really that's all that's to be said! I hate this woman with every fibre of my being! I still have so much pent up anger in me regarding this woman and everything she stands for that I might go punch my bedroom wall for a few minutes! Bye!
You just made that up, but really at this point I might have to force myself out of this argument. Even though Elly is endlessly enfuriating with her ignorance and generally false sense of superiority, and even though some people in this very thread are the same, claiming her basic lyrics over generic 80s beats are innovative and abstract give her the right to put down others - INCLUDING DISMISSING THE ENTIRE GENRE OF R&B I MEAN FOR ****'S SAKE HOW CAN YOU NOT LOATHE THIS IDIOT - I just can't argue it any more. You'll probably never think otherwise, and I certainly won't. I don't think she can sing, I don't think her production is remotely interesting or new, her lyrics are NOT deeper and more layered than Taylor Swift's, I think she's pretentious, I think she's style over substance, I know for a fact her opinions are ignorant nonsense, and really that's all that's to be said! I hate this woman with every fibre of my being! I still have so much pent up anger in me regarding this woman and everything she stands for that I might go punch my bedroom wall for a few minutes! Bye!
You seem very irate over something so silly. Perhaps you should log off and calm down.
You just made that up, but really at this point I might have to force myself out of this argument. Even though Elly is endlessly enfuriating with her ignorance and generally false sense of superiority, and even though some people in this very thread are the same, claiming her basic lyrics over generic 80s beats are innovative and abstract give her the right to put down others - INCLUDING DISMISSING THE ENTIRE GENRE OF R&B I MEAN FOR ****'S SAKE HOW CAN YOU NOT LOATHE THIS IDIOT - I just can't argue it any more. You'll probably never think otherwise, and I certainly won't. I don't think she can sing, I don't think her production is remotely interesting or new, her lyrics are NOT deeper and more layered than Taylor Swift's, I think she's pretentious, I think she's style over substance, I know for a fact her opinions are ignorant nonsense, and really that's all that's to be said! I hate this woman with every fibre of my being! I still have so much pent up anger in me regarding this woman and everything she stands for that I might go punch my bedroom wall for a few minutes! Bye!
Oh my... Someone needs to take a chill pill. I mean, how can someone over the Internet bother you this much?
That's your opinion and all, but I would at least enjoy listening to music with meaning. La Roux's music isn't necessarily depressing and it is fun and enjoyable with creative lyrics. Despite acting a bit pretentious, Elly was simply expressing her opinion, which can be backed up easily when you have songs like Call Me Maybe, Good Feeling, and Glad You Came on the radio.
No. One song in particular is not responsible.
However, I think we can all agree that the music industry is on a decline.
It is the general idea of songs like "Call Me Maybe" that cause this.
Like Elly said, vending machine production and stupid messages.
I just met you,
And this is crazy,
So heres my number,
Call me maybe.
And then in the video the guy turns out to be gay.
What is that trying to say?
I'm sure people thought music was dying around this time too
But just like everything else in the consumer-driven world, the music industry is cyclical. While the industry itself is changing structurally, this isn't the first time that has happened, and this certainly isn't the first time people have complained about how pop music is "declining" or killing "real music."
Not to mention your blame for the music industry's decline is completely misplaced. It's dying because of the advent of digital pirating and the Internet in general. It has nothing to do with the "quality" of the music. And tbh both the sales and the quality seem to have increased, as a whole, of late.
Pressed. There was no reason for her to specifically point out CMM. Carly never said she was trying to create this deep music. Maybe she likes to perform/write radio friendly songs. Nothing wrong with that, it's just her market