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Originally posted by mariska
You guys are ridiculous..
Just because it is in the same genre of music does NOT make it ridiculous. Arcade Fire isn't the first indie rock band, but they're innovative. Electro-pop is a very, very wide genre, okay. Future Sex/Love Sounds or Loose is absolutely nothing like The Fame. Same genres, yes, but completely different productions and sounds. Gaga was not following trends. Dance music was NOT popular at the time.
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First of all, Indie is NOT a genre. It's a label for Rock bands who are not mainstream. I don't know why they are labeled as a genre now because that's ridiculous. Indie isn't really popular so you can't say they are generic. Comparing indie to pop is ridiculous and there would never be a generic indie music unless indie becomes as huge as pop in terms of singles.
Let's just say they are all dance music.
Dance music was made popular in 2006. The Fame debuted in 2008. We saw Katy Perry have mainstream success because of electro-pop. We saw Nelly Furtado getting her biggest hits in electro-pop. We saw Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears get their respective critical acclaim in electro pop. EVERYBODY wants to have what they have achieved. Rihanna re-released her album in 2008 with Disturbia after the electro-pop craze got really popular and she released Don't Stop The Music in 2008 as well. Breaking Dishes in her album was also very popular in clubs in 2008. Chris Brown re-released his 'Exclusive' album with Forever, again because of the Electro-Pop craze. Do you get my point?
The only albums not to be considered generic in the dance era would be Blackout, Loose and Future Sex/Love Sounds. The rest are already generic. Even Circus was generic. I'm not being deluded, I'm just telling the truth.
I know that Electro Music=/=Generic. I know that and 808s & Heartbreak is one example of it. Kanye used electro music but he did use it in an artistic kind of way to separate him from the rest.