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Top 40 lacks art or creativity

Paging Drclueless

> I did not get the memo that states stripping is an
> acceptable PT job. Where did you see that?

Where did you see it was still 1956?

And who the hell are you to criticize anyone for what they do? How is that any different from Chippendales and the likes? Or someone bartending? Or even a club DJ? It's all the same environment. And you make some really decent cash, too!

The only people who have issues with "dancing" (stripping) at a PT gig are the closed-minded bible bangers who thinks Pat Robertson speaks the truth and anyone who doesn't believe him will be burning in hell.

Do you have the same ignorant belief about cheerleaders and dancers (on a dance squad, for example)?

Guess what? There are plenty of people who don't think too highly of those who work in radio. Same can be said for retail, fast food, waitressing, etc.


> I am put off
> by the likes of you who justify behaviors by the decade we
> live. Things are the way they are for the reason. Who said
> we can change the rules?

Again, who in the hell are you? I did NOT see one post that anyone was justifying the behaviors. You started a thread attacking the music on CHR. Who said that you were supposed to like everything you see and hear? I didn't get THAT memo. Last I checked, that is one of the great freedoms awarded us in this country: CHOICE!! If you don't like "the rules of CHR", then follow something else.

Now stop trying to shove your beliefs down our throat because it won't be long before someone tell you where you can shove those beliefs.

And learn to read and how to debate properly before opening up a can of worms you can't handle.

> The music of today is clearly the worst ever!

Oh so now ALL of the music is the worst ever. Hey Sybil -- make up your freaking mind. Not everyone considers CHR the "music of today."

Go find something you actually know something about. Because it sure as hell ain't CHR music.
 
Re: WRONG! / 3 Doors Down & All American Rejects

> All-American Rejects and 3 Doors Down fit the rock and
> alternative catigory.
>
> if Three Doors Down were pop, they wouldn't be playing them
> on the active rock and mainstream and even classic rock
> stations.
>
> All-American Rejects are alternative plain and simple. They
> got their start there and were on alternative well before
> CHR decided to pick them up. Both Swing, Swing and Dirty
> Little Secret.
>
> I first heard Swing, Swing on WLUM Milwaukee in fall 2002.
> In late spring/summer CHR picked it up. Since WXSS was
> rhythmic CHR outside of Evanescence in Summer 03, they
> didn't touch it. WKSC played it for a few weeks overnight
> only.


Nah. 3 Doors Down's only Alternative hit on this latest album was "Let Me Go", and it barely cracked the Top 20. They do receive spins on Active and Mainstream Rock, but their label has actually pushed a few tracks to CHR and AC stations exclusively - specifically, "Here By Me" and "Landing In London", two songs that would make their rock fans choke with their syrupy sweetness ... plainly speaking, 3 Doors Down doesn't know whether they're a rock band or a soccer mom band. I think they're a lowest common denominator band - they're just boring.</P>

All American Rejects are basically now on the same level with Bowling For Soup and Simple Plan - bands that got their start on Alternative but failed, and are now more likely to go right to CHR or Hot AC without even attempting to go for adds at Alternative. Both "Dirty Little Secret" and "Move Along" bombed at Alternative - by contrast the former has scored big on CHR and Hot AC and the latter is likely to follow. Don't ask me what the difference is between them and Fall Out Boy - for the life of me I don't understand why FOB does well on Alternative and the other bands don't. I think they're all slick polished pop acts that don't really have a place on the current Alternative format, but sound just fine between "My Humps" and "Laffy Taffy", or a couple of sensitive singer/songwriter types like James Blunt or Natasha Bedingfield.</P>
 
Re: Top 40 lacks art or creativity / Neil Diamond vs. Kelly Clarkson

> LOL so Neil Diamond is better then Kelly Clarkson? Hahahaha,
> that's a good one. Thanks I needed a good laugh.


It's all a matter of opinion - you like Kelly Clarkson because it speaks to your generation. However, I really will be surprised if she stays around as long as Neil Diamond has. He's worked as a singer/songwriter for forty years, penning hits for plenty of other artists besides himself - among them "I'm A Believer" for the Monkees.</P>

And while a Neil Diamond show showcases the wide variety of songs he has recorded over the years (ranging from rockers like "Cherry Cherry" to ballads like "Song Sung Blue" and everything in between) with the charisma that only someone that's been in the business as long as Diamond can provide, a Kelly Clarkson show is more likely to rely on costume changes, suggestive writhing on stage and pyrotechnics - basically, all sizzle and no steak. I'm not going to say Clarkson isn't talented - she can sing and does a passable job at writing, which is more than what can be said of her peers. However, to call someone who has put out a whopping two albums superior to someone with as long of a career as Neil Diamond is just plain absurd.</P>
 
Re: Top 40 lacks art or creativity / T-Pain

> What kind of name is T-Pain? The problem with a
> song like Im In Love With A Stripper is the inherent lack of
> subltety. Those are always the best and most effective
> songs.
>


T-Pain is utter rubbish. I've only heard one song of his ("I'm Sprung"), and he filters his voice through a vocoder for the entire song! That proves to me that the guy has absolutely zero talent. Not to mention that the lyrics aren't any less shallow than the likes of Black Eyed Peas or Ashlee Simpson.</P>
 
Re: Top 40 lacks art or creativity / Yesterday vs. Today

> > The music of today is clearly the worst ever!
> >
> Blah blah blah. In the 60s at one point an ultra dumb song
> called like "Dominique" by the Singing Nun was able to make
> number one. And yet supposedly today's music is the worst
> ever?!! Get a clue.
>


Every era has its share of disposable pop junk. Only these days it seems like it's becoming more prevalent. I'm not going to say that all of today's music is complete junk, but look - you've got the Black Eyed Peas (worst offender: "My Humps"), Ashlee Simpson, Pussycat Dolls, Gwen Stefani, Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, "Laffy Taffy", "I Think They Like Me", "Grillz" ... all of these acts and songs represent the bottom of the barrel, indicating just how shallow music can get. And the hip-hop selections are abysmal - we've come a long way from NWA and Public Enemy, and unfortunately it's way off in the wrong direction.</P>

Yes, in the '60s and the '70s, there was "Dominique", "Sugar Sugar", "Disco Duck", "Yummy Yummy Yummy", etc. - however, note that all of the acts that performed them had their one hit and vanished. On the contrary, these purveyors of shallow pop have much longer careers in this day and age.</P>

There's good music out there, but a lot of us just aren't hearing it. We have to lay the blame for that on the youth of America that is supporting this junk food pop that has no substance whatsoever. These people are also the reason why talentless monkeys like Paris Hilton actually have careers. Three words: lowest common denominator. Because it's so simple, banal and shallow, people lap it up because they can understand it so easily - they don't want to be challenged or have to think, they just want the meaningless, dopey "entertainment" that's being pushed out there. God help the rest of us.</P>
 
Re: WRONG! / 3 Doors Down & All American Rejects

> Nah. 3 Doors Down's only Alternative hit on this latest
> album was "Let Me Go", and it barely cracked the Top 20.
> They do receive spins on Active and Mainstream Rock, but
> their label has actually pushed a few tracks to CHR and AC
> stations exclusively - specifically, "Here By Me" and
> "Landing In London", two songs that would make their rock
> fans choke with their syrupy sweetness ... plainly speaking,
> 3 Doors Down doesn't know whether they're a rock band or a
> soccer mom band. I think they're a lowest common
> denominator band - they're just boring.

"Landing In London" was a decent Mainstream Rock hit, probably due to the fact that Bob Seger was featured. They're still relevant to Rock formats. Rock and Active Rock stations still play their old stuff and at least one (Baltimore's 98 Rock) still considers them enough of a core artist to plan a big concert contest promo around them.

Agree on All-American Rejects though.
 
Re: WRONG! / 3 Doors Down & All American Rejects

> I think
> they're all slick polished pop acts that don't really have a
> place on the current Alternative format, but sound just fine
> between "My Humps" and "Laffy Taffy", or a couple of
> sensitive singer/songwriter types like James Blunt or
> Natasha Bedingfield.

NOTHING sounds fine next to "My Humps", except maybe "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred.

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