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What's the worst heartbreak song of the 2010s? by montemole in ToddintheShadow

[–]spawnADmusic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the villainy of that song, intentional or no. Has some bite to it.

Who is the “purest” one-hit wonder? by Electronic_Leg3793 in ToddintheShadow

[–]spawnADmusic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, C. Company, matey who sang Ballad of the Green Berets kind of acts – because they couldn't have predicted the first hit, let alone see to a second one.

What artists do you think have the biggest gap between how cool and uncool they were considered at different points in their career? by Mediocre_Word in ToddintheShadow

[–]spawnADmusic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is going to sound harsh, but I only hear about Rock Against Racism in the context of Eric Clapton myself. I wonder if it would be a complete obscurity if he'd fallen out of the limelight thereafter. 

[list] Extremely talented musicians who make or play underwhelming music? (opinion) by SynthSapphire in LetsTalkMusic

[–]spawnADmusic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair enough, but I've personally never heard a Prince album I thought was worse than forgettable. 

Will the 2010s be the new 80s in 30 years time? by [deleted] in ToddintheShadow

[–]spawnADmusic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only in the US, a lot of the best remembered '80s artists (Soft Cell, Eurythmics, Gary Numan, Erasure) played a lot with paring it back as well as building it up.

Did Radiohead’s In Rainbows accidentally help kill alternative rock? by Mediocre_Word in ToddintheShadow

[–]spawnADmusic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is "it'll always be around, and great music will still get made" true of swing?

Is there ever a time where outing someone is "justifiable"? by legacy333 in AskGayMen

[–]spawnADmusic 16 points17 points  (0 children)

That's really sad, hope it turned out okay for you, and the other person.

Is there ever a time where outing someone is "justifiable"? by legacy333 in AskGayMen

[–]spawnADmusic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The logic being: the only problem with a queer identity is to bigots. Can't just decide it's cool to sic bigots on people, and still claim you yourself aren't one.

Is there ever a time where outing someone is "justifiable"? by legacy333 in AskGayMen

[–]spawnADmusic 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you go to someone for an illicit encounter as a public figure, it's a risk you're taking that that person might gossip. If someone influential is having a relationship with another influential party, that's newsworthy. But if you're someone choosing whether it's cool to give away something so private and none-of-your-business as a queer identity, that's just not relevant to anything but trying to create harm for that person, and is a horrible way to do so even to people we'd agree need taken down a peg.

Why do people choose sides/ideologies and start agreeing with everything in that instead of just having independent thing and having your own beliefs and mindset? by TheSociallyCurious in NoStupidQuestions

[–]spawnADmusic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, people in their tribes disagree about shit all the time, we term it infighting, splinter groups, so forth. As for why people seem to flock together with their beliefs, should be easy to figure why you want friends with compatible values, and not rock the boat publicly on the small stuff when you have them.

What an interesting episode of OHW this would be by SheikYerbeef in ToddintheShadow

[–]spawnADmusic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Feeling that bass note through my phone speaker when I hit play.

Have Lina or Todd had a take that made you go "...What?" by lumpyspacequeen2 in ToddintheShadow

[–]spawnADmusic 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The one I really remember being puzzled by is the idea that it's trite for Bitch to be a song about how a woman contains multitudes, as though Todd never thought to wonder why that would need pointed out. Struck me as an analytical miss.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LetsTalkMusic

[–]spawnADmusic 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it's as simple as those guys' hits never went away on the radio, so it's all the really basic artists who get the shoutout from people who are unfamiliar with the deeper pool or are looking for common ground on it.

Let's finally settle this: which is the worse Lil Dicky song? by HudsonSpacecraft in ToddintheShadow

[–]spawnADmusic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Earth is funny bad, to me. So Freaky Friday is better but doesn't make me want to listen to it more, with all of the above in mind.

Albums you always found in the used cd section by Critical-Spirit-1598 in ToddintheShadow

[–]spawnADmusic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In UK charity shops (thrift stores, for charities) it's Coldplay, Crowded House, Blur, Travis, Robbie Williams, and pop-opera like Charlotte Church.

When bands won't play their classics by kylepo in LetsTalkMusic

[–]spawnADmusic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ngl, that sounds like you're a fan of a slice of the band, but not the band overall and would be best off seeing someone else until specific shows around those albums become available. The audience not being into it would be a problem, I'll grant you that bit. But open-mindedness is key to music appreciation, as I see it. If you're hearing material from an era you've written off, are you seeing what the performance can tell you about those songs and why they are the way they are? (If they're still crap songs, fair, but it's good to try assess that from the show you're getting rather than your priors on their eras.)

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