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Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1879 Joined: 11 Jul 2008     | |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1879 Joined: 11 Jul 2008 | Also, this is one of the downsides of music piracy, most people with the intelligence to know how to use something like bit torrent are downloading good music, whereas the others are still grabbing CD singles for £3.99 on their weekly shop, or downloading it onto their pink hello kitty cellphone. Unfortunately, I do feel part of the reason the charts are so full of crap is that crappy music doesn't get pirated as much as good stuff. I'm sure I'll get disproved tho. again, not trying to derail the thread, just offering a theory. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2843 Joined: 21 Jan 2009     | o.k. MR op dude, calm down, take a chill pill. clearly you have been outspoken, not many people would like to hear about this apparent outrage. |
BANNED  Posts: 3486 Joined: 25 Aug 2008    |
Well, wow. You really do have virtually no vocabulary do you? Seriously?! The best thing you can come up with is.... well, ^ that shit. This isn't "my" forum. It is "our" forum. You not included. Well, I'm not entirely certain I got the "fish head" joke, if it can be called that, and please, stop the sarcasm. You overuse it, and it is dangerous to overuse something at which you are painfully inept. Again, if you are annoyed with me, I do not get the thing wherein you tell everybody to stab themselves. You then point out post count - well, mistake there troll chappy, as not everyone who thinks that you are an offensive oaf in the guise of a mere incompetent, and, as we consider your next statement, I can virtually guarantee that I have more of a "life" (quite how that is gaged I am unsure) than you. However, you do make an excellent point by saying that you are just flaming and are surprised at the lack of bannage, which just acknowledges that you are just trolling for the fun of it. Ergo, you are nothing but a troll who needs vanquishing, you are a poor troll who has been vanquished already, and so I cordially invite the moderators to strike yu with a banhammer. User was banned for: The Second Annual Escapist Election: Part 1: Presidential Primaries. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2789 Joined: 23 Dec 2007     | You spelt 'you' as 'you'. The irony is threatening to drown me in it's silvery flood. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 758 Joined: 19 Jun 2008    | lol, people are idiots. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 742 Joined: 2 Nov 2008     | It is a dance song that isn't really rap. I had heard it before didn't know who sang it and sort of figured out it was called just dance because it's obvious. Anyway, it can be annoying but I have definitely heard worse.
I know that gaga roughly means "stupid" or "crazy" in Tagalog. |
Muckraker  Posts: 296 Joined: 16 May 2008   |
That's possibly true. But really, who cares? Let the smart people enjoy the good (free :P) music, and let the stupid people keep the market alive. I listen to what I like, not what a stupid chart tells me. I can't understand why anyone would even care this much. x_x |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1880 Joined: 7 May 2008     |
its emo pop |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 500 Joined: 28 Aug 2008   | Lady GaGa? Man, I fucking hate her. 'You can't read my pokerface' well guess what? Noone wants to fucking read your pokerface! |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 667 Joined: 24 Dec 2008    | Pop music is bad. This is new and exciting informtion. Also most people don't know anything about music, not even the pop that gets mainlined into their eyes and ears by corporate America. Case in point; this guy...
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Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1288 Joined: 22 Oct 2008   | hmmm I don't hate 'Just Dance'... 'Poker Face' though is a whole other story... it's too catchy and so damn pointless that's what annoys me... I feel like I'm wasting brain space for that crap... lol |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1285 Joined: 24 Apr 2008    |
...does your superiority complex weigh you down? Seriously though, you're not completely wrong. If people aren't all that into music as anything other than a beat to shake their ass too, or background noise. Then there is no reason for them to search for something better than what is thrust in front of them. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2174 Joined: 2 Aug 2006   |
Hmm, that Lady Gaga jam wasn't too bad. I like techno/trance, so that's not too far removed from what I'd normally listen to. The eyes were tortured by the music video, however. It was a perpetual 40-something drug-enabled swinger party. So, what's wrong with people in general? This. However, you get used to it after awhile. |
Paperboy  Posts: 38 Joined: 23 Jan 2009  | @ Credge : The human race is just repeating stuff and mix it with other stuff... when we reach the point of "nothing new to explore" we can start shoot ourselfs. Just switch on the tv : you cant take as much drugs to kill ya braincells so fast like tv does. if you know the movie "Idiocacy" you get a good view what is going to happen. ah well ... the good thing is : i dont live long enough to see that happening =) so i rly get ya point =) we just got to deal with it ... its hard to nuke all "weird" ppl - and on the other hand ... aint we are "weird" too ? oh and btw... to ppl like :
(this post is not worth it to quote all his mental cr*p) cheers |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 834 Joined: 21 Aug 2008 |
Ironic that you tell the OP to chill out. Why don't you take some of your own advice? You're overreacting as much as the OP did. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1254 Joined: 19 Mar 2008   | I'm going to go against the general opinion here and agree with Credge. It's a terrible song that doesn't deserve even 1 week in the charts in Monaco. I don't want to hate on people who like the song because they obviously just have very different tastes that I don't personally understand. It just seems a bit silly to put this one song up on that short list with some absolute classics. I'm not the biggest Beyonce or Coldplay fan, but I can see why people would like them and they have some songs which are memorable and deserve some recognition. But who in hell is Lady Gaga? I just don't get it. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1879 Joined: 11 Jul 2008 |
I kinda care, because this tells the bosses that Lady Gaga is more commercially viable than other bands who write songs and play instruments, and therefore more funding goes into promoting pretty people to front bubblegum pop songs, and songwriters and talented bands get less and less funding to create really great new work. I also place supermarkets and the like to blame, sure they can put their 'top 20' out at maybe £8 a copy, when music specialists have to charge £13 to make a profit, but they don't stock anything else. I suggest there's still a huge market of music buyers who only buy cds, not digital anything. I worked in a music store before the whole company went bankrupt, and watched the whole thing happening, trade moving away from us towards ASDA etc, of course, they'd come to us to get hold of hard to obtain music, but they wouldn't buy their 'NOW 68' or 'DANCE 2006 Part 3' compilations from us, as they could get them a few pounds cheaper in Tesco. I of course don't blame them, anyone with sense buys the cheapest one, but it's damaging the industry to only promote a select few bands and 'artists', but at least we have the internet! |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1879 Joined: 11 Jul 2008 | By the way, note how I've responded, and then wonder how the hell anyone can imagine its worth abuse a death threats over, someone released a bad record and it's popular. How do these people ever leave the house, if they get that angry? Take it easy, by all means comment, and be annoyed, but short of a future holocaust, is it worth raising your blood pressure that much? |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 56 Joined: 12 Dec 2008  | Music single charts aren't good for much. Usually, the only people who buy singles are teenagers - and we all know how stupid they are! This is why the black eyed peas are always at number one. Every single they put out has some bleepy, catchy intro that teenagers can use as a ringtone and impress their friends on the bus. Meh, I hate the media. I hate myself for working in it :( |
BANNED  Posts: 325 Joined: 10 Dec 2008     | I don't care who is on that list. SLIPKNOT is better than all those bands combined! User was banned for: 10 and 15 year old sent home from school for wearing a shirt that said the wrong things. (Permanent) |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire  Posts: 10318 Joined: 28 Nov 2007   | |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 603 Joined: 8 Nov 2008  |
They have opposable (sp?) thumbs? In regards to the OP. Well we all new that modern music listeners in general have become like sheep. I'm surprised this kind of crap hasn't happened before. Ah well I'm glad I like music from the olden (mainly) days. But wait until we have the pre-programmed pop-stars... it'll be soon. Mark my words... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2361 Joined: 14 Sep 2008    |
I don't know if somebody told you that but your friend is right. Gaga means something like "stupid" or "crazy". Edit: Ninja'd |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2361 Joined: 14 Sep 2008 |
It's "Scheiße" (I feel dirty because I typed that) but since there is no "ß" in the english language you can still write "Scheisse". You shouldn't though because then you are a bad person! |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 999 Joined: 24 Dec 2008   |
"Scheisse" |
On the Record  Posts: 5087 Joined: 13 Dec 2008  | Applying to music as with everywhere else, there are basically three kinds of people: Dicks, Pussies and Assholes. I leave you to ponder the meaning of this... |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 667 Joined: 24 Dec 2008 |
Why shouldn't I feel more artistically and musically enlightened than someone who doesn't listen to anything other than what is thrust in front of them? You'd have to be pretty simple minded to just stick to that. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1285 Joined: 24 Apr 2008 |
It's just not palatable. I play 5 intruments, I sing, I write songs and I am currently putting together a band/disc. If you do less musically than I do, does that make you simple minded in comparison? Does it mean my opinion outranks yours? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2849 Joined: 8 Jul 2008  | Fuck, all I can say is: I'm glad it wasn't Katy Perry. I'm ashamed to have [almost] the same name as that bitch... Also: people are stupid, they'll buy any old bullshit and call it gold. Most notably Radio One... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2465 Joined: 12 Jul 2008  |
No. Not at all. At least you have the decency not to rant about it. If you like the song, then good for you. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2504 Joined: 13 Dec 2008 | Well, everything there apart from The Beatles, The Monkees (but they aren't great) and Simon & Garfunkel suck. In my opinion. But who give a flying fuck? |
Paperboy  Posts: 44 Joined: 21 Sep 2008  | Actually, I think Lady GaGa or whoever's running her deal deserves some credit. Everyone else had to make musical masterpieces to get on that list, but she just Fandango'd her way in, y'know? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1557 Joined: 31 Dec 2007  | Trust, when you're mashed in a club, this song gets you going. When I'm sober it's shit though. |
BANNED  Posts: 74 Joined: 16 Oct 2008  | Yay! still not banned! I am very much surprised. Damn fish head carl 3445 posts!!! Congrats and you joined August of 2008!?? You need to get yourself a lady my friend. User was banned for: What the hell is wrong with people?. (Permanent) |
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Ok, I know it's hinted, but I think to clear things up, 'Gaga' does in fact now mean both 'shit' and 'stupid' in every language that has heard that single. As in the phrase...
'That Lady Gaga single, that's some gaga gaga.'
As for the top four on that list. I can explain everything with one statement.
1 The Beatles (1964-70, 2000-01)
2 The Monkees (1967)
3 Simon and Garfunkel (1970)
4 Rod Stewart (1971)
Imagine any of those lot going in front of Simon Cowell on the X Factor or 'Idol', they'd all be packed off home in the first round, saying they had no real potential, in favour of a chubby girl whose mum is ill. 'Imagine what, John? It doesn't mean anything, you've got no song writing talent, no tunes, All you need is not love, but bus fare, because you're going home.'
That there is why Lady Gaga made it onto the list.