is commercial fodder getting better?

it strikes me that some musically quite interesting stuff crops up in the mainstream charts now, despite coming from the big, polished 'manufacturers'. it's the music rather than the singing that I'm thinking of. a while back there was Kelis's 'Milkshake' which had this interesting sort of descending scale / offkey thing going on (sorry, have absolutely no musical terminology at all to express what I mean!). now I quite like Amerie's '1 Thing', where there is an extraordinarily complex drum sequence underpinning it.

 

I've noticed more tripplets and polyrythms around, I think its Timbaland's influence. Its drawing on different rythms rather than the usual western 4 bar type stuff.

 

We should be so lucky, lucky, lucky... lucky, lucky, lucky

 

I assume you'll be buying that new version of Axel F. then..?

 

The last couple of years there seems to have been a few decent ideas (music not vocals) about. The problem is, that someone like Timbaland will do it, make a hit, then the rest of the charts are flooded with copies and clones.

It'll pass soon, and a new sound will take over, and be copied to death.

I think this is pretty much what the charts are about.

 

Yes, its unfortunately the way many a good idea goes

 

I heard a great cover of 'Comfortably numb' this morning - waaaay better than the original..

 

its sad when situations occur that lead me to think that all the mass market can accept is watered-down influences.

Im thinking of recent indian music influences in pop - how many people will leave the slightly unusual rhythm section of an otherwise typical pop song and investigate world music on the back of it?

Maybe that criticism is unfair. In the west people like Paul Simon and George Harrison have done a lot to open peoples eyes to world music.

Demand and supply of interesting music is a 'chicken and egg' situation IMHO..

 

Presumably the Scissor Sisters version - we had a whole thread about this cover a while back and a number of Pink Floyd fans getting rather upset :torkmada: .

btw, I'm a Floyd fan but I really like the cover aswell. First time I heard it made me laugh out loud

Michael.

 

I like the scissor sisters too, its an original cover! Too often covers are pale imitations rather than a different approach like this one. A few stand out, Tori's smells like teen spirit, Placebos bigmouth strikes again and Earl Oakens versions of blurs song 2 and Wheatus teenage dirtbag.

Ought to say I'm a floyd fan also

 

http://zerogain.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2695