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We Should All Be Famous...

Posted over 5 years ago
ARGH!!! GOOD GRIEF!!! I'm am sorry all but this is it I have finally had it up to here with all of these pseudo artists claiming the glory and the respect of music as actually contributing something that will be remembered and make a difference... Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas with her solo release and an old horn toot about "Gwen Stefani":http://www.zshare.net/download/gwen-stefani-wind-it-upreal-mp3.html.I mean I suppose all you have to do is be somewhat attractive and the fans will come flocking to you... What kind of message are we sending to the younger generation about music? The most these kids know now is how to gangsta it up or hoe it out take your pick... I suppose that is the new Gwen Stefani song that has got me all worked up, but that is besides the point... The point is that since most of what is aired on the radio is mostly what all the world listens to (even if they don't realize it... I swear I knew the words to shoulder lean 3 weeks before I went and bought it) is meaningless. If all it takes is good looks and a hot track behind it with one or two words that stand out to form a hook instantly a "Song" is made... What the phucc; phucc a duck... Talk to me people...
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Comments (37)

  1. CrashPryor
    CrashPryor says "...all you have to do is be somewhat attractive and the fans will come flocking to you…" that's about it in a nutshell...but sometimes a flower grows throgh the crack in the pavement...believe me, I see it out here all the time in "Floss-Angeles"...I feel you tho..
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  2. 530nm
    530nm says Crash you always come through with the love... thanks for commenting and you are right about the "Floss-Angeles" crack... Never heard that one before.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  3. Lord Helmet
    Lord Helmet says Cannot stand the new Fergie crap... Hoe-ing it out to the maximus. Very disenchanting.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  4. Puffmagic
    Puffmagic says If I'm getting what you're saying correctly, society is crumbling? That it? If so then I agree. I think the youths need better rolemodels than pop artists. Or musicians in general to be completely honest because the whole idea of pop culture seems to be: get as much money as you can as fast as you can, have as much sex as your body can handle, look out for #1 and don't take shit from anyone. Not really great values. But these artists are funded and promoted by companies who's values are aligned with the music they sell, so what can you expect?
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  5. Anna
    Anna says I think that music-intelligent people can seperate a hot piece of tushy from a trully hot song.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  6. Lord Helmet
    Lord Helmet says Very well said Puff.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  7. Jess Horrible
    Jess Horrible says sigh... it's true, too. I tried to be famous for a minute, and then suddenly found myself prancing around in eyeliner and sparkly clothes and I had to call it off. It's a scary world out there. It also has something to do with the hunger for fame. It attracts a certain type of person, sad but true...
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  8. Puffmagic
    Puffmagic says Fergie's not even hot. She just looks like every other dolled-up, air-brushed piece of meat in the media. It's so sad that these days you have to be "hot" in order to have "talent". Like no one will buy your record if they can't feel horny looking at the "artist", how many actually good signers/musicians are out there not making it cause they don't look like Timberlake or the Pussycat Whores?
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  9. Lord Helmet
    Lord Helmet says Sad but true indeed, Jess. I STILL sometimes prance around in eyeliner and sparkly clothes so that I don't starve. Uhhh... I mean...
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  10. 530nm
    530nm says Anna that is very true... And Puff I totally feel you... My question is how can the music-intelligent help those who are coming into their window of open imprssions? We all talk a great deal amongst one another, but what about those we don't talk to? Should we install an adopt a new MOG program and help them or at least inform them about good music... Not to say they should stray from mainstream because hell even I am guilty of loving whats on the radio but we should all do our part to say something you know...
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  11. CrashPryor
    CrashPryor says I'm gonna recycle this pic from one of my posts for to answer the Fergie question...
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  12. 530nm
    530nm says CRASH!!! Always with the FIRE!!!!!
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  13. CrashPryor
    CrashPryor says * to answer / for my answer to...
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  14. Lord Helmet
    Lord Helmet says 530nm... I strongly (like to) believe that the groundwork for this musical renoissance (spelling butchered 2bsure!) has already been laid via the web-olution of the industry. The major labels, Clear Channel/Live Nation... these forces that have perpetuated the homogenous nature of popular music have been shaking in their boots for the last few years because they know that their days are numbered. Also a reluctant conisseur (spelling butchered again, I know) of pop-culture, did you watch the MTV music video awards this year. Something seemed to be eerily foreshadowing about the suppressed vibe of that scene 2 me...
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  15. slantera
    slantera says I agree. Today's music is not meant for the younger generation. Look at Nelly Furtado's, 'Promiscuous'. How the hell could that have been allowed on the airwaves? It's funny how the FCC, functions. Well said, 530nm, well said.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  16. Anna
    Anna says Naw, I don't want anyone to change. If they do, I won't have many people to make fun of.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  17. CrashPryor
    CrashPryor says ...well, to be certain, 530's gripe has been heard since the first peanut was compressed into a phonograph needle (ok, that's an Eddie Murphy/ Shabazz K Morton joke...I digress)...the real talented heads will be around long after the dust settles on all this "faux artistry" and bling-blingin'...just check the lyrics to Fishbone's "Behavior control Technician":http://lyrics.duble.com/lyrics/F/fishbone-lyrics/fishbone-behavior-control-technician-lyrics.htm it touches on e: above...
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  18. 530nm
    530nm says I did see the MTV "awards"... and that is exactly what they are awards for music on television... it has nothing to do with actual artistry... Anyway there was an eerie feel to it... We should come up with a MOG award ceremony... It would take more planning than I could actually do on my own what with my limited time to everything else I seem to dive into head first, but it's a thought that maybe someone here could run wild with and actually organize (clearing throat) Dale, Anna, Jess, Kate... You all are the MOG(ods) that could put something like this together... Anyway I stray from the subject matter... Lord Helmet is right in saying "The major labels, Clear Channel/Live Nation… these forces that have perpetuated the homogenous nature of popular music". When unoriginal music is copied by another who is also not of creative descent there is a spiraling effect that takes the sounds and saturates the air with a general notion that "As long as it sounds like this or that... Why then it must be music" And Slantera... All I can say is thank you and right on... FCC is very funny that way... however as long as I can listen to the instrumental of that song it's great... but it brings up something very true to the nature of which we speak... When sweet little had my heart on a platter Nelly Furtado came out she was so pure and full of songs that (while not so good) actually did have some meaning to them... Now fast forward a couple of years and she becomes super sex symbol singing about what? PHUCCING!!! Mind you I am a man who loves some good lovin' but come on!!! There is a better way to say that you just want a good phucc and that's it rather than making it the hook of your song and basis of every other word... tell me a story(i.e. Your Body's a Wonderland by John Mayer), then no matter how raunchy you get... Hell at least I will consider the fact you took some time to write what you wanted everyone to hear...
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  19. 530nm
    530nm says Crash... WHAT FISHBONE!!!! Dude... I need friends like you in Chicago... I have to go home and find my tape and convert it to mp3... Thanks for waking up that sleeping giant.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  20. Lord Helmet
    Lord Helmet says Nelly Furtado’s, ‘Promiscuous’--another great example Slantera. At first, I thought it was an endearing testament to her having accepted her own sexuality and I respected her for it. She still had the pipes and I thought it was a good mix of her unique style/voice with an urban twist. ...But then she followed up with another release that is exactly the same. No longer cute to me.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  21. consumerx
    consumerx says You've heard it before, but I can't resist: "Video killed the radio star" If you give that seemingly simple statement some thought, there's a lot there. Before videos it didn't matter (so much) what one looked like. It was mostly about what one sounded like. Then there's that whole cult of celebrity thing we've got going in this country. Apparently, if you're famous, you're qualified to do anything. Good/popular basketball player, sure you can release a record. Popular singer, sure you can act in films. Scare $^&*%%ing EEE! If you've got the time, Frontline did an excellent program on the industry a few years back and a fair amount is still relevant: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/music/
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  22. slantera
    slantera says You know what, 530nm? What ever happened to the good old days of expressing one's self? 'Always & Forever', by Heatwave, is one of my all time favorites. The song had meaning and tons of emo. I believe it was Johnnie Wilder, Jr., who sang his heart out on that song. He gave it feeling, something that not all so-called artists do now-a-days. Not to get sappy, but, come on. I think there are other ways of expressing one's self without saying, "Let's phucc!".
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  23. 530nm
    530nm says LOL!!! Yeah true enough... I love when posts make everyone talk.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  24. slantera
    slantera says Yeah, I just wish I could get more people to talk!!! :-(
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  25. ivylander
    ivylander says Oh, God, this post deserves an entire book. No, a fucking library. I don't think there's anything to say that we don't already know about our collective addiction to the idea of being famous, our glorification of attention junkies, our deification of the physically "perfect," our extraordinarily peculiar idea that the pinnacle of human existence is somehow getting on national TV. (I say this as someone who stumbled into a blessedly temporary gig as a frequent TV talking head in a previous life.) What depresses the living shit outta me is that we never learn. Ever. OK, through being a downer. Let's all keep talking to each other, always. This and my home are the only two places I know that haven't been turned into Velveeta. Yes, Nelly Furtado, I'm talkin' to you, and about a zillion others.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  26. slantera
    slantera says *LOL*@Ivylander: Oh, God, this post deserves an entire book. No, a fucking library.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  27. lemontwist
    lemontwist says Long gone are the days when you used to need to have musical talent to be a respectable musician. C'est la vie.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  28. RGM
    RGM says Did I hear Someone say Fishbone! Thats Sum TRUTH, SOUL AND IN YOUR FACE! GOTTA DO SUM BONE' IN THE BONE YARD! SEEN THEM A SHIT LOAD OF TIMES WHEN I WAS YOUNGER! "WHAT DO YOU WANT WHY DON'T YOU LEAVE ME ALONE"! Just a Reality Of Our Surroundings LOL...:)
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  29. slantera
    slantera says Very good point, Lemon.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  30. Dale
    Dale says It's been that way for along time, though; the good news is, the good music endures, and bad music fades away. Hang your hat on that, hold tight to that which you like, and weather the storm, bro. Wow, that was a lot of lousy alliterations in one sentence. LOL
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  31. SWozniak
    SWozniak says I don't even know who half my musicians look like anymore. It's not important. Except Amanda Palmer. Dunno what it is about her, but le swoon.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  32. consumerx
    consumerx says Maybe there's some hope out there for the talented, but not telegenic. LICENSING As I heard it said at a recent conference "the beauty of licensing (for TV, film, games, etc) is that you can be fat, ugly or even dead and still get some attention." Probably it's not every budding rockstar's dream to have songs placed in a TV show, but hey it puts food on the table and i have no problem with seeing fewer megastars and more talented musicians who can quit their day jobs.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  33. SamTheButcher
    SamTheButcher says 530 - I love the idea of MOG awards! Some of the MOGsters could set up a voting system (Or I could try...getting my web-programming schwerve on) where we could all nominate, then take the top 5 nominees, then have another vote for the winner, one vote per MOGger....Dude. DUDE. THAT would be excellent. This year's VMAs felt so stale and tired...nothing exciting. At all. I mean, what, Gorillaz played with Madonna at the Grammys, right? You KNOW something's fucked up when the Grammy's are hotter than the VMAs. I mean, the Grammys got fuggin' SLY STONE with a SILVER MOHAWK fer crissakes. The damn GRAMMYS son! Ack. Way more good music out there than what's on the radio, what little music MTV plays. MOG awards. Who's with me?
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  34. 530nm
    530nm says I'm with you Sam
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  35. ROCKNROLLPIMP1
    ROCKNROLLPIMP1 says i am currently unable to read everybody's comment *BUT* i reember when rock n roll was *ugly* and music meant something that wasn't for tha masses sooooo THANK MY GAWD i have no idea what song you are talking about cause i DON'T listen to the radio PIMP RADIO RULZ and i do not watch tv much less MTV rawk on my bro fergie IS WAY HAWT ON MY LAST ROLLING STONE but victoria williams is waaaay hawter cause of her first lp.....she touches MY SOUL
    Permalink posted 10/25/2006
  36. 530nm
    530nm says Just realized another good promiscuous song that had some actual feeling... Stevie Wonder "Part Time Lover"... I love that song
    Permalink posted 10/25/2006
  37. slantera
    slantera says You know, I forgot to mention Milli Vanilli...... Remember tham?
    Permalink posted 10/25/2006

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