tpaine posted:

she sounds comically a little bit like him, but can't sing anywhere near as well

like if ur going to be a music snob this is not the best way to go about it. justin bieber has an excellent voice for instance, also

One need not even ask about capacity for musical performance. Even mechanical control of the instrument is no longer really expected. To legitimate the fame of its owner, a voice need only be especially voluminous or especially high. If one dares to in conversation to question the decisive importance of the voice and to assert that it is possible to make beautiful music with a moderately good voice as it is with a moderately good piano, one will immediately find oneself faced with a situation of hostility and aversion whose roots go deeper than the occasion. Voices are holy properties like a national trademark. As if the voices wanted to revenge themselves for this, they begin to lose their sensuous magic in whose name they are merchandised. Most of them sound like imitations of those who have made it, even when they themselves have made it.

Theodor Adorno, on the fetish-character in music

deadken posted:

roseweird posted:

that comic is confusing bc beatles and led zeppelin actually do sound alike but both sound very different from club music which is almost always better than either one

the beatles had their moments i guess. club music and led zeppelin both serve their purpose well but for club music it's helping grown adults have one night stands and for led zeppelin it's helping jimmy page have sex with a 14 year old child

uh so theres no difference then?

roseweird posted:

sorry i didnt listen to all your 80s music or play all your 90s video games, maybe i was reading plato and the bible

i love this forum so much.

tpaine posted:

roseweird posted:

i actually had never heard of them a few years ago

deadken owes you an apology

ur p pathetic dude