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Some assorted notes / points of fascination: - With the sole exceptions of Brazil and Argentina literally all of the "green" countries in Latin America have to

Some assorted notes / points of fascination: - With the sole exceptions of Brazil and Argentina literally all of the "green" countries in Latin America have top songs with the Same. Exact. Beat. "One and-Three Four, One and-Three Four..." all throughout. And interestingly Spain, Italy, France, and Turkey have a very similar feel, albeit with some deviation. Not that I mind that beat (it's perfect for the club), but it's still interesting how little deviation there is. - On that note, Brazil's top song is delightfully weird. Not a single drum except for a ludicrously-overdriven kick. I hate it but love it at the same time. - Literally every predominantly-English-speaking country has the same exact top song. I would expect at least some variety, but nope, America's got their musical tastes by the balls, apparently. - A surprisingly large amount of Europe has generally embraced American-style rap, though there are some exceptions (e.g. Spain, Italy, France, most of Eastern Europe). - Poland's, on that note, has got a neat vaporwave/seapunk vibe to it that's pretty cool. Probably my favorite of the bunch. - Japan's top song is exactly what I would expect Japan's top song to sound like, lol - Indonesia's top song fuckin' slaps. Very close second-favorite. - India managed to introduce me to Melanie Martinez, and I gotta say I'm a fan; very similar in theme, style, and catchiness to Lily Allen's "Not Fair", which is another favorite of mine.

kinow 6y ago
Brazil never fails to surprise me. I thought I was going to catch up with some new song and talk with friends. But turns out it was a funk. And the title "Na raba toma tapão" in Portuguese is hilarious, something like "Slap that arse"? Nothing like the old style funk, but a style that mixes other styles and very popular in the outskirts of Rio and Sao Paulo, and also in the favelas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk_carioca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk_carioca
mFixman 6y ago
When I hear the songs from Central Europe I think more "German style rap" than "American style rap". I guess your biases depend on what you base yourself on.
gerbilly 6y ago
How many beats do you expect there to be? I mean, most popular music is in 4/4 time, some of it is in 3/4 time. You have some oddball songs like "Solsbury Hill" is 7/4 time. Reggae is an interesting one: it's four beats to a bar like 4/4 time but often they don't play the one beat at all. It comes out like: _ 2 3' 4 _2 3' 4 This is called the one drop rhythm. I'm glad most of reggae is one drop, it gives it a laid back 'cut time' sort of feel.

kinow 6y ago

Brazil never fails to surprise me. I thought I was going to catch up with some new song and talk with friends. But turns out it was a funk. And the title "Na raba toma tapão" in Portuguese is hilarious, something like "Slap that arse"? Nothing like the old style funk, but a style that mixes other styles and very popular in the outskirts of Rio and Sao Paulo, and also in the favelas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk_carioca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk_carioca

mFixman 6y ago

When I hear the songs from Central Europe I think more "German style rap" than "American style rap". I guess your biases depend on what you base yourself on.

gerbilly 6y ago

How many beats do you expect there to be? I mean, most popular music is in 4/4 time, some of it is in 3/4 time. You have some oddball songs like "Solsbury Hill" is 7/4 time. Reggae is an interesting one: it's four beats to a bar like 4/4 time but often they don't play the one beat at all. It comes out like: _ 2 3' 4 _2 3' 4 This is called the one drop rhythm. I'm glad most of reggae is one drop, it gives it a laid back 'cut time' sort of feel.