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There are a number of artists where if you hear them on the radio at the supermarket or whatever, it sounds like boring pop background noise, but if you actuall
by TillE 5y ago
There are a number of artists where if you hear them on the radio at the supermarket or whatever, it sounds like boring pop background noise, but if you actually sit down and listen, you understand how special it is. Cat Stevens was like that for me.
It's become fashionable to say that the Beatles are bad (maybe you don't enjoy the music, but they were revolutionary) or to trivialize them as a boy band (they were, but even early on they were so much more). I don't particularly love them, but it's hard not to be fascinated by their fairly brief career.
- agumonkey 5y agoABBA comes to mind. Dancing Queen is a kind of pop masterpiece. Everything is tight, tailored, and flows with the rest.
- galaxyLogic 5y agoI always felt that even if ABBAs songs might be catchy and perfectly put together, they lacked depth. They were shallow. They had very little to say to their fellow human beings except "I am super trooper dancing queen"
- agumonkey 5y agoIt's pop (shallow I can see), but it's a masterpiece. The drum groove, the piano locks, the bass, the harmonies, the recording it's all just perfect fit and flows from start to finish.
- galaxyLogic 5y agoMy favorite Swedish band was Army of Lovers. Well-done pop-music as well but it also gives the impression, maybe just an illusion of depth. https://youtu.be/cUo0YkLyrjU https://youtu.be/cUo0YkLyrjU
- euroderf 5y agoTheir only song worth the effort is Waterloo, but hey what a song. It was the year of dinosaur bands doing more dinosaur music, and Waterloo was such a tremendous breath of fresh air. Really wonderful, it was.