I thought this was brilliant

http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gt4567e/alltypesofmusic.html

Pete.

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That just looks like a very mild reworking of one of Mike Hanson's or Mr. Pig's forum postings.

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Life is so complicated! Vuk's telling me my musical tastes are undiscerning. Meanwhile, my wife complains that my tastes are elitist, and I should stop ridiculing her preference for "Pop" and "Easy Listening". What's a semi-discriminate music lover like me to do?!? Sigh…

So Vuk, are you looking forward to your audition of the Nelly Furtado disc this weekend? Catch you later!

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I should stop ridiculing her preference for "Pop" and "Easy Listening

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with your championing on Nelly Furtado, isn't that a bit like the pot calling the kettle black

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with your championing on Nelly Furtado, isn't that a bit like the pot calling the kettle black

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It does seem like a possible paradox. I suppose I should have stressed the "Easy Listening" aspect. My wife wants musical pablum, and she eschews anything ambitious, intense, challenging, etc.

Yes, Nelly Furtado is pop. However, if you've heard the album you'll realize that it's quite remarkable in its range of styles, impressive performances, production qualities, etc. It isn't typical pop-for-twelve-year-olds. Catch you later!

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Her voice is OK I suppose, although not particularly distinctive, but the choice of songs and production is very bland (IMHO) ... although not an opinion based on the whole album. Seems odd that the radio stations would pick all the crap tracks however.

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Seems odd that the radio stations would pick all the crap tracks however.

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That's a silly statement, and you know it. Pop radio stations generally pander to the pablum eaters. Many of the tracks on the album are little too "experimental" (from the perspective of pop radio music programmers) to fit the limited format.

BTW, I originally purchased the album because it was praised a couple of times here on CBC Radio, which is a much better match for my tastes than pop stations. It was also produced by members of the Philosopher Kings, which is another band that I enjoy. Finally, Nelly Furtado came from a hip hop background, and I thought that might inject an interesting twist into the album.

In the end it's quite enjoyable, and that's coming from someone who generally hates "pop".

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[This message was edited by Mike Hanson on TUESDAY 20 March 2001 at 16:22.]

I guess Nelly just isn't to my taste - rather like Macy ... must be the 'y' on the end

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I thought this was brilliant

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Here are a couple of good sites that have made me laugh recently:

http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm Real bright chick our Britney… and http://www.bbspot.com is usually delivers the goods with http://bbspot.com/News/2000/9/linux_laid.html being a good example.

Tony.

Actually if anyone is taking electronics at university (Fox???), the chapters in that website contain the real stuff.

Andrew

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I'll remind detractors that The Beatles were a pop band, and in their day the Brandenburg Concertos would be the rough equivalent of pop. There's good, bad and indifferent, like any genre, "Easy Listening" included.

Pete.

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I don't like seeing Pop ridiculed: after all, it makes up a significant chunk of my collection.

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Oh is that so? Have a try at this following audio sample then...

http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/lennybruce/audio/Britney_Hawking.rm

Andrew

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How come you were surfing the Britney sites though?

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Just browsing the physics sites...

Hmmm...

http://www.satirewire.com/news/0103/outlook.shtml

Tony.

[This message was edited by Tony Lonorgan on MONDAY 26 March 2001 at 12:47.]