Ripping Away (is there any one artist you just wouldn't want on your system?)

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  • krabby5
    krabby5 Posts: 923
    edited August 2014
    westmassguy wrote: »
    Johnny the Rippa....
    No Hair Bands, or Heavy Metal for me.

    My iPod would be empty!
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    edited August 2014
    tophatjohnny wrote: »
    I hear ya on The Big Hass!! Thanks to our resident computer "Genius" and wonderful person "westmassguy" David took the time to set me with a seagate exrernal 2TB HD and took the time to make it work with my set up. Without him in my journey there's no way I would be doing what I am doing with this today. On his end...I know he has shown nothing but true kindness and patience, as I am as dumb as they come on a computer. I can't believe I'm even doing what I am. Huge thanks to David. A true brother,

    And after much thought, WTH..Rip away, Having something for everyone is ok..I guess and yes FLAC is the setting, Up to 380 CD's so far.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited August 2014
    11tsteve wrote: »
    really? the "pop" in pop music meaning "popular", you are claiming your collection has NO popular music? that is very interesting....

    Yep pop music as the happy song or any of that stuff Brittney, Cher, the Bieb, Madonna,or any of that yodelling music on American idol,you know the wahha ahhhh ahhhh ohhh ohhh ohhhh crap music that's geared towards younger listeners, that is well unlistenable and the happy dude with the hat ranks right up there with the worst. No popular music in my collection.
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  • recoveryone
    recoveryone Posts: 901
    edited August 2014
    Interesting thoughts and statements, Pharrel is the artist behind "I'm Happy" been in the biz a long time and has worked on many other artists albums in several genre. If you youtube or search the group N.E.R.D.s you will hear a whole other side of him.

    Gangster Rap, the lyrics are or can take a bit to cozy up to, but the old school soul beats from 70's funk bands are hard to shy away from.

    Gospel, I'll just say its a matter of your own faith

    Country, Who can go without "all my Ex's live in Texas" or "all My old flames have new names" I have to admit Lonestar's version of I'll be home for Christmas is golden.

    Classical, I am trying my best to embrace it but all I get is vison of old Loony tunes cartoons when I sit back and listen.

    Pop music, if you say you don't have any your a lair all genre of music was popular at one time no matter its origin. I think the current James Brown movie that is out proves that point. Just because you may have just discovered a taste for something doesn't mean it was never the flavor of the month.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited August 2014
    Love James Brown , own some James Brown will have to rent that when it comes out on Blu Ray, I consider James Brown soul music, and not pop music, sure JB was and still is popular but not teeny bop pop,after all he is known as the Godfather of Soul and not the King Of Pop!
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  • 11tsteve
    11tsteve Posts: 1,166
    edited August 2014
    11tsteve wrote: »
    really? the "pop" in pop music meaning "popular", you are claiming your collection has NO popular music? that is very interesting....

    Yep pop music as the happy song or any of that stuff Brittney, Cher, the Bieb, Madonna,or any of that yodelling music on American idol,you know the wahha ahhhh ahhhh ohhh ohhh ohhhh crap music that's geared towards younger listeners, that is well unlistenable and the happy dude with the hat ranks right up there with the worst. No popular music in my collection.
    pop music also includes Boston, Journey, Foreigner, Loverboy, and practically anything that was ever on the Billboard 100. So that's why I asked. It's hard to imagine that somebody has a collection with nothing pop...
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  • gce
    gce Posts: 2,158
    edited August 2014
    nuff said...

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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    edited August 2014
    gudnoyez wrote: »
    Love James Brown , own some James Brown will have to rent that when it comes out on Blu Ray, I consider James Brown soul music, and not pop music, sure JB was and still is popular but not teeny bop pop,after all he is known as the Godfather of Soul and not the King Of Pop!

    Well well. Yes JB is the man, and one of his main bass players "Bootsy Collins" was responsible for laying down a ton of serious foundation in that circle. In that same genre (which I am very fond of) I'll run with The Temps, Tops, M. Gaye, Isley Bros., Spinners, and so many more that it would take an hour to list. Soul music is and has been good for my being for as many years as I have been alive, so a definite fav, and sorry for deviating from the original topic and maybe should go in the thread " what are you listening to now" thread ?. Glad to hear another member with great taste.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited August 2014
    11tsteve wrote: »
    pop music also includes Boston, Journey, Foreigner, Loverboy, and practically anything that was ever on the Billboard 100. So that's why I asked. It's hard to imagine that somebody has a collection with nothing pop...

    Those three bands fall in the Arena Rock genres there is a difference between a pop band and a band that has a hit on the billboard top 100 that plays hits that are popular even Metallica has had songs on the billboard charts, that does not make them a Pop band. I gues what I'm saying there is a difference between pop bands and popular bands with hits that make the charts.
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  • 11tsteve
    11tsteve Posts: 1,166
    edited August 2014
    gudnoyez wrote: »
    Those three bands fall in the Arena Rock genres there is a difference between a pop band and a band that has a hit on the billboard top 100 that plays hits that are popular even Metallica has had songs on the billboard charts, that does not make them a Pop band. I gues what I'm saying there is a difference between pop bands and popular bands with hits that make the charts.
    yes there is.... there are a lot of fine lines when talking about music, just like distinctions in gear, cables, what people do and don't hear. And so much of it is subjective.... it was always a bar topic when I was in bands back in the day. What bands were pop and what was rock.... my biggest issue was and is how the words "rock and roll" get applied to so many bands that simply aren't rock. And it is a finer point, I understand, but it gets me sometimes.
    But those bands(Journey, Boston, et al) just ain't rock and roll to my ears... anthem rock is pop to me. It is hooky, fluffy, sappy light stuff no different than Brittney, Cher, The Bieb.... or just about anything else on the radio today....
    That's all I was getting at. no big deal.
    "Rock and the Pop Narcotic" is an interesting read.... from Joe Carducci... co-owner of SST Records.
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    edited August 2014
    I can listen to most genres of music, there is generally good and bad examples of each. I listen to gangsta rap at the gym, jazz when studying, and pop in the car with my wife and kids. When I am just listening alone I perfer the blues, classic rock, hair bands and when entertaing company usually country or light rock. I do not listen to much classical but I do have an appreciation for it.
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  • D'prived
    D'prived Posts: 191
    edited August 2014
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    Country....enuf said!

    Ditto that!
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  • mikey1987
    mikey1987 Posts: 68
    edited August 2014
    pretty much everything made after 2001, with the exception of some live shows from artists like DMB.
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  • Timothy Smith
    Timothy Smith Posts: 764
    edited August 2014
    The Carpenters: so cold, perfect, lifeless, it almost makes me lose control of my bowels.

    Bruce Springsteen: when he groans his way through songs

    Rap: I don't like the artists that hold their nutsacks with their left hand, or the ones who hold their nutsacks with their right hand (so both kinds).

    Any songs with voices treated with a vocoder.

    Modern Country music that sounds just like modern pop music except with a twangy vocals and has a pickup truck and/or cutoff bluejeans in the video.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited August 2014
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    edited August 2014
    So many different takes and great to see. Anyone else??
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  • GospelTruth
    GospelTruth Posts: 403
    edited August 2014
    Bieber. Britney. They don't grace my collection and never will.

    I can listen to pretty much any genre with the exception of rap. It just doesn't do anything for me and isn't relaxing to listen to.

    I don't really listen to much radio anymore as everything sounds the same to me - that goes for both pop and country. There are exceptions though. I credit this more to the loudness of recordings (that is a separate thread). I grew up in the 80's and love that era. Bands I didn't care for when I was in high school I like now.

    I think it's true, video did kill the radio star. Today it's more about looks first, then music second. I wonder how many bands from the 70's and 80's wouldn't have made it in today's music climate.
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  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 2,820
    edited August 2014
    10cc
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited August 2014
    GospelTruth wrote: »
    Bieber. Britney. They don't grace my collection and never will.

    Bieber....I can understand. Britney? "Toxic" is a killer track.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited August 2014
    gce wrote: »
    nuff said...

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    out-f***ing-standing!!!:twisted::lol:
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