pic spam and a [rather] bumper post.

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the question is,

what's the problem with popular music nowadays?

i really don't like the shit that has been playing on the radio lately.

as eccentric as the uk charts may be [brits have this techno taste], sometimes i really find it [at least] better in the sense that it's more diverse and dynamic instead of the usual hip hop or pop crap like lady gaga [extreme distaste]

what's worse is the radio stations in singapore seem to be bribed into playing the same few songs [you know what im talking about] on circuit, especially the 1-4am hours when [they think] nobody is listening.

joonkit once asked me if lyrics mattered to me more or the general tune/rhythm of the song. i said the latter, but sometimes it really pisses me off when the no. 1 radio hit is some no-brainer song with no brainer lyrics [but maybe just a manageable catchy tune, which is actually monotonous, just that its catchy but its popular regardless]

i mean,

what the?....

yes i admit im quite prejudiced against things that are mainstream [music in this case]

[mainly because it's overhyped and overplayed and oversung and whatever]

however i generally try to keep an open mind when it comes to music [precisely because its music; you never know, once in a while i find myself playing some radio hit on loop on my mp3]

but more often than not i find myself thoroughly disappointed with whatever they're playing on the radio and the US top 40 charts. really, nothing worth mentioning, at all.

if lady gaga is a hit i dont get it why sophie ellis bextor or roisin murphy didnt become some equivalent of a chart diva over here because in terms of fashion and/or music they definitely do not pale in comparison. gaga is definitely not original! duh.

is it just a case of some kind of herd mentality?

because it seems like people just blindly consume whatever they're fed

without so much caring about their own opinion or tastes much at all.

[do they have any? maybe we dont even have personal preferences anymore]

maybe people don't use their brain anymore [when they listen to music]

or maybe you don't need it.

do you?

not really related, but i would love to be a part of a dance like this

or actually maybe just dancing to a moloko song would be good enough. :)

What if I drown in this sea of devotion
Just a stone left unturned
My need is deep
Wide endless oceans
Feel it furious
The fire burns on

Let there be love
Everlasting
And it will live eternally
Will we receive without ever asking?
I'm just curious

Got to find me somebody
But there's nobody
To love me
And it's driving me crazy
There's nobody to love me

Somebody tell me
How could there be nobody
To love me
And it's driving me crazy
There's nobody to love me

Somebody tell me
How could there be nobody
Nobody to love me
And this life is so empty
There's nobody to love me

Endless tears
Forever joy
To feel most every feeling
Forever more

Endless tears
Forever joy
To feel most every feeling
Forever more

Endless tears
Forever joy
To feel most every feeling
Forever more

Endless tears
Forever joy
To feel most every feeling
Forever more

And if I drown in this sea of devotion
Just a stone left unturned
My need is deep
Wide endless oceans
Feel it furious
The fire burns on

Let there be love
Everlasting
And it will live eternally
Will we receive without ever asking?
I'm just curious

Don't want to see me crying
Just want to see me flying
I need to get so high and
Want somebody to blow my mind

Don't want to see me crying
Just want to see me flying
I need to get so high and
Want don't you blow my mind
Blow my mind
Blow my mind

Got to find me somebody
But there's nobody
To love me
Anybody could love me

And it's driving me crazy
There's nobody to love me
Anybody could love me

Somebody to hold my hand
Someone who understands
Somebody to help me write
The poetry of life

Someone to love me
Someone who loves me
Ooh Baby

Enless tears
Forever joy
To feel most every feeling
Forever more

Enless tears
Forever joy
To feel most every feeling
Forever more

Enless tears
Forever joy
To feel most every feeling
Forever more

Enless tears
Forever joy
To feel most every feeling
Forever more

Got to find me somebody
But there's nobody
To love me

And it's driving me crazy
There's nobody to love me

Most every feeling
To feel most every feeling

Forever more