Today's Mainstream Music

[Niko]

Why would you even waste time in writing sth. cruel like this?

Agreed. Definitely not what I come here to read. I like posts that are thoughtful, not fantasy beatings of a celebrity.

[Ovi]

I fully agree with RangeRover. I never understood why so many people direct such an unhealthy hate towards somebody as insignificant from a musical point of view as Justin Bieber. He's really just another pop singer, like many were before him and many will be after him. I don't care much for his music and I don't know him personally either. Why should I hate him? Just move on and listen to what you like.  

[pixletwin]

There is only one thing more annoying than Justin Beiber....

Beiber hate that actually plays into the attention seeking.

[SMiLE Brian]

Maybe I DON'T Know?!'s post is for lack of a better word..... creepy.

[Mike's Beard]

Drag Racing. Whilst drunk. And carrying marijuana? Wasn't this the kind of thing Dennis Wilson used to do all the time? Beiber is a little jerk who I can't stand but if I had his money, fame and endless teenage ass queuing up round the block I'd be pulling much worse than this stuff.

[SMiLE Brian]

Drag Racing. Whilst drunk. And carrying marijuana? Wasn't this the kind of thing Dennis Wilson used to do all the time? Beiber is a little jerk who I can't stand but if I had his money, fame and endless teenage ass queuing up round the block I'd be pulling much worse than this stuff.

Most honest post in this thread.

[Ron]

And we'd be talking about what a loser you are, too, then. 

Like we mentioned above, if this is so standard and if it's because of the fame and money, then why didn't Justin Timberlake do the same thing?  The guy's never had a speeding ticket, and it's probably because he's got good parents who raised him to at least be a halfway decent human being.


It still comes down to personal choices, and it comes down to the way he was parented.  He's still young enough that we can blame it on his parents, who are pretty horrible at it, but he's an adult now and eventually he's going to have to 'rise above his raisin'

Nothing wrong with saying if a kid is acting like a punk, then he's a punk.  Justin Bieber is a punk.

[SMiLE Brian]

I don't like the guy at all and I think he is in personal freefall in my opinion.

But to be fair his dad is a loser who was never in his life and his mom did the best she could raising him. So to have nothing and then everything is a hard transition for anyone at any age, let alone a teenager.

[KittyKat]

I don't like the guy at all and I think he is in personal freefall in my opinion.

But to be fair his dad is a loser who was never in his life and his mom did the best she could raising him. So to have nothing and then everything is a hard transition for anyone at any age, let alone a teenager.

Didn't he tell the police that his mom doles out his anti-anxiety medication and he wasn't even sure what they were? Both parents sounds like the Lohans. The kid doesn't have a chance. I feel sorry for him more than anything else. He could wind up dead if his parents are presciption drugging him on top of the drinking and drugging he does for recreation.

[bluesno1fann]

After a long day I was tired and cranky when I wrote that about Bieber.
I may strongly dislike him and have zero respect for the little douchebag, but I admit I went too far.
And yes, ultimately RangeRover is right!

[bluesno1fann]

I realize this is most likely fan made. In any case it's very disgraceful!

[bluesno1fann]

There's a petition going out for Justin Bieber being deported from the US back to Canada. It has to reach 100,000 signatures, and so far there's already around 80,000. We need 20,000 more signatures for him to be deported.
I'm not an American, but I would love to see Bieber being kicked out of that country!

The petition's right here, and I hope you do the right thing:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/deport-justin-bieber-and-revoke-his-green-card/ST1yqHJL

[retrokid67]

There's a petition going out for Justin Bieber being deported from the US back to Canada. It has to reach 100,000 signatures, and so far there's already around 80,000. We need 20,000 more signatures for him to be deported.
I'm not an American, but I would love to see Bieber being kicked out of that country!

The petition's right here, and I hope you do the right thing:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/deport-justin-bieber-and-revoke-his-green-card/ST1yqHJL

....I don't know I'm starting to feel bad for him again  (yea I know I'm soft  )

[Niko]

There's a petition going out for Justin Bieber being deported from the US back to Canada. It has to reach 100,000 signatures, and so far there's already around 80,000. We need 20,000 more signatures for him to be deported.
I'm not an American, but I would love to see Bieber being kicked out of that country!

The petition's right here, and I hope you do the right thing:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/deport-justin-bieber-and-revoke-his-green-card/ST1yqHJL

WHO CARES

How would that affect your life in any way? Stop jumping on the hateful bandwagon. Justin Bieber has no impact on my life, or on yours. I'm tired of seeing all your stupid hateful posts about him.

[SMiLE Brian]

He wants to be Bieber at heart.....

[Freddie French-Pounce]

While you're all exploding over Beiber, I'm gonna stick directly to the topic at hand
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Mainstream Music [not to be confused with Modern music] is certainly, generally speaking, a mostly overcooked kettle of fish. If heard some great melodies kicking about, but the way the music if arranged, produced, and then packaged, completely ticks me off. There is some stuff from the mainstream I admit to enjoying - as much as I hate to say it, I get a guilty kick out of One Direction - but it's the sonic quality of the majority of it I can't stand. Four to the Floor drum machines, car horn harmonies, and compression out the wazoo [though I am impressed by the dynamics of some tracks] all add up to something very different. Tracks like this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTk6eY9EY5g] have something I could definitely enjoy, but it's been served up for it's intended market - vocals processed to an extent that sits awkwardly in the mix, and the four to the floor again that, ugh.

But there is still light - Love him or Loathe him, people like Jake Bugg are certainly making a dent in the market with music that certainly hasn't been completely Big Mac'd, though there are those questionable cocredits.

But what can you do. It's not the music that totally bugs me. It's the production and the opinions of the listeners.

[the captain]

One thing that I don't think has been really emphasized in this thread--though maybe mentioned (or maybe I'm just forgetting it entirely)--is what mainstream even means anymore. Sales numbers for number one hits are laughable compared to earlier years. Is there a mainstream audience for mainstream music, or are there just so many segmented audiences with narrowly focused musicians to suit them that the term is anachronistic?

[Alex]

I think the terms "Top 40" and "Tween Music" are pretty much interchangable these days. If top 40 stations were the true guage of modern music, we`d be hearing the Fleet Foxes, Flaming Lips, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Leslie Feist, Camera Obscura, Grizzly Bear, Sharon Jones, Death Cab, Neko Case, Neutral Milk Hotel, Wilco, My Bloody Valentine, etc. right alongside the Biebers, T. Swifts, Backstreets, Madonnas, Ushers, Nellys, and Jackos of the world.

[bluesno1fann]

There's a petition going out for Justin Bieber being deported from the US back to Canada. It has to reach 100,000 signatures, and so far there's already around 80,000. We need 20,000 more signatures for him to be deported.
I'm not an American, but I would love to see Bieber being kicked out of that country!

The petition's right here, and I hope you do the right thing:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/deport-justin-bieber-and-revoke-his-green-card/ST1yqHJL

WHO CARES

How would that affect your life in any way? Stop jumping on the hateful bandwagon. Justin Bieber has no impact on my life, or on yours. I'm tired of seeing all your stupid hateful posts about him.

If you don't care, don't comment. Simple 

[Niko]

There's a petition going out for Justin Bieber being deported from the US back to Canada. It has to reach 100,000 signatures, and so far there's already around 80,000. We need 20,000 more signatures for him to be deported.
I'm not an American, but I would love to see Bieber being kicked out of that country!

The petition's right here, and I hope you do the right thing:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/deport-justin-bieber-and-revoke-his-green-card/ST1yqHJL

WHO CARES

How would that affect your life in any way? Stop jumping on the hateful bandwagon. Justin Bieber has no impact on my life, or on yours. I'm tired of seeing all your stupid hateful posts about him.

If you don't care, don't comment. Simple 

I'd rather just not read it. This is where an ignore feature would come in handy.

[retrokid67]

I think the terms "Top 40" and "Tween Music" are pretty much interchangable these days. If top 40 stations were the true guage of modern music, we`d be hearing the Fleet Foxes, Flaming Lips, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Leslie Feist, Camera Obscura, Grizzly Bear, Sharon Jones, Death Cab, Neko Case, Neutral Milk Hotel, Wilco, My Bloody Valentine, etc. right alongside the Biebers, T. Swifts, Backstreets, Madonnas, Ushers, Nellys, and Jackos of the world.

I agreed with you up until you said "Jackos" that I don't appreciate at all.  If you don't like him fine, but that right there is one of my pet peeves, so I'm gonna kindly ask you not to use that term here on my thread again, thank you .

[pixletwin]

What is a "jacko" and why is it offensive?

[bluesno1fann]

Agreed with Pixletwin. Never even heard that word before in my life. Sounds kinds goofy 

[retrokid67]

What is a "jacko" and why is it offensive?

I was a Jackson 5/Michael fan before becoming a BB fan (and still am).  People who don't like Michael call him "Jacko" and he openly said he hated that term and his fans hate that (me) because it's disrespectful to him  

[bluesno1fann]

What is a "jacko" and why is it offensive?

I was a Jackson 5/Michael fan before becoming a BB fan (and still am).  People who don't like Michael call him "Jacko" and he openly said he hated that term and his fans hate that (me) because it's disrespectful to him  

Not really a big fan of Jackson 5/Michael Jackson, but if it's that offensive we'll be careful not to use it