Robin Thicke "Blurred Lines" (1 Viewer)

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Also, Monet sampled bridges

And water lilies.

 

[McGarnicle]

Most people arguing about this song have spent more time on it/taken it more seriously than Thicke/Pharrell. I like the song but part of the appeal to me is they aren't taking anything too serious (the video, "what rhymes with hug me"). It's a fun, catchy summer song. It sounds great drunk on a dance floor, it's great entertainment, nothing else.

I think we could avoid a lot of arguments if stuff like this was called something other than "music".

This statement is particularly rich considering your lament earlier in the thread that it's "ignorant" to say that people should share their tastes.

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=149756221891318&set=o.59903172026&type=1&theater

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

Tell 'em, Major.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Most people arguing about this song have spent more time on it/taken it more seriously than Thicke/Pharrell. I like the song but part of the appeal to me is they aren't taking anything too serious (the video, "what rhymes with hug me"). It's a fun, catchy summer song. It sounds great drunk on a dance floor, it's great entertainment, nothing else.

I think we could avoid a lot of arguments if stuff like this was called something other than "music".

This statement is particularly rich considering your lament earlier in the thread that it's "ignorant" to say that people should share their tastes.

Thanks. That was helpful.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

I do disagree with those who think this is a old person versus young person issue.

Blurred Lines is not a modern pop song. There's no autotune or anything. I hardly think a descending synth line and some cowbell is some new fangled sound the oldsters can't get their heads around.

I just think that a lot of people don't like or listen to pop.

Then again, zilla thinks i'm too hard on Call Me Maybe. So who knows.

 

[The Dude]

The only part that weirds me out is when a 40+ year old man (TI) has to do a rap about how big his weewee is

I understand he's writing to a younger audience - but it's still kind of weird

And I understand they are all in their 40s

 

[Major]

Brilliant track that is definitely the song of the summer and maybe year. Tough to find quality music at the top of the charts but this is a perfect example of Pharrell genius sampling a classic Marvin Gaye track and giving it a new flavor with Thicke's vocals.

And if you plan to watch the unedited version of the video, please save the interruption and take your pants off before viewing.

Hey, some folks like anchovies on pizza. There's something out there for everyone I guess. Rock on.

Yep and many here are stuck in a time machine taking them back to 1982. Nothing is wrong with that but music and musicians evolve and so should you. Quality music is quality regardless of time or place.

Your statement comes via the filter of your own individual tastes and it is simply false to say that everyone should appreciate the same music as being "quality" that you do.

Music means different things to different people. For me, part of it is nostalgia, sure. I like listening to the metal from my teens but also like more current stuff like Black Keys, Alabama Shakes, Imagine Dragons, Muse, Cage the Elephant, etc. My favorite band is Pearl Jam who many people say peaked in the '90s but are still putting out great music to this day. Then I'm into classic rock from the 70s too. Notice that my taste is entirely in the rock genre. To you, stuff like Kanye and this dude is "genius", but I'll never like it. That doesn't make your taste "evolved" and mine stuck in a time machine. People like what they like and it's ignorant to say they should share your tastes.

Most of those bands are on Major's list. Most of you guys don't like anything hip hop/sampling related. That's what it comes down to.

Kanye has been around for a very long time and is pretty much the reason Common and John Legend blew the f up. Give the man his props.

 

[McGarnicle]

Brilliant track that is definitely the song of the summer and maybe year. Tough to find quality music at the top of the charts but this is a perfect example of Pharrell genius sampling a classic Marvin Gaye track and giving it a new flavor with Thicke's vocals.

And if you plan to watch the unedited version of the video, please save the interruption and take your pants off before viewing.

Hey, some folks like anchovies on pizza. There's something out there for everyone I guess. Rock on.

Yep and many here are stuck in a time machine taking them back to 1982. Nothing is wrong with that but music and musicians evolve and so should you. Quality music is quality regardless of time or place.

Your statement comes via the filter of your own individual tastes and it is simply false to say that everyone should appreciate the same music as being "quality" that you do.Music means different things to different people. For me, part of it is nostalgia, sure. I like listening to the metal from my teens but also like more current stuff like Black Keys, Alabama Shakes, Imagine Dragons, Muse, Cage the Elephant, etc. My favorite band is Pearl Jam who many people say peaked in the '90s but are still putting out great music to this day. Then I'm into classic rock from the 70s too. Notice that my taste is entirely in the rock genre. To you, stuff like Kanye and this dude is "genius", but I'll never like it. That doesn't make your taste "evolved" and mine stuck in a time machine. People like what they like and it's ignorant to say they should share your tastes.

Most of those bands are on Major's list. Most of you guys don't like anything hip hop/sampling related. That's what it comes down to.

Kanye has been around for a very long time and is pretty much the reason Common and John Legend blew the f up. Give the man his props.

I couldn't name a Common or John Legend song and I think Kanye is a ####### buffoon.

 

[Major]

Brilliant track that is definitely the song of the summer and maybe year. Tough to find quality music at the top of the charts but this is a perfect example of Pharrell genius sampling a classic Marvin Gaye track and giving it a new flavor with Thicke's vocals.

And if you plan to watch the unedited version of the video, please save the interruption and take your pants off before viewing.

Hey, some folks like anchovies on pizza. There's something out there for everyone I guess. Rock on.

Yep and many here are stuck in a time machine taking them back to 1982. Nothing is wrong with that but music and musicians evolve and so should you. Quality music is quality regardless of time or place.

Your statement comes via the filter of your own individual tastes and it is simply false to say that everyone should appreciate the same music as being "quality" that you do.Music means different things to different people. For me, part of it is nostalgia, sure. I like listening to the metal from my teens but also like more current stuff like Black Keys, Alabama Shakes, Imagine Dragons, Muse, Cage the Elephant, etc. My favorite band is Pearl Jam who many people say peaked in the '90s but are still putting out great music to this day. Then I'm into classic rock from the 70s too. Notice that my taste is entirely in the rock genre. To you, stuff like Kanye and this dude is "genius", but I'll never like it. That doesn't make your taste "evolved" and mine stuck in a time machine. People like what they like and it's ignorant to say they should share your tastes.

Most of those bands are on Major's list. Most of you guys don't like anything hip hop/sampling related. That's what it comes down to.

Kanye has been around for a very long time and is pretty much the reason Common and John Legend blew the f up. Give the man his props.

I couldn't name a Common or John Legend song and I think Kanye is a ####### buffoon.

Kanye the person or the producer?

 

[Henry Ford]

Brilliant track that is definitely the song of the summer and maybe year. Tough to find quality music at the top of the charts but this is a perfect example of Pharrell genius sampling a classic Marvin Gaye track and giving it a new flavor with Thicke's vocals.

And if you plan to watch the unedited version of the video, please save the interruption and take your pants off before viewing.

Hey, some folks like anchovies on pizza. There's something out there for everyone I guess. Rock on.

Yep and many here are stuck in a time machine taking them back to 1982. Nothing is wrong with that but music and musicians evolve and so should you. Quality music is quality regardless of time or place.

Your statement comes via the filter of your own individual tastes and it is simply false to say that everyone should appreciate the same music as being "quality" that you do.Music means different things to different people. For me, part of it is nostalgia, sure. I like listening to the metal from my teens but also like more current stuff like Black Keys, Alabama Shakes, Imagine Dragons, Muse, Cage the Elephant, etc. My favorite band is Pearl Jam who many people say peaked in the '90s but are still putting out great music to this day. Then I'm into classic rock from the 70s too. Notice that my taste is entirely in the rock genre. To you, stuff like Kanye and this dude is "genius", but I'll never like it. That doesn't make your taste "evolved" and mine stuck in a time machine. People like what they like and it's ignorant to say they should share your tastes.

Most of those bands are on Major's list. Most of you guys don't like anything hip hop/sampling related. That's what it comes down to.

Kanye has been around for a very long time and is pretty much the reason Common and John Legend blew the f up. Give the man his props.

Jesus, man, he didn't even start working for RocaFella until the new millenium. And that's super early stuff for him. That's not a very long time.

 

[Henry Ford]

Not to get on a soapbox like an old man, but that's the problem. It's not that the old guys in here don't appreciate sampling, it's that you consider a 15 year career in the music business to be a long time. Babyface has a long career. Kanye might, but until he hits two decades, he's not even a real veteran producer in my opinion.

 

[Major]

Not to get on a soapbox like an old man, but that's the problem. It's not that the old guys in here don't appreciate sampling, it's that you consider a 15 year career in the music business to be a long time. Babyface has a long career. Kanye might, but until he hits two decades, he's not even a real veteran producer in my opinion.

smh ageist

 

[Henry Ford]

Not to get on a soapbox like an old man, but that's the problem. It's not that the old guys in here don't appreciate sampling, it's that you consider a 15 year career in the music business to be a long time. Babyface has a long career. Kanye might, but until he hits two decades, he's not even a real veteran producer in my opinion.

smh ageist

"A very long time" in music is relative to other careers, not how long you've been alive.

 

[EYLive]

Speaking of Babyface, that poor guy hasn't produced a hit in a while, no? Nobody listens to R&B or slow pop ballads anymore. I heard Madonna's "Take a Bow" a few times in random places last week and it made me miss his genius.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Speaking of Babyface, that poor guy hasn't produced a hit in a while, no? Nobody listens to R&B or slow pop ballads anymore. I heard Madonna's "Take a Bow" a few times in random places last week and it made me miss his genius.

He was nominated for a Grammy this year (for a song I didn't recognize), but his last nomination before then was in 1999.

Meanwhile, Pharrell Williams' first hit was in 92 with Rumpshaker (credit to scorchy).

 

[belljr]

do they normally make unedited music videos?

holy moly

 

[McGarnicle]

do they normally make unedited music videos?

holy moly

George Michael did a few that you do NOT want to see.

 

[Henry Ford]

Speaking of Babyface, that poor guy hasn't produced a hit in a while, no? Nobody listens to R&B or slow pop ballads anymore. I heard Madonna's "Take a Bow" a few times in random places last week and it made me miss his genius.

He was nominated for a Grammy this year (for a song I didn't recognize), but his last nomination before then was in 1999.Meanwhile, Pharrell Williams' first hit was in 92 with Rumpshaker (credit to scorchy).

Babyface was nominated in 2000, I think. If he was nominated last year, it's four consecutive decades with at least one nomination. Including one streak from the late 80s to 2000 where he was nominated every year but one.

 

[Ilov80s]

Speaking of Babyface, that poor guy hasn't produced a hit in a while, no? Nobody listens to R&B or slow pop ballads anymore. I heard Madonna's "Take a Bow" a few times in random places last week and it made me miss his genius.

He was nominated for a Grammy this year (for a song I didn't recognize), but his last nomination before then was in 1999.Meanwhile, Pharrell Williams' first hit was in 92 with Rumpshaker (credit to scorchy).

According to Wikipedia, Pharrell only wrote one of the verses. He isn't credited for production.

 

[seahawk 17]

This thread is about #######. Take your music debate else where.

 

[Major]

This thread is about #######. Take your music debate else where.

great music usually stirs debate

 

[Major]

Kanye motherf'kr: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tWmyPMf3wU + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCe1gC5VaW4

 

[General Malaise]

Gave the song another listen. It's just not for me. I can see why some people would like it - teenagers, people into dance music, guys who eat lots of kale or drive a Miata.

Now, explain Daft Punk to me. What is that? Are they singing in those helmets? Are they robots? Do they eat in those?

 

[Major]

Tell 'em, Major.

I'm trying Buck but deez grumpy ol' white men be set in der ways

 

[EYLive]

That daft punk crap is 1000 times worse than Blurred Lines. Mindless repetitive drivel.

 

[cacksman]

Emily Ratajkowski

there's videos of her doing a birthday suit photo shoot that can be found

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

That daft punk crap is 1000 times worse than Blurred Lines. Mindless repetitive drivel.

Wow. I didn't know that one person could be so, so wrong.

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

@DannyZuker

Lately my wife has been doing this annoying thing where she's not the brunette in the Blurred Lines video.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Kanye motherf'kr: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tWmyPMf3wU + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCe1gC5VaW4

If hell is personalized, I'm locked in a room where this runs on a loop for all eternity.

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Didn't even know the video for this had sound

 

[jamny]

Not my thing but it's better than half the other crap on the radio.

 

[McGarnicle]

Kanye motherf'kr: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tWmyPMf3wU + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCe1gC5VaW4

If hell is personalized, I'm locked in a room where this runs on a loop for all eternity.

Hey man, get out of your time machine. Music evolves, you should too.

 

[Two Deep]

I heard Thicke say it took him 15 minutes to write this song.

Not bad.

I can believe that. a good s**t always takes less than 15 minutes.

 

[Brony]

It's a decent tune. Pretty stupid to claim it's the best song or the worst song of all time.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

My biggest gripe here is the liberal use of the #THICKE graphic that obfuscates a good deal of the screen. This part is over my head, the rest of it I get.

 

[E-Z Glider]

Everybody get up

 

[Brony]

I'm now certain that Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love video would have better if the chicks were topless.

 

[Hang 10]

The boobs help for sure.

 

[dickey moe]

I'm still trying to figure out what rhymes with hug me

This song f**king bugs me.

Tug me.

 

[General Malaise]

That daft punk crap is 1000 times worse than Blurred Lines. Mindless repetitive drivel.

Wow. I didn't know that one person could be so, so wrong.

Well now hold on a second....I found a song of their's last night called "Around the World" and the lyrics go "Around the world, around the world around the world around the world" only it sounds like a robot. Seems a little repetitive to me, GB. Maybe that's just one song, though.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

That daft punk crap is 1000 times worse than Blurred Lines. Mindless repetitive drivel.

Wow. I didn't know that one person could be so, so wrong.

Well now hold on a second....I found a song of their's last night called "Around the World" and the lyrics go "Around the world, around the world around the world around the world" only it sounds like a robot. Seems a little repetitive to me, GB. Maybe that's just one song, though.

I think most people would agree that Daft Punk songs can vary in quality. I could see Get Lucky being pretty divisive. On the one hand, it has an undoubtedly great hook. On the other, I do think it rides that hook into the ground a bit. It could probably use a bit more of a bridge, IMO. The song never really builds in a way that, say, Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger does.

I still think it's a pretty good summer jam. On that album, the only song I like better is Instant Crush (which everyone else seems to hate).

 

[MikeIke]

I think the song is fun. It's catchy and the uncensored video makes it a lot better. Certainly not a work of musical genius, but it's not supposed to be.

Stupid #THICKE splattered across the screen bugs me, though.

 

[jamny]

How does the unedited version make it on youtube. I thought they didn't allow nudity.

 

[McGarnicle]

How does the unedited version make it on youtube. I thought they didn't allow nudity.

They make exceptions for musical genius of this caliber.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

How does the unedited version make it on youtube. I thought they didn't allow nudity.

It was blocked for a long time. You used to have to see it on Vimeo. I don't know if they've gotten more lax in enforcement or what.

 

[Yenrub]

Brilliant track that is definitely the song of the summer and maybe year. Tough to find quality music at the top of the charts but this is a perfect example of Pharrell genius sampling a classic Marvin Gaye track and giving it a new flavor with Thicke's vocals.

And if you plan to watch the unedited version of the video, please save the interruption and take your pants off before viewing.

Hey, some folks like anchovies on pizza. There's something out there for everyone I guess. Rock on.

Yep and many here are stuck in a time machine taking them back to 1982. Nothing is wrong with that but music and musicians evolve and so should you. Quality music is quality regardless of time or place.

Your statement comes via the filter of your own individual tastes and it is simply false to say that everyone should appreciate the same music as being "quality" that you do.

Music means different things to different people. For me, part of it is nostalgia, sure. I like listening to the metal from my teens but also like more current stuff like Black Keys, Alabama Shakes, Imagine Dragons, Muse, Cage the Elephant, etc. My favorite band is Pearl Jam who many people say peaked in the '90s but are still putting out great music to this day. Then I'm into classic rock from the 70s too. Notice that my taste is entirely in the rock genre. To you, stuff like Kanye and this dude is "genius", but I'll never like it. That doesn't make your taste "evolved" and mine stuck in a time machine. People like what they like and it's ignorant to say they should share your tastes.

Most of those bands are on Major's list. Most of you guys don't like anything hip hop/sampling related. That's what it comes down to.

Kanye has been around for a very long time and is pretty much the reason Common and John Legend blew the f up. Give the man his props.

When you say blew up (specifically in reference to Common) what do you mean?

 

[Major]

Brilliant track that is definitely the song of the summer and maybe year. Tough to find quality music at the top of the charts but this is a perfect example of Pharrell genius sampling a classic Marvin Gaye track and giving it a new flavor with Thicke's vocals.

And if you plan to watch the unedited version of the video, please save the interruption and take your pants off before viewing.

Hey, some folks like anchovies on pizza. There's something out there for everyone I guess. Rock on.

Yep and many here are stuck in a time machine taking them back to 1982. Nothing is wrong with that but music and musicians evolve and so should you. Quality music is quality regardless of time or place.

Your statement comes via the filter of your own individual tastes and it is simply false to say that everyone should appreciate the same music as being "quality" that you do.

Music means different things to different people. For me, part of it is nostalgia, sure. I like listening to the metal from my teens but also like more current stuff like Black Keys, Alabama Shakes, Imagine Dragons, Muse, Cage the Elephant, etc. My favorite band is Pearl Jam who many people say peaked in the '90s but are still putting out great music to this day. Then I'm into classic rock from the 70s too. Notice that my taste is entirely in the rock genre. To you, stuff like Kanye and this dude is "genius", but I'll never like it. That doesn't make your taste "evolved" and mine stuck in a time machine. People like what they like and it's ignorant to say they should share your tastes.

Most of those bands are on Major's list. Most of you guys don't like anything hip hop/sampling related. That's what it comes down to.

Kanye has been around for a very long time and is pretty much the reason Common and John Legend blew the f up. Give the man his props.

When you say blew up (specifically in reference to Common) what do you mean?

#success

 

[Major]

Brilliant track that is definitely the song of the summer and maybe year. Tough to find quality music at the top of the charts but this is a perfect example of Pharrell genius sampling a classic Marvin Gaye track and giving it a new flavor with Thicke's vocals.

And if you plan to watch the unedited version of the video, please save the interruption and take your pants off before viewing.

Hey, some folks like anchovies on pizza. There's something out there for everyone I guess. Rock on.

Yep and many here are stuck in a time machine taking them back to 1982. Nothing is wrong with that but music and musicians evolve and so should you. Quality music is quality regardless of time or place.

Your statement comes via the filter of your own individual tastes and it is simply false to say that everyone should appreciate the same music as being "quality" that you do.Music means different things to different people. For me, part of it is nostalgia, sure. I like listening to the metal from my teens but also like more current stuff like Black Keys, Alabama Shakes, Imagine Dragons, Muse, Cage the Elephant, etc. My favorite band is Pearl Jam who many people say peaked in the '90s but are still putting out great music to this day. Then I'm into classic rock from the 70s too. Notice that my taste is entirely in the rock genre. To you, stuff like Kanye and this dude is "genius", but I'll never like it. That doesn't make your taste "evolved" and mine stuck in a time machine. People like what they like and it's ignorant to say they should share your tastes.

Most of those bands are on Major's list. Most of you guys don't like anything hip hop/sampling related. That's what it comes down to.

Kanye has been around for a very long time and is pretty much the reason Common and John Legend blew the f up. Give the man his props.

I couldn't name a Common or John Legend song and I think Kanye is a ####### buffoon.

Kanye the person or the producer?

:crickets:

 

[General Malaise]

That daft punk crap is 1000 times worse than Blurred Lines. Mindless repetitive drivel.

Wow. I didn't know that one person could be so, so wrong.

Well now hold on a second....I found a song of their's last night called "Around the World" and the lyrics go "Around the world, around the world around the world around the world" only it sounds like a robot. Seems a little repetitive to me, GB. Maybe that's just one song, though.

I think most people would agree that Daft Punk songs can vary in quality. I could see Get Lucky being pretty divisive. On the one hand, it has an undoubtedly great hook. On the other, I do think it rides that hook into the ground a bit. It could probably use a bit more of a bridge, IMO. The song never really builds in a way that, say, Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger does.

I still think it's a pretty good summer jam. On that album, the only song I like better is Instant Crush (which everyone else seems to hate).

I do know the song Get Lucky. Is that them on vocals or are they sampling and/or using another singer? Sounds like something Earth Wind and Fire would have released decades ago. Not awful.