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Post by oppy all along on Apr 10, 2016 6:03:16 GMT -5
Has top 40 music gotten better in the last thirty years? This is the most scientific way possible to evaluate that.
#30 of 1985 Glenn Frey - You Belong to the City
#30 of 1995 Sheryl Crow - Strong Enough
#30 of 2005 Bow Wow (feat. Ciara) - Like You
#30 of 2015 Drake - Hotline Bling
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Post by nowimnothing on Apr 10, 2016 8:14:47 GMT -5
Has top 40 music gotten better in the last thirty years? This is the most scientific way possible to evaluate that. Well I think you just made a very good case that Top 40 sucks and has always sucked. Popularity is just not a very good marker for quality, that may be why democracy is doomed.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2016 12:08:33 GMT -5
None of these songs are particularly good, so it's basically a battle of "which song is the least mediocre."
In order I'd go:
1: Sheryl Crow (Kind of whisper-y and boring but not actively bad)
2: Bow Wow ft. Ciara (Ciara's vocals are nice, but the song is nothing special)
3: Glenn Frey (Cheesy and stupid, but slightly entertaining)
4: Drake (Bad song, bad music video)
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Post by Return of the Thin Olive Duke on Apr 10, 2016 15:09:24 GMT -5
Has top 40 music gotten better in the last thirty years? This is the most scientific way possible to evaluate that. Well I think you just made a very good case that Top 40 sucks and has always sucked. Popularity is just not a very good marker for quality, that may be why democracy is doomed. I strongly disagree as oppy all along tipped the scales by not including 1965!
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Post by Lord Lucan on Apr 10, 2016 15:50:39 GMT -5
I don't think I'd heard 'Hotline Bling' before. It's not very good, is it? Those video vixens deserve a better song. Once we know that he's being called, is it really so important he emphasize he was being called on his cell phone?
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Post by firstbasemanwho on Apr 10, 2016 17:59:21 GMT -5
I voted for Glenn Frey because that song was in that Married ... With Children episode where Al and Steve had to find Marcy's barbie doll.
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Post by Paleu on Apr 10, 2016 20:34:36 GMT -5
Yeah, none of these are any good, but Sheryl Crow is the least bad, and the Glenn Frey song is kitschy enough that I can enjoy it as a song that is clearly, clearly from the '80s. And while I don't like Hotline Bling, that Bow Wow song is much, much worse. That dude cannot rap.
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Post by MyNameIsNoneOfYourGoddamnBusin on Apr 10, 2016 21:24:44 GMT -5
Well I think you just made a very good case that Top 40 sucks and has always sucked. Popularity is just not a very good marker for quality, that may be why democracy is doomed. I strongly disagree as oppy all along tipped the scales by not including 1965! But can anything really compete with "Hang on Sloopy"?
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