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Farted by PezClock, December 02, 2014, 08:48:45 PM

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PezClock

what are your thoughts on it?

Vaporwave is a musical genre that emerged in the early 2010s from indie dance genres such as seapunk, bounce house, or chillwave, and, more broadly, electronic dance music. Although there is much diversity and ambiguity in its attitude and message, vaporwave often serves as both a critique and parody of consumerist society, '80s yuppie culture, and New Age music, while sonically and aesthetically showcasing a curious fascination with their nostalgic artifacts.


pop-tart

I think you're high

FLOUNDERMAN_CLOCK

vaporwave is what happens when tumblr smokes weed for the first time and tries to be intellectual. also lol at seapunk and bouncehouse.

NintendrCkolc

I've really been getting into Huey Lewis and the News lately personally

NintendrCkolc

Do you guys like them?

NintendrCkolc

Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor. In '87, Huey released Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.

Kodiakclock

Iââ,¬â,,¢ve been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that I didnââ,¬â,,¢t really understand any of their work, though on their last album of the 1970s, the concept-laden And Then There Were Three (a reference to band member Peter Gabriel, who left the group to start a lame solo career), I did enjoy the lovely ââ,¬Å"Follow You, Follow Me.ââ,¬Â Otherwise all the albums before Duke seemed too artsy, too intellectual. It was Duke (Atlantic; 1980), where Phil Collinsââ,¬â,,¢ presence became more apparent, and the music got more modern, the drum machine became more prevalent and the lyrics started getting less mystical and more specific (maybe because of Peter Gabrielââ,¬â,,¢s departure), and complex, ambiguous studies of loss became, instead, smashing first-rate pop songs that I gratefully embraced. The songs themselves seemed arranged more around Collinsââ,¬â,,¢ drumming than Mike Rutherfordââ,¬â,,¢s bass lines or Tony Banksââ,¬â,,¢ keyboard riffs. A classic example of this is ââ,¬Å"Misunderstanding,ââ,¬Â which not only was the groupââ,¬â,,¢s first big hit of the eighties but also seemed to set the tone for the rest of their albums as the decade progressed. The other standout on Duke is ââ,¬Å"Turn It On Again,ââ,¬Â which is about the negative effects of television. On the other hand, ââ,¬Å"Heathazeââ,¬Â is a song I just donââ,¬â,,¢t understand, while ââ,¬Å"Please Donââ,¬â,,¢t Askââ,¬Â is a touching love song written to a separated wife who regains custody of the coupleââ,¬â,,¢s child. Has the negative aspect of divorce ever been rendered in more intimate terms by a rock ââ,¬Ëœnââ,¬â,,¢ roll group? I donââ,¬â,,¢t think so. ââ,¬Å"Duke Travelsââ,¬Â and ââ,¬Å"Dukes Endââ,¬Â might mean something but since the lyrics arenââ,¬â,,¢t printed itââ,¬â,,¢s hard to tell what Collins is singing about, though there is complex, gorgeous piano work by Tony Banks on the latter track. The only bummer about Duke is ââ,¬Å"Alone Tonight,ââ,¬Â which is way too reminiscent of ââ,¬Å"Tonight Tonight Tonightââ,¬Â from the groupââ,¬â,,¢s later masterpiece Invisible Touch and the only example, really, of where Collins has plagiarized himself.
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miracle fruit

god i hate you microgenre nerds. do you really have to invent a new awful word for every single song you hear?

this kinda sounds like something i would hear while playing vice city. except not as good. its ok

PhantomCatClock

this is how I'd reintrodouche myself

NintendrCkolc

Quote from: Kodiakclock;1979193Iââ,¬â,,¢ve been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. .

:lo5:

VuBawlsClock

i fondly remember talking to pez while in dubai, and he insisted that he had quit the cc.

were you lieing to me you fuck
Fuck anonfrog

SilverCherryClock

i like the deleuzian undertones of its "philosophical foundation" and generally i like the idea of deterritorializing kitschy capitalist signifiers but musically 99% of the genre is just uninteresting/unlistenable.

Still I quite like this little tune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glfsMDAZIhc

RobClock

I thought this thread was 'Vaporware' and I was looking forward to a nice Half Life 3 discussion. What a disappointment.

TropicanaClock


WobbuffetClock

flash rules everything around me, f.r.e.a.m.??? get the fivens, portal portal spam, y\'all

PhantomCatClock

more like gayporwave

more like vaporgayve

d u m p y

Vaporwave is chopped and screwed for gay tumblr nerds that I could beat up

WobbuffetClock

Quote from: Dumpsterlock on September 14, 2016, 06:58:55 AM
Vaporwave is chopped and screwed for gay tumblr nerds that I could beat up
100% true honestly. also 'future funk' is french-style house music for their weeb best friends (i still like it though)
like, how is this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYvji5AXOfk (future funk track) significantly different from this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxBdUIlhxo8 (french house track)
flash rules everything around me, f.r.e.a.m.??? get the fivens, portal portal spam, y\'all

VCRClock

Quote from: WobbuffetClock on September 14, 2016, 01:18:05 AM
would y'all listen to a slowed-down remix of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ8PfXOV1fU
you didn't hear it here, but the time to invest in frosted tips is now
Quote from: WobbuffetClock on September 14, 2016, 12:43:42 PM
100% true honestly. also 'future funk' is french-style house music for their weeb best friends (i still like it though)
like, how is this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYvji5AXOfk (future funk track) significantly different from this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxBdUIlhxo8 (french house track)
i think the difference is that with french house, usually I listen, and I'm eventually like "okay where did you get those strings... wow, gladys knight & the pips?"
whereas with vaporwave/futurefunk, I usually start listening and I'm like "okay, which early '80s post-disco r&b and/or jpop act did you pump up... *scrolls down youtube comments* oh, the whispers."

it took people forever to figure out that it was tavares daft punk sampled on "high life," but a friend of mine put on "floral shoppe" once and even if I didn't know the diana ross sample, at whatever point i was just like "wow good job you found a sylvia robinson record"
<Marlin Clock> This thread seems proof positive that divisiveness at any level is usually bad for the Clock Crew.
<PhantomCatClock> are we talking about the same clock crew

SockpuppetClock

since this is a vaporwave thread i'd like to post the two most definitive vaporwave albums I could possibly think of

Chuck Person - Eccojams (one of my favorite albums ever)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unN7QvSWSTo

MILLENNIAL DREAM CORP. - DRAKE 遗事 JOSH JOSH 遗事 DRAKE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryjmaD4cgKc