Anyway, here's someone who makes some interesting points on the book
. It makes sense to see it from that angle; I hadn't thought of that.
Bump.
I'm still bummed that they didn't release another single for the soundtrack.
I mean, it's a total wasted opportunity. They released one single that couldn't cross over to Top 40 radio, and they only did promotion with "Bang Bang" halfway.
They could've launched a summer anthem and have a song as successful as "Lady Marmalade", but now it looks like "Young and Beautiful" will be the soundtrack's largest hit.
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edited 29th Jun '13 8:06:00 PM by chihuahua0
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Well, at least having read the novel has made the songs a lot more transparent to me. Whoever complained about fidelity didn't bother to check how well the lyrics fit into the story... except that they're, weirdly enough, often gender-flipped.
LOVE IS BLINDNESS, AND I'M SICK OF IT.
Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout!
edited 4th Jul '13 1:19:26 PM by 0dd1
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Why didn't I notice that?
It's a shame that most of the tracks are rather short, but the samples sound really nice. I think I'll get it.
edited 4th Jul '13 2:42:41 PM by Mort08
Looking for some stories?It's already available on Spotify. It's pretty cool, but I prefer the modern pop version; I, like many others my age, am not equipped to properly appreciate old-timey music that isn't actually modern music in disguise. Especially jazz, like half the time I'm wondering why they're using such weird detached-ish voices to say some pretty dramatic stuff.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.I'd hardly call that an age thing and more just it not being your taste.
Insert witty and clever quip here. My page, as the database hates my handle.But I want to like it. Liking jazz is cool and sophisticated in a badass, street-smart-ish way. I just need to find an angle from where it seems right. Like, before watching Glee, I used to believe musicals were watered-down operas for the masses, and pop music was tales told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. There was a lot more to either art form than that, and if it hadn't been for that terribly flawed show (I dropped it after three seasons) I wouldn't have ever found out.
Also, there's so many different types and styles of jazz. The type I find easiest to listen to is big band jazz and bebop. I have some trouble telling other forms of jazz from just plain "classical music" and such. I mean, was "Leroy Brown" a jazz song?
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.You shouldn't try to force yourself to like something solely because of the image it has and wanting to be seen as that. Just like what you like without borders and without worrying about how people will see you for it. It'll get rid of a lot of anxiety. Personally, I like jazz, but not because I want to be seen as cool or sophisticated (and believe me, I'm not at all seen as those), but because the sound of the music is appealing to me. (As well as various other factors that I won't bore you with, but the appeal of the sound is one of the major reasons.)
Alternatively, you can appreciate a style without necessarily having to like it. For example, I'm not exactly a fan of fantasy fiction, but I can certainly appreciate how well something like, say, Lord Of The Rings establishes itself as one of the pillars of the genre and all the world-building and good writing that has come out of it.
Also, if this song is what you mean, no, it's not jazz—it's folk rock.
Wasn't aware Sinatra ever covered that song. I mean, technically he is a jazz singer whose style is usually big band and swing, so I suppose it would be considered jazz. *listens* Yeah, that's very much big band jazz. Maybe straddling the line a tad with some of the instrumentation (that sure is a funky bassline walking along there, and that acoustic guitar is a lot more prominent than one would expect in such an ensemble), but still.
I mean, if it makes you feel better, then sure, give it a try, but if you can't get into it, there's no use in trying to force it and put on a false front, even if that false front is only for yourself. Just do what you like and don't worry whether or not it's cool or anything. You don't have to make yourself seem "cool", "sophisticated", or "badass"—just as long as you're just being you, that's all that matters. You can't spend your life doing nothing but imitating others—it helps perhaps when you're still finding your identity, but eventually there comes a time where you realize about some of the things you're doing, "That isn't me."
Insert witty and clever quip here. My page, as the database hates my handle.They could've called it "ragtime" (y'know, the genre that it is) rather than just using the name of a recent movie as a buzzword. Oh wait, it probably wouldn't have gotten so many hits that way.*
Enjoyable, though. Certainly miles ahead of the original version of the song, which I just find boring.
edited 28th Jul '13 1:43:02 AM by 0dd1
Insert witty and clever quip here. My page, as the database hates my handle.What a crime, such a terrible crime, to present things in such a way that the average working individual, with their poor education, their extenuating work week, and their domestic obligations, be able to enjoy it, instead of being alienated and having their ignorance rubbed in their face. Surely rigor and precision demand that we never build these kinds of ramps that bring people together. Instead, let's have each specialist caste use the most obtuse and unintelligible jargon possible, thus turning our backs on everyone else and making sure that we know something that they don't, that we can appreciate something they are not trained to.
You know, there's very few things in this world that make me furious; snobbery is one of them.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.Not for nothing, but if you ask me, I wouldn't call it snobbery—I'd call it not wanting to be talked down to. You can be accessible without dumbing stuff down or using buzzwords. Not using the proper term for something only further widens the gap between those who know and those who don't know. Actually using the proper term for something might make someone learn something. God forbid people go outside their comfort zone once in a while.
Quite frankly, I find your assertion that my viewpoint is nothing but snobbery extremely insulting.
Insert witty and clever quip here. My page, as the database hates my handle.I am sorry that you feel that way, but that is my honest assessment of the impression you give me; not that of someone who wants to share knowledge and slowly introduce foreigners to it, but that of someone who would hog it with those of his tribe as way of distinguishing themselves from "the masses" (seriously, the very word!), and who will rub this knowledge differential in the face of anyone who even approaches the topic, guarranteeing that the beginning of the learning curve is steep, and that only those willing to accept humiliation may pass. Of course, I'm extrapolating rather adventurously given the available evidence, but I am irresistibly prejudiced against anyone who uses expressions such as the masses, the rabble, the peasantry, the philistines, and so on and so forth. It's a knee-jerk reaction—though perhaps your anger is due to the fact that I hit a sour spot?
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.Not really, it's more due to how pretentious and holier-than-thou you're being about it. Can't you go a single discussion without jumping down people's throats for having a difference of opinion?
Insert witty and clever quip here. My page, as the database hates my handle.My feeling is, if anyone here is being pretentious, it's you. I don't have pretensions; I have ambitions and aspirations. Totally different thing.
Go have a look at my behaviour on the Pony Fanfiction Thread or on any OTC discussion; I most definitely can take disagreements in opinion in stride. However, you and I seem to get on each other's nerves, despite possibly being otherwise good guys. Kind of like The Hulk and The Mighty Thor. I suggest we just accept that harmless, pointless clashes happen, tempers flare, and life goes on. In the end, what does it matter to either of us, what the other thinks?
Seriously, though, the masses? Could you possibly choose a more loaded term
to describe laymen?
Oh forget this. None of this is even remotely related to the topic anymore. Agree to disagree?
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@Handle: I already responded to all that above and feel no need to repeat myself again.
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