I am a really big fan of Amigo The Devil and his new song ‘The cannibal within’, really seems to hit upon the self destructive tendencies we all have . Excellent stuff.
The Streets have released a new album and I dislike it as much now as I disliked their music 20 years ago. I used to think it was the type of music that I don't like, but have subsequently found myself enjoying others doing similar stuff, but better (in my ears at least). I'm grateful to find that it's not the style of music that I dislike, but the artist himself. Perhaps there's a message there telling me to not be such a cunt.
"Each Day Gives and Each Day Takes Innit". The Streets.
Jarring and awful. Every time I hear it come on the Radio I have to turn off. "Innit". He's 44; it just sounds ludicrous. That's the problem with being groundbreaking (which he was at the time even though I didn't like it) at a young age. If you carry on you just sound like a twat, especially when the music he makes has been taken to new levels by other younger artists. There's a particularly horrible bit where he actually sings, and it sounds like he's put the autotuner on max; think Cher in "I Believe".
His music is no longer groundbreaking, it is derivative and sounds ridiculous coming from a 44 year old, in the way that Tim Westwood always sounded ridiculous.
Spent an hour or so listening to Taylor Swift, because although I've heard songs here and there I've never actually listened to her music.
It's fine. It's perfectly listenable, easily forgettable pop music. She seems like a really nice person, but I'm not sure I understand why she is such a global phenomenon.
Point is Madonna crossed over - it wasn’t just about horny teenage boys. My 12 year old niece loves Taylor Swift in a similar way that plenty of girls at my school loved Madonna.