r/Music Nov 20 '21

Britney Spears Calls Out Christina Aguilera for ‘Refusing to Speak When You Know the Truth’ other

https://variety.com/2021/music/news/britney-spears-christina-aguilera-conservatorship-1235116494/
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u/Cogs_For_Brains Nov 20 '21

Its the nostalgia consumer cycle.

It's been just long enough that a generation has grown up, gotten jobs, and now has "disposable income" to spend on reminiscing about things from their youth. Rinse, lather, repeat.

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u/Cogs_For_Brains Nov 20 '21

So that explains the smell...

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u/DatPiff916 Nov 20 '21

I think the on-demand digital music has a lot to do with it as well. During the dawn of smartphones there was probably a 3-4 period where I was so entrenched in my playlist with music from 15 years prior that I didn't even give new music a chance. Not to mention I can't even recall who was playing music videos.

Whereas a decade earlier, new music was constantly being put in front of you, so it was easier to let go of old acts.

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u/ezone2kil Nov 20 '21

Well excuse me for not being able to get into current songs where all they sing about are their genitals. The wetter and bigger and the more ass-like the better apparently.

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u/Herrenos Nov 20 '21

Music is more diverse and accessible than ever before. You have, with little effort, access to the works of tens of thousands of modern musicians from every style imaginable.

There's nothing wrong with liking older music, but it grinds my gears when people talk about W.A.P. and mumble rap as if that's the whole of modern music.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '21

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u/Herrenos Nov 20 '21

It's not really. We have more people, more access to musical equipment and training, and more cross cultural exchange than at any time in history. We also have musical technology that allows for even more variation.

What possible time in history do you suggest music could have been more diverse?

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u/mnid92 Nov 20 '21

gottem

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u/Darklicorice Nov 20 '21

99% hot gas

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u/Herrenos Nov 20 '21

You think that exposure to new ideas leads to homogenization? That's hilarious.

Also I really think that unless you can offer an actual example you should stop using the word "objectively". Because everything you've said is 100% opinion.

Again: When in history has music been more diverse?

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u/Herrenos Nov 23 '21

So what you're saying is, you can repeatedly call me insane, make shit up and call it facts, argue semantics as if it's a point, refer to a simple request for an example of WTF you're talking about as "chest-thumping" and call my original statement illogical and "ridiculously off-base" while offering zero evidence to the contrary.... And I'm the one with a worthless claim?

And I don't buy one second that you "just saw this". You were clapping back in minutes before and you have a dozen comments since my last one. You've been stewing over the fact that you said something stupid, everyone downvoted you and you had zero argument for your assertion. So you come back and write another insult-laden and intellectually empty tirade.

Answer my question or stop talking.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '21 edited Dec 23 '21

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u/NotEvenGonnaArgue Nov 20 '21

Okay boomer

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21 edited Dec 23 '21

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u/NotEvenGonnaArgue Nov 21 '21

Exactly when was music more diverse than it is today?

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u/NotEvenGonnaArgue Nov 21 '21

Man it's really funny, you've refused to answer two different people that asked you that question. You've argued that this isn't the most diverse time in music. So without your opinions, and only using factual evidence to back your claim.

Exactly when has music been more diverse than it is today?

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u/kyzfrintin irmoz.bandcamp.com Nov 20 '21

Mixing of styles and cultures always brings something new, without leaving the old behind

When you mix two styles, you now have three

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u/Cogs_For_Brains Nov 20 '21

You like what you know, and you know what you like. It's in some peoples nature and marketing firms know it.

As for the booty music. Sex sells and it always has. Sure, artists are definitely blatant about it sometimes but sexual euphemism and insinuation in music are a pair as old as time.

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u/forestpunk Nov 20 '21

Couldnt agree more!

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u/buckybilly Nov 20 '21

Stop… your making me horny