Posted on 09/01/2014 6:40:16 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike
I have long had a love/hate relationship with pop music.
Growing up as an aspiring jazz pianist, I wasnt interested in listening to anything that might appeal to those that I deemed to possess a less than refined palette of musical taste. This willful ignorance continued for some time; it was not until I began making YouTube videos (and subsequently receiving requests for modern pop songs) that I decided to drop my preconceived notions and examine contemporary pop with an open mind.
What I found is that, despite my initial aversion to the stuff I was hearing, I was unable to truly categorize this as bad music without first defining a set of arbitrary, culturally-defined criteria. Furthermore, the fact that such a rigorous vetting process exists for the output of major labels indicated that these songs and artists certainly RESONATED with the culture of our timesno easy feat, in and of itself. As a relentless devils advocate, I then found that by simply altering the context of such songs, I could find quite a bit of artistic merit inside of them.
My goal with Postmodern Jukebox is to get my audience to think of songs not as rigid, ephemeral objects, but like malleable globs of silly putty. Songs can be twisted, shaped, and altered without losing their identitiesjust as we grow, age, and expire without losing oursand it is through this exploration that the gap between high and low art can be bridged most readily.
I want to contribute to the pop music lexicon in the best way that I can.
I want to encourage others to push the boundaries of genres, and give them the tools to do so.
Together, I want to create an alternate universe of popular song.
-SCB
(aka ScottBradleeLovesYa on YouTube)
(Excerpt) Read more at postmodernjukebox.com ...
Awfully enlightened of him.
Burn - Vintage ‘60s Girl Group Ellie Goulding Cover with Flame-O-Phone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZY9_Xr5XPA#t=26
I’ll shorten that to just “awful”.
Weird All has made a career out of this.
Most of his versions are way better than the originals; both in musical rendition and lyrics
Sometimes I just hate the self correction software on my phone.
He should consider stamp collecting.
Burn - Vintage 60s Girl Group Ellie Goulding Cover with Flame-O-Phone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZY9_Xr5XPA#t=26
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In the world of cool, you either get it or you don’t.
A simple test is what you think of this video. It’s fantastic. I’ve seen it many times (as well as others from this very entertaining band) after being alerted from a previous post.
Thanks.
Misuse of the term “postmodern.”
Wiggle - Vintage 1920s Broadway Jason Derulo / Snoop Dogg Cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDl9SDd1FJY
Sweet Child O Mine - New Orleans Style Guns N Roses Cover ft. Miche Braden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ3BAF_15yQ
Royals - (Sad Clown With The Golden Voice Version) - Lorde Cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmCJEehYtU
Timber - Vintage 1950s Doo Wop Pitbull / Ke$ha Cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZQJrM09jbU#t=23
Blurred Lines - Vintage Bluegrass Barn Dance Robin Thicke Cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz-OMn1o22Y
Thrift Shop (Vintage Grandpa Style Macklemore Cover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cnm0tdkJEU
Its a Mans, Mans, Mans World - Orchestral Funk James Brown Cover ft. Morgan James
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPimt0Zu_To
Call Me Maybe - Vintage Carly Rae Jepsen Cover [The Original Video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5meWI3iX1sE#t=10
We Cant Stop - Vintage 1950s Doo Wop Miley Cyrus Cover ft. The Tee - Tones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXYWDtXbBB0#t=31
Been thinking about this for a long time. Does music reflect the times or shape the times? Which comes first? Which is the mover and which is the shaker?
I think the music comes first. More specifically that sound comes first. For example, some say it all began with the Big Bang.
I think sound is a powerful "force" and can shape, arrange or even destroy matter's form, just as it can shape our thoughts and emotions.
The same is true for music and society. Therefore, look at the music first to determine the nature and health of a society. One leads to the other.
I think of the power of music and then of Nero fiddling while Rome burned, of the Sirens' song and those who followed it to ruin and death, of Clinton playing his sax on the Tonight show, of the goat god Pan and his flute and of the Pied Piper...and then I'm damn glad obama is a hack golfer and NOT a musician!
Genius at work.
Thanks! They’re fun.
Very Cool! Although I think it took him about half the song to the the amazing Flame-O-Phone working right ;-)
Should have suspected something was up when I saw the fire extinguisher on the piano...
Yawn.
Richard Thompson did a tour a number of years ago called 1000 Years of Popular Music.
HIs solo acoustic version of Britney Spears ‘oops i did it again’ amply demonstrates that is often the singer not the song (both positive and negative).
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