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What's one aspect of a song, regardless of genre, that you think is a tell-tale

Posted on 8/7/13 at 1:01 pm
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 8/7/13 at 1:01 pm
sign of the song being lame?

For me, when a singer/song-writer drops the name of a famous singer in the song, more often than not, the song is super lame. Seems like I hear this a lot in songs on Outlaw Country.
This post was edited on 8/7/13 at 1:32 pm
Posted by dnm3305
Member since Feb 2009
16413 posts
Posted on 8/7/13 at 1:07 pm to
When it's a digital hi-hat rhythm sound and not a real hi-hat.
Posted by brewhan davey
Audubon Place
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 8/7/13 at 1:07 pm to
If it's the "work" of Skrillex
Posted by LSUTygerFan
Homerun Village
Member since Jun 2008
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Posted on 8/7/13 at 1:10 pm to
sampling.. playing someone else's music and singing is lame.
Posted by GCTiger11
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Jan 2012
46174 posts
Posted on 8/7/13 at 1:16 pm to
When I can predict what the next line of the lyrics will be.
Posted by HeadyBrosevelt
the Verde River
Member since Jan 2013
21591 posts
Posted on 8/7/13 at 1:22 pm to
quote:

sampling.. playing someone else's music and singing is lame.


Haha!

Sampling is an art if done correctly

see: J Dilla, DJ Shadow, Daft Punk, The Avalanches, Just Blaze
This post was edited on 8/7/13 at 1:23 pm
Posted by Scatmanjohn12
Grand Prairie, Louisiana
Member since Feb 2013
1090 posts
Posted on 8/7/13 at 1:26 pm to
quote:

Sampling is an art if done correctly
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
42628 posts
Posted on 8/7/13 at 1:33 pm to
Auto tune
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 8/7/13 at 1:34 pm to
rapping
Posted by LSUTygerFan
Homerun Village
Member since Jun 2008
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Posted on 8/7/13 at 1:43 pm to
quote:

Sampling is an art if done correctly




in that case i "create art" on the ride to work every day.
Posted by The Dudes Rug
Member since Nov 2004
14069 posts
Posted on 8/7/13 at 1:43 pm to
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rapping
Posted by ShoeBang
Member since May 2012
22346 posts
Posted on 8/7/13 at 2:25 pm to
Jason Aldean
Posted by GatorsGators
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 8/7/13 at 2:35 pm to
quote:

rapping
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
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Posted on 8/7/13 at 2:42 pm to
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rapping


:boythatescalatedquickly:
Posted by Baloo
Formerly MDGeaux
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 8/7/13 at 2:59 pm to
Modern sampling isn't as good because, well, it's now such a legal tangle. De la Soul and early Beastie Boys could have layer upon layer of samples that would be impossible today because it would bankrupt the band. But great sampling can be an artform. It's also kind of fun to play spot the reference.

It's a shame Questlove isn't able to totally cut loose. He'd be the greatest ever at it, as his music knowledge is near encyclopedic.


As to the OP's question, Auto Tune is a good place to start.
Posted by GCTiger11
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Jan 2012
46174 posts
Posted on 8/7/13 at 3:00 pm to
Paul's Boutique is the Mona Lisa of sampling.
Posted by cigsmcgee
LR
Member since May 2012
5233 posts
Posted on 8/7/13 at 3:08 pm to
usually when i hear a crowd cheer at the beginning, followed by the first notes of an uninspired solo, i know im in for a tedious 14 min WSP track.
Posted by MontanaMax
Oxford, MS
Member since Nov 2011
1978 posts
Posted on 8/7/13 at 3:14 pm to
quote:

For me, when a singer/song-writer drops the name of a famous singer in the song

I noticed the other day that there are a few "country" songs out now where they act like listening to the Charley Daniels Band means your country arse hell.
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
139233 posts
Posted on 8/7/13 at 3:27 pm to
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usually when i hear a crowd cheer at the beginning, followed by the first notes of an uninspired solo, i know im in for a tedious 14 min WSP track.


Prepare for the inevitable "crunchy groove", man
Posted by NoSaint
Member since Jun 2011
12805 posts
Posted on 8/16/13 at 11:54 am to
quote:

For me, when a singer/song-writer drops the name of a famous singer in the song, more often than not, the song is super lame. Seems like I hear this a lot in songs on Outlaw Country.


one of my favorite is 3 dimes down - im a fan of how cooley works the tom t hall reference in. surely not what you were talking about, but it came to mind immediately.
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