Is Spotify Killing the Top 40?

Re:Is Spotify Killing the Top 40? by goto11 on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @05:41AM (#24406769)

Did you know the original version of "Tutti Frutti" (Little Richard, 1955) was about anal sex? ("If it don't fit, don't force it / You can grease it, make it easy")

If you are appalled by that, fair enough. It is not something particularly new though. Of course people at the time also saw Rock'n'roll as bringing the end of civilized society.

The furor caused by WAP is pretty hilarious to see.

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Re:Is Spotify Killing the Top 40? by menybuvico on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @03:49AM (#24418430)

People have been making sexual references in song lyrics since the dawn of time, and that's perfectly fine.

As mentioned in a sibling comment, it's not the explicit lyrics but the extremely low quality of the entire production that puts me off.

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Re:Is Spotify Killing the Top 40? by goto11 on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @08:28AM (#24420248)

If so, can you articulate how it is "extremely low quality" compared to others songs in the same genre?

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Re:Is Spotify Killing the Top 40? by menybuvico on Thursday September 10, 2020 @05:56AM (#24430652)

Too much profanities stuffed in, to such an extent that the desire to provoke takes up any space that could have been used for some kind of artistic expression. Or something. The track is simply a waste of time.

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