[meme] Day 16. A song that you used to love but now hate

[jon_chaisson]

You know, I used to like the Strokes, until I noticed:

--there's no bass in Julian Casablanca's vocals. It's all treble.
--Dudes, the 70s NYC junkie look went out in the mid-70s.
--emmalyon and lynxreign pointed out that they're a "C+ band". In other words, they're doing the minimum, but not trying any harder. I think this video is testament to that. ;)


That said, however...DJ Freelance Hellraiser did a brilliant job back in '02 mixing their also half-assed "Hard to Explain" with Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle" for one of the best mashups EVER.

Comments

[mekkasimian.livejournal.com]

WELL THAT SEEM MORE LIKE EXPECTATION THAN BAND EFFORT.

OR RATHER, "STROKES HAVE TO WORK LOT HARDER TO LIVE UP TO HYPE!"

CERTAINLY SOME ALBUMS/BANDS NOT HOLD UP TO TIME, BUT MEK OKAY WITH THAT. PEOPLE CHANGE, AND SOMETIMES MUSIC NOT FIT AS WELL. BUT ON OTHER HAND, MEK ALSO LATER GET *INTO* BAND THAT PREVIOUSLY DISMISS FOR SURFACE GLOSS OR OTHER HYPE.

SO SEEM LIKE ENTIRE DIFFERENT ISSUE THAN ADVERTISE. MEK DOUBT THAT BANDS CAN BE SUBJECTIVELY, UNIVERSALLY GRADED AS SUCH. OTHERWISE, QUANTIFICATION JUST COME BACK TO: "WHO BETTER: BEATLES OR STONES?"

=M=

[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

Well, the BEATLES, of course!!! Geez, like you had to ask...! ;)