Author Topic: Anyone else sick of whiny white guy music? (Read 7517 times)

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #35 on:** May 31, 2011, 07:30:24 AM »

James Blunt doesn't even like his own music

I remember watching an interview with him and he was asked about how he makes fun of his own music at live shows etc. and he said: "Well? Have you heard my music?" and laughed.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #36 on:** May 31, 2011, 07:33:34 AM »

Yeah, I saw him on Top Gear and he's a pretty lighthearted and fun guy.

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #37 on:** May 31, 2011, 07:34:50 AM »

Definitely and his music is very very far from the worst out there.

As someone already said (can't be bothered checking), it's pretty inoffensive.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #38 on:** May 31, 2011, 07:36:44 AM »

Jason Mraz annoys me more.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #39 on:** May 31, 2011, 07:44:38 AM »

Is he the one who sings "I'm Yours?" Yeah, its pretty unoffensive, and I know I sound like a really emo kid when I say its just TOO bubbly (and fake-reggae). I just can't get into it the way I can get into a happy chiptune song, for example.

mizzl · « **Reply #40 on:** May 31, 2011, 07:49:38 AM »

GOD I hate these kinds of songs, makes me want to rip my own head off

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #41 on:** May 31, 2011, 08:02:57 AM »

This thread surprises me. I don't like the songs in the the OP, but it isn't bad either. It's just there, which is why stores probably play them in the first place...inoffensive music.

Also, I fail to see how it is whiny music. It's just a person singing with some emotion.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #42 on:** May 31, 2011, 08:25:05 AM »

Quote from: skydivingninja on May 31, 2011, 07:44:38 AM

Is he the one who sings "I'm Yours?" Yeah, its pretty unoffensive, and I know I sound like a really emo kid when I say its just TOO bubbly (and fake-reggae). I just can't get into it the way I can get into a happy chiptune song, for example.

Yup. There's just something that annoys me about him. I have bubbly songs from other people that don't annoy like Jason does.

SnakeEyes · « **Reply #43 on:** May 31, 2011, 08:36:18 AM »

Quote from: Jamesman on May 31, 2011, 08:02:57 AM

This thread surprises me. I don't like the songs in the the OP, but it isn't bad either. It's just there, which is why stores probably play them in the first place...inoffensive music.

Also, I fail to see how it is whiny music. It's just a person singing with some emotion.

It's about whiny white guy things, though. You know, like, "having a bad day." Sorry, but only a whiny white guy would sing a song about having a bad day!

skydivingninja · « **Reply #44 on:** May 31, 2011, 08:40:55 AM »

...you've never actually listened to "Bad Day," have you? Or paid attention to the lyrics, obviously. He's not singing about himself having a bad day, he's singing about someone else, a close friend maybe, having a bad day, and its not even a literal bad day. The song's more about trying to help this friend out of whatever depression he's in.

And anyways, by your logic, Dream Theater are a bunch of whiny white guys because of "A Nightmare to Remember," an event which, in its simplest form, is a pretty bad day.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #45 on:** May 31, 2011, 08:41:48 AM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEtM1q6gm9Q

Tick · « **Reply #46 on:** May 31, 2011, 08:44:40 AM »

Quote from: skydivingninja on May 31, 2011, 07:12:49 AM

That's a little much. I honestly don't see how you could wretch and say "this is terrible." I mean, they're no "Friday" or "Tik Tok."

Well, for me the difference is, a song like, "Friday" was pretty much made intentionally bad. The two songs in the OP are regarded as good songs and are very popular. I just really loathe both those songs so much, especially James Blunt, whose song is just as bad as "Friday", to my ears.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #47 on:** May 31, 2011, 08:53:11 AM »

Quote from: tick on May 31, 2011, 08:44:40 AM

Quote from: skydivingninja on May 31, 2011, 07:12:49 AM
That's a little much. I honestly don't see how you could wretch and say "this is terrible." I mean, they're no "Friday" or "Tik Tok."
Well, for me the difference is, a song like, "Friday" was pretty much made intentionally bad. The two songs in the OP are regarded as good songs and are very popular. I just really loathe both those songs so much, especially James Blunt, whose song is just as bad as "Friday", to my ears.

Sometimes it's like a commercial that you first like then, after seeing it a thousand times in one week it grates on you. That's what turns me on a song.

SnakeEyes · « **Reply #48 on:** May 31, 2011, 09:57:39 AM »

Quote from: skydivingninja on May 31, 2011, 08:40:55 AM

...you've never actually listened to "Bad Day," have you? Or paid attention to the lyrics, obviously. He's not singing about himself having a bad day, he's singing about someone else, a close friend maybe, having a bad day, and its not even a literal bad day. The song's more about trying to help this friend out of whatever depression he's in.

Um, lol..... I just read the lyrics (not that I needed to, but just out of curiosity) and that song is nowhere near as deep as you're making it out to be. In my opinion, it's a cheesy song that is sung by a whiny white guy about a whiny white guy topic (having a bad day). You're free to like it, though.

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And anyways, by your logic, Dream Theater are a bunch of whiny white guys because of "A Nightmare to Remember," an event which, in its simplest form, is a pretty bad day.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #49 on:** May 31, 2011, 10:02:57 AM »

I never said it was deep. Its a pretty simple song. But you were implying that the singer was whining about himself having a bad day, which really wasn't the case. Besides (bit off topic), can it really be called "whining" if its not about you?

Quote from: SnakeEyes on May 31, 2011, 09:57:39 AM

Quote from: skydivingninja on May 31, 2011, 08:40:55 AM
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And anyways, by your logic, Dream Theater are a bunch of whiny white guys because of "A Nightmare to Remember," an event which, in its simplest form, is a pretty bad day.

Funny because its true, I know.

SnakeEyes · « **Reply #50 on:** May 31, 2011, 10:14:27 AM »

Riiiiiiight.

edit: by the way, your reply to me is within the quote box.

SnakeEyes · « **Reply #51 on:** May 31, 2011, 10:18:42 AM »

Quote from: skydivingninja on May 31, 2011, 10:02:57 AM

I never said it was deep. Its a pretty simple song. But you were implying that the singer was whining about himself having a bad day, which really wasn't the case. Besides (bit off topic), can it really be called "whining" if its not about you?

Oops, I missed this part of your reply. No, I didn't imply that he was singing about himself. The lyrics go: "YOU had a bad day." Why would I think he's singing about himself if he was saying that someone else had a bad day? What I said was that only a whiny white guy would even pick that topic to write about - and, that's regardless of WHO he's referring to. It's just such a whiny white guy song.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #52 on:** May 31, 2011, 10:19:12 AM »

Quote from: SnakeEyes on May 31, 2011, 10:14:27 AM

edit: by the way, your reply to me is within the quote box.

And by pointing this out it makes you right?

I see your point SE ans I see sky's. I think it's the overplaying of a song until it's drilled in your head (I'm looking at you department stores) that make up think it.

SnakeEyes · « **Reply #53 on:** May 31, 2011, 10:22:57 AM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on May 31, 2011, 10:19:12 AM

And by pointing this out it makes you right?

No, not at all. I was just being a jerk. Sorry.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #54 on:** May 31, 2011, 11:58:18 AM »

Quote from: SnakeEyes on May 31, 2011, 10:18:42 AM

Quote from: skydivingninja on May 31, 2011, 10:02:57 AM
I never said it was deep. Its a pretty simple song. But you were implying that the singer was whining about himself having a bad day, which really wasn't the case. Besides (bit off topic), can it really be called "whining" if its not about you?

Oops, I missed this part of your reply. No, I didn't imply that he was singing about himself. The lyrics go: "YOU had a bad day." Why would I think he's singing about himself if he was saying that someone else had a bad day? What I said was that only a whiny white guy would even pick that topic to write about - and, that's regardless of WHO he's referring to. It's just such a whiny white guy song.

See, that's why I was under the impression you never heard the song before because he clearly says "you" while the way you worded the post I was responding to made me think you thought he was singing about himself. Glad we got that bit sorted out. Of course, doesn't change the fact that JP is a whiny white guy.

And again, its not literally a bad day. The song implies that the depression's been around longer than a day.

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #55 on:** May 31, 2011, 11:59:49 AM »

^Kinda like Hollow Years, actually.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #56 on:** May 31, 2011, 12:05:58 PM »

Lol, exactly!

By the way why hasn't this been moved yet? Are the mods still in bed from Memorial Day hangovers? Even XJ and Ariich?

Ravenheart · « **Reply #57 on:** May 31, 2011, 12:23:30 PM »

I'll never understand why people don't just tune the music they don't like out. I find it so easy to do, partly because I never intentionally listen to the radio.

Typically it's just a few music snobs who get their egos bruised every time something *GASP* radio-friendly gets played on the radio. I find them far more annoying than any of this so-called "whiny white guy music."

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #58 on:** May 31, 2011, 12:33:56 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vc1uktH5lQ

Another awful example.

OskarSluring · « **Reply #59 on:** May 31, 2011, 12:35:12 PM »

Quote from: ACID_FOX on May 31, 2011, 12:33:56 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vc1uktH5lQ

Another awful example.

oh you

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #60 on:** May 31, 2011, 02:04:55 PM »

Quote from: kári on May 31, 2011, 02:55:15 AM

I remember hearing this song for this first time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHm9MG9xw1o
I was like holy shit this is beautiful. But then the vocals came in...

That is an awesome song, wtf?

I clicked on the links in the OP and I was like 'Oh, god.' Pretty sure James Blunt was one of egypt's plagues, right in between locusts and frogs.

kári · « **Reply #61 on:** May 31, 2011, 02:24:30 PM »

Quote from: sneakyblueberry on May 31, 2011, 02:04:55 PM

Quote from: kári on May 31, 2011, 02:55:15 AM
I remember hearing this song for this first time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHm9MG9xw1o
I was like holy shit this is beautiful. But then the vocals came in...

That is an awesome song, wtf?

I don't know... The vocals ruin it for me. This song could've been WAY more based on the intro. Now it's just a song with great intro.

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #62 on:** May 31, 2011, 02:30:51 PM »

I love the vocals and the lyrics. Ryan Tedder has such a good range. His falsetto is nice as, too.

mizzl · « **Reply #63 on:** May 31, 2011, 02:37:18 PM »

Quote from: ACID_FOX on May 31, 2011, 12:33:56 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vc1uktH5lQ

Another awful example.

kári · « **Reply #64 on:** May 31, 2011, 02:38:04 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

mizzl · « **Reply #65 on:** May 31, 2011, 02:39:43 PM »

Quote from: kári on May 31, 2011, 02:38:04 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Really? That's actually one of the only white-guy songs I like!
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Nighthawkwill7 · « **Reply #66 on:** May 31, 2011, 03:13:46 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vQPAkocP6w

TempusVox · « **Reply #67 on:** May 31, 2011, 03:14:00 PM »

These types of songs have been around forever. Sometimes they're not too bad, and other times they suck; but usually I just ignore this type of music. Here is a bit of a blast from the past. Don't speak too poorly of me when you do. I didn't mean to hurt anyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA6BqS9FlQ0&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3j_fdSpkmE&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOQvUSrIrcE

King Postwhore · « **Reply #68 on:** May 31, 2011, 03:29:25 PM »

Temp, you could add this Eric Carman song as well. Every store I worked at in the 80's played this song every 4 hours!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI4fzajz3Ok

SystematicThought · « **Reply #69 on:** May 31, 2011, 04:06:47 PM »

James Blunt has some pretty good stuff on his 'Back To Bedlam' album. You're Beautiful is actually a pretty good song. I don't find it to be annoying at all

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Author Topic: Anyone else sick of whiny white guy music? (Read 7517 times)