Comments on: All the year's top radio hits in one mashup http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 01:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: BillStewart2012 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1619506 BillStewart2012 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1619506 No, 90% of the music back then was crap, just like 90% of the music today is crap.  But it was <i>our</i> crappy music, and we've had the opportunity to keep the better stuff, as well as the stuff that wasn't very good but we were having a good time when it was playing anyway. No, 90% of the music back then was crap, just like 90% of the music today is crap.  But it was our crappy music, and we’ve had the opportunity to keep the better stuff, as well as the stuff that wasn’t very good but we were having a good time when it was playing anyway.

]]> By: Taylor Jesenick http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1619505 Taylor Jesenick Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1619505 I feel like most of this mix is drowned out by Ke$ha's song... I feel like most of this mix is drowned out by Ke$ha’s song…

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618946 euansmith Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618946 "You know, it doesn't make you gay if you think Andre's hot. We all think he's hot."  “You know, it doesn’t make you gay if you think Andre’s hot. We all think he’s hot.” 

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618940 euansmith Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618940 Just like the current Tory Government. Just like the current Tory Government.

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618938 euansmith Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618938 It may just be the producers who are at fault. I've heard a number of (modern) R&B singers working a capella and thought they sounded excellent, only to then hear the over produced drivel released in their names' by their record companies and shudder. Kids, eh... It may just be the producers who are at fault. I’ve heard a number of (modern) R&B singers working a capella and thought they sounded excellent, only to then hear the over produced drivel released in their names’ by their record companies and shudder.

Kids, eh…

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618934 euansmith Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618934 Vocoder was terrible too (outside of about one ELO track). However Vocoder was a novelty where as Autotune appears to be all pervasive. It is the musical equivalent of Reality TV. :D Vocoder was terrible too (outside of about one ELO track). However Vocoder was a novelty where as Autotune appears to be all pervasive. It is the musical equivalent of Reality TV. :D

]]> By: tubacat http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618862 tubacat Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618862  One difference is that, even though I'd never listened to either before, I made it through all of the Gotye one (though without a strong desire to ever hear it again), and maybe 10 seconds of the other one (One Direction?) I do wonder sometimes how much of my a(nti)pathy toward current music is just because we all like what we heard when we were young and hormonal, or whether at least some of the music from then really was better...  One difference is that, even though I’d never listened to either before, I made it through all of the Gotye one (though without a strong desire to ever hear it again), and maybe 10 seconds of the other one (One Direction?)

I do wonder sometimes how much of my a(nti)pathy toward current music is just because we all like what we heard when we were young and hormonal, or whether at least some of the music from then really was better…

]]> By: hugh crawford http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618818 hugh crawford Wed, 02 Jan 2013 06:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618818 So what's the difference between autotuning and vocoders, other than the fact that autotuning seems to only have a chipmunk patch? So what’s the difference between autotuning and vocoders, other than the fact that autotuning seems to only have a chipmunk patch?

]]> By: bill_mcgonigle http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618792 bill_mcgonigle Wed, 02 Jan 2013 05:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618792 neat.  One caught my attention.  I just sent my daughter an e-mail: "this is what music videos were like when I was a kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0BWlvnBmIE " Moral of the story: MTV is dead.  Love live YouTube. neat.  One caught my attention.  I just sent my daughter an e-mail:

“this is what music videos were like when I was a kid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0BWlvnBmIE ”

Moral of the story: MTV is dead.  Love live YouTube.

]]> By: Bryce Anderson http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618723 Bryce Anderson Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618723 Autotuning seems to be the biggest difference between the music I grew up with and the music these damned kids these days listen to.  It sounds terrible to me, and I honestly shudder at the not-talentedness of today's pop stars if the autotuning is making them sound better. Autotuning seems to be the biggest difference between the music I grew up with and the music these damned kids these days listen to.  It sounds terrible to me, and I honestly shudder at the not-talentedness of today’s pop stars if the autotuning is making them sound better.

]]> By: Bryce Anderson http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618722 Bryce Anderson Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618722 ...per download, I would assume.  /grump …per download, I would assume.  /grump

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618669 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618669 You don't think that Andre 3000 is relying on sexiness? You don’t think that Andre 3000 is relying on sexiness?

]]> By: David Deutsch http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618654 David Deutsch Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618654 I was amazed to find, after numerous relistens, that Ke$ha kinda made sense. In context at least. (Although I still maintain that her early stuff isn't bad at all.) I was amazed to find, after numerous relistens, that Ke$ha kinda made sense. In context at least.

(Although I still maintain that her early stuff isn’t bad at all.)

]]> By: anthony626 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618574 anthony626 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618574 Individually, I despise every single one of these songs but by mashing them all up to one 4 minute medley they become tolerable. Individually, I despise every single one of these songs but by mashing them all up to one 4 minute medley they become tolerable.

]]> By: Andrew P. Bridges http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618567 Andrew P. Bridges Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618567 40 songs?  That's a $6,000,000 statutory damages bet on fair use under copyright law....  Just sayin'..... ;-) 40 songs?  That’s a $6,000,000 statutory damages bet on fair use under copyright law….  Just sayin’….. ;-)

]]> By: bluest_one http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618535 bluest_one Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618535  There is something very similar in the tone of the voice, particularly in the chorus. A certain type of processing which is used an awful lot at the moment.  There is something very similar in the tone of the voice, particularly in the chorus. A certain type of processing which is used an awful lot at the moment.

]]> By: Professor59 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618533 Professor59 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618533 This was amazing.  Even the crappy songs sounded better. This was amazing.  Even the crappy songs sounded better.

]]> By: Madeline Ashby http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618527 Madeline Ashby Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618527 I shamelessly adore Earworm's year-end mashups. They're like a Cliff's Notes of pop. You get all of the hooks without having to seriously listen. That said, I think the dates aren't necessarily cheats -- Earworm selects songs based on the Billboard Top 100 for the year. So even if a song was released earlier, it might chart later, and he'll add it for that "year in pop" effect. He's done it since 2007, and it gets better every year. This one actually works well lyrically. And I still listen to 2009 on a regular basis. I shamelessly adore Earworm’s year-end mashups. They’re like a Cliff’s Notes of pop. You get all of the hooks without having to seriously listen.

That said, I think the dates aren’t necessarily cheats — Earworm selects songs based on the Billboard Top 100 for the year. So even if a song was released earlier, it might chart later, and he’ll add it for that “year in pop” effect. He’s done it since 2007, and it gets better every year. This one actually works well lyrically. And I still listen to 2009 on a regular basis.

]]> By: giantasterisk http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618458 giantasterisk Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618458 I didn't know until I'd watched this that Janelle Monae had a radio hit this year. Good for her. I really only know one of her songs (Tightrope) but the video for it leads me to believe she's that rare female pop star -- kind of a geeky badass who isn't relying on her sexiness to make her interesting. Like a female Andre 3000. I didn’t know until I’d watched this that Janelle Monae had a radio hit this year. Good for her. I really only know one of her songs (Tightrope) but the video for it leads me to believe she’s that rare female pop star — kind of a geeky badass who isn’t relying on her sexiness to make her interesting. Like a female Andre 3000.

]]> By: Andrew Whitacre http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618450 Andrew Whitacre Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618450 Indeed, and not limited to pop. It's basically any music intended for people to join into -- pop, blues, Irish. The "Four Chord Song" comedy bit is a great primer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I Indeed, and not limited to pop. It’s basically any music intended for people to join into — pop, blues, Irish. The “Four Chord Song” comedy bit is a great primer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I

]]> By: Ken Breadner http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618436 Ken Breadner Tue, 01 Jan 2013 13:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618436 How so? I'm betting that if someone put the effort in, they could do one of these for every year back to 1955. How so? I’m betting that if someone put the effort in, they could do one of these for every year back to 1955.

]]> By: Jim Schmidt http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618426 Jim Schmidt Tue, 01 Jan 2013 13:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618426 But that's the thing - they don't. Goyte does't sound anything like One Direction, who doesn't sound anything like PSY, who doesn't sound anything like Adele. It's all in the mixing and editing. (For example: that Taylor Swift "ooh ooh" at the vey beginning of the video was deliberately slowed down and re-pitched to match the "yeah yeah" of the guy that came in next.) Sure, there's some very base things that sound similar, since they're all digitally mastered music designed to sound good on tiny little earbuds. But each of those performers still has a very different style lyrically and musically.To say that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJO3ROT-A4E sounds the same as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY - I just can't accept that. But that’s the thing – they don’t. Goyte does’t sound anything like One Direction, who doesn’t sound anything like PSY, who doesn’t sound anything like Adele. It’s all in the mixing and editing. (For example: that Taylor Swift “ooh ooh” at the vey beginning of the video was deliberately slowed down and re-pitched to match the “yeah yeah” of the guy that came in next.)

Sure, there’s some very base things that sound similar, since they’re all digitally mastered music designed to sound good on tiny little earbuds. But each of those performers still has a very different style lyrically and musically.To say that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJO3ROT-A4E sounds the same as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY – I just can’t accept that.

]]> By: David Deutsch http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618423 David Deutsch Tue, 01 Jan 2013 12:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618423 It's called pitch shifting. Also various other technologies. This was a lot of work - the kids on your lawn really do not sound all the same. It’s called pitch shifting. Also various other technologies. This was a lot of work – the kids on your lawn really do not sound all the same.

]]> By: David Deutsch http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618422 David Deutsch Tue, 01 Jan 2013 12:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618422 Gotye's Somebody That I Used To Know was also released in 2011 - However, both songs only hit mainstream in the states in 2012, so it's justified. Gotye’s Somebody That I Used To Know was also released in 2011 – However, both songs only hit mainstream in the states in 2012, so it’s justified.

]]> By: quantize http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618412 quantize Tue, 01 Jan 2013 11:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618412 ouch had to press stop, it was like hearing a big mac having the components taken out and put back in again. It's shit with or without pickles. ouch had to press stop, it was like hearing a big mac having the components taken out and put back in again. It’s shit with or without pickles.

]]> By: tw1515tw http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618385 tw1515tw Tue, 01 Jan 2013 09:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618385 They forgot the Russian Grannies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKNRGc71hjc They forgot the Russian Grannies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKNRGc71hjc

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618380 euansmith Tue, 01 Jan 2013 09:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618380 Very much the sum of its parts. Can someone please write a virus that destroys every copy of autotuner on the planet and mindwipes its creators? PS: Well done to DJ Earworm. Its good to see someone trying to do something creative and ironic with today's oatmeal pap. Very much the sum of its parts.

Can someone please write a virus that destroys every copy of autotuner on the planet and mindwipes its creators?

PS: Well done to DJ Earworm. Its good to see someone trying to do something creative and ironic with today’s oatmeal pap.

]]> By: Asep Komarudin http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618373 Asep Komarudin Tue, 01 Jan 2013 08:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618373 I think it is an extraordinary progress ... I think it is an extraordinary progress …

]]> By: Ken Breadner http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618372 Ken Breadner Tue, 01 Jan 2013 08:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618372 That was impressive. That was impressive.

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/all-the-years-top-radio-hits.html#comment-1618356 robcat2075 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 06:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203259#comment-1618356 That this was possible was good? That this was possible was good?

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