Comments on: It’s The EDM Of The World As We Know It https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2012/06/its-the-edm-of-the-world-as-we-know-it Lollards in the high church of low culture Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:21:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: swanstep https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2012/06/its-the-edm-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/comment-page-1#comment-1070065 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:21:44 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=23544#comment-1070065 @ed, 9. Ha! Quite. And the Olympics is fiscal stimulus too I suppose. God help us all.

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By: Ed https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2012/06/its-the-edm-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/comment-page-1#comment-1069979 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:24:28 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=23544#comment-1069979 Meanwhile, Fatboy Slim complains about dumbed-down banging modern EDM, in the Wall Street Journal: http://on.wsj.com/M5vJWC

No, really

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By: Ed https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2012/06/its-the-edm-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/comment-page-1#comment-1069977 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:22:23 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=23544#comment-1069977 @8 All we need is for someone to launch a line of “Keep calm and carry on listening to Adele” merchandise, and the economy will be saved

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By: swanstep https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2012/06/its-the-edm-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/comment-page-1#comment-1069219 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 05:28:02 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=23544#comment-1069219 A propos of very little, I just checked out the local album charts for the first time in a while, and in NZ, Adele’s 21 is back at #1. It’s been in release for 78 weeks here (same as UK), and 38 of those it’s been #1. Looking around I can’t find anything else that’s ever come close to this sort of (relative) success. Humungous smasheroos like Best of Abba, Dire Strait’s Brothers in Arms, Shania Twain’s Come on Over all topped out at around 20 weeks at #1. Makes one wonder what sort of state the music industry as a whole would be in without her? And what % of UK GDP is Adele directly and indirectly responsible for?

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By: Ed https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2012/06/its-the-edm-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/comment-page-1#comment-1069176 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:32:57 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=23544#comment-1069176 @6 “Music was great when I was 20 years younger, but now it’s terrible.”

Jonathan Ross, God bless him, had the last word on this, I thought. A propos of nothing in particular, on Radio 2, I think, he suddenly expostulated: “This modern music’s terrible, isn’t it? It was much better in the good old days. The Pistols, The Clash: back then, music had proper tunes!”

Thanks for a great piece, Tom, which provided several fruitful suggestions for further research. Skrillex is brilliant, isn’t he? I’m pleased to see Carly Rae Jepsen charting so highly, too: that string hook is irresistible.

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By: punctum https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2012/06/its-the-edm-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/comment-page-1#comment-1066363 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:15:07 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=23544#comment-1066363 More Reynolds calumny on this very thread.

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By: Another Pete https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2012/06/its-the-edm-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/comment-page-1#comment-1065772 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:31:49 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=23544#comment-1065772 Ed Sheeran use to play the Norwich pub circuit so kudos for him getting this far. Though had he been around 10 years ago he would of been lost in a sea of indie-acoustic male solo artists. It’s seemingly just him, Ben Howard and Frank ‘Wessex Boy’ Turner left.

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By: Chelovek na lune https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2012/06/its-the-edm-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/comment-page-1#comment-1065629 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:51:58 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=23544#comment-1065629 Hmm, I think I share your preference for no 1. And possibly 2 and probably 3 as well. Although I’d place Emeli Sande up there somewhere too.

Carly Rae Jepson? Hmm, Yes, I wouldn’t make any comment about that either, but would have placed it far lower.

The one I do have a secret soft spot for, despite (or because) recognizing it as the rather unbrilliant bastard offspring of REO Speedwagon and Westlife, well at home in 1980s AOR FM radio,is the Lawson track. Much to my surprise, after hearing it 3 times, it’s kind of grown on me. Sing-along while going fast down the A40, man.

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By: punctum https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2012/06/its-the-edm-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/comment-page-1#comment-1065578 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:08:19 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=23544#comment-1065578 “if” Popular gets to 2012.

I am OFFICIALLY OLD MAN (I’m on Warfarin) and this looks and sounds like a pretty terrific chart to me. “Sing” has plummeted down fairly quickly, hasn’t it? #ohdearhowsadnevermind

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By: Billy Hicks https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2012/06/its-the-edm-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/comment-page-1#comment-1065550 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:12:39 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=23544#comment-1065550 This time a year ago I’d have been able to name and love every single track in the charts, so connected were they with my life. But being swamped with final exams & the like and being too busy to party, I’m at a loss for a lot of these – somewhat scary at the age of 23, this shouldn’t happen for another three years at least, surely? Maybe once I’ve finished studying and the summer truly begins I’ll be able to connect more with them.

For now – agreed with your first choice, epic song from Rudimental. Loving Skrillex, Loreen and, erm, even though it’s just a retreat of ‘Glad You Came’, The Wanted have their moments too.

It’s going to be so bizarre when Popular get to 2012, by which time I could be in my 30s…can’t wait to share my memories, or, erm, lack of!

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By: swanstep https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2012/06/its-the-edm-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/comment-page-1#comment-1065520 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 04:02:27 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=23544#comment-1065520 Y’know, I’ve not been especially charmed by ‘Call Me Maybe’ but in this company it’s a gem (although ‘Feel the love”s OK I suppose). I hereby take back ever semi-dismissive thing I’ve said or thought about it.

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