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[Combichristoffersen]

I don't know what Gaga has to do with your video, OP, but the song sucked.

No "kids", this is god damned music.

No guitar solos? Shitsux

 

[Sinatar]

but i can't dance to that.

Ok, how about Reggie Watts

 

[Puddles]

Led Zeppelin > Gaga.

 

[Foxix Von]

While that is music, I find it a little inappropriate to blatantly tell children to screw lady gaga.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Yeah, she is talented and all, but she is wasting it on bland jazz fusion.

Yes, I love jazz and funk, but that is just the most uninteresting music ever.

 

[ZeoVGM]

No.

 

[AbortedWalrusFetus]

Hell yeah, Hiromi Uehara is great. Been a fan of hers for years. You cannot compare her talent with Lady Gaga. Nowhere near the same class of talent. Hiromi is just so much better.

Edit: I would have posted Kung Fu World Champion though. It would probably please the jazz haters a bit more. There's a lot of diversity and varying style in that track. Not her best, but probably easier for those with less refined taste to swallow.

Edit2: Or Return of Kung Fu World Champion.

 

[NimbusD]

Sounds like bar band music to me.

 

[wenis]

They all look like filler characters from the cast of Fame.

 

[Puddles]

Gaga could be a good artist if she had tried to go down that road, although it's not certain that she would have made it big. Her early videos when she was more serious about the artistic side of her craft are fairly impressive. She's a decent piano player, no Elton John or anything, but decent.

 

[BananaBomb]

No "kids", this is god damned music.

No kids, I would like to state that this is not music at all. If you want music, listen to Karajan's 1962 recording freely available on youtube (lucky you).

 

[Tony Danza]

Music? This is it.

 

[AcridMeat]

Screw both of them... this is music..... not dirty whore-age.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8akmP6Sjv2o

Cheers for this, I have an album of his but it doesn't have anything like this. Can't believe I never heard it before.

Also this is just going to be a "This is the music I like thread" isn't it? I will take the opportunity then to reveal two of the greatest works.

One to soften you up

One to knock you out

 

[N4Us]

Um, no. This is music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY5jlJBIDUI

 

[gohepcat]

Uggg. Everyone in this thread is friggin dreadful.

I love the people thinking that 80's pop music was somehow superior to current pop music. :lol

Hey kids. Listen to whatever you fucking want to. Take it from someone old enough to realize this shit does NOT matter and in 20 years this board will be filled with self righteous pricks romanticizing the year 2010.

Only advice I can give you is to start a fucking band!. Nothing is more fun than making music.

 

[Xeke]

I can't believe that people used to have The Rolling Stones as the pop music and now we have fucking Lady Gaga and Rihanna, UGH.

 

[N4Us]

I can't believe that people used to have The Rolling Stones as the pop music and now we have fucking Lady Gaga and Rihanna, UGH.

Good.

Also you must be forgetting some of the terrible pop music that glurged out during the 60's

 

[leroy hacker]

No, this is music(and jazz):
Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach "Fleurette Africaine"



Satoko Fujii is the best Japanese female jazz pianist and bandleader:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrTYRU7ekuk

And now a variety of fusion that doesn't suck:

Herbie Hancock - Chameleon
Miles Davis - What I Say
Miles Davis - Theme from Jack Johnson
Weather Report - Second Sunday in August
Al Di Meola - The Wizard

I would have posted Kung Fu World Champion though. It would probably please the jazz haters a bit more.

If the track in the OP is any indication Hiromi Uehara deserves to be called a jazz hater much more than any of her critics here.

 

[Xeke]

Good.

Also you must be forgetting some of the terrible pop music that glurged out during the 60's

Of course not, but the best of the 60s > the best of now.

 

[Servizio]

I'm sure it'll make somebody happy to know I've been listening to Hiromi stuff on youtube all day because of this thread.

 

[Majmun]

Pretty terrible music in this thread so far.

Let me save the thread...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aktLRiWXfqg

 

[AlternativeUlster]

That's not even good jazz music.
Lately, I've been listening to Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xa75w-vEXk

 

[Chuckie]

I think this girl wil be regarded 'iconic' (like Elvis, Beatles, Madonna etc) in the future, not lady gaga or that japanese chick.

 

[Scribble]

While that is music, I find it a little inappropriate to blatantly tell children to screw lady gaga.

:lol

The fact that everyone finds it necessary to compare everyone to Lady Gaga shows how popular she is. You're not changing anyone's opinion, unfortunately XD

 

[Dead Man]

Damn it, you are all wrong. This is music: Stevie Wonder - Superstition

 

[dude]

What does Hiromi has to do with Gaga?

 

[Puddles]

:lol

The fact that everyone finds it necessary to compare everyone to Lady Gaga shows how popular she is. You're not changing anyone's opinion, unfortunately XD

I don't understand why this is the case.

I get that she can actually play an instrument, but she's not any better at it than someone like Alicia Keys or Regina Spektor. Is it because kids aren't used to seeing pop stars who can make dance music and who are also somewhat decent musicians?

 

[TheGreatDave]

I don't understand why this is the case.

I get that she can actually play an instrument, but she's not any better at it than someone like Alicia Keys or Regina Spektor. Is it because kids aren't used to seeing pop stars who can make dance music and who are also somewhat decent musicians?

It's because Bad Romance is better than anything Alicia Keys has ever dreamed of and Telephone destroys Ragina Spektor's back catalogue, even with Beyonce.

 

[ChackanKun]

Ok that was great!

 

[Puddles]

It's because Bad Romance is better than anything Alicia Keys has ever dreamed of and Telephone destroys Ragina Spektor's back catalogue, even with Beyonce.

Damn. :lol

I don't really see any difference in talent/skill between the three, but I'm not really into pop music either.

 

[scitek]

Damn it, you are all wrong. This is music: Stevie Wonder - Superstition

Magnificent.

Also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzaClXAt3aY

 

[KiNeSiS]

Stefani Germanotta > lady gaga

 

[Puddles]

I just listened to Bad Romance again, and... it's really not that good. It's better than Britney Spears I guess. It's probably around the same level as a good Gwen Stefani single. Can't see any elements that would elevate it above that. It's nowhere near a good Goldfrapp song, for instance, a group who combined electronica and pop far better, IMO.

 

[Servizio]

I just listened to Bad Romance again, and... it's really not that good. It's better than Britney Spears I guess. It's probably around the same level as a good Gwen Stefani single. Can't see any elements that would elevate it above that. It's nowhere near a good Goldfrapp song, for instance, a group who combined electronica and pop far better, IMO.

Huh. I thought Goldfrapp was a band they made up for the movie Hard Candy. Learn something everyday.

 

[Puddles]

Huh. I thought Goldfrapp was a band they made up for the movie Hard Candy. Learn something everyday.

No. Listen to Felt Mountain and Black Cherry.

Edit: on another listen, Bad Romance is better than a Gwen Stefani single. But nothing earth-shattering.

Sometimes hype is just inexplicable.

 

[Scribble]

I don't understand why this is the case.

I get that she can actually play an instrument, but she's not any better at it than someone like Alicia Keys or Regina Spektor. Is it because kids aren't used to seeing pop stars who can make dance music and who are also somewhat decent musicians?

Well, it's undeniable that Alicia Keys is talented, but I'm very indifferent (lol) to her music.

Is it because kids aren't used to seeing pop stars who can make dance music and who are also somewhat decent musicians?

I think so. Gaga is an all rounder; she's 'decent' in every field and manages to appeal to the masses. Her fans (Including GaGaf) exaggerate this to make her sound like the next David Bowie but I just see her as good at what she does (Didn't like her at all before), and not some kind of musical goddess.

 

[Puddles]

I do like Lady Gaga more than Alicia Keys, but I was just talking about their piano abilities.

 

[Dead Man]

Magnificent.

Also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzaClXAt3aY

Never heard of him before, thanks, he's pretty damn good.

No. Listen to Felt Mountain and Black Cherry.

Edit: on another listen, Bad Romance is better than a Gwen Stefani single. But nothing earth-shattering.

Sometimes hype is just inexplicable.

Yeah, Black Cherry is awesome.

 

[Tinabina]

Screw both of them... this is music..... not dirty whore-age.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8akmP6Sjv2o

<3

whitewash rite?
god he's amazing live

 

[radios shipping overview]

That's some fine fusion. But I don't see what it has to do with Gaga.

Of course, a thread about fusion alone would get about ten posts before dropping off the first page forever.

 

[Lijik]

but i can't dance to that.

Now you can!

 

[Kabouter]

Infidels, this is music.

 

[JumpJeff84]

I just listened to Bad Romance again, and... it's really not that good. It's better than Britney Spears I guess. It's probably around the same level as a good Gwen Stefani single. Can't see any elements that would elevate it above that. It's nowhere near a good Goldfrapp song, for instance, a group who combined electronica and pop far better, IMO.

Agreed. I'm not a Gaga hater, but there are other people around making better music in a somewhat similar style.

 

[Chavelo]

Uggg. Everyone in this thread is friggin dreadful.

I love the people thinking that 80's pop music was somehow superior to current pop music. :lol

Hey kids. Listen to whatever you fucking want to. Take it from someone old enough to realize this shit does NOT matter and in 20 years this board will be filled with self righteous pricks romanticizing the year 2010.

Only advice I can give you is to start a fucking band!. Nothing is more fun than making music.

Quoting for justice... But you're all gonna ignore this and keep posting your "favorite" track to listen to... :-/

 

[Kabouter]

Quoting for justice... But you're all gonna ignore this and keep posting your "favorite" track to listen to... :-/

HELL YES!

 

[HarryHengst]

HELL YES!

This is music people. Only the best.

 

[Moggelicious]

THIS is pure music!

 

[avatar299]

Yeah, she is talented and all, but she is wasting it on bland jazz fusion.

Yes, I love jazz and funk, but that is just the most uninteresting music ever.

Well people stop with this shit. If you don't like jazz just say so. This whole " I like jazz but don't like jazz fusion" excuse is dumb as hell

 

[Shiv47]

This shit is so badass, I can only link to a promo clip, presumably because a full length version of it might destroy computers everywhere.

Spoiler

yes it's real, and yes, its sucks

 

[Pizza Luigi]

Ok, the fact that she is Japanese and plays Jazz Funk freaks me out to death, so therefore I'm going to post a link of a black guy playing funk music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXS4qSZS6zE