teruterubozu
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Well yeah, once the boy bands came along...
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Rihanna is on Michael Jackson's level
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Well yeah, once the boy bands came along...
What?
http://www.stan-wars.com/1989.html
Not to mention,
The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones (Beach Boys :crie
Oasis vs. Blur
East Coast vs. West Coast
N*SYNC vs. Backstreet Boys
Mozart vs. Salieri
How does one achieve 13 #1s without being mainstream?
That wasn't my point.
teruterubozu
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What?
http://www.stan-wars.com/1989.html
Not to mention,
The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones (Beach Boys :crie
Oasis vs. Blur
East Coast vs. West Coast
N*SYNC vs. Backstreet Boys
Mozart vs. Salieri
Yeah but it wasn't a fight for NUMBER ONE!!!! Of course there will always band battles.
Weapxn
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Thank you for linking that. Now I have even more reasons to hate her. That's literally one of the worst performances I think I've ever seen. I'd rather watch Dead Eyes Britney at the VMAs for a week straight then ever see that again.
Then they'll google the song they just heard to buy it on iTunes and dive into her whole discography of 40 albums and 50#1 singles, if we're talking about our future dreams and not reality.
What?
http://www.stan-wars.com/1989.html
Not to mention,
The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones (Beach Boys :crie
Oasis vs. Blur
East Coast vs. West Coast
N*SYNC vs. Backstreet Boys
Mozart vs. Salieri
Um.... That link.
Also... Hahaha.
The Beatles v the Rolling Stones, Donny Osmond v David Cassidy etc.
There's always been rival fan bases.
Hell even some of the metal bands I like make the top 20s these days. No way would this happen back in the day. Music sales are not what they used to be.
I know that the link isn't real, I'm just saying, the idea of artist vs. artist is not new AT ALL.
SecretMoblin
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I've always liked you
Oh, it's certainly not an uncommon thing, and has been going on for decades.
Just the way it is now is getting a bit redunkulous.
We need a little breathing room between songs nowadays. Not a new song every couple of weeks. What's the point of buying an album if you're just going to hear the entire thing on the radio within a span of a month, anyway?
teruterubozu
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Of course. But this insane obsession for NUMBER ONE is definitely new. Kanye, GaGa, Perry, etc. - it's like a racing contest.
User 73706
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Are they not, though?
Mercury Fred
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She's a dull turd polished into the form of a pop star. Disgusting.
No, I'm talking like, people acting like Pop-GAF except they were being catty about Pearl Jam and Nirvana, and then there was always some fuckwit talking about some also-ran like Mudhoney or something.
It's always been there, it's just that the media was different back then. Nowadays it's all immediate and every company is trying to push their prize pig as the one you should roll with. It's so much easier to just ignore it and listen to Grimes.
But that's exactly what MJ did.
Devolution
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There's been a racing contest during several waves of music. Motown was competitive. Funk was competitive. Disco was all kinds of producers trying to create a hit single. Same with New Wave.
This.
Nonbelievers can continue to seethe as Rihanna's list of hits surpass MJ's. His music isn't that good anyway.
So it has come to this.
Those bands are no where near as relevant as Rihanna is. They don't have the 1#s, the tour receipts or the neogaf threads. Rihanna is as mainstream as it gets.
lol competition for #1 has always existed.
If internet had existed in its current form the 80s and 90s, you'd see Madonna stans, Paula stans, Cyndi stans, Whitney stans, and Mariah stans going at it every time their fave got a #1/one of the others flopped.
I can drink to that.
If internet had existed in its current form the 80s and 90s, you'd see Madonna stans, Paula stans, Cyndi stans, Whitney stans, and Mariah stans going at it every time their fave got a #1/one of the others flopped.
I can drink to that.
I guess. She ain't no MJ. I can't be convinced.
teruterubozu
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Yeah I guess that's what's changed - the immediacy and instant gratification of it.
I guess my memory is fuzzy as an old man. I was a metalhead so I wasn't an active pop listener.
eh. I'm a joker. No love lost.
Joke post.
Kano on the Phone
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You're romanticizing a past that doesn't exist.
teruterubozu
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Yes I am, yes I am. MJ's head on fire and all.
freenudemacusers
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didn't they just simply convert into ciara and mariana stans?
it's like browsing popgaf on my phone with pictures off
I'll wait until she dangles a baby off a balcony before I accept that.
Pop is short for 'popular', FYI.
Crumpet Trumpet
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"Obviously you've mistaken this newsgroup for alt.fan.janet.jackson.
No problem, a recent study indicated that 1 in every 2 people are
illiterate (world wide). I guess we'll just have to get used to it. I
really don't have time to give you a lesson, but there are many places
you can go for help.
Good luck. Don't let people discourage you. You'll find that literacy
will open many new doors for you."
yo damn
It's like PopGAF always existed. Except less shady and gayer.
People actually typed well and clearly, also. I could actually understand what they were saying and I lurk PopGAF.
teruterubozu
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You had to be eloquent back then. Now we have sassy gifs.
freenudemacusers
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What are these trying obstacles j has had to overcome?? God, her career
was made by her brother. Everything was handed to her. Real hard to take
advantage of what is already given to you.
And, as far as neither of them taking crap from anyone--Madonna doesn't
take flack from anyone. janet takes the crap and sticks it on her latest
albums. Jeeze, why doesn't she try to get away from jimmy jam and terry
lewis for at least 1 record and write some tunes? OH, wait, I know, she
can't write any. Throb comes to mind here......
was made by her brother. Everything was handed to her. Real hard to take
advantage of what is already given to you.
And, as far as neither of them taking crap from anyone--Madonna doesn't
take flack from anyone. janet takes the crap and sticks it on her latest
albums. Jeeze, why doesn't she try to get away from jimmy jam and terry
lewis for at least 1 record and write some tunes? OH, wait, I know, she
can't write any. Throb comes to mind here......
SecretMoblin
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if Tiffany Pollard made pop music the world would probably just implode
the last poster there is alt.fan.madonna 's soulsis
Rihanna - SOS
Rihanna - Umbrella
Rihanna - Take a Bow
Rihanna - Disturbia
Rihanna - Rude Boy
T.I ft Rihanna - Live Your Life
Eminem ft Rihanna - Love the way you lie
Rihanna - Only Girl In the World
Rihanna ft drake - What's my name?
Rihanna - S&M
Rihanna ft Calvin Harris - We Found Love
Rihanna - Diamonds
Eminem ft Rihanna - The Monster
can't believe i recognize every single one of those album arts
Soulscribe
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"In concert, she has the stamina of a lethargic narcoleptic"
I can't stop laughing
I can't stop laughing
Ya. He got 8 grammies for it too. MJ sold so many records that if he had an album that was under 10x platinum or so it was seen as a bit of a failure. He was a monster.
I bolded the ones I've listened to at least once. I'm such a hipster 8)
If this were true, wouldn't there be more modern artists on that list? She's surrounded by Michael Jackson, Madonna, and the Supremes.
People just like her music. It's really that simple.
Soulscribe
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I think he's talking about Janet, though it much more aptly describes Rihanna.
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