So it's only one guy who's been responsible for all this crap?
For values of "virtually every" where "virtually every" means "surprisingly prolific for one songwriter, but nowhere near 'actually every'".
One Man Has Written Virtually Every Major Pop Song Of The Last 20 Years.
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#12Nothing to be proud of.
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#13Does anyone know what's the equivelent in rap? Can I assume most mainstream rappers(Kanye, Wiz, 50 Cent etc.) heavily contribute to their own lyrics? I'm particularly curious about Eminem.
Eminem's style and lyrics are all mostly personal. You can tell from how his lyrics mirror his lifestyle that much of it is written personally.
On the flip side, Dr Dre is known to have his lyrics ghostwritten & is primarily known for his production skills.
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#14I don't understand all the hate.
Okay I get we don't have a lot of backstreet boy or Britney fans here (not one either) & I get the whole "pop music sounds the same lament, but at the same time, there's a market for it & he's excelled at creating something that sells that.
Just because it's pop music doesn't mean you can't give the guy credit for understanding his market & dominating his field.
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#15Interesting to see similarities in musical preferences & identifying common threads that lead to popularity. This video / song [1] was viral a few years ago because it demonstrated the similarities between major popular songs spanning multiple decades through the use of just four chords..
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#16What I think is interesting is what it may mean for both web and mobile apps.
Is there a particular holy grail magical formula for mobile and web apps that produces more hits than losers?
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#17I don't understand all the hate. Okay I get we don't have a lot of backstreet boy or Britney fans here (not one either) & I get the whole "pop music sounds the same lament, but at the same time, there's a market for it & he's excelled at creating something that sells that. Just because it's pop music doesn't mean you can't give the guy credit for understanding his market & dominating his field.
>there's a market for it & he's excelled at creating something that sells that.
There's also a market for black tar heroin, nuclear missiles, drones, slaves, and so on.
>Just because it's pop music doesn't mean you can't give the guy credit for understanding his market & dominating his field.
Is pop music a good thing for the world? (It obviously isn't as bad as any of the things I listed above to avoid claims of hyperbole, but) should we think people who make pop music are doing a good thing?
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#18I don't understand all the hate. Okay I get we don't have a lot of backstreet boy or Britney fans here (not one either) & I get the whole "pop music sounds the same lament, but at the same time, there's a market for it & he's excelled at creating something that sells that. Just because it's pop music doesn't mean you can't give the guy credit for understanding his market & dominating his field.
>there's a market for it & he's excelled at creating something that sells that. There's also a market for black tar heroin, nuclear missiles, drones, slaves, and so on. >Just because it's pop music doesn't mean you can't give the guy credit for understanding his market & dominating his field. Is pop music a good thing for the world? (It obviously isn't as bad as any of the things I listed above to avoid claims of hyp…
Are you seriously comparing pop music to heroin and slaves???
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#19I wonder why people find this surprising. This is how pop music has always been done and it even used to be more in the open. Bands/singers didn't have to get people to (ghost)write songs/lyrics for them - they used to just be performers.
Many of the important names are on this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductees_of_the_Songwriters_Ha... and a really obvious example is a guy like Paul Williams http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Williams_(songwriter) who made The Carpenters and Three Dog Night famous.
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#20Nothing to be proud of.
What have you done to be proud of? I say hes made quite a dent in the world of music.