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On January 12 2010 23:16 Etherone wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2010 23:11 Revolt wrote:
his lyrics aren't anything ordinary, why would you misuse a word. I'm not misusing any words, in fact his work is so ordinary there is at least one poster already who finds his style so eerily similar to another artist's he is calling him this band a poor man's version of another.
err, his writing style is different from ben gibbard's. :\
also, ben gibbard has a standard writing style, which just negates your post.
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On January 12 2010 23:16 Etherone wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2010 23:11 Revolt wrote:
his lyrics aren't anything ordinary, why would you misuse a word. I'm not misusing any words, in fact his work is so ordinary there is at least one poster already who finds his style so eerily similar to another artist's he is calling him this band a poor man's version of another. edit: Show nested quote +On January 12 2010 23:15 Revolt wrote:
gah, persuading tlers is so fucking hard.
i was a huge fan of ben gibbard, im positive they sound nothing alike; ben gibbard's writing style is way fucking different; his is about relationships, as oppose to adam young's creative writing ( he creates images with words, as a painting)
- style of writing is not the same as content.
explain a little more. with out word's it'd just be music, not a song
and if your next point is his use of the synthesizer, then your ejust being biased. :\
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im done, either you are deliberately not connecting the dots, so to speak, or you can't ( which would explain the taste in music) either way talking to you is a waste of time.
to each his own i suppose.
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The first time I heard Fireflies I didn't like it because it sounded like your average pop-ish autotuned shit. The lyrics definitely aren't as amazing as you make them sound. After hearing it a couple of times I was liek "whao those lyrics are interesting" but when I looked them up I saw that they were actually pretty generic.
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On January 12 2010 23:16 Sadist wrote:
sounds like children's music tbh. Especially that fireflies song. Could be on nick jr.
uhh, lol, i don't know if you ever watched nick jr. they don't play song's on their network, just music.
are you referring to teen bop or w/e the cd is called?
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On January 12 2010 23:28 madnessman wrote:
The first time I heard Fireflies I didn't like it because it sounded like your average pop-ish autotuned shit. The lyrics definitely aren't as amazing as you make them sound. After hearing it a couple of times I was liek "whao those lyrics are interesting" but when I looked them up I saw that they were actually pretty generic.
uhh, there's no relation in writing or word usage with his and ben gibbard's, wtf, pay attention.
go read ben gibbard's work, no similarity.
and to eth, try not being so dense and always looking to win an argument, it's not about winning -_-.
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It's not awful, but I wouldn't say its anything special...
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On January 12 2010 23:34 meeple wrote:
It's not awful, but I wouldn't say its anything special...
it's nothing special, but when you're hit by a wave of shitty artists it's a fucking relief.
my point: i listened to a wide variety of music, this is something different, and as much of you might say he's similiar to ben gibbard (even though you probably only listened to one song of his) there's hardly similarity in writing style, maybe music, but that's extremely fucking biased.
i don't see owl city on nick junior, that's a bit ridiculous, lol.
i doubt 6 year old's can even comprehend wtf he's talking about; the synthesizer is the only thing i can think of that would fascinate a child.
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I didn't like the song. Just not my kind of music. 
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God man, just relax... some people won't like the same music as you. Life still goes on and all your moaning and arguing won't make them like it.
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i've been awake for 2 days, this kept me busy this morning ^_^.
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On January 12 2010 23:35 Revolt wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2010 23:34 meeple wrote:
It's not awful, but I wouldn't say its anything special... it's nothing special, but when you're hit by a wave of shitty artists it's a fucking relief. my point: i listened to a wide variety of music, this is something different, and as much of you might say he's similiar to ben gibbard (even though you probably only listened to one song of his) there's hardly similarity in writing style, maybe music, but that's extremely fucking biased. i don't see owl city on nick junior, that's a bit ridiculous, lol. i doubt 6 year old's can even comprehend wtf he's talking about; the synthesizer is the only thing i can think of that would fascinate a child.
What's a wide variety of music? To me Owl City is very shallow music and doesn't give me much joy. There are much richer pieces of music to be heard out there with better lyrics and better sounds in my opinion.
It seems like you haven't been exposed to much music.
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On January 12 2010 23:51 Wohmfg wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2010 23:35 Revolt wrote:On January 12 2010 23:34 meeple wrote:
It's not awful, but I wouldn't say its anything special... it's nothing special, but when you're hit by a wave of shitty artists it's a fucking relief. my point: i listened to a wide variety of music, this is something different, and as much of you might say he's similiar to ben gibbard (even though you probably only listened to one song of his) there's hardly similarity in writing style, maybe music, but that's extremely fucking biased. i don't see owl city on nick junior, that's a bit ridiculous, lol. i doubt 6 year old's can even comprehend wtf he's talking about; the synthesizer is the only thing i can think of that would fascinate a child. What's a wide variety of music? To me Owl City is very shallow music and doesn't give me much joy. There are much richer pieces of music to be heard out there with better lyrics and better sounds in my opinion. It seems like you haven't been exposed to much music.
by a wide variety, i mean a wide variety of genres.
i don't say distorted shit just to prove a point( or aggressively assume shit, as if you knew the answer positively as you just did) no, i pay attention to my facts before i write/say something.
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On January 12 2010 23:54 Revolt wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2010 23:51 Wohmfg wrote:On January 12 2010 23:35 Revolt wrote:On January 12 2010 23:34 meeple wrote:
It's not awful, but I wouldn't say its anything special... it's nothing special, but when you're hit by a wave of shitty artists it's a fucking relief. my point: i listened to a wide variety of music, this is something different, and as much of you might say he's similiar to ben gibbard (even though you probably only listened to one song of his) there's hardly similarity in writing style, maybe music, but that's extremely fucking biased. i don't see owl city on nick junior, that's a bit ridiculous, lol. i doubt 6 year old's can even comprehend wtf he's talking about; the synthesizer is the only thing i can think of that would fascinate a child. What's a wide variety of music? To me Owl City is very shallow music and doesn't give me much joy. There are much richer pieces of music to be heard out there with better lyrics and better sounds in my opinion. It seems like you haven't been exposed to much music. by a wide variety, i mean a wide variety of genres. i don't say distorted shit just to prove a point( or aggressively assume shit, as if you knew the answer positively as you just did) no, i pay attention to my facts before i write/say something.
Uh, no reason to start getting pissy. He just stated his opinion; you can correct him if you like.
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haha its pretty catchy.
i think i listned to a few of his other songs and they all soudned pretty similar though so
and lyrics and writing style aside, i do think owl city does sound like a poppier postal service.
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On January 12 2010 23:54 Revolt wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2010 23:51 Wohmfg wrote:On January 12 2010 23:35 Revolt wrote:On January 12 2010 23:34 meeple wrote:
It's not awful, but I wouldn't say its anything special... it's nothing special, but when you're hit by a wave of shitty artists it's a fucking relief. my point: i listened to a wide variety of music, this is something different, and as much of you might say he's similiar to ben gibbard (even though you probably only listened to one song of his) there's hardly similarity in writing style, maybe music, but that's extremely fucking biased. i don't see owl city on nick junior, that's a bit ridiculous, lol. i doubt 6 year old's can even comprehend wtf he's talking about; the synthesizer is the only thing i can think of that would fascinate a child. What's a wide variety of music? To me Owl City is very shallow music and doesn't give me much joy. There are much richer pieces of music to be heard out there with better lyrics and better sounds in my opinion. It seems like you haven't been exposed to much music. by a wide variety, i mean a wide variety of genres. i don't say distorted shit just to prove a point( or aggressively assume shit, as if you knew the answer positively as you just did) no, i pay attention to my facts before i write/say something.
You see Owl City as something amazing because you haven't been exposed to much past pop music it seems (please correct me if I'm wrong). All I'm saying is there is much better music out there IF you're looking to be taken into a dream, for amazing lyrics, for a broad vocabulary, for something that isn't dull.
Edit: typoesss
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Meh, lyrics aren't all that special.
Listen to Neutral Milk Hotel if you want dream like lyrics. These just don't compare.
And yeah, these guys sound alot like Postal Service or a less edgy LCD Soundsystem.
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Germany2762 Posts
the only song i know is fireflies and i really like it. hella fun to play acoustic on the guitar
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Owl City just feels like a manufactured postal service. It's kind of catchy but it seems really formulaic and disingenuous. I don't see how anyone can find this deep or thought provoking unless you also find yourself moved by pepsi commercials or something
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