I heard a good description of Billie Eilish music, for those that didn’t know it… her music sounds like the days of standing in line at the skating rink, where the music and the bass were so loud. And any singing was so muted that you didnt know what song you were hearing.
@UncleVinny I kept hearing it. And eventually listened. It’s nothing like the things you mentioned. I’m 42, so a lot of recent music has held less sway for me than 80’s/90’s/00’s did, but it’s certainly not bad.
I prefer just about anything over current “popular” genres. I’m more of an underground music guy. Tool is one of my all time favorites. I also really like most of Buckethead’s music. Aside from being technically mind blowing he does a great job of expressing feeling without words. As far as current stuff, I’ve liked the little I’ve heard from Ed Sheeran.
@eeterrific Never heard of them. May have to check them out. I was a HUGE Soundgarden and Audioslave fan and was really saddened by the loss of Chris Cornell. However, recently I discovered The Winery Dogs…Check this out and tell me the lead singer doesn’t sound like Cornell. Also, the two other members are Billie Sheehan on bass and some no-name called Mike Portnoy on drums:
Her strong points: mumbling lyrics, spastic slam dancing, wearing XXXL clothing. Nothing any teenager couldn’t do, but she takes herself so seriously, as if she’s worked her way up the ranks and has this huge catalog of music as a result of so many decades in the industry.
@bleedmichigan@macromeh@thismyusername This is my favorite cover of Royals though the walk off the earth and weird al versions jave been played many, many times here too.
she’s 17. the amount of criticism everyone has for her is unreal. she’ll be a different person in a year or two, and then a different person after that. this cycle of pop music isn’t new. SHES 17!!!
@CozzaFrenzy I like her reason for wearing giant clothing, because then no one can judge her body. I think she might actually have her head on straight, at least for a 17 year old.
@CozzaFrenzy@Fuzzalini In stark contrast to her contemporaries who just flaunt their bodies as much as possible. Someone mentioned Fiona Apple above. She was pretty underrated. I wonder where she is now.
@CozzaFrenzy@tweezak I have a friend whose son played drums Fiona Apple’s band. She cancelled a tour, or maybe just a bunch of shows because she didn’t “feel like it”. She pretty much pissed off everyone she worked with, including her label. I can promise you that’s one the reasons you haven’t heard from her much.
@Fuzzalini I wasn’t talking about her body, I was talking about her music. That’s why my original response didn’t quote you. But way to jump in and make it about something it’s not. I don’t even know what she looks like.
really like her stuff, love to watch her perform live, cool person. (bonus: her expressions while sitting in the audience at the oscars were extremely relatable.)
however, to just sit and listen to a whole album, ehhhhhh she kinda has that lana del rey thing where the thing she does, she does really well but…it’s just that one thing. not a lot of range so can get grating. but she’s still brand new so i’m hoping to see her grow and evolve. heard a bit of the new james bond theme and was underwhelmed which was a bummer, but will withhold a final opinion until i see it in the theater - after all the credit design and experience is as much a part of a bond theme as the song itself, imho.
I don’t seek out her stuff, but I like what I’ve heard okay. I’m not a fan of much pop-as-in-popular music these days, but Billie seems to have some talent.
@LordSalem they are strange. Never heard of them until Chappie came out and they were some of the main characters, but they kept their band names. Was odd.
I had never heard of her. Listened to part of one youtube song. Background vocals were better than her voice. Her voice, in my opinion, is pretty terrible - or at least how she uses it. Would not voluntarily listen again.
After this poll yesterday, I went and listened to a few songs. She’s talented and teen me would have been 100% into her stuff. I can appreciate her sound and caught myself having one of the songs playing in my mind throughout the day. Previously, my only experience with her was watching the vanity fair "same interview " series with her on youtube. I have watched each year. She’s alright.
you realize you saying that is part of the reason all of these teens and young people commit suicide? depression in 18 year olds (shes 18, not 17) AND people younger than that is valid and you saying that makes people give up and not feel valid. actually, a lot of kids are depressed and the world is a depressing place. you want an example of what we have to be depressed about? well, an example would be the current rulers of a lot of the major countries in the world
@grumpy_cat2007@therealjrn Also - depression is real for everyone. It has always existed. It isn’t new. With that being true - why are suicide rates up in young people? I blame internet. It has given people the ability to overshare their lives with strangers who do not (and shouldn’t be expected to) care. Combine this with an unrealistic NEED for validation from others and you get teens (who are especially susceptible) pouring their lives out to hundreds and thousands of strangers hoping to hear that they are real, needed, normal, valid, unique, and important. This continual oversharing of the intimate details of our lives means there is nothing left for those close to us. We don’t feel close to our friends and family because there is nothing special to share with them. Without intimacy we feel empty, raw, and transparent. Intimacy isn’t sexual or only shared between lovers. We can be intimate with friends, siblings, parents, etc. Real intimacy brings us closer to those we love and who care for us. That closeness gives us the feeling of being needed, and wanted, and is as close to validation as anyone can provide you.
No one can validate your existence. Friends can help. If you are feeling depressed find someone and talk to them. A parent, a friend, a sibling, a doctor. There is help, no matter your age. Stop looking for it on the internet amongst the trolls and “influencers”.
I don’t mean to preach. I have battled my own demons and come out the other side. I hope this helps someone.
Who?
@cengland0 Some youngster must be writing these things! Darn whipper snappers!
@cengland0 No, I think they’re a different group most popular in the '60s and '70. Not sure what this lil b billie person is.
@cengland0 @Tin_Foil Same band that Greta Thunberg is most famous percussionist in?
@cengland0 @phendrick @Tin_Foil Greta plays the dead horse?
@cengland0 @phendrick @Tin_Foil @tweezak Beats the dead horse…
@cengland0 @eeterrific @phendrick @Tin_Foil that’s what percussionists do, right?
Let’s talk about eggs some more, instead.
@shahnm or sharks
Not really my style of music.
Whispers very nicely. And you gotta Love a lot of bass…and I mean a lot.
@eeterrific but must I hate treble?
@hchavers You know about “The Trouble With Trebles”?
@eeterrific I prefer red snapper myself, but to each his own
@eeterrific it’s all about that bass
I heard a good description of Billie Eilish music, for those that didn’t know it… her music sounds like the days of standing in line at the skating rink, where the music and the bass were so loud. And any singing was so muted that you didnt know what song you were hearing.
@jnicholson0619 I go roller skating. They play her music inside now.
@jnicholson0619 @RiotDemon
but it’s not
billie Eilish? WTF?
Did someone change the definition of “singing” recently?
Meh to anyone who cannot even spell eyelash correctly.
It’s the quintessential music that’s always on when I walk into a big city Starbucks.
@JustineEvans
/youtube we gotta get out of this place
@JustineEvans what about the little-town Starbuckses?
Billy Idol?
@PocketBrain Wrong Billy. That one has talent.
I keep hearing her name. If I’m still hearing it in a few years I might give a listen.
With this One Weird Trick I managed to never listen to the Hansen Brothers, that lady with all the eye makeup or the Hannah Montana lady.
@UncleVinny I kept hearing it. And eventually listened. It’s nothing like the things you mentioned. I’m 42, so a lot of recent music has held less sway for me than 80’s/90’s/00’s did, but it’s certainly not bad.
@UncleVinny Old Time Hockey?
https://giphy.com/gifs/knockouts-sDgrRaHhEBhEk
@bocoroth hmmmm I’m not following ya
@UncleVinny Did you hear any music from Miley Cyrus though?
I’ll take Elliot Smith.
I prefer just about anything over current “popular” genres. I’m more of an underground music guy. Tool is one of my all time favorites. I also really like most of Buckethead’s music. Aside from being technically mind blowing he does a great job of expressing feeling without words. As far as current stuff, I’ve liked the little I’ve heard from Ed Sheeran.
@tweezak Guided By Voices?
@eeterrific Never heard of them. May have to check them out. I was a HUGE Soundgarden and Audioslave fan and was really saddened by the loss of Chris Cornell. However, recently I discovered The Winery Dogs…Check this out and tell me the lead singer doesn’t sound like Cornell. Also, the two other members are Billie Sheehan on bass and some no-name called Mike Portnoy on drums:
Oh hell no
Her strong points: mumbling lyrics, spastic slam dancing, wearing XXXL clothing. Nothing any teenager couldn’t do, but she takes herself so seriously, as if she’s worked her way up the ranks and has this huge catalog of music as a result of so many decades in the industry.
90+% of my exposure to her is her appearance on SNL a while back…
listenable, but mumbled.
I do find it impressive that her album, that won like all the Grammys, was recorded by her brother in his bedroom.
Depending on what a fan enjoys most about her music, I would recommend one of these rabbit holes:
/youtube Siouxsie and the Banshees Spellbound
/youtube Fiona Apple Criminal
/youtube Melanie Martinez Teacher’s Pet
/youtube Alanis Morissette Your House
@Nate311
@eeterrific
/youtube theory of a deadman bad girlfriend
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@thismyusername Somehow I hadn’t heard the Weird Al version yet - probably his best in a while.
@thismyusername This is the best version of Royals IMO. In fact, I think they won a grammy for best cover for this rendition:
@macromeh @thismyusername screw aluminum foil
/youtube weird al handy
@bleedmichigan @macromeh @thismyusername This is my favorite cover of Royals though the walk off the earth and weird al versions jave been played many, many times here too.
she’s 17. the amount of criticism everyone has for her is unreal. she’ll be a different person in a year or two, and then a different person after that. this cycle of pop music isn’t new. SHES 17!!!
@CozzaFrenzy 17? Shit, no wonder I have literally never heard of her before this poll.
@CozzaFrenzy I like her reason for wearing giant clothing, because then no one can judge her body. I think she might actually have her head on straight, at least for a 17 year old.
@CozzaFrenzy if you take the money you gotta take the critique. I’ve never heard her music so I can’t judge. I just want to be part of the goings on…
@lljk she’s a bad guy.
@CozzaFrenzy @Fuzzalini In stark contrast to her contemporaries who just flaunt their bodies as much as possible. Someone mentioned Fiona Apple above. She was pretty underrated. I wonder where she is now.
@zinimusprime She’s 17, she deserves to not be judged by her body. Good for her.
@CozzaFrenzy @tweezak I have a friend whose son played drums Fiona Apple’s band. She cancelled a tour, or maybe just a bunch of shows because she didn’t “feel like it”. She pretty much pissed off everyone she worked with, including her label. I can promise you that’s one the reasons you haven’t heard from her much.
@Fuzzalini I wasn’t talking about her body, I was talking about her music. That’s why my original response didn’t quote you. But way to jump in and make it about something it’s not. I don’t even know what she looks like.
@CozzaFrenzy @Fuzzalini pfft…artists…
@CozzaFrenzy Oh, By the way…I love Bassnectar too.
@tweezak Bassnectar!
really like her stuff, love to watch her perform live, cool person. (bonus: her expressions while sitting in the audience at the oscars were extremely relatable.)
however, to just sit and listen to a whole album, ehhhhhh she kinda has that lana del rey thing where the thing she does, she does really well but…it’s just that one thing. not a lot of range so can get grating. but she’s still brand new so i’m hoping to see her grow and evolve. heard a bit of the new james bond theme and was underwhelmed which was a bummer, but will withhold a final opinion until i see it in the theater - after all the credit design and experience is as much a part of a bond theme as the song itself, imho.
No one else noticed the typo in the answers?
They omitted the M in Meh.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@DennisG2014 Maybe the person who wrote this poll is Canadian.
I don’t seek out her stuff, but I like what I’ve heard okay. I’m not a fan of much pop-as-in-popular music these days, but Billie seems to have some talent.
I am over 50 and while I really want to like new music, I find 90% of 21st century music un-listenable.
But I like Billie Eilish.
@DrWorm Same. I have only heard the Bond theme (just now) and was not that impressed, but will keep an open mind.
I’ve been on a Die Antwoord kick lately. It’s weird.
@LordSalem they are strange. Never heard of them until Chappie came out and they were some of the main characters, but they kept their band names. Was odd.
Where’s the poll option for “She’s talented but her music’s not really for me”?
I had never heard of her. Listened to part of one youtube song. Background vocals were better than her voice. Her voice, in my opinion, is pretty terrible - or at least how she uses it. Would not voluntarily listen again.
I was introduced via this:
I really like her, but always think of THIS when I hear her sing
G: I don’t know who that is.
After this poll yesterday, I went and listened to a few songs. She’s talented and teen me would have been 100% into her stuff. I can appreciate her sound and caught myself having one of the songs playing in my mind throughout the day. Previously, my only experience with her was watching the vanity fair "same interview " series with her on youtube. I have watched each year. She’s alright.
Not that annoying. Much better than Bieber was.
I mean, if you have to be trapped in a room with a culture’s obsessive interest in a teenager…
@InnocuousFarmer bieber SUCKED
she has a gud voice and is pretty and likes anime and understands D E P R E S S I O N so i like her.
@grumpy_cat2007 What does a 17-year-old have to be depressed about?
@therealjrn haha… haha… ha… ha
you realize you saying that is part of the reason all of these teens and young people commit suicide? depression in 18 year olds (shes 18, not 17) AND people younger than that is valid and you saying that makes people give up and not feel valid. actually, a lot of kids are depressed and the world is a depressing place. you want an example of what we have to be depressed about? well, an example would be the current rulers of a lot of the major countries in the world
@grumpy_cat2007 I like what you said but I don’t like that you liked what you said.
@grumpy_cat2007 @RedHot ew.
@grumpy_cat2007 @therealjrn Also - depression is real for everyone. It has always existed. It isn’t new. With that being true - why are suicide rates up in young people? I blame internet. It has given people the ability to overshare their lives with strangers who do not (and shouldn’t be expected to) care. Combine this with an unrealistic NEED for validation from others and you get teens (who are especially susceptible) pouring their lives out to hundreds and thousands of strangers hoping to hear that they are real, needed, normal, valid, unique, and important. This continual oversharing of the intimate details of our lives means there is nothing left for those close to us. We don’t feel close to our friends and family because there is nothing special to share with them. Without intimacy we feel empty, raw, and transparent. Intimacy isn’t sexual or only shared between lovers. We can be intimate with friends, siblings, parents, etc. Real intimacy brings us closer to those we love and who care for us. That closeness gives us the feeling of being needed, and wanted, and is as close to validation as anyone can provide you.
No one can validate your existence. Friends can help. If you are feeling depressed find someone and talk to them. A parent, a friend, a sibling, a doctor. There is help, no matter your age. Stop looking for it on the internet amongst the trolls and “influencers”.
I don’t mean to preach. I have battled my own demons and come out the other side. I hope this helps someone.
@RedHot @therealjrn it helps me, thank you.
She looks like she’d be sticky if I touched her.
/giphy billy’s eyelash
She did that one carpool thing with that one guy: