Sweet F.A.
Well I just finished reading the Billboard Year End List for this year and I found out that Shape Of You is the biggest song of the year. Would’ve loved it if it was Despacito but whatever.
Eh, I’m not a huge fan of either.
@TheHappySpaceman
Dude, me and you should be like friends or something. That comment you made listing all of those songs just made my jaw drop. I’ve never seen some one with such a vast music knowledge, and I gotta say I’m pretty impressed. (btw, Giorgio Moroder is a great producer alongside Jimmy Jam And Terry Lewis, Timbaland and Mike Will Made It)
Yeah, I’m a pretty major music nerd, especially classic rock. I know far too much about that. It makes me a good music reviewer, though.
One of my least favorite eras of music is the early 60’s. It can best be summed up in a few words: Manufactured teen idols, stupid novelty songs, forgettable dance crazes (most of them being Twist clones) and underwhelming instrumental tracks. The only good things about this period were the film scores, the soul songs both Motown and not, the rise of surf rock and the more serious folk songs. It really makes you wonder when you ask someone about 60’s music, they’ll often mention the latter half of the decade and almost always forgets the beginning, for a good reason.
At least we got some of those folk songs from that era. And hey, at least the Beatles started rising around that time, too.
Plus, some of those instrumentals were okay.
Ever heard “Telstar” by the Tornados?
Fun fact: The guitarist in that band is none other than George Bellamy, the father of Muse’s lead guitarist Matt Bellamy. Matt even cited this song as inspiration for
Knights of Cydonia.
@RhodieNite
That’s such a great song. Always reminds me of ’80s teen movies, for some reason. Possibly because of
this.