[King Gizzard]

Spanish scientists Backing up what we all know

26 July 2012

News: Pop Is Rubbish

Modern music is louder and it all sounds the same, say scientists


OH DEAR. Looks like your parents were right all along — modern pop music really is louder and does all sound the same, according to scientists in Spain.

A team of researchers led by artificial intelligence specialist Joan Serra at the Spanish National Research Council ran tunes from the past 50 years through an archive called the Million Song Dataset, which uses complex algorithms to analyse audio and lyrical content from tracks.

The results sound like a jargon-riddled version of something your average Q reader might say down a squat-rave in Peckham.

“We found evidence of a progressive homogenization of the musical discourse,” Serra told Reuters. “In particular, we obtained numerical indicators that the diversity of transitions between note combinations — roughly speaking chords plus melodies — has consistently diminished in the last 50 years.”

Translation: “It isn’t ‘proper’ music, though, is it?”

As well as a steady increase in the volume built into tracks through the years, the team also found that modern pop draws on a poorer palette of timbres for its sound — ‘timbre’ referring to the quality of a given note which may vary from instrument to instrument.

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[Niall]

It's not all terrible imo.

[Jords]

People take 'pop' too seriously.

[King Gizzard]

Do not argue with science lads

[Jack_]

Pop music is just a form of entertainment. It's not (on the whole) talent and it's not art, that's all I see it as and what I enjoy it for, as should most people.

[Shaun]

yeah well it isn't

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

shut up scientists

[King Gizzard]

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

nathan just stop

[Roy Mars III]

Originally Posted by Nathan

[Jayson]

[King Gizzard]

You watch your mouth you terrible person

[Niamh.]

Queen Amazing study Nathan

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

there is another one too its basically beyonce owning freddie but i cant find it

[King Gizzard]

Just think some popstars get too much credit for doing **** all

[King Gizzard]

and I tell you what, why the hell are David Guetta, Calvin Harris..etc etc allowed at festivals..they just mess with the volume button

Especially David Guetta

what an ass

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

just think beyonce is like 100000000x better than he was so just be quiet

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

ok i found it yay



i win

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

owned

[Shaun]

those pictures are the worst thing.

because you can look at music that way, as reflective of 1975 and 2011 respectively, or you could see:

1975 -

Youtube video

and 2011 -

Youtube video

it's just complete bullshit spread by disillusioned arseholes who can't be arsed to look for good pop music instead of have it handed onto them on a plate.

Crap pop music has existed forever.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Originally Posted by Shaun

it's just complete bullshit spread by disillusioned arseholes who can't be arsed to look for good pop music instead of have it handed onto them on a plate.

yeah nathan

[Jords]

Bon Iver is pop?

I do love that song.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Jords

Bon Iver is pop?

I do love that song.

is Bohemian Rhapsody pop?

[Jayson]

I think this ends the argument.