• otacon239@lemmy.world
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    Weird Al has you covered.

    • An entire compilation album about food
    • A song about Albuquerque
    • A song about taking out the trash
    • A song about being White & Nerdy

    The list goes on…

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    What I find hilarious is the pop song about stuff. No one cares about your Nikes, TV, clothes or car. And in terms of sex… Rappers talking about their dick …it’s actually gay.

    Brag rap just has this extreme authentic mentally ill insecure vibe to it. Their response to calling that stuff out usually digs them deeper into whackness and they think when they flex at you it isn’t a lame af response.

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      ☜╮(•́⍛•̀☜╮) The marriage of hustle culture, misogyny, and conspicuous consumption into one subgenre. I’d prefer the love songs.

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      Novacaine, for the soul. Before I sputter out

      The sky was gold, it was rose, I was taking sips of it through my nose

      I love that cocaine, I love that cocaine

      I’m all strung out on heroin on the outskirts of town.

      You can smoke it you can chew it you can really get into it smoking pot.

      I don’t get angry when my Mom smokes pot Hits that bottle and goes right to the rock.

      I think you might be right, there are a couple of songs about drugs.

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    There’s always power metal, if you want every song to be about flying across the mountains up toward the blackened sky-eeee

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      Unsolved problems in other genres:

      • Seeing whales
      • Calling yourself Nemo
      • Making a beast out of yourself
      • Finding a rock to tie a piece of string around
      • Watching a volcano carve the earth with unrivalled skill
      • Watching yourself from the perspective of a mountain
      • Being a melancholy spirit
      • Being caught in a media blizzard
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      Loving in the name of

      Some of those that are gorgeous

      Are the same that spark passion

      Fuck you I will do what you ask me

      Fuck you I will do what you ask me

      Fuck you I will do what you ask me

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    My kids love power metal, so today in the car we were listening to songs about Norse mythology, mining, and exploring the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

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      Burning fires, burning lives on the long distant roads
      Through the lost mountains endless so far away from home!

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    “Why is every movie about love?” I ask myself, halfway through the 10th romcom I’ve deliberated selected to watch on Netflix

    Love is a popular song topic but you’re free to listen to something else…

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      A small fraction of tv is full romance

      (though most tvs shows have some romance in them, that’s a separate problem)

      Feels like 80-90% of pop songs are about love/sex/lust/relationships

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        The point of the joke was that you’re choosing listen to the pop songs about romance. I guess a better analogy would have been “why does every candy have chocolate in it?”

        Most people like love, most people like chocolate. They’re in a lot of popular things because they’re popular but they’re far from the only option

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          Like 50% of the music I listen to is in stores and restaurants and other such avenues, so not really no :(

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            Make the other half something else lol

            I listened to music all day and I don’t think there was a single love song

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    A while ago I was listening to a song. It was about some guy singing about how much he loved his baby, and how it makes his life worth living. I thought to myself “wow that’s heartwarming, this guy really loves his child!” And then he starts singing about how he loves when his baby touches him… and now I’m not so happy about the song.

    Why so many mating songs?? Why not platonic love songs? Why not songs about good deeds? Why not songs about folk legends? There should definitely be a song about putting pineapple on pizza! That is song-worthy!

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      I want to hear more songs about fucking sheep. I still haven’t rebuilt my pc so I can’t make a song out of this at the moment but:

      On the edge

      By Krooklochurm

      A sheep fucking country ballad

      (Verse 1)

      They said we’d never be together and I’ve been losing sleep

      But they always say the same things and I won’t be fleeced

      I’m goin crazy for you in my pickup driving east

      Those other girls are okay but they’re all just sheep

      I put my four wheels in a u turn and I want to scream, because

      (Chorus)

      I’M ON THE EDGE WITH YOU,

      AND I CAN’T BEAR TO BE APART

      WE’RE JUST TWO BROKEN VALVES WORN OUT OF SYNC IN DIFFERENT HEARTS

      PULLED THE WOOL FROM MY EYES AND ILL NEVER PUT IT BACK,

      BECAUSE I PUSH YOU TO THE EDGE… AND YOU PUSH BACK

      (Verse 2)

      Even if my friends abhor you

      babe I swear I’ll never bore you

      When we’re driving in my pickup truck

      I look back and I’m awestruck

      When we’re at our secret spot I know that I’m in luck

      And if loves a cliff it’s clear

      The future is precipitous and shear

      But if you push me through it all

      I swear I’ll never let you fall, because

      (Chorus)

      I’M ON THE EDGE WITH YOU,

      AND I CAN’T BEAR TO BE APART

      WE’RE JUST TWO BROKEN VALVES WORN OUT OF SYNC IN DIFFERENT HEARTS

      PULLED THE WOOL FROM MY EYES AND I WILL NEVER PUT IT BACK,

      BECAUSE I PUSH YOU TO THE EDGE… AND YOU PUSH BACK

      (Spoken)

      The world does not approve

      They say I’m sick and out of place

      But terra firma’s where we stand,

      the sea below, your curls, my hands,

      the wind upon my face

      I grab you and I lose control and push you to the brink

      Our love will grow, I know I think, because

      (Chorus)

      I’M ON THE EDGE WITH YOU,

      AND I CAN’T BEAR TO BE APART

      WE’RE JUST TWO BROKEN VALVES WORN OUT OF SYNC IN DIFFERENT HEARTS

      PULLED THE WOOL FROM MY EYES AND I WILL NEVER PUT IT BACK,

      BECAUSE I PUSH YOU TO THE EDGE… AND YOU PUSH BACK

      (OUTRO)

      WHEN I’M ON THE EDGE WITH YOU,

      I CAN’T BEAR TO BE APART

      WE PUMP IN SYNC JUST LIKE TWO VALES IN THE SAME OL’ HEART

      BUT THEN THE WOOL’S OVER MY EYES, I JUST PUT IT BACK

      YOU PUSHED ME FROM THE EDGE… AND I WALKED BACK

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    As my high school English teacher pointed out, they’re not all about sex. Some of them are about Jesus.

    (I don’t know why there aren’t any songs about sex with Jesus. Seems like a no-brainer.)

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      I stumbled upon Cosmo Sheldrake a few years ago thanks to a friend having a song or two from him in a playlist/radio playing in the background while hanging out. That style of music isn’t usually my favourite, but I love his stuff. It always has such a positive/chill vibe. “Pelicans We” is one of my favourite tracks, and his newest album, “Eye to the Ear”, is damn near perfection.

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    Bring back popular music that tells a story. I think that‘s fallen by the wayside. Like ‘60s counter culture, ‘70‘s music like Wayward Son, or even ‘80‘s Knopfler music like Romeo and Juliet.

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    They’re all about a specific kind of love too. List. Either wanting someone or being head over heels with them with new relationship energy.

    Or breakups.

    That’s it. That’s every song.