sure i could go on about beth orton, bright eyes, jon brion, radiohead, and the velvet underground (all some of my favorite artists, by the way) but i think the hip get enough attention. so here are some current unhip favorites
Jonny Lang:
This guy hit it big in the mid 90's with his bluesy hit "lie to me." he was only fifteen had long blonde hair and thus got mixed up with hanson. but he reminds me more of jeff buckley than hanson. i highly recommend downloading the song "missing your love."
George Michael:
great songwriter, great vocalist, great everything. but his reputation as a cornball kinda overpowers his talent.
Sheryl Crow:
Tuesday Night Music Club is one of the best albums I own. It's fresh, lyrically witty, and the instrumentation is diverse. i think her image sells her talent short.
Fiona Apple:
If I even mention that I like this artist, people cringe. Fuck em, i say. She's a brilliant songwriter.
Michael Jackson:
Have you ever sat down and listened to his shit?! It's fucking brillaint. And he wrote every goddamn one of his songs, all the classics and everything.
Madonna:
Along the same lines as MJ in how her iconic status doesn't do her justice...I really like her early to mid-80's stuff. It's fun and epitomizes good pop music.
If you have any other unhip favorites, feel free to share! Expressing one's unhipness can be therapeutic.
michael didn't REALLY write his songs though; Quincy Jones "helped" him with that.
Quote from: pookiethecatSheryl Crow . . . i think her image sells her talent short.
Probably, but I can't get over it. Almost nothing is more annoying to me. Well, there's John Mellencamp.
Quote from: pookiethecatMichael Jackson:
Have you ever sat down and listened to his shit?! It's fucking brillaint. And he wrote every goddamn one of his songs, all the classics and everything.
Does anyone really doubt the brilliance of Michael Jackson?
hmmm...
do you have proof of this?
there's a shitload of great songs credited to Michael Jackson's name. Even if Quincy Jones helped him out with some, there's definitely a pattern of consistently good songwriting...if the greatness of his compositions were anamolies, i mgiht believe you. but that's not the case.
why you tryin to bring mj down? he has enough shit to bring him down. you can't take away the fact that the man can write.
let's see, the Oasis hate is at a fever pitch right now...
so my fav unhip is Oasis. Minus the new album, gimme any song, b-side or anything, and I will crank it up and sing at the top of my lungs. Wooeee!!!!
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Does anyone really doubt the brilliance of Michael Jackson?
according to you, apparently not. most people i know regard him as more of an object of public spectacle than the great songwriter-vocalist he is.
by the way, oasis does (did?) indeed rock. i love be here now, mornin glory and especially definitely maybe. and yeah, they're pretty goddamn unhip.
:yabbse-thumbup:
My Unhip top 5
5.0 kid n' play
4.0 huey lewis and the news
3.0 bonnie tyler(yes..just because of that one song.)
2.0 thirty odd foot of grunts
1.0 dogstar
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do you have proof of this?
there's a shitload of great songs credited to Michael Jackson's name. Even if Quincy Jones helped him out with some, there's definitely a pattern of consistently good songwriting...if the greatness of his compositions were anamolies, i mgiht believe you. but that's not the case.
why you tryin to bring mj down? he has enough shit to bring him down. you can't take away the fact that the man can write.
I don't think anyone can really "bring mj down" just by simply pointing out that he's had help writing his songs and that Quincy Jones is a good man.
and why aren't people talking about how michael moves over here?
i dig arnold schwartzenegger.
Unhip:
1. 10cc
2. ZZ Top
3. Ohio Players
4. Michael Jackson
5. GodDamnImDaman!
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have you seen them live? they're good live. i don't care how cheesy their reputation is nor how mulletted their fan base is.
the mackmomma of unhip music:
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great songwriter. 'at seventeen' 'society's child' and 'ride me like a wave' are classic.
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1. 10cc
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Deceptive Bends is one of the coolest classic rock albums i own..."feel the benefit" is worth the price of the disc alone.
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Fiona Apple:
If I even mention that I like this artist, people cringe. Fuck em, i say. She's a brilliant songwriter.
I think that, at least on this site, she qualifies as inherently hip. Only about five or six months till her next album!
My own CD collection is 100% hip. Mostly.
Quote from: GhostboyI think that, at least on this site, she qualifies as inherently hip. Only about five or six months till her next album!
until it gets pushed back another 2 years...first single entitled "I hate Paul"... :lol:
Quote from: aclockworkjjfirst single entitled "I hate Paul"... :lol:
"i hate paul (and your fucking films suck now anyhow)"
not to turn a joke into something serious BUT this made me think about her new album and what it's gonna be like lyrically cuz i'm excited about this.
most of the songs that fiona writes have a more self-loathing than accusatory bent to them (with the exception of, like,limp); she presents relationships in all its complexities and puts herself at blame most of the time... i doubt any of them will thoroughly blame or demonize pta...(if they did even breakup anyway).
"paul hates me (and its all my fault for questioning the frogs)"
Quote from: Cecil"paul hates me (and its all my fault for questioning the frogs)"
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Quote from: pookiethecatGeorge Michael: great songwriter, great vocalist, great everything. but his reputation as a cornball kinda overpowers his talent.
But when you listen to his voice, his music you forget everything else, he's really great...
Quote from: pookiethecatMadonna: Along the same lines as MJ in how her iconic status doesn't do her justice...I really like her early to mid-80's stuff. It's fun and epitomizes good pop music.
i liked her "Ray of Light" album, and i come out in goose flesh when i listen to
The power of Goodbyemmm others? (as well as Depeche Mode, U2, Radiohead, F Apple, Blur, etc etc)
Sting!!
Elton John
Lisa Stansfield
Phil Collins
Matt Bianco
Basia Trzetrzelewska
Robert Palmer :(
Brian Ferry!!!!!!!!!
Annie Lennox
etc etc etc
Quote from: Cecil"paul hates me (and its all my fault for questioning the frogs)"
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Huey Lewis and the News say it's Hip to Be Square.
Quote from: Vile5Annie Lennox
her music videos are so weird and subversive. i love em.
Pet Shop Boys (more before the Very album)
The B-52's (more before the Cosmic Thing album)
Prince And The Revolution (not with New Power Generation or when he was The Symbol/Artist)
Garbage
Devo
Duran Duran
Thank God for the Paul Fiona split (at least for the Fi fans). If they woulda lived happily ever after, there would be no new album, or worse yet, crap. Altho I doubt Fiona would be able to actually stay happy, even with Paul. I hope they get back 2gether tho (if they are indeed splitsville) cuz I think they are 2 peas in a pod creatively.