💬 Weekly topic™: Music taste of the forum members

[Sarge]

@AbstractDesigner

Another one of my fav songs

Hahaha I didn’t even notice that link until the others pointed it out. Good thing you can hover on PC, and I just so happen to recognise the rickroll link

[BoostedGames]

music, like in general. I mainly listen to more music because of Jojos funnily enough.

[Sarge]

Happy birthday @TheConeGuy!

[TheConeGuy]

Thanks

[Sarge]

@personalnote

I love the idea of a weekly tropic discussion to learn more about the forum users, by the way!

@ChimbroDaPro

Oooooh yees! Finally, I have a place where I can rant about the awesomeness of my favourite composers’ music!

@NobodyNomad

I love the idea of random weekly topics.

Thanks for the positive feedback guys! The new one just dropped!

Weekly topic™: Forum members' McMenu

Hey guys, new week new weekly topic! I’ve decided to start posting these on Mondays or Sundays (so they get approved on Monday), so now you’ll know when each weekly topic will be released! I hope I won’t miss any, but forgive me if I’m late with any! This week’s (2023-05-28T22:00:00Z (UTC)→2023-06-03T22:00:00Z (UTC)) topic is Assemble your McDonald’s menu! I’m personally a very sporty person so I can’t promote unhealthy eating… but everyone has a cheat day, right? So go a…

[randomuser]

@Blobbey

My favorite music genres are Pop and Alternative.
My favorite artists are Imagine Dragons and Surfaces.

Wow very similar to mine. Imagine Dragons is also one of my favorites, but more when I was younger.

[Sarge]

@personalnote

VGM (video game music)

Some of my favorite tracks are actually from a game. Now, they’re of course metal-like or rocky, but whatver. Point is, every song on the Metal Gear Rising soundtrack (there’s a few more songs than on the playlist) is a total slammer. I’m not just talking about the instrumental and vocals though (they still though).

I’d suggest to everyone to at least give it a listen, because the songs’ lyrics are super complex (in the way of their meaning). Every song is closely tied to it’s theme and the boss/situation that it’s attached to. The songs carry themes of society and social issues too, like in Collective conscioussness which talks about blindly following a mass, instead of standing for what you truly believe. The tracks are genius because they don’t specifically refer to any political party or such, but rather morality and a way of life.

Also, some songs include deeper lyrics which have trivia behind them, and they all flow so seemlessly with the songs they’re in.

Now, enough with the deep dive into the lyrics of the songs, and back to their compete feel. They’re all packed with power, making you super pumped while you play the game. Even the standard combat non-boss music is extremely motivating to listen to.

TL;DR: Jamie Christopherson is a genius

[Sarge]

@personalnote

I personally don’t like metal, rock, K-Pop, J-Pop

I see why a lot of people tend to dislike metal and rock. I mean it is subjective so it’s of course up to taste! However, metal comes in a lot of flavors (or sub-genres) which means even metal fans often only like a part of the whole genre. Same with rock.

WARNING: The following is just an opinion that is mostly generalized. I mean no harm to anyone mentioned, and it does not apply to anyone equally. If you can’t deal with that, please refrain from reading the following paragraph. Thanks

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When it comes to K-POP and J-POP, I’m not a huge fan of pop generally, so this is no different. However, the reason I distance myself from K-POP and such is because of the fans. Now, don’t get me wrong, (and this is not meant to offend anyone), there are totally cool K-POP fans that mind their own business and just listen to the music they like. But a lot of them tend to be obnoxious, often because they’re attracted to the asian singers, not the music itself (you know the kinds of fangirls I’m talking about, don’t you?), which draws me away from the genre completely because I don’t want to be associated with that kind of vibe. For all I know, K-POP could be the greatest thing I have ever heard (most likely not due to my other tastes), but I think I’ll pass.

[randomuser]

See thats part of the problem- any healthy fans of those types of music would be hiding it, only further empowering the toxic minority

[danger_kitty]

Toxicity is in any fandom and community I feel like it’s associated with some music/games/film and puts people off form watching or listening to that thing.

Also on the topic of metal some of the nicest people I’ve met listen to metal all the time. I know metals not for everyone one but I feel like there’s the angry metal fan that puts people off.(but if you just don’t like metal that’s fine people like different things)

[isoffline]

Old alternative rock (My mom and dad played those songs and i loved them same reason as @randomuser )

Kpop no explanation needed i can speak Hangul or Korean anyway

[randomuser]

@isoffline

Kpop no explanation needed i can speak Hangul or Korean anyway

yeah, it sounds like it would be a lot more enjoyable when its understandable

[personalnote]

Does anyone find it weird that I like to listen and sing (in French or Spanish) to French or Spanish songs without really knowing French or Spanish? (I’m a native English speaker)

Although I think it’s a pretty neat way to learn words and phrases of a language you want to learn. I learned how to say, “help me” in French that way. (which is aidez moi)

[randomuser]

@personalnote

Does anyone find it weird that I like to listen and sing (in French or Spanish) to French or Spanish songs without really knowing French or Spanish? (I’m a native English speaker)

Yeah I see that all the time! super great for learning… if only i could sing!

[personalnote]

I just started listening to kpop about 1 week ago and let me just say it’s not as bad as I imagined

Past Me would be strangling Present Me right now

I will say though, kpop is not the best genre nor is it my favourite genre, but it is very impressive considering my past views. There was definitely some bias in my judgement of kpop and I will admit my dislike for kpop was not pure but rather peer-pressured.

tl;dr kpop ain’t that bad as it seems

songs that stuck out to me (You might know some of these are these are quite popular):

• Shut Down - BLACKPINK (https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=POe9SOEKotk&si=oFS3p6hkvyJXlVIZ)
  • Okay, there seems to be some mixed feelings on this song, but I personally like it because of the violin and it just so happens La Campanella is one of my favourite pieces to play (yes, I can play the violin).
• OMG - NewJeans (https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kff0U8w-aU&si=qkzPyhOMh1YOPRFZ)
  • The melody is just nice on this one, really. There’s nothing else to it. Catchy chorus, I must say.
• GODS - NewJeans (https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=C3GouGa0noM&si=pHLxLsAfA6lqLRjA)
  • This song really hits hard IMO. The harmonies and everything just come together so chaotically I love it.

[goldtopaz]

How dare you… if you hate kpop, you hate wopen gandam style! You think of the crime you commited by one senetence alone!

[PLAYER42]

I quite like 70’s-early 00’s rock, especially stuff from the sonic series like Live and Learn, Escape from the city, etc.

[TeddyB]

I love music by Camellia

[marioeligi]

@Sarge

Except K-POP. I’ll never listen to K-POP

@personalnote

Finally! Someone who agrees!

Some one else to add to ur list. (me)
anyway for me:
RICK ASTLEY

@TheConeGuy

Is video game music a genre?

yeah i think it is anyway its one of my favorites as well

[ChimbroDaPro]

@goldtopaz

Bro is having a seizure