sometimes i like it, sometimes it sound boring

[Slothrop]

this is just the sacred cows thread pt. 2 now

Well, yes.

Somewhat on topic, I think 'funkiness' is a great trigger for this. If you're in the mood for a shimmy or the atmosphere's right then you can love music that's got a nice bounce to it even if it's not actually that interesting in other respects - and in a different mood you just find it workmanlike and bland.

And yeah, I guess spaced-out depth (cf Basic Channel etc) is another one.

 

[hucks]

lol

Is it just me or does the whole list-making thing going into overdrive, even more with each passing year? Don't get me wrong, I love making lists and there are some amazing ones to be found on dissensus. There's something hypnotic about looking at a list isn't there? Do any of the clever people on here know about the psychology of making lists? Seems to be very much a male thing. :slanted:Another thread maybe...

You can't move for the fuckers at the moment, but I was hoping that it was just lazy end of the decade rounding up. The thing is that the list is now the main way of making broad cultural points or comparisons. No discussion of music in the last decade without a list. No discussion of British sitcoms without a list. Everything hangs on the list...

 

[zhao]

Dissensus.

 

[viktorvaughn]

hilarious photo..

 

[Corpsey]

White geeks into black music?!

Whatever next?

 

[atoga]

lol

Is it just me or does the whole list-making thing going into overdrive, even more with each passing year? Don't get me wrong, I love making lists and there are some amazing ones to be found on dissensus. There's something hypnotic about looking at a list isn't there? Do any of the clever people on here know about the psychology of making lists? Seems to be very much a male thing. :slanted:Another thread maybe...

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/01/12/040112ta_talk_menand

brief, but i think it offers a bit of insight

 

[zhao]

Maybe we could create a rolling "I disapprove of something" thread where we can all write lists of things that aren't as good as other things. That would be great.

already exists: http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=1787&highlight=hate

 

[zhao]

lol

Is it just me or does the whole list-making thing going into overdrive, even more with each passing year? Don't get me wrong, I love making lists and there are some amazing ones to be found on dissensus. There's something hypnotic about looking at a list isn't there? Do any of the clever people on here know about the psychology of making lists? Seems to be very much a male thing. :slanted:Another thread maybe...

it's the illusion of control isn't it which feels so comforting compared to the alternative of adrift in an ocean of information. and the ocean getting bigger and bigger

 

[bruno]

nah not really, there's just tons of the stuff around (most of which never gets outside of Iceland). The music just seems contrived, I think a lot of Icelandic musicians feel like they have to be making this sort of stuff just because Sigur Ros, Björk and Múm did (maybe not a specific type of music, but all these sort of cutesy, naive signifiers, nature adherent stuff). If anything maybe the economic situation will shake those things up...

ah ok, thanks for the insight.

 

[Benny Bunter]

already exists: http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=1787&highlight=hate

Zhao, you were doing some world class hating in that thread there, hats off!

And yeah, I think you're right about list making. Making sense of the world, trying to get a grip on it all...


@atoga. Thanks for the link, I'll give it a proper read when I'm less tired. Very interesting subject.