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Post by MattyJam on Mar 11, 2018 17:46:35 GMT
I don't think a lot of late 90s/early 00's R&B has aged well. Artists like Brandy, Toni Braxton, Usher... a lot of that music sounds a bit corny now. Even stuff on MJ's Invincible - especially songs like Heartbreaker and 2000 Watts, which ironically, were trying so hard to sound futuristic in 2001, actually sound really passe and try-hard in 2018. It is harsh to read, but I think you are right. 2000 watts almost has a 1998 Backstreet Boys/Nsync type feel to it, it is even dated by 2001 standards. Like a lot of 1999/2000 dance music songs such as Mambo #5 by Lou Bega, Livin La vida Loca by Ricki Martin, Backstreet's abck, Thong song by Sisqo, Who let the dogs out by Baha Men and stole my sunshine by Len. Aargghhh!!! This is precisely why I have never really cared for 2000 Watts. It IS boybandish. Its cousin song Shout was actually given to Nick Carter when it was rejected on Invincible. Ugh. That kind of music is beneath Michael Jackson, imo. Although I do enjoy Heartbreaker. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2018 21:36:14 GMT
And yet I was never into trendy chart music after the early/mid 90s. Even as a teen and someone in their early 20s I listened to nostalgia music. Apart from Prince (Who had by 1994 pretty much left the charts) and MJ who was still hitting, but seen as a bit dated by the 12 - 16 year old grunge and dance cognoscenti.
I first got into older music when in early 1995 aged 18½ and at university for the first year bought 2 Motown box sets with songs from 1959 to 1992 and I listened to the things for weeks (I still have them, but are missing the early 80s discs). Through them I discovered some of Michael's Jackson 5 era stuff. After that I listened to a lot of 70s and 80s rather than who was annihilating the charts in 1995/96, by mid 1995 Grunge was finally fading and shitty dance music like Cotton Eyed Joe and Culture Beat/Real McCoy was coming in.
And in 1997 was the year I discovered and really got into Jimi Hendrix and David Bowie. By 1998 everything I listened to was retro.
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