Ugh.
Okay. Just back from the steelwool-and-thinner eye-cleansing session. ty lots.
Now these above are some very... ehr... "interesting" vids.
However..
They're all waaaay out of the DG-scope of music.
There ~must~ be earbleeding, toecringing, skincrawling, eyetwitching songs within this scope/genre.
Any nominations? (cuz i'm more than curious to hear what others deem unbearable)
Though it all remains a matter of personal taste, here's one that makes me twitch and switch stations ~every~ time:
http://www.digitalgunfire.com/musicDb.php?artistName=AgonoizeThe poppy synth and danceclub-style beat topped off with the horrid vocals.
Almost like some manager somewhere went "Hey! I can scrape a few bucks off of the EBM market!"
...
Actually it's not that bad.. but i'm too lazy to look for a better example. ;)
i'm guessing that these guys fall under that 'suicide-commando-clone' category (though i will admit that i am unsure as to the parameters of said label) so i'm sure they get a fair share of prejudice. However, loathe though i may be to admit, i have requested that particular song a few times. As you said, it's not really
that bad, but guilty pleasures, neh?
One of my guiltiest is remakes of 80s pop songs...they lasso me every time. But then, aren't the 80s the progenitors of modern electronic music; EBM, Industrial, Synth(especial thank Depeche Mode), Goth, Dark/Cold/New/Aggro(insert your own adjective here _________)-wave and 'whatever damn sub-genre label you feel like coming up with to make yourself sound new and appealing'.
OK, check that; i suppose you actually have to give props to the 70s as well, for Genesis P coined the term 'industrial' after all. Perhaps that was the root of our particular brand of evil. Though hi/er/s voice died out after Psychic TV and the whole T.O.P.Y. thing (which i almost kinda want to follow)
Then you cannot deny the influence of synth that came with bands such as The Doors, Led Zep,
et al from the 60s. After all dinnae they start the revolution of sound in a way?
But then you have to go waaaay back and thank Elisha Gray (1876 for fuck's sake - if you can believe Wiki that is) for inventing the first damn synth thing, then Robert Moog for commercializing it in the 60s for musicians to use.
So the progression of this type of music was/is inevitable in my humble opinion. i dinnae even mention how Classical has had such an influence on modern electronic. But that's for another time, i've already ranted too much...
