La Roux on the radio

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misspatty86

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I love what I've heard from her so far! "Bulletproof" and "In for the Kill" are two of my favorites (of those I've heard).
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misspatty86 said:
La Roux has finally made her way onto the radio and she is incredible. She’s got the 80’s sound with the modern day pop feel to it. Give her a year… she’s going to be huge.

Her new EP is called Bulletproof. Listen to it on itunes: The Gold - EP by La Roux - Download The Gold - EP on iTunes
Here is La Roux at Coachella: YouTube - Cherrytree TV: La Roux at Coachella

She is absolutely epic. I cannot wait to go see her live in concert.
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I'm on board. I'm gonna add her to the "Who got next" thread...but I'll be sure to do it on your behalf.
 
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I'm going to assume this is a joke. I heard "Bulletproof" on my sirius radio one day in the car - and my jaw was literally left hanging for 3 minutes (or however long the song lasted). This girl (and Ke$ha) are an embarrassment to musicians, artists, and 'singers' everywhere. I don't know how that can be classified as music to be honest. I was ashamed. After hearing some of these new trends they like to pass as 'music', I gained a ton of respect for rappers - which is pretty rare for someone like me.

No offense to anyone who actually likes this 'genre' - but this is coming from a more traditional musician.
 
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Bassmanbruno said:
I'm going to assume this is a joke. I heard "Bulletproof" on my sirius radio one day in the car - and my jaw was literally left hanging for 3 minutes (or however long the song lasted). This girl (and Ke$ha) are an embarrassment to musicians, artists, and 'singers' everywhere. I don't know how that can be classified as music to be honest. I was ashamed. After hearing some of these new trends they like to pass as 'music', I gained a ton of respect for rappers - which is pretty rare for someone like me.

No offense to anyone who actually likes this 'genre' - but this is coming from a more tradition musician.
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So you mean you like to hit bones on rocks and make a beat? Thats "real" music.

Just because its electronic it doesn't mean that its not "real" music. Its just as real as a guy playing the guitar or a piano. Its still putting the right chords in the right order at the right time. A guy like James Murphy is no less talented than Jack White.

What exactly is your definition of music?
 
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Music is anything other than Ke$ha and La Roux in my opinion. La Roux doesn't get on my nerves quite as bad as Ke$ha. Seeing her get famous of that trash is just depressing.

Shoot - I can appreciate techno music - but there is something that just rubs me the wrong way about "Bulletproof". It just doesn't fit and sounds terrible in my opinion - especially on the bridge, I burst out into laughter. I can appreciate the Black Eyed Peas occasionally and they don't use real instruments either - neither do rappers - so it has nothing to do with using instruments like you implied.

Atleast someone like Lady Gaga actually has real singing talent. She's kind of spawned a new breed of 'artist' - yet the ones taking after her aren't near as talented or atleast the music and lyric writers aren't - especially the music writers.

And I'm going to have to disagree with you - someone putting notes together in a certain order in Mac's Pro-tools or something lame like fruity loops doesn't make someone as talented that writes their own music - and can actually play it on an instrument (not sure how you can make that argument?) - not sure how that makes them as talented. Who says she even wrote the music or lyrics? Most likely didn't so the argument is null..

I haven't heard any of her other songs (nor will I likely by choice) - but I'm sorry - the music in that song is embarrassing - it may be catchy and that's why some people like it... but the melody isn't very good and the tone is terrible compared to other "electronica" or whatever music I've heard previously. The vocals are mediocre in that song.

Obviously - it's my opinion - so no need to get too upset over it - feel free to disagree though.. that's the point of this board.
 
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The first time I heard the song - I thought I was back in my footed pajamas playing Ducktails on the NES on a Saturday morning.
 
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Bassmanbruno said:
Music is anything other than Ke$ha and La Roux in my opinion. La Roux doesn't get on my nerves quite as bad as Ke$ha. Seeing her get famous of that trash is just depressing.

Shoot - I can appreciate techno music - but there is something that just rubs me the wrong way about "Bulletproof". It just doesn't fit and sounds terrible in my opinion - especially on the bridge, I burst out into laughter. I can appreciate the Black Eyed Peas occasionally and they don't use real instruments either - neither do rappers - so it has nothing to do with using instruments like you implied.

Atleast someone like Lady Gaga actually has real singing talent. She's kind of spawned a new breed of 'artist' - yet the ones taking after her aren't near as talented or atleast the music and lyric writers aren't - especially the music writers.

And I'm going to have to disagree with you - someone putting notes together in a certain order in Mac's Pro-tools or something lame like fruity loops doesn't make someone as talented that writes their own music - and can actually play it on an instrument (not sure how you can make that argument?) - not sure how that makes them as talented. Who says she even wrote the music or lyrics? Most likely didn't so the argument is null..

I haven't heard any of her other songs (nor will I likely by choice) - but I'm sorry - the music in that song is embarrassing - it may be catchy and that's why some people like it... but the melody isn't very good and the tone is terrible compared to other "electronica" or whatever music I've heard previously. The vocals are mediocre in that song.

Obviously - it's my opinion - so no need to get too upset over it - feel free to disagree though.. that's the point of this board.
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I see where you are going now. The only thing I would disagree on is the talent level of electronic artists. The thing that gets overlooked with them is that they have to combine all of the different elements of a song and layer them together in a way that in enjoyable. There could as many as 10 different beats layered on top of each other and they all have to work together. Also there are a lot more options as far as which sounds you want to compose each beat from. It takes a different type of talent to compose so many elements in a song and make sure its not an incoherent mess.

I do agree that pro-tools and mash-ups and all that stuff is kind of cheap but sometimes its at least creates something interesting.

The first time I heard La Roux, (about an hour ago) it reminded me of those dance-pop songs from the mid 90's
 
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I mean I respect what they have to do - but I really actually doubt that La Roux has anything to do with the music - if she does then my apologies - but not many artists these days do.
 
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Bassmanbruno said:
Atleast someone like Lady Gaga actually has real singing talent. She's kind of spawned a new breed of 'artist' - yet the ones taking after her aren't near as talented or atleast the music and lyric writers aren't - especially the music writers.


I haven't heard any of her other songs (nor will I likely by choice) - but I'm sorry - the music in that song is embarrassing - it may be catchy and that's why some people like it... but the melody isn't very good and the tone is terrible compared to other "electronica" or whatever music I've heard previously. The vocals are mediocre in that song.
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Lady Gaga scares me on so many levels. Her songs are catchy for about a week until they get super annoying. The song she has out right now..."Allejandro" or whatever it is, has to be the POOREST excuse of a song/lyrics EVER, in the history of music.

You really ought to listen to a few other La Roux songs before you toss her out as a no talent pop artist. She has a really pure voice and is definitely not Ke$ha.


YouTube - La Roux - In For The Kill

The video is AWFUL but the song is great.
 
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Yeah - I'm not a big fan of Lady Gaga either - but I know she has real singing ability despite her weird style of music. As far as I know she doesn't write any of it either.. telephone or whatever was originally written for Brittney Spears, lol. I'm not a pop fan really.. but I found that interesting.
 
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Bassmanbruno said:
Yeah - I'm not a big fan of Lady Gaga either - but I know she has real singing ability despite her weird style of music. As far as I know she doesn't write any of it either.. telephone or whatever was originally written for Brittney Spears, lol. I'm not a pop fan really.. but I found that interesting.
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Pretty sure Gagme (my name for Gaga) writes some of her music....I was watching Jimmy Kimmel and Michael Bolton was on there singing a song he'd co-written with Gaga.

It was....interesting, to say the least. :blink:
 
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Bassmanbruno said:
And I'm going to have to disagree with you - someone putting notes together in a certain order in Mac's Pro-tools or something lame like fruity loops doesn't make someone as talented that writes their own music - and can actually play it on an instrument (not sure how you can make that argument?) - not sure how that makes them as talented. Who says she even wrote the music or lyrics? Most likely didn't so the argument is null..
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You really don't have any idea what you're talking about. And I'm not writing that to be a dick. I mean you seriously have no idea what you're talking about.

The genre that La Roux falls under doesn't really have a defined label as of yet, but I refer to it "electropop" and some others have used that term as well so I'll run with it. Anyway, this style of music is created by, among other music instruments, a synthesizer.

Briefly, a synthesizer is a souped-up piano. Indeed, making music with a synthesizer is a lot more complicated than basing a song off the piano alone. An understanding of music theory is necessary to make it make all those funky electronic sounds that appear to have frightened you.

To create music with a synthesizer is to write your own music. Or are you arguing that the music just writes itself?

To help illustrate how silly your post was, I'm gonna refer to another band, Passion Pit, that also falls under the "electropop" genre. I mention Passion Pit not only because I like them, but because I have helpful youtube clips that feature their music.

First listen to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThbJtOAkHy4

Then listen to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZVOaxI7YLI

And then riddle me this:
Did Michael Angelakos "write" this song?
Can he "play an instrument"?

I look forward to your response.
 
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I just listened to the youtube clip. After my ears stop hemorrhaging i will come back and give a more detailed review.
 
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kidbourbon said:
You really don't have any idea what you're talking about. And I'm not writing that to be a dick. I mean you seriously have no idea what you're talking about.

The genre that La Roux falls under doesn't really have a defined label as of yet, but I refer to it "electropop" and some others have used that term as well so I'll run with it. Anyway, this style of music is created by, among other music instruments, a synthesizer.

Briefly, a synthesizer is a souped-up piano. Indeed, making music with a synthesizer is a lot more complicated than basing a song off the piano alone. An understanding of music theory is necessary to make it make all those funky electronic sounds that appear to have frightened you.

To create music with a synthesizer is to write your own music. Or are you arguing that the music just writes itself?

To help illustrate how silly your post was, I'm gonna refer to another band, Passion Pit, that also falls under the "electropop" genre. I mention Passion Pit not only because I like them, but because I have helpful youtube clips that feature their music.

First listen to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThbJtOAkHy4

Then listen to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZVOaxI7YLI

And then riddle me this:
Did Michael Angelakos "write" this song?
Can he "play an instrument"?

I look forward to your response.
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I'm going to assume this post was a joke. When I wake up tomorrow - I will have forgotten more about music theory than you will ever know in your life probably considering my experiences and schooling (and I don't claim to be a professional by any means - but it has certainly been my main hobby through out life and would've loved to try to base my career in it but wanted to be realistic as well)

And it doesn't take a BA in music to know that the song sounds like total garbage (referring to Bulletproof and it's genius music writing). Maybe I'll watch those clips tomorrow - but maybe I'll take Wounded mullet's warning post seriously and spare myself.

I never said the music writes itself as you have suggested either. But this stuff is held a notch below in terms of talent when you visit some place like Belmont and get their opinions. But seriously - I've seen a 15-year-old kid make comparable or better music on garage band or Pro-tools than La Roux's "Bulletproof".
 
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I listened to that song - and it still doesn't change my opinion. The song you linked is about 1000x better written (musically) and actually sounds like it fits with the lyrics (my main gripe - everything just feels out of place in that song). My post was never an "electronicapop" or whatever you called hate post - just a "Bulletproof" hate post.
 
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Bassmanbruno said:
I'm going to assume this post was a joke. When I wake up tomorrow - I will have forgotten more about music theory than you will ever know in your life probably considering my experiences and schooling (and I don't claim to be a professional by any means - but it has certainly been my main hobby through out life and would've loved to try to base my career in it but wanted to be realistic as well)

And it doesn't take a BA in music to know that the song sounds like total garbage (referring to Bulletproof and it's genius music writing). Maybe I'll watch those clips tomorrow - but maybe I'll take Wounded mullet's warning post seriously and spare myself.

I never said the music writes itself as you have suggested either. But this stuff is held a notch below in terms of talent when you visit some place like Belmont and get their opinions. But seriously - I've seen a 15-year-old kid make comparable or better music on garage band or Pro-tools than La Roux's "Bulletproof".
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It was by no means a joke, and you actually did kinda say that it writes itself. And if that wasn't what you meant to say, then feel free to re-word. Because, as written, that's about the only way it can be read.

You can dislike a particular song by La Roux all you want and I'm not gonna beef with you (I'm not even a huge La Roux fan; in fact I'm rather indifferent). But you went quite a bit farther than saying "La Roux sucks".

You wrote this:

someone putting notes together in a certain order in Mac's Pro-tools or something lame like fruity loops doesn't make someone as talented that writes their own music

I'll go ahead and synthesize (pun not initially intended) the points that can be drawn from what you wrote:
1. You're saying that someone who creates music with a synthesizer is not writing their own music. If true, that pretty much wipes out an entire decade of music (read: the 80's).
2. You're also pretty clearly implying (in a portion that I failed to quote above...oops) that a synthesizer isn't a musical instrument.

The youtube clips I posted -- which are a single song done two different ways (synthesized and then played on a piano) -- were included for purposes of refuting that point.

But you are a music theory guru, right, so clearly you couldn't have been trying make those points. And if not, then I'm not exactly sure what you were getting at. Perhaps you just merely overstated your dislike for La Roux, which is fine. But let's not write off an entire genre in the processs.

And do check out the clips. I'm not the only person who thinks that the song "Sleepyhead" is somewhere between quite good and ridiculously good.
 
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Bassmanbruno said:
I listened to that song - and it still doesn't change my opinion. The song you linked is about 1000x better written (musically) and actually sounds like it fits with the lyrics (my main gripe - everything just feels out of place in that song). My post was never an "electronicapop" or whatever you called hate post - just a "Bulletproof" hate post.
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Got it. We're good.

(you answered the question I asked in my post above...consider it moot).
 
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Bassmanbruno said:
I'm going to assume this post was a joke. When I wake up tomorrow - I will have forgotten more about music theory than you will ever know in your life probably considering my experiences and schooling (and I don't claim to be a professional by any means - but it has certainly been my main hobby through out life and would've loved to try to base my career in it but wanted to be realistic as well)

And it doesn't take a BA in music to know that the song sounds like total garbage (referring to Bulletproof and it's genius music writing). Maybe I'll watch those clips tomorrow - but maybe I'll take Wounded mullet's warning post seriously and spare myself.

I never said the music writes itself as you have suggested either. But this stuff is held a notch below in terms of talent when you visit some place like Belmont and get their opinions. But seriously - I've seen a 15-year-old kid make comparable or better music on garage band or Pro-tools than La Roux's "Bulletproof".
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All of the members of Passion Pit (except Angelakos) went to Berklee College of Music. And this has absolutely no bearing on how I feel about their music. The ear test will always be my final arbiter.
 
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kidbourbon said:
All of the members of Passion Pit (except Angelakos) went to Berklee College of Music. And this has absolutely no bearing on how I feel about their music. The ear test will always be my final arbiter.
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And Passion Pit passed said ear test with flying colors last night. First time I'd seen 'em live. Really good.

The opening act, Tokyo Police Club, was also pretty darn solid. I'm gonna check them out again at Bonnaroo.
 
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