Music: What are you listening to right now?

[Son of Arathorn]

Here's a track I've been hearing a lot of lately (film soundtracks make up a generous portion of my day-to-day lineup).

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[Dad_Scaper]

Hmm, Hans Zimmer connection to Middle Earth included! Very tricksy, SoA.

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I checked out Taylor Swift's new album today on grooveshark.com. It's pretty good pop music.

[Dad_Scaper]

Oh, Cap.

Spoiler Alert!

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Have you heard it yet, D_S?

[Dad_Scaper]

My daughter played me something of hers the other day. I imagine it was from the new album. I'll tell you the same thing I told her: I didn't much care for it, but it was much better than most other pop music.

Though nothing in that genre, in years, has rivaled Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass. That right there is a genuinely good song, in a genre I otherwise disdain.

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Originally Posted by Dad_Scaper

My daughter played me something of hers the other day. I imagine it was from the new album. I'll tell you the same thing I told her: I didn't much care for it, but it was much better than most other pop music.

I liked a couple of the songs, but overall I would say the same thing.

Originally Posted by Dad_Scaper

Though nothing in that genre, in years, has rivaled Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass. That right there is a genuinely good song, in a genre I otherwise disdain.

That is a great song, no question. It has been stuck in my head all day because I watched this last thing last night:

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Courtesy of @Hahma , who shared it over in the HoSS Cantina.

[Dad_Scaper]

That song was a very helpful tool in having a serious conversation with my daughter about the concept of body image. The message of that song - effectively and artistically delivered, in my humble opinion - is about having self respect and dignity. Soooo hard to deliver that message to a young lady.


Consider, for instance, the sinister opposite of All About That Bass: Selena Gomez's "Who Says." In that song, the movie and tv star, exotic and beautiful and pop music sensation, explains that you don't have to be perfect. Well, Selena, if *you* don't feel perfect, what the hell are the rest of the girls supposed to feel? Just how far from perfect is it ok to be, Selena? If you're not there, who the hell is? That song is the worst kind of messaging, packaging a demeaning sneer in the form of self-help.

So, yeah, I'm All About That Bass. It's a good song, too. That girl's got real singing chops, and you can see in the many covers that the music and melody hold up in different formats as well.


edit: Compare the "Who Says" line that "you don't have to be perfect" with this line, from AATB: "'Cause every inch of you is perfect, From the bottom to the top." That is the clear difference in messaging in a nutshell. So important.

[betawolf36]

I've been listening to a lot more "techno" since coming to college, however I'm generally really selective of what I listen to. Right now I'm listening to Money by Mystery Skulls.

[ParaGoomba Slayer]

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[Hahma]

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[Dad_Scaper]

I'm doing some work at my home computer while this proto-prog rock plays in the background, keeping me from focusing.

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