tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post1458022708061695773..comments2024-03-28T08:34:35.111-05:00Comments on The Newest Rant: Billie Eilish's Music is TerribleDavid Charles Bitterbaumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00112993605550278929noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-19627466175714696942023-12-04T14:14:51.688-06:002023-12-04T14:14:51.688-06:00There were no "Music Videos" in the 70&#...There were no "Music Videos" in the 70's...That did not happen until the mid 80's ...I know because I was there>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-70166118417047196692023-04-02T14:16:07.050-05:002023-04-02T14:16:07.050-05:00"her music isn't supposed to be liked by ..."her music isn't supposed to be liked by anyone over a certain age"<br />...aka it is awful music and can only persuade kids that are emo wannabe that this is the shit.<br />Of course music has a taste and I get it when older people do not like screaming rock or metal but she is making "pop" songs and only kids listen to those because they feel the need to belong to the social norm of the time.<br /><br />80s pop music is listened by all ages, 90s pop music is listened by all ages especially the 90s ballads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-53815181974484980442023-04-02T14:13:44.649-05:002023-04-02T14:13:44.649-05:00Same with every mumble rap garbage. Nobody will ev...Same with every mumble rap garbage. Nobody will ever remember those songs, they are not writing history, they just print money. She is the kardashian of music, she will be glorified for no reason even when all her music is absolutely NOT memorable. There is 0 identity on these songs that takes less time to write than the song's duration. No melody, no rhythm, just plain chords and beats and someone either mumbling or whispering pretending to sing.<br /><br />This is why people like her are famous exclusively in the English speaking world and not globally. Nobody in my county knows who she is, we young people speak English as a second language but not to the point we will understand her mumbling.<br /><br />Meanwhile everyone knows who Madonna is and most people can point a few timeless songs of her, and I said Madonna because she is not even a good singer yet she made iconic songs that are still listened now. We are judging her songs and her choice of singing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-47970163853498893452023-03-10T15:24:34.170-06:002023-03-10T15:24:34.170-06:00Long but definitely accurate.Long but definitely accurate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-40153399943005640392022-01-06T20:32:00.815-06:002022-01-06T20:32:00.815-06:00...wut??...wut??Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990029910222828671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-53442373100948782352021-12-29T21:44:53.971-06:002021-12-29T21:44:53.971-06:00Hate to break it to you but her music isn't su...Hate to break it to you but her music isn't supposed to be liked by anyone over a certain age. It's marketed to a very specific group of people just as all music celebrities from the 20th century going forth have been (thanks to the manipulations of the entertainment industry). This will continue until it is no longer a profitable method of generating income to the true profiteers aka the executives. I personally don't like her music either but then again, I wasn't meant to like it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-49911041047467069342021-12-20T06:31:18.171-06:002021-12-20T06:31:18.171-06:00I just listened to some of her music today. One Wo...I just listened to some of her music today. One Word. Awful. But that could be that I grew up with the amazing 70s music, went to college with the amazing 80s music. Became a Mom in the early 90s and my brain went to mush with Barney and Friends. HA. Thank goodness for YouTube. I can rock out to whatever genre I want. But it won't be Billie's music. Definitely not my taste. A.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106004037607712134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-3575726104463680232021-10-23T12:35:18.875-05:002021-10-23T12:35:18.875-05:00I can't stand Billie's music personally (i...I can't stand Billie's music personally (it makes me twitch because of how grating it is on my nerves when I hear it); however, I would never hate on someone else for liking art I don't like. There's room for all tastes in this world, so kudos to those who love Billie's sound!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-8908009713265589312021-10-19T02:41:31.136-05:002021-10-19T02:41:31.136-05:00The Anonymous poster from 05 October seriously nee...The Anonymous poster from 05 October seriously needs to finish school before trying to engage in debate. That was quite possibly the worst presented arguments I have ever had the mispleasure of reading in my 35 years on this planet. <br />You can't insinuate that music created is amazing without backing it up with some sort of evidence - and simultaneously insult the author implying that he is lazy and awful just because his viewpoint is not synonymous with your own... Where is the logic there? An intrinsic problem with you is that you have threw a tantrum like a child because someone claims that Billie is not a particularly good artist, and then resort to personal attacks instead of formulating a balanced argument all whilst hiding behind anonimity like a coward. Grow up you spineless, uncultured, uncouth, moronic disgrace.Lord Perkin Warbeck IVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-40258741599209995342021-10-05T19:40:49.689-05:002021-10-05T19:40:49.689-05:00I did later come around and like some of her stuff...I did later come around and like some of her stuff.David Charles Bitterbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00112993605550278929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-90465141298044507442021-10-05T14:58:13.835-05:002021-10-05T14:58:13.835-05:00Excuse me what? I know this was three years ago bu...Excuse me what? I know this was three years ago but it's not about the music imagery it's about the music's insertive imagery. It puts a picture into your mind. I don't know why you are bashing a soon to be 21 year old whose made AMAZING music since she was a TEENAGER whilst you was probably sat back with a snack judging someone whose a thousand times more successful than you'll ever be. She spent her life making amazing music that saved not only me but many of my close friends and family. So go on. Tell me she's trash. Tell us she's awful. But we all know, you are the awful one. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-15490491242982362932021-09-10T02:40:49.118-05:002021-09-10T02:40:49.118-05:00Her songs are just not good. The songwriting suck...Her songs are just not good. The songwriting sucks. It is as simple as that.Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13938422004362166007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-44590660358709089522021-07-12T19:28:14.589-05:002021-07-12T19:28:14.589-05:00The first time I heard a Billie Eilish song I coul...The first time I heard a Billie Eilish song I couldn't wait for it to be over. And the same goes for every song from her thereafter. Just can't see what the hoopla is. She's an awful singer and her music is even worse!Donna Jane Castlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16011713938167181522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-72576812019128302742021-03-26T12:39:12.333-05:002021-03-26T12:39:12.333-05:00Bro, at least she tries.Bro, at least she tries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-31811352881469076712021-03-09T23:59:09.428-06:002021-03-09T23:59:09.428-06:00She is a horrible whisperer. It only goes to show....She is a horrible whisperer. It only goes to show...a good publicist can sell you a toy radio and convince you it is a stereo. The minions will follow.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12275630047854693043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-51585426323732109732021-02-21T17:05:09.812-06:002021-02-21T17:05:09.812-06:00I do not mind her being popular. She is okay. She ...I do not mind her being popular. She is okay. She just does not deserve that many Grammy awards. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-51474029806688107102020-12-17T13:37:04.331-06:002020-12-17T13:37:04.331-06:00OMG IKROMG IKRAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17229478113948702123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-50781901436564432082020-12-17T13:36:22.975-06:002020-12-17T13:36:22.975-06:00I am reading this as I am listening to the REAL mu...I am reading this as I am listening to the REAL music from the 80's -_- Billie Eilish is NOT a singer. she CRAZY.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17229478113948702123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-73340280747629864232020-09-29T16:41:15.722-05:002020-09-29T16:41:15.722-05:00Shes perfect for 2020! The talentless garbage that...Shes perfect for 2020! The talentless garbage that passes for music today is an embarrassment and a joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-3220600602282598852020-09-10T20:47:18.989-05:002020-09-10T20:47:18.989-05:00I don't agree with the position that music cha...I don't agree with the position that music changes over time as justification for Eilish. Obviously, standards and tastes vary but you can see similarity between Beethoven and Led Zepplin. To claim it is the same twelve notes is a trivial point since this is a tautology in western music. <br /><br />What is unfortunate is that there is even a debate whether Eilish's music is good, because it's not music. That should be the discussion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-32291616118052432382020-09-10T20:09:26.771-05:002020-09-10T20:09:26.771-05:00Pay a listen to Fiona Apple for a comparison of si...Pay a listen to Fiona Apple for a comparison of similar music with actual musical talent. Eilish obviously has talent in some regime, but consider the fact she made her album in her bedroom. Free Bird could not have happened that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-74128477114108450372020-08-19T19:04:32.785-05:002020-08-19T19:04:32.785-05:00As one of "the kids" and part of her tar...As one of "the kids" and part of her target demographic, do you know *why* your cohort likes her music? Is it the appeal of "life's messed up and so am I", is it the appeal of a Lady Gaga outlandishness coupled with a different sound, or is it just cuz of the inescapable marketing on youtube/tiktok/insta?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-69793048472452554122020-06-15T21:13:43.026-05:002020-06-15T21:13:43.026-05:00hello, fairly successful musician here. I will ren...hello, fairly successful musician here. I will render an unbiased professional opinion on this topic.<br /><br />Billie Eilish is one of the latest artists. Of course it is a big thing at the moment. However, the same was said of Creed, Four Non Blondes, Donovan, Cherry Weiner, Smoky Robinson, Tchaikovsky, and any number of great artists that some people might be hard pressed to name these days.<br /><br />Music goes in phases - what's here today can often be gone tomorrow. Typically what is considered "well known" has high buzz in the moment. <br /><br />I have seen generational gaps appear. Having talked to many thousands of people, parents, fans, and students, there is a huge and growing number of the populace who cannot even name artists like Jimi Hendrix or Bob Dylan, or the Beatles. They simply do not know who they are.<br /><br />When I listen to Billie Eilish, I am hearing the same chromatic structures, 12 notes, and standard pop chord patterns that I have heard from the Stones to Joplin to Abba and Elton John to Sugarhill Gang to Nirvana and countless other artists. However, they have been packaged into a 'new' presentation, aimed the younger audiences, who still are excited about music. To them it is new and they are hearing it for the first time. <br /><br />Personally the music of Billie Eilish or any modern artist to me sounds good, it is recorded well, but it does not have the the same real weight and worth, that you get from say Dylan or Tchaikovsky's arrangements that are based on the language of blues and coming from the suffering of a large people, with decades in the making of history and emotion, and a musical evolution that stretches beyond even those years. <br /><br />I think Billie Eilish's arguments and perspectives might carry more weight if the bulk of her fans and the fans of modern music were to look in retrospect at the great artists that have come before. If these fans were to appreciate older music the way they do Billie Eilish's music I think they would realize that they have certainly missed a big picture if they can name a Billie Eilish song and not a Hendrix, Django, Bach, Rhoda Scott, Ella Fitzgerald, or Aretha piece.<br /><br />I do not think that if you put Billie Eilish in the 60s she would be successful, much the same if you popped Woody Guthrie in the present day, or featured him on the Voice, would he be successful? I really don't think so.<br /><br />You must understand that these days an artist's financial success can exist entirely separately from their musical success. Greta Van Fleet has been selling out stadiums and arenas while contributing very little in the way of an original sound or work, much the same way Led Zeppelin got blamed for ripping off songs.<br /><br />Taken into this context, it is likely Billie Eilish and her team can be seen more in a sense of being a "businesswoman" rather than an artist, at least in the sense of original and creative artists of yesteryear. The work has meaning, especially to the current generation, but it has not actually or musically broken new ground, lyrically or otherwise, I'm very sad to say. However, if she sticks with it, her work may mature, just as Michael Jackson or Tom Waits or any other artist's work does over time.<br /><br />Some of this you can blame on the human lifespan. It is short - and so the youth attention span in short. They speak where they might otherwise benefit from listening. Why would they look at artists of the past, much less appreciate them? So you have situations like with Billie Eilish where they are immensely popular. It remains to be seen if Billie will be forgotten the way the Beatles in some ways have.<br /><br />The summary of my perspective is this. Modern culture has evolved to forget about the past - that is their loss, it's everyone's loss. All fans everywhere should do the work to appreciate all artists equally - they would then know true worth, and make better judgment about what is real/deserving artists. I guarantee you if they did all that, it wouldn't just be only Billie Eilish in that realization and judgment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-56507368029017164292020-05-23T10:23:11.950-05:002020-05-23T10:23:11.950-05:00It just hurts my ears to listen to her "singi...It just hurts my ears to listen to her "singing"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-91834485880558308452020-05-22T20:32:32.663-05:002020-05-22T20:32:32.663-05:00I am a 60 year old man and grew up listening to th...I am a 60 year old man and grew up listening to the Beatles, Stones, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, The Who, Steely Dan, etc. I don't know what any of you are talking about. Her music is outstanding. She did win all those Grammy awards. Give her music a serious critical listen. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com