mikyok
Platinum Member
Bit of a rant here but I don't think I'm alone on this one.
Had to learn some god awful song by Ed Sheeran 'Thinking Out Loud' for a first dance on Saturday. Heard it once on my lunch break and it's ready to go without playing it. I don't put that down to me being a good player but just a reflection on how poor music is nowadays. Really predictable structure, no dynamics, no feel and goes nowhere.
Here's the track for reference all will become clear in a mo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQLqu-ThMOY
As you'll hear the track is exactly the same as Marvin Gaye, same tempo, chord progression and the same key (I think). Can you get sued by a dead guy? But I put the Marvin track on and in comparision I was blown away, it's a simple track but the quality of playing is phenominal. The rhythm section of James Jamerson on bass and Uriel Jones on drums make a pocket so big it's scary, the drums lock the groove but the bass line goes between the groove and the melody and still locks everything in.
For reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6QZn9xiuOE
Does anyone else find that taste and feel are lost in pop music? I think it's another factor that made older pop songs so great and stand the test of time but good musicianship is lost in songs now as is songwriting!
Had to learn some god awful song by Ed Sheeran 'Thinking Out Loud' for a first dance on Saturday. Heard it once on my lunch break and it's ready to go without playing it. I don't put that down to me being a good player but just a reflection on how poor music is nowadays. Really predictable structure, no dynamics, no feel and goes nowhere.
Here's the track for reference all will become clear in a mo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQLqu-ThMOY
As you'll hear the track is exactly the same as Marvin Gaye, same tempo, chord progression and the same key (I think). Can you get sued by a dead guy? But I put the Marvin track on and in comparision I was blown away, it's a simple track but the quality of playing is phenominal. The rhythm section of James Jamerson on bass and Uriel Jones on drums make a pocket so big it's scary, the drums lock the groove but the bass line goes between the groove and the melody and still locks everything in.
For reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6QZn9xiuOE
Does anyone else find that taste and feel are lost in pop music? I think it's another factor that made older pop songs so great and stand the test of time but good musicianship is lost in songs now as is songwriting!