Billie Eilish

[afm199]

That's a bit harsh. Her demons are real. She's more interesting if there's a suicidal kid in your family.

My own experience leads me to believe that teenage is a hard and difficult burden for almost everyone.

 

[Johndicezx9]

That's a bit harsh. Her demons are real. She's more interesting if there's a suicidal kid in your family.

I listened to depressing music when I was a melancholy* teenager...



*Depressed is too "clinical" a term....

 

[bojangle]

They look more like KPFA listeners :laughing

Yeah. :laughing

 

[Maddevill]

I'm 62 and have always been out of step with my friends as far as music goes. When they were listening to the Stones and Deep Purple, I was listening to Yes and Genesis and ELP.
Things haven't changed. I still rock out to NIN, Devin Townsend Project, Rammstein, Eisbrecher, Tool and A Perfect Circle. Puscifer too. I'm an outcast . Dark, heavy music with some meat on it makes me happy.

Mad

 

[Johndicezx9]

All I wanted was a Pepsi....

 

[KWeezyXB12]

i heard she smells and is rude as fuck.... friend that works at the fruit company shuttled her around for a tour had told me this.

 

[TylerW]

"everything I wanted" still too much wah wah and distortion, but if she sang a more conventional style....

I think her parents listened to Smashing Pumpkins

It's disappointing when the particular sound of a band prevents you from liking them. There's a punk/metal band called IDLES that writes songs about a lot of the sort of things I care about, but I absolutely cannot stand their sound.

Good thing there's plenty of other music out there that I do like. And IDLES gets lots of support from people who do like their sound.

 

[berth]

You know that thing you like? Everyone else hates it.

I listen to different music.

 

[bojangle]

It's disappointing when the particular sound of a band prevents you from liking them. There's a punk/metal band called IDLES that writes songs about a lot of the sort of things I care about, but I absolutely cannot stand their sound.

Good thing there's plenty of other music out there that I do like. And IDLES gets lots of support from people who do like their sound.

I think for most people, liking the sound rates far higher than the content of the message, so I can understand that. When the sound and message come together for your that is gold! :thumbup

 

[Charles R]

I’m an old school bass head, so I do like a few of her songs. I also kind of listen to her stuff and wonder how she’ll mature as an artist. Winehouse had a great sound right off the bat. But there’s been others, like Madonna, that I just didn’t care for at first.

Personally, as far as Eilish goes, This is my favorite performance from her and her brother. (Who’s overshadowed often, but definitely a big part of her sound)

youtu.be/m6AdQLB_19g

 

[afm199]

I think for most people, liking the sound rates far higher than the content of the message, so I can understand that. When the sound and message come together for your that is gold! :thumbup

Which is why I listen to old Springsteen, early Leonard Cohen, and Amy Winehouse.

 

[Bowling4Bikes]

her music is ok. I feel like she's been put on a track similar to gwen stefani. start anti-corporate, anti-popular (but make popular music). then have a transformation into full on pop star. good luck to her.

 

[bojangle]

Which is why I listen to old Springsteen, early Leonard Cohen, and Amy Winehouse.

Amy Winehouse is kinda eerie, because it's almost like she foreshadowed her own early demise.

 

[bojangle]

her music is ok. I feel like she's been put on a track similar to gwen stefani. start anti-corporate, anti-popular (but make popular music). then have a transformation into full on pop star. good luck to her.

The big anti establishment money involves selling out to the establishment.

Duh!

Speaking of duh, any artist who uses "duh" in a song is ok in my book.

 

[HappyHighwayman]

i heard she smells and is rude as fuck.... friend that works at the fruit company shuttled her around for a tour had told me this.

I hear you smell

 

[Charles R]

Or maybe you just need an ‘older’ version of her songs?

youtu.be/OqwIloa3DVk

Or maybe just a little more metal in your diet?

youtu.be/E3M9dusXQXw

 

[afm199]

Amy Winehouse is kinda eerie, because it's almost like she foreshadowed her own early demise.

Agreed. She was more like Janis than Billie Holiday. She had so much pain in her music and no resolution.

 

[SFMCjohn]

All I wanted was a Pepsi....

:laughing

guess that was more my speed, too ... :ride

 

[Bowling4Bikes]

The big anti establishment money involves selling out to the establishment.

Duh!

Speaking of duh, any artist who uses "duh" in a song is ok in my book.

My daughter likes her. We saw her on Austin city limits iirc. Her audience is almost all pre-teen girls. All in all her "look" and attitude seems to be one that may offer a decently positive, or at least not negative, influence on those little girls' lives. I'd take her decisions thus far over Miley Cyrus's afa how she portrays herself to the youngins.

 

[TylerW]

The big anti establishment money involves selling out to the establishment.

Duh!

Speaking of duh, any artist who uses "duh" in a song is ok in my book.

Yeah, trying to stay anti-corporate in the music biz is a tough row to hoe. One of my favorite bands has gone that route, won't play any gig with corporate sponsorship, and are very selective of the other bands they'll work with.

After 25 years they've made a decent name for themselves and can sustain themselves with the band as their primary income. But they're still not huge.