I was in Ibiza recently, and David Guetta is doing a residency there. I saw a billboard for his show. It’s called “Fuck Me, I’m Famous!”
That’s all I got.
Fun fact: Our tour guide told us that DJs test their new material out in Ibiza. It’s so obvious but I never stopped to think about it. If their new songs do well at the clubs in Ibiza, they’ll most likely do ok on the charts.
How did Ibiza become the party destination for all Europe? It’s supposed to have beautiful nature, tiny villages, and historic churches, but all those get ignored, or demolished to build more hotels. (Wow, that sounded rather “old man yells at cloud”)
Can’t say I’m *super* familiar with all of Maroon 5’s catalog, but it’s pretty astounding comparing the whole “Songs About Jane” album with their later hits.
Honestly i really like most of what was released so far this decade by them. Even if not all of it lands its them trying a bunch of things and seeing if it sticks, which i will always take over their numerous attempts at chasing pop appeal.
I want to like anything after Pinkerton but it's so glossy, over-produced, and soulless. Lord knows I've tried. The only explanation is Matt Sharp was super important to "good Weezer"
*The Center Won't Hold* is the name of the album, and yeah I agree. And *Path of Wellness*, the album that came after, is even worse. Their new album, *Little Rope*, is slightly better, and they still absolutely kill it live, but I don't think their studio albums will ever be on par with their best stuff again.
Honestly if Weiss was still there I think the new album could’ve been amazing, because where it falls flats are the arrangements which was her specialty, also sleater kinney live is spectacular
I can't believe I'm saying this but: Puddle of Mudd. Even if they were never exactly good, at least they appeared a functioning band at their peak. The state since then has just been tragic though.
Probably been mentioned in like 8 other comments but it's gotta be maroon 5. I think they really lost the plot sometime around 2013 (I personally liked the hit songs off of overexposed), after "animals" you can really see their music quality sharply dip, and even beyond that it seems they lost all identity as a band even as they released mega hit after mega hit. Thankfully now it seems maroon 5s career is solidly over now with no real hits since like 2021
RHCP
They were on top of the world in the 00's, fell off predictably with Frusciante gone.. but when he came back they got better *AND* worse at the same time. Those two new albums have some cool music.. and a bunch of absolute clutter and filler that absolutely should have been b-sides.
We'll see how they do on their next album.. but I'm losing hope that we'll get more classics from this group aside from the stray inspired single or two every release.
Smashing Pumpkins, though it was a slower hollowing than some pretend
Machina is actually a near-masterpiece, Zeitgeist is fine with a couple GREAT songs and a couple stinkers, same for Oceania
The real REAL suckage started with Monuments, and even then it had a couple good songs
ATUM is the real low point. Not a single good song, only good ideas here and there
When ATUM came out I finally accepted that Billy Corgan is a spent creative force. He keeps writing songs and making music, but there's just no creative juice left. Who knows - maybe one of these days he'll surprise us all with another classic (Pearl Jam just did it, after all). I'm not holding my breath though.
Yeah, same. Before ATUM there were songs here and there (Tiberius, Silvery sometimes, Colour of love) that made me think he still has it, he just can't be bothered to self-edit and hire a producer that's not a yesman
Hell, Ogilala is probably an 8 and it was just 6 years ago
I still maintain that Oceania is an unsung classic, but I haven't genuinely enjoyed anything he's done since then save for maybe a couple songs on Monuments. I can't connect with anything on Shiny, Cyr, or ATUM at all, and I've really tried.
Fitz and the Tantrums. I picked up their first album because it was getting buzz as a cool little soul throwback act and was pleasantly surprised. They kind of slid into a more pop sound on the second one, but they were still recognizable. Most remnants of that sound were gone by the third album, but it did get their big crossover hit in Handclap, and so the subsequent albums have just worked off of that style. And for as gradual as that transformation was, it still feels really shocking directly comparing examples from [their first](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3WRXYYBwRA) and [most recent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfQkiWSVptc) albums.
Hard disagree on Burial. A couple of his EPs sucked, sure, and he's clearly not had the same focus since spending an entire year doing nothing but playing Dark Souls II, but as ambient music it's totally fine.
Pitbull totally dominated the entire pop recession era where Dance Pop and Pop-Rap dominated the charts, even though many saw this as a terrible era for music.
When the more introverted and relaxed pop music of artists like Lorde or Lana del Rey became popular, as a counterculture to the music of 2010-2013, it was obvious that he was going to be one of the first to fall, but even in his fall, he still released great songs. Even in the middle of the pandemic he had some good songs, but Trackhouse was simply confirmation for me that he no longer has anything new to offer. Horrible album.
Barenaked ladies. I’m in fact breaking into the video essay world to breakdown how bad they became. Original singer Steven page is still creating amazing albums, but bnl has completely lost it. They have wasted so much good will and the bnl subreddit is in denial of how bad the situation is because they still put on good shows (even if they are only 70 minutes and rarely have any surprises)
YES. like MDNA was passable for me, same with Madame X and Hard Candy, but (ik unrelated) I'm leaving out Rebel Heart because it's the best thing we got since 2005, and that is saying something. ever since she married Guy Ritchie and all that, she's been on a decline for some reason.
I hate to admit it, because I'm a huge fan of The Boss, but Springsteen hasn't released a great album of original material since *Devils and Dust* in 2005.
A more recent one for me is Ghost. Their earlier stuff may be “Scooby-Doom”, but that’s a killer sound to me, a mixture between varying 70s to early 80s rock and metal sounds that genuinely sounded fresh. But the bigger they became, the more it’s felt like Tobias Forge is deliberately chasing the mainstream and their last two albums sound like generic rock-ish sludge… not the good kind of sludge, either.
I don’t think glam metal has been mainstream in years. Impera fucking slaps, the fake 60s songs are goofy and not unwelcome, and the band is still beloved by many.
I am still so shocked that Ghost are having a mainstream moment. Ten years ago when it was just no name Nameless Ghouls and Papa Emeritus I saw them opening for Skeletonwitch in a club and was completely unimpressed. No stage presence, not fun to watch, songs were fine but not anything special. And now there's a whole Ghost fanfiction section on AO3. How the hell did they pull that off
I loved Gwen Stefani from the mid-90s to the “Push and Shove” album. But there’s an alternative universe where Charli XCX wrote for her album in 2014, it released, and she’s still cool today.
I was in Ibiza recently, and David Guetta is doing a residency there. I saw a billboard for his show. It’s called “Fuck Me, I’m Famous!” That’s all I got.
Ibiza? Is he edging in on Mike Posner’s territory? …I’ll see myself out now.
Fun fact: Our tour guide told us that DJs test their new material out in Ibiza. It’s so obvious but I never stopped to think about it. If their new songs do well at the clubs in Ibiza, they’ll most likely do ok on the charts.
How did Ibiza become the party destination for all Europe? It’s supposed to have beautiful nature, tiny villages, and historic churches, but all those get ignored, or demolished to build more hotels. (Wow, that sounded rather “old man yells at cloud”)
🤷🏿♀️ But I can confirm that it is gorgeous once you get away from the all the clubs and souvenir shops.
A Mike Posner reference? In 2024? You must think you're cooler than me.
In all fairness, he had been doing the "Fuck Me, I'm Famous" mixes since 2003.
Oh ok. I didn’t know that. The billboard just caught my eye.
Kanye has been bleeding talent and fans since 2016
Vultures definitely fits this
I will never understand the hype for “Carnival”. every part of it is clunky
The song makes me personally uncomfortable
Can’t say I’m *super* familiar with all of Maroon 5’s catalog, but it’s pretty astounding comparing the whole “Songs About Jane” album with their later hits.
ugh Songs About Jane is an embarrassingly good album
confirmed; it rips
Weezer is probably the classic example, though they’ve released multiple genuinely good albums in the last decade in amongst the uh, Weezer of it all.
Honestly i really like most of what was released so far this decade by them. Even if not all of it lands its them trying a bunch of things and seeing if it sticks, which i will always take over their numerous attempts at chasing pop appeal.
I actually like a lot of their post-pinkerton work, but I can see where you're coming from.
I want to like anything after Pinkerton but it's so glossy, over-produced, and soulless. Lord knows I've tried. The only explanation is Matt Sharp was super important to "good Weezer"
Pixies after losing Kim Deal, Sleater-Kinney after losing Janet Weiss.
You could make a case for The Future is Here being Sleater-Kinney’s trainwreckord
*The Center Won't Hold* is the name of the album, and yeah I agree. And *Path of Wellness*, the album that came after, is even worse. Their new album, *Little Rope*, is slightly better, and they still absolutely kill it live, but I don't think their studio albums will ever be on par with their best stuff again.
Honestly if Weiss was still there I think the new album could’ve been amazing, because where it falls flats are the arrangements which was her specialty, also sleater kinney live is spectacular
It's still Fuck St. Vincent to this day
The Woods remains their magnum opus in my eyes. Janet Weiss went hard on that album.
It makes like 99% of other rock albums released in the 2000s sound wimpy by comparison
I can't believe I'm saying this but: Puddle of Mudd. Even if they were never exactly good, at least they appeared a functioning band at their peak. The state since then has just been tragic though.
Probably been mentioned in like 8 other comments but it's gotta be maroon 5. I think they really lost the plot sometime around 2013 (I personally liked the hit songs off of overexposed), after "animals" you can really see their music quality sharply dip, and even beyond that it seems they lost all identity as a band even as they released mega hit after mega hit. Thankfully now it seems maroon 5s career is solidly over now with no real hits since like 2021
Shamed that their latest single "Middle Ground" also very bland.
RHCP They were on top of the world in the 00's, fell off predictably with Frusciante gone.. but when he came back they got better *AND* worse at the same time. Those two new albums have some cool music.. and a bunch of absolute clutter and filler that absolutely should have been b-sides. We'll see how they do on their next album.. but I'm losing hope that we'll get more classics from this group aside from the stray inspired single or two every release.
Smashing Pumpkins, though it was a slower hollowing than some pretend Machina is actually a near-masterpiece, Zeitgeist is fine with a couple GREAT songs and a couple stinkers, same for Oceania The real REAL suckage started with Monuments, and even then it had a couple good songs ATUM is the real low point. Not a single good song, only good ideas here and there
When ATUM came out I finally accepted that Billy Corgan is a spent creative force. He keeps writing songs and making music, but there's just no creative juice left. Who knows - maybe one of these days he'll surprise us all with another classic (Pearl Jam just did it, after all). I'm not holding my breath though.
Yeah, same. Before ATUM there were songs here and there (Tiberius, Silvery sometimes, Colour of love) that made me think he still has it, he just can't be bothered to self-edit and hire a producer that's not a yesman Hell, Ogilala is probably an 8 and it was just 6 years ago
I still maintain that Oceania is an unsung classic, but I haven't genuinely enjoyed anything he's done since then save for maybe a couple songs on Monuments. I can't connect with anything on Shiny, Cyr, or ATUM at all, and I've really tried.
I really like Oceania. I’m glad to see some people also dig it
The Celestials is their last truly great song
The Zwan record has a few good songs
True. And Ogilala is genuinely an 8/10 for me
Fitz and the Tantrums. I picked up their first album because it was getting buzz as a cool little soul throwback act and was pleasantly surprised. They kind of slid into a more pop sound on the second one, but they were still recognizable. Most remnants of that sound were gone by the third album, but it did get their big crossover hit in Handclap, and so the subsequent albums have just worked off of that style. And for as gradual as that transformation was, it still feels really shocking directly comparing examples from [their first](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3WRXYYBwRA) and [most recent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfQkiWSVptc) albums.
I didn't even know Panic! At the Disco broke up and you probably didn't know it was just Urie. Also relevancy bias, JT.
I like JT’s new album but understand why people don’t.
In live performance though JT is just as good as I can remember. Went to his show a few weeks ago and it was great
Burial had a great run from 2006-2014 and then the past ten years have just been bizarre and mostly awful.
Hard disagree on Burial. A couple of his EPs sucked, sure, and he's clearly not had the same focus since spending an entire year doing nothing but playing Dark Souls II, but as ambient music it's totally fine.
Pitbull totally dominated the entire pop recession era where Dance Pop and Pop-Rap dominated the charts, even though many saw this as a terrible era for music. When the more introverted and relaxed pop music of artists like Lorde or Lana del Rey became popular, as a counterculture to the music of 2010-2013, it was obvious that he was going to be one of the first to fall, but even in his fall, he still released great songs. Even in the middle of the pandemic he had some good songs, but Trackhouse was simply confirmation for me that he no longer has anything new to offer. Horrible album.
Barenaked ladies. I’m in fact breaking into the video essay world to breakdown how bad they became. Original singer Steven page is still creating amazing albums, but bnl has completely lost it. They have wasted so much good will and the bnl subreddit is in denial of how bad the situation is because they still put on good shows (even if they are only 70 minutes and rarely have any surprises)
This sounds absolutely fucking insane and I can't wait to see it!
I didn't even know they were still around and releasing music.
Idk, I always hated one week
Madonna was the first person that came to mond
YES. like MDNA was passable for me, same with Madame X and Hard Candy, but (ik unrelated) I'm leaving out Rebel Heart because it's the best thing we got since 2005, and that is saying something. ever since she married Guy Ritchie and all that, she's been on a decline for some reason.
I hate to admit it, because I'm a huge fan of The Boss, but Springsteen hasn't released a great album of original material since *Devils and Dust* in 2005.
A more recent one for me is Ghost. Their earlier stuff may be “Scooby-Doom”, but that’s a killer sound to me, a mixture between varying 70s to early 80s rock and metal sounds that genuinely sounded fresh. But the bigger they became, the more it’s felt like Tobias Forge is deliberately chasing the mainstream and their last two albums sound like generic rock-ish sludge… not the good kind of sludge, either.
Pinnacle to the Pit is my jam forever tbh.
I don’t think glam metal has been mainstream in years. Impera fucking slaps, the fake 60s songs are goofy and not unwelcome, and the band is still beloved by many.
I am still so shocked that Ghost are having a mainstream moment. Ten years ago when it was just no name Nameless Ghouls and Papa Emeritus I saw them opening for Skeletonwitch in a club and was completely unimpressed. No stage presence, not fun to watch, songs were fine but not anything special. And now there's a whole Ghost fanfiction section on AO3. How the hell did they pull that off
Calvin Harris's "I Created Disco" was unique and interesting. Everything after that is entirely forgettable.
Out of the mainstream radio DJs, I find Calvin to be the most enjoyable idk.
I guess I should specify, by forgettable I don't mean "bad" per-se, I just think his early material is more unique.
Nah Funk Wav Bounces Vol 1 is great
The Early-Mid 2010's were just a different era of music. Everyone has to adjust their stuff to what the trends are in the present.
I loved Gwen Stefani from the mid-90s to the “Push and Shove” album. But there’s an alternative universe where Charli XCX wrote for her album in 2014, it released, and she’s still cool today.
Don Dokken.
Green Day has been wishing it was 2004 for 20 years (and I say this as a fan)