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Don't know why you should hate Ke$ha?

What I don't understand is the hate. Seriously.

Take me for instance. When I moved to L.A. KROC played My Chemical Romance's "Black Parade" All. The. Freaking. Time. My ears were bleeding.

I still don't like that song and it pretty much turned me off to MCR as well. But I don't complain about it; I just don't seek it out. If you don't like it, great. Don't listen to it.

Why isn't it that simple for some people?
 
I would love to simply not listen to it. However, "Don't listen to it" is not applicable when there's no choice in what noise one is exposed to the majority of their waking hours. I explained upthread my extreme annoyance for Ke$ha and her ilk comes from being forced to listen to her six times an hour, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, god knows how many months on end, because she's currently in the Top 20 (more like top 6 in practical application) and that's the music management at my company insists on playing in the office. Loudly.

I would love to be blissfully ignorant of her very existence, but alas, didn't happen. So until there's a management sea change or I find another job (dear god, let that be sooner rather than later) I'll bitch away.

Seriously? People can't conceive of situations where constant exposure to a narrow subset of pop music is unavoidable? "Don't listen to it. It's that simple" is one of the more asinine pieces of advice I've heard this week.
 
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Bears Discover Fire said:
I would love to simply not listen to it. However, "Don't listen to it" is not applicable when there's no choice in what noise one is exposed to the majority of their waking hours. I explained upthread my extreme annoyance for Ke$ha and her ilk comes from being forced to listen to her six times an hour, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, god knows how many months on end, because she's currently in the Top 20 (more like top 6 in practical application) and that's the music management at my company insists on playing in the office. Loudly.

I would love to be blissfully ignorant of her very existence, but alas, didn't happen. So until there's a management sea change or I find another job (dear god, let that be sooner rather than later) I'll bitch away.

Seriously? People can't conceive of situations where constant exposure to a narrow subset of pop music is unavoidable? "Don't listen to it. It's that simple" is one of the more asinine pieces of advice I've heard this week.
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I didn't see your above post, so accept my apologies for my "asinine piece of advice."

My main point was simply that I didn't find it to be that irksome. Clearly this is a view you don't share, and now that I've read both your posts I can understand why.

Are you not allowed to listen to your own music at work?
 
Bless your heart, Bears. I love the song and even I'd get sick of it if I had to listen to it everyday at work. Our store manager at Kroger was a country music fan, and until I worked there a handful of years ago, I used to enjoy country music. She played the same 5 songs the entire day, loudly over the in store speaker system, and my shifts would sometimes run 10 hours, so I'd just stare at the fillet knife sitting on the seafood counter and just wonder. So I know how you feel.

That said, maybe we could all chip in and get you some of those noise reducing headphones, or some really snazzy fuzzy dice earmuffs.
 
Lord Garth said:
It's analogous to Madonna and Britney Spears.

I think Lady Gaga became so big because she was the first breakout of the new decade. Technically 2008 or '9, but no need to split hairs.
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I think it does have a decent amount to do with her coming out first, but it also has to do with Gaga writing her own songs (which Ke$ha might do, I'm not sure), the fact that they don't autotune the shit out of her songs, and her, uh, unique outfit choices. That being said, plenty of people criticize Lady Gaga as well.

Either way, with the exception of Bears, who I sympathize with, most people have the luxury of just not listening to her music. Both of them make music that works well for being at a night club. I don't really see the point of listening to her music outside of this context or for judging her based on the standards you'd hold someone who writes a different kind of music.
 
Bears Discover Fire said:
I would love to simply not listen to it. However, "Don't listen to it" is not applicable when there's no choice in what noise one is exposed to the majority of their waking hours. I explained upthread my extreme annoyance for Ke$ha and her ilk comes from being forced to listen to her six times an hour, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, god knows how many months on end, because she's currently in the Top 20 (more like top 6 in practical application) and that's the music management at my company insists on playing in the office. Loudly.
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Almost a decade ago, I can remember learning to hate Destiny's Child and their single "Survivor" for the very same reasons. :scream:
 
Sarek of Vulcan said:
Our store manager at Kroger was a country music fan, and until I worked there a handful of years ago, I used to enjoy country music. She played the same 5 songs the entire day, loudly over the in store speaker system, and my shifts would sometimes run 10 hours, so I'd just stare at the fillet knife sitting on the seafood counter and just wonder. So I know how you feel.
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At one point during college, I lived on-campus near the arena. For a period of a few months, at least, whoever was in charge of the arena's Tannoy system played nothing but country on the loudspeakers. And I'm talking bad country. Achey-breaky heart stuff. I remember one day I was passing by on my way home and I started sort of grooving to it and bouncing along in my stride and then realizing "Wait a minute, this is good. What happened?" Apparently, someone else got their hands on the machine, because it was playing Bob Dylan now.

Didn't last, sadly.
 
doubleohfive said:
Bears Discover Fire said:
I would love to simply not listen to it. However, "Don't listen to it" is not applicable when there's no choice in what noise one is exposed to the majority of their waking hours. I explained upthread my extreme annoyance for Ke$ha and her ilk comes from being forced to listen to her six times an hour, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, god knows how many months on end, because she's currently in the Top 20 (more like top 6 in practical application) and that's the music management at my company insists on playing in the office. Loudly.

I would love to be blissfully ignorant of her very existence, but alas, didn't happen. So until there's a management sea change or I find another job (dear god, let that be sooner rather than later) I'll bitch away.

Seriously? People can't conceive of situations where constant exposure to a narrow subset of pop music is unavoidable? "Don't listen to it. It's that simple" is one of the more asinine pieces of advice I've heard this week.
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I didn't see your above post, so accept my apologies for my "asinine piece of advice."

My main point was simply that I didn't find it to be that irksome. Clearly this is a view you don't share, and now that I've read both your posts I can understand why.

Are you not allowed to listen to your own music at work?
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Hey doubleoh, I apologize for coming off so harsh. I've been in claws-out mode for most of this week and it's bleeding through my posts here. Please accept my apologies for my harsh post. You did not deserve that.

Currently, I'm not able to listen to my own music for awhile, because I've been moved to the old receptionist desk in the front of the office. Due to the public visibility of my desk's location and the duties it entails, like greeting walk-ins and signing for deliveries, I'm not allowed put on the headphones and tune it out.

The worse is when the company owner shows up, and begins blasting cheap club remix music out of his office. Then we have Ke$ha and Ke$ha-the-marginal-quality-remix competing at the same time. It's like spiraling into a whole new circle of aural hell. Governments use loud, repetitive music as a form of psychological torture and I can see how it works.
 
That is indeed beyond bizarre. I guess your boss isn't concerned that, if you can hear it, those who walk it might be able to hear it too? Ke$ha certainly isn't music that suggests a professional atmosphere, all comments about quality left aside.
 
The owner is a cocaine addict and a cheat, lawsuit magnet by day, club crawler by night. He doesn't give a fuck about professionalism or his employee's morale. The only reason he's still in business is a second in command operations manager and a legal team on retainer to clean up his messes.
 
Ouch. I'm sorry to hear that. I'll still stand by my thought that Kesha, in context, is just generic club music (good for what it is if you don't take it too seriously). Out of context, I can't imagine what kind of hell it would be.
 
Sarek of Vulcan said:
Chaos Descending said:
Chao$ De$cending likes Ke$ha because she is relatively hot (in certain ways, personal tastes and all that) and (according to her) she does NOT like pretty boys, but is into "fat funny guys with beards". If she ever meets me, she's gonna have to fight my wife! I win!
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In that case, $arek of Vulcan may be in love. :lol:
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Hmm...

¢amelopard?

No, that sucks. :(

Wait...

€amelopard

Much better. :cool:
 
“Maybe I need some rehab
Or maybe just need some sleep . . .”
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No, sweetheart, what you need is some talent.

I mean, seriously, does anyone older than sixteen listen to this crap?

She does look cute riding that elephant, though.
Sarek of Vulcan said:
Nerys Myk said:
Flo Rida??? Are all the good names taken?
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Actually, Flo Rida (“Flow Rider” based on his skill as a rapper, and a play on the name of his home state) is a pretty good name.
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I must be hopelessly square. When I saw that name, I assumed it was a woman.
Rii said:
What's the video, by the way?
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Geri Halliwell's cover of 'It's Raining Men'.
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Hermiod said:
^That song is amongst the worst of the lot! Especially her version! :ack:
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Actually, the original version by the two fat black chicks isn't a bad dance record. It sounds like “Fame” sideways.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGLZqDXau98

Geri Halliwell's cover version is bland, but she's got a body that could make an atheist start praying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBR0nXeBMlM&feature=related
 
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