I think the cat is just musically inclined.

Ugh, no.

Of course you should enjoy music at a visceral level, but that doesn't mean you can't appreciate it on an intellectual level too.
Being educated about music is not a bad thing

Oh yeah, and heavy metal is not just music for idiots either. You know those "weird time signatures that smart people love"? Metal is full of them, and they'll frequently change throughout a song.

In short, fuck idiots and fuck this pandering tripe.

that wasn't just music... it was *metal!

BRUTAL LEARNINGS!!!!

Beat me to it too. Not just some "this guy" but by Gotye himself. I have to wonder what is like to create something that takes off so well... Not just music like this, but how does the guy who wrote "I'll be back" or other stuff feel that it has become part of the popular lexicon?

I am against single-frame videos or just music on videosift, this seems like something that should be on an audiosift site. (if that exists)

It could probably fit into more channels than just Music, too, not that I can call it.
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Meh, I find the two songs just clash far too much with each other, there's no 'gel' in there for me.

Nothing to do with lyrics, just musically, they don't fit.

Sorry to go all People magazine here, but I would like to know how they met, if they are just musical buddies or they are also a couple, if they have any pets they could have sing in any of their videos, have they ever been abducted by aliens... All that personal stuff.

I agree, not a dupe.

The other one is just music and the raw video. This is the news story that gives context to the situation.

I knew you were going to do that Deano. Art music encompasses more than just music by dead people you know. Although the pallet of this piece is humorous and non-traditional, this form of composition 'music concrete' certainly isn't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te Are you a proponent of art or a museum curator? (/rant)

Uh, i dont get it, just music? Not very funny, i must be missing something.

Definitely not "live" music. It's just music.

You're right about the money aspect; it's too big to be ignored. I also think the internet is positively shaping the music industry. I've found so many great artists since I went online that I know I NEVER would have heard otherwise.

I hear there's lots of good porn online too.

In reply to this comment by MINK:
education is a problem, but i think the money is a bigger problem. money and art are just incompatible somehow. I think it would take a lot of regulation to get more variety in the charts, ironically. More rules, more variety.

Trouble is designing the rules

i think if the internet really does end the reign of big labels it will be a good thing, but i know that big labels will always have the trump card of marketing budget. Money gravitates to itself, and gets together in a bunch to force people to like stuff they wouldn't like if there was a level playing field.

What people think is their opinion is always passed through the filter before it gets to them. That's why i stress exploration and having varied sources. You can apply that to anything, not just music.

Imagine saying: I just LIKE the theory of intelligent design, don't be such a snob with your evolution and your "evidence", it's all just a matter of interpretation.

lol

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Actually I appreciate most of what you said. I agree that if people spent more time learning about music (or any other art form, for that matter) then there would be a lot less crapola plaguing our culture because people would stop listening to Britney Spears and Ashlee Simpson. But what are you gonna do? As long as there's been art there has been shitty art. I imagine that some of the earliest cave drawings also shared space with crudely drawn boners ejaculating into Neanderthal faces.

If you're in a sewer surrounded by turds, it might be slightly more tolerable if one of those turds makes you happy for some bizarre reason. Maybe it looks like a banana.

In reply to this comment by MINK:
because of taste, and biology.

lol

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
But I REALLY like bananas!

education is a problem, but i think the money is a bigger problem. money and art are just incompatible somehow. I think it would take a lot of regulation to get more variety in the charts, ironically. More rules, more variety.

Trouble is designing the rules

i think if the internet really does end the reign of big labels it will be a good thing, but i know that big labels will always have the trump card of marketing budget. Money gravitates to itself, and gets together in a bunch to force people to like stuff they wouldn't like if there was a level playing field.

What people think is their opinion is always passed through the filter before it gets to them. That's why i stress exploration and having varied sources. You can apply that to anything, not just music.

Imagine saying: I just LIKE the theory of intelligent design, don't be such a snob with your evolution and your "evidence", it's all just a matter of interpretation.

lol

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Actually I appreciate most of what you said. I agree that if people spent more time learning about music (or any other art form, for that matter) then there would be a lot less crapola plaguing our culture because people would stop listening to Britney Spears and Ashlee Simpson. But what are you gonna do? As long as there's been art there has been shitty art. I imagine that some of the earliest cave drawings also shared space with crudely drawn boners ejaculating into Neanderthal faces.

If you're in a sewer surrounded by turds, it might be slightly more tolerable if one of those turds makes you happy for some bizarre reason. Maybe it looks like a banana.

In reply to this comment by MINK:
because of taste, and biology.

lol

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
But I REALLY like bananas!