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IvanP Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan	Posted on Feb 08 2017 01:32 PM — Ivan Lords of Atlantis on Facebook The Madeira Official Website The Madeira on Facebook The Blair-Pongracic Band on Facebook The Space Cossacks on Facebook The Madeira Channel on YouTube Top
IvanP Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan	Posted on Feb 08 2017 01:39 PM BTW, I totally accept that I'm posting this as an old guy, completely 'out of it'. Let me please add: "GET OFF MY LAWN, YOU DAMN KIDS!!" — Ivan Lords of Atlantis on Facebook The Madeira Official Website The Madeira on Facebook The Blair-Pongracic Band on Facebook The Space Cossacks on Facebook The Madeira Channel on YouTube Top
SpaceTimC Joined: Apr 18, 2015 Posts: 189 Bay Area, CA	Posted on Feb 08 2017 01:48 PM Haha! Understand that all forms and styles of music have certain conventions. I mean, what's with all that echo-y guitar in surf music? — The Reverbivores - we're local favorites! Top
websurfer Joined: May 14, 2007 Posts: 1753	Posted on Feb 08 2017 01:56 PM I clicked for Katy, stayed for the whoop. Yeah, that is pretty funny. I thought I detected a trend for "oh, oh" choruses after Phillip Phillips "Home". There is a commercial using a song called "Day To Feel Alive" that is so close, I don't know how he has avoided a plagiarism suit. Top
ElMonstroPorFavor Joined: Sep 01, 2006 Posts: 2739 New Orleans, LA	Posted on Feb 08 2017 04:35 PM I guess we're mostly over the whispery ukelele phase, so there's that — Storm Surge of Reverb: Surf & Instro Radio Top
tonybologna Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 796 Oakland	Posted on Feb 08 2017 04:37 PM I've been talking about this vocal trend for years. It is truly horrendous. It reminds me of all the young Coachella attendees with Native American headgear. ::shutter:: — Science friction burns my fingers. Top
shake_n_stomp Joined: Jan 09, 2014 Posts: 616 Vancouver BC	Posted on Feb 08 2017 05:40 PM Yeah, I much prefer the Sleeping Lion Yodel to the Millenial Whoop: — Lorne The Surf Shakers: https://www.facebook.com/TheSurfShakers Vancouver BC Canada Top
SpaceTimC Joined: Apr 18, 2015 Posts: 189 Bay Area, CA	Posted on Feb 08 2017 06:06 PM shake_n_stomp wrote: Yeah, I much prefer the Sleeping Lion Yodel to the Millenial Whoop: Oh wait... — The Reverbivores - we're local favorites! Top
Stormtiger Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2685 Ventura, CA	Posted on Feb 08 2017 06:14 PM Since the office I work at is located in an outdoor shopping mall, I hear Muzak every day. When they aren't playing Coldplay, much of it sounds just like this whooping. Top
Reverbenator Joined: Jul 26, 2015 Posts: 260 San Diego, Ca	Posted on Feb 08 2017 06:17 PM Uhhhh.....yeah.... I've noticed, and been annoyed by this, too. It seems to me, that it tends to manifest itself when the vocalist (Not entirely sure I want to use the word, 'singer') should be sustaining a note, and incorporating some vibrato, but they don't. Maybe because they can't. Perhaps you've witnessed this: an aging vocalist/singer can no longer hit the high notes, so when the high note comes, they stand at the edge of the stage, and hold the mic out over the audience and let THEM hit it. Sad, and somewhat pathetic, as well. BTW, Ivan I don't know how old you are, but I'll be 57 this month. Not quite sure I'm ready to refer to myself as an old guy. (Or old codger.) I prefer the terms, 'Apprentice Codger', or 'Codger's Apprentice'. Heh heh. YMMV — -Cheers, Clark- -Less Paul, more Reverb- Top
DannySnyder Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11058 Berkeley, CA	Posted on Feb 08 2017 06:40 PM Far more horrifying is the prevalence of "melisma" — Danny Snyder "With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF Top
wfoguy Joined: Dec 11, 2011 Posts: 2134	Posted on Feb 08 2017 06:59 PM The latest version of yodeling?????? Top
Chippertheripper Joined: Mar 11, 2011 Posts: 819 Semass	Posted on Feb 08 2017 07:06 PM well, birds have been doing it since there's been birds, so I'm gonna file this as making something out of nothing...which is kind of the idea of music anyway, right? Top
JakeDobner Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle	Posted on Feb 08 2017 07:26 PM Worse though, but similar, is the big chorus that is used now. Those songs in the video are such utter shit... One exception, a song by Chvrches called The Mother We Share, I don't think is a great example of what they were trying to show. Here is that track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j73ZGLKu9Sc They are an electronic band, so not for everyone, but I feel they are one of the only 'organic' electronic bands still around. Top
rottenman Joined: Jan 31, 2015 Posts: 115 Austin, TX	Posted on Feb 08 2017 10:43 PM So as an old guy, did you get a little stoked when that "Tarzanboy" clip came up? Not necessarily for that horrible song/video - more for memories of that awesome CGI Listerine commercial?... or is that just me? BTW, I totally accept that I'm posting this as an old guy, completely 'out of it'. Let me please add: "GET OFF MY LAWN, YOU DAMN KIDS!!" — From past me to future you Top
Redfeather Joined: Jul 30, 2016 Posts: 896	Posted on Feb 09 2017 01:28 AM I love that Listerine commercial!! I grew up reading the Tarzan books in original (or at least very old) editions, with the J. Allen St. John art and that commercial always made me happy when it came on. Top
woodz-dog Joined: Feb 27, 2008 Posts: 84 Henrico, Va., USA, 3rd rock	Posted on Feb 09 2017 06:56 AM Ivan, thank you for bringing this to my attention, but I'm glad I didn't even know about it, and want no part of it. I'm going right now to listen to some Madeira to clear my head of all this. "Journey To The Center Of The Surf" should do it quite well. Oh yeah! That worked. Thank you Madeira — Woody D S3 #148 Henrico Va Top
Badger Joined: Nov 16, 2013 Posts: 4536 Wisconsin	Posted on Feb 09 2017 09:04 AM This stuff is why I successfully lobbied the local gas chain to put a mute button on their pumps so I didn't have to listen to this shit or E! news or MSNBC. (Told them it was a safety hazard, not being able to listen to the gas actually flowing or coming up the neck.) Reverbenator wrote: BTW, Ivan I don't know how old you are, but I'll be 57 this month. Not quite sure I'm ready to refer to myself as an old guy. (Or old codger.) I prefer the terms, 'Apprentice Codger', or 'Codger's Apprentice'. Heh heh. The word is curmudgeon; now both you kids get off my lawn. — Wes SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices. Top
Ariel Joined: Aug 29, 2009 Posts: 1556 Israel	Posted on Feb 09 2017 09:18 AM Speaking of curmudgeon, here's Jim Florentine: Last edited: Feb 09, 2017 09:34:22 Top
remora1 Joined: Jan 04, 2008 Posts: 1277 San Pedro, CA	Posted on Feb 09 2017 10:03 AM Almost as annoying as the "millennial whoop" was the the trend a few years ago of the Whistling Hipsters. Drove me crazy — Bill S._______ HELLDIVER on Facebook Top

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