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In the age of autotune and production line music

It's good to take time out and reminisce about the music of yesteryear, when music was as simple as a man and his guitar, nothing more, nothing less.

This thread goes out to the [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuT8vZSN0gw]the singer/songwriters of an age gone by[/url]

and to those [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfAS6nwYc9g]who try and carry on their legacy[/url]

December 1, 2010

14 Comments • Newest first

azimuth457

[quote=iGlen]@azimuth457: yeee.
And wow, I saw Annuals perform in Durham, NC a few months back with my sister.[/quote]

Lucky! I haven't seen them live. There are drawbacks to not living in the states..

Reply December 2, 2010
azimuth457

[quote=Zora]Auto-tune makes the songs sound better sometimes. Some use it because they don't have a high enough octave or they have a terrible voice and some use it to enhance their song in a good way.

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrbhEwpq1Do]This is auto-tuned[/url], but it still sounds good.
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVHODgr-Y0A]And this is acoustic live[/url], which is amazing.[/quote]

Whether or not it sounds better is up to opinion, isn't it? Most people who enter this thread are going to prefer her acoustic singing.

This is what I'm listening to right now; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IouZjE7XuY4

PS. @iGlen: I like Blind Pilot.

Reply December 1, 2010
darksuitguy

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fERekxzkjFE]The Verve works magic.[/url]

Reply December 1, 2010
Staralex

[quote=darksuitguy][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONXp-vpE9eU]Oasis=princes compared to these guys. Still good though.[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBbyc3t-Ctc]Don't look back in anger sung acoustically[/url]
Wonderwall sung by Noel acoustically always is good.[/quote]

You are completely right, they're definitely the princes

Reply December 1, 2010
darksuitguy

[quote=Staralex]lets not forget the kings...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3C7DECI0jU[/quote]

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONXp-vpE9eU]Oasis=princes compared to these guys. Still good though.[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBbyc3t-Ctc]Don't look back in anger sung acoustically[/url]
Wonderwall sung by Noel acoustically always is good.

Reply December 1, 2010
Staralex

[quote=mdm5]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS-YTlJZOl0

Listening to this now so I thought I'd post it.

The good music is still out there. It's just that the top viewed music videos on youtube are all crap. There's plenty of other ways to find great music.[/quote]

That's true but it would be nice to hear good music on the radio again

Reply December 1, 2010
easyrolling

[quote=dimo]Can't stand the first song, sounds like almost all other over-production garbage that fills our tv's and radio's. But hey, that's just me.[/quote]
she's canadian, sexy and writes her own songs... which are the only reasons why she's signed

Reply December 1, 2010
Brenny

[quote=SerratedSickle][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HNY0rx2fw4]Edward Sharpe?[/url]

I prefer Alexisonfire over this side project.[/quote]

Eww. I've never liked Alexisonfire but I LOVEEE when he does his city and colour stuff.

Reply December 1, 2010
dimo

[quote=Zora]Auto-tune makes the songs sound better sometimes. Some use it because they don't have a high enough octave or they have a terrible voice and some use it to enhance their song in a good way.

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrbhEwpq1Do]This is auto-tuned[/url], but it still sounds good.
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVHODgr-Y0A]And this is acoustic live[/url], which is amazing.[/quote]

Can't stand the first song, sounds like almost all other over-production garbage that fills our tv's and radio's. But hey, that's just me.

Reply December 1, 2010
Staralex

lets not forget the kings...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3C7DECI0jU

Reply December 1, 2010
dimo

I have yet to hear a decent autotune song. It saddens me that a whole generation of people will grow up thinking this is the standard for music.

Reply December 1, 2010
azimuth457

I'm not a fan of auto tune because of how it sounds. I find it annoying.
However, in defense of the musicians, you can't use auto tune if you can't sing in key, so you can't say they're BAD singers..
though it's possible they're not as good as others.

Reply December 1, 2010
j1337

Well sure it's autotuned. But it sounds [b]good[/b] autotuned.
In my opinion.

Reply December 1, 2010
easyrolling

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N-FRiu84P8]old school[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btjhdHX8pMo]knew skoolz[/url]

Reply December 1, 2010