Most Stylish Music to Socialize to

Anything by The Darkness.

Originally Posted by coldarchon

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are you talking about the 2-tone or the third wave? oh wait you didn´t know there where 3 waves of ska? well then your opinion counts a lot to me - not ..

I am well aware of the popular classification of ska eras as "waves." Your apparent knowledge of the same does nothing to mitigate your unappealing frat-ish celebration of a long dead, hideously bastardized genre.

Originally Posted by Magician

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I am well aware of the popular classification of ska eras as "waves." Your apparent knowledge of the same does nothing to mitigate your unappealing frat-ish celebration of a long dead, hideously bastardized genre.

name ONE music genre that couldn´t be described by this, almost everything today is recycled and most musicians should be called karaoke stars - now gtfo ..

Burial is nice.

Anything that creates an atmosphere with breaks works for me.

Also, Bossa Nova...

Originally Posted by uhurit

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Astrud Gilberto

Nice.

Can't believe it hasn't been mentioned, but one many Buddha Bar collections!

Originally Posted by coldarchon

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name ONE music genre that couldn´t be described by this, almost everything today is recycled and most musicians should be called karaoke stars - now gtfo ..

Oh snap Magi, you were just schooled!

Originally Posted by coldarchon

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name ONE music genre that couldn´t be described by this, almost everything today is recycled and most musicians should be called karaoke stars - now gtfo ..
How about hip hop for starters??? Hip hop is still a contemporary, vibrant genre, with populist appeal as well as critical acclaim. While lacking populist appeal, More experimental rock'n'roll sub genres are full of genuinely innovative, exciting music especially in areas like ambient and drone. Contemporary ska is nowhere close to critically acclaimed (with good reason) and is mostly popular amongst suburban burnouts and fratboys. It was a narrow genre that produced some wonderful music in it's heyday but is now no longer critically respected or popular.

Originally Posted by Magician

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How about hip hop for starters???

that choice is so utterly marsupialed ..

Originally Posted by Markus Laczko

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Chilled out lounge music, thievery corporation or gotan project.

Yeah, you can't go wrong with Groove Salad on SomaFM.com

Originally Posted by coldarchon

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that choice is so utterly marsupialed ..
Have you ever listened to the likes of El-P, Cannibal Ox, or Dalek? I don't know THAT much about hip-hop, but unless you've heard these guys you don't have a word to say about hip-hop. And it's not just the more artsy stuff that is good either, Illmatic by Nas is essential listening and Wu-Tang's 36 Chambers is as well. Hip-hop is an absolutely amazing genre which I'm currently trying to become more well versed in. What the hell are you doing in this thread?

Originally Posted by Listi

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Hip-hop is an absolutely amazing genre which I'm currently trying to become more well versed in.

you better try to follow that conversation instead of just picking out one sentence. I asked him to name one music genre of today that is not recycled from elements of the past and his example is a music genre that is the prototype of recycling ..

I came into this thread and said ska is a great music to socialize to and it gives everyone a smile, then I got insulted by this horrible unskilled and uneducated troll called magician ..

Originally Posted by coldarchon

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you better try to follow that conversation instead of just picking out one sentence. I asked him to name one music genre of today that is not recycled from elements of the past and his example is a music genre that is the prototype of recycling .. I came into this thread and said ska is a great music to socialize to and it gives everyone a smile, then I got insulted by this horrible unskilled and uneducated troll called magician ..
Oh I've been following, Magician just already handled all your other arguments so I felt no need to be redundant. You obviously haven't heard any of the artists or albums I mentioned. All of those artists and albums I listed are produced in ways that are so very original. Then there is stuff like DJ Shadow's Endtroducing..... which was completely different from anything ever done, really. Using samples to create an album. Although music created out of samples had been done before, not for the same reasons, in the genre of hip-hop, or with the same effect. And there are other genres not recycled from elements of the past too. Some breakcore artists have managed to put themselves in this realm, like Xanopticon. Foregoing any semblance of a beat or direction in his music which just pounds your ears as it flows aimlessly from one theme to the next using extremely chopped up samples and dark beats. Find Pulse by 7e Phalanx if you're interested in hearing what I mean about good breakcore... It's a free download, about 13 minutes long. Created by a collective of artists including Xanopticon. It truly blew my mind when I heard it.

Originally Posted by Listi

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You obviously haven't heard any of the artists or albums I mentioned.

I do but I don´t care troll. talking about some artists doesn´t change anything about the point that hip-hop is the prototype of a recycling music genre, period.

quote from wikipedia: "Beats are traditionally generated from portions of other songs by a DJ, or sampled from portions of other songs by a producer"

Originally Posted by Listi

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Oh I've been following, Magician just already handled all your other arguments so I felt no need to be redundant.

he did jackshit, so you haven´t been following. you must be a troll yourself considering the long off-offtopic text you just wrote.


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Ska...absolutely.
Will always make interesting conversations.
Highly recommending Studio One Skatalites, but some more modern stuff might work too.
UK based Yardshaker is pretty nice.
Still, better stick to the older stuff .

No?
How about some solid UK house from the 90's?
Robin S, Nightcrawlers...the lot.
Prob is that this thing will work 100% only when played pretty loud.

No?
Barry White!! You really can not go wrong with the walrus of love.
If anyone objects, you should kick them out for sure.

List goes on, but I think these show style + good times for anyone younger than 50.
Of you are older than that...sorry, can not help.