Slipknot's Corey Taylor: Pop music is insulting

[PartySick 160,498]

He's like one of those kids that comment under Avril Lavinge's early 2000 videos and say "Why wasn't I born in this decade???"

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^this.

No matter how much of a point he has, it's SO boring to listen to rockers/rock fans s*it on pop music when they only know of the most basic and over played songs  

Pop music is life  

[Morphine Prince 106,127]

The irony that the ad I got before this video played was this video of some teen girls singing Shake It Off

He's right in some of the things he says. But there is good pop music out there. 

Slipknot is insulting though, never liked their music. 

[Staryu 6,162]

Corey has a good point, but he's being pretentious about it.

[RAMROD 109,631]

 

[FameHungry 146]

He's completely right (with some artists) but he's only saying this now?

But tbh, I don't ever see this changing anytime soon. People would have to start caring about who wrote what and who's more talented but they just don't.

[Gohan 16,447]

Ew. It's not like vomiting your saliva, I mean rapping on whatever the ~so edgy genre~ they sing is better than Pop music. NEVER FORGET Gaga is pap miusik, so b---h shut up.

But in general, pop music has declined a lot, so he gotta point

 

[nativenewyorker 1,190]

Well.. pop music is an art form in itself. Modern pop music has become all about a sleek and perfect sound, more electronic than human. But that doesn't discredit it. Pop music is the art form of creating a universal song from a universal emotion. I used to think songs written by teams of songwriters were disingenuous but there's an art to writing a perfect pop song. There's a pop vocabulary, a formula for everything, "go to" chords for certain reactions, rules regarding the tempo..etc.

Just because music isn't coming from the singer alone isn't enough to discredit it. I love a catchy pop song that follows the formulas here and there. They're formulas for a reason. They work and Auto-Tune is just another way to gloss over and perfect the song. Now if the artist can't actually sing, they have no business being a singer. But I have no problem with real singers using Auto-Tune. I see his point that it seems more fake and lifeless but it's just a different art form than what he does. Pop songs written by a team of hit-makers don't serve the same purpose as Slipknot because they're meant to appeal to everyone and they do. Plus, it's not like the producers and songwriters don't dedicate their lives to music as much as he does. It's just a different kind of music. 

He's being pretentious and screaming out for authenticity, but people like what they like. A normal singer-songwriter isn't as interesting a persona as Miley's or Britney's, or even Taylor's.  Most pop stars careers are highly calculated anyway so why does he expect any different from the music?

[Barbados 1,004]

well rock music makes me feel like im being stung by a thousand bees

Subjectivity is a thing, what's his point?

Pop music can be good and bad, same with a lot of genres. He sounds pretentious. "I don't listen to Pop so i'm better than you".

[DrewStevens 5,249]

He is right about the pop music that plays on the radio. It's almost lifeless and 99% autotuned vocals. But in this age where almost everyone has internet it's always your choice to listen to that. You can find thousands of musicians on internet for free. 

Also I don't think he should be so harsh on these artists considering that his music is not really that good either. 

[Chic 20,830]

"I die for it every goddamn night"

Then stay dead u lil b---h

Artists like Lana have more talent in their nipples than Slipknot does in their entire discography

[Yanko 9,860]

he's so pretentious 

[Juanjo 2,151]

Such a biased and intolerant argument. Gurl, .

[aaronyoji 2,054]

but but but but

 

his music is also trash 

the product of their sound is an aesthetic choice, not a flaw in their musicianship though. you can't program a computer to sound like punk or metal. 

[aaronyoji 2,054]

Well.. pop music is an art form in itself. Modern pop music has become all about a sleek and perfect sound, more electronic than human. But that doesn't discredit it. Pop music is the art form of creating a universal song from a universal emotion. I used to think songs written by teams of songwriters were disingenuous but there's an art to writing a perfect pop song. There's a pop vocabulary, a formula for everything, "go to" chords for certain reactions, rules regarding the tempo..etc.

Just because music isn't coming from the singer alone isn't enough to discredit it. I love a catchy pop song that follows the formulas here and there. They're formulas for a reason. They work and Auto-Tune is just another way to gloss over and perfect the song. Now if the artist can't actually sing, they have no business being a singer. But I have no problem with real singers using Auto-Tune. I see his point that it seems more fake and lifeless but it's just a different art form than what he does. Pop songs written by a team of hit-makers don't serve the same purpose as Slipknot because they're meant to appeal to everyone and they do. Plus, it's not like the producers and songwriters don't dedicate their lives to music as much as he does. It's just a different kind of music. 

He's being pretentious and screaming out for authenticity, but people like what they like. A normal singer-songwriter isn't as interesting a persona as Miley's or Britney's, or even Taylor's.  Most pop stars careers are highly calculated anyway so why does he expect any different from the music?

knowing the formula to what makes a good pop song isn't a talent, its called easy music. its quick, cheap, easy music. that's why its so formulaic, talented people 80 or so years ago figured out a new way to evoke emotion that relates to people and then it became the standard for a century of music, which is literally a blip in time for humans. it's not a skill set anymore to be able to conquer that writing method, its just easy and cheap.  

[nativenewyorker 1,190]

knowing the formula to what makes a good pop song isn't a talent, its called easy music. its quick, cheap, easy music. that's why its so formulaic, talented people 80 or so years ago figured out a new way to evoke emotion that relates to people and then it became the standard for a century of music, which is literally a blip in time for humans. it's not a skill set anymore to be able to conquer that writing method, its just easy and cheap.  

well I disagree with you