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My daughter took me to a Hozier concert a couple of weeks ago. Never heard of the guy. Played some interesting things and was quite good. But my ears perked up when heard him playing this in drop D tuning. I thought to myself, "Good God, this is a Skip James blues tune!" The crowd, made up of mostly teenagers, more than likely had no idea the song was first recorded in 1931. They clapped loudly just the same.
 
 
Hozier also played a nice version of Van Morrison's Sweet Sing:
 
 
Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised.


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Don't know if this counts, but I have had a very tough time trying to dislodge Elle King's "Ex's & Oh's" from my cranium.  That plunger-bop beat and distinctive voice are just so damn infectious.  It doesn't even make any difference that she's the spawn of Rob Schneider.
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Any Lindsey Stirling fans around here?  Just watched her live London DVD and found the combination of melodic violin, electronic pop, and choreography to be great fun.  The concept dance pieces reminded me a little of the tour of life, with violin featured in lieu of voice.  My better half plays violin and was stunned at how Lindsey could play difficult passages while jumping all over the place. 
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Originally posted by Roj Roj wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

I grew up on pop music and singles.  I don't really pay much attention to pop these days, but still it's out there and what I do get wind of smells really bad.  The first one I've heard in a long time that I think is pretty good is Pharrell Williams - Happy.



I absolutely love that song too - a great summer tune Cool.
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Hooray For Earth



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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

I grew up on pop music and singles.  I don't really pay much attention to pop these days, but still it's out there and what I do get wind of smells really bad.  The first one I've heard in a long time that I think is pretty good is Pharrell Williams - Happy.



I absolutely love that song too - a great summer tune Cool.
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^Coldplay's Viva la whatever was the last pop song I actually listed to and liked. I only heard it a few times but I have a feeling that it's probably like chewing gum, the flavor won't stick around too long.

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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

He won American Idol this year, so maybe this would qualify.

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I know that Coldplay are a love 'em or hate 'em kind of band around these parts, but I do like their latest single.



well, at least SOMEBODY on that damn show knows some good music (though something from 76-78 would be WAY much better, but oh well)


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He won American Idol this year, so maybe this would qualify.

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I know that Coldplay are a love 'em or hate 'em kind of band around these parts, but I do like their latest single.




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Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Phil Phillip's sound and performance style is a giant ripoff of Dave Matthews, 


Doesn't make his music bad, unless you can't stand Dave Matthews of course.

Every good prog band is not necessarily an original one.
Ermm Prog Rock is the one genre where every good prog band is necessarily an original one.


And original prog rock bands are necessarily good.
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Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Phil Phillip's sound and performance style is a giant ripoff of Dave Matthews, 


Doesn't make his music bad, unless you can't stand Dave Matthews of course.

Every good prog band is not necessarily an original one.
Ermm Prog Rock is the one genre where every good prog band is necessarily an original one.
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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Phil Phillip's sound and performance style is a giant ripoff of Dave Matthews, 


Doesn't make his music bad, unless you can't stand Dave Matthews of course.

Every good prog band is not necessarily an original one.
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Phil Phillip's sound and performance style is a giant ripoff of Dave Matthews, 
Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Would you classify Muse, Mumford & Sons, or Daft Punk as pop? I'm a fan of them, and believe they have released some good music.

Also Phillip Phillips who won American Idol a year or two ago did some good performances on the show. I haven't heard any of his music since then though.
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^ Exactomundo! LOL






"Chasing Daylight is the new folk-pop duo in South Africa, comprising singer/songwriter KrissTel and producer/guitarist Jake Odendaal. Multiple SAMA- as well as Tempo nominated KrissTel has her roots in Gospel, in perfect synergy with multiple SAMA nominated Jake (Best producer  |  Best engineer). He has produced artists of the caliber of Joe Niemand, John Ellis (Tree63), Elvis Blue and Joe Foster, he has travelled, both locally and internationally, with various artists, for over 15 years. 
A vision for making an authentic brand of music, true to themselves, coincided in a meeting of their paths. Chasing Daylight was born.
Chasing Daylight blends raw, heartfelt, honest music that chooses to keep the character of their emotive delivery true – no studio trickery."
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^ Pop stars have to stick to vocals only.  If you can actually play an instrument well you are disqualified. LOL


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"California native Shaye Taylor is a 19-year-old keyboardist and songwriter with a sultry voice and signature style. Shaye has participated and placed in numerous music competitions around Southern California, including the SoCal Live Music Competition, Inland Empire Music Awards and MT SAC Battle of the Bands."







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