Shouryank Chavali

Music 2011-081

[Shouryank Chavali @ShouryankC]

@erinjbungay It certainly gets your heart pumping fast! While I certainly enjoy live performances, I would get exhausted really fast if I did them often, and the charm may be lost on me! I think both records and live performances coexist with each other, one helping sell more of the other.

[Shouryank Chavali @ShouryankC]

@mr_mmercer @britthomewood This is indeed true. I enjoy listening to many indie artists but I do not think I would be able to enjoy their live performances due to most of them being a one-person show and a live performance would normally take away from that unless something smart is devised. #S22POPMUS

[Shouryank Chavali @ShouryankC]

I think people in general prefer records over a live performance mostly due to its convenience and clarity. But the social aspect of watching your favourite artists or bands perform live with others is a pretty fun experience but doing it often would be tiring for me. #S22POPMUS

[Shouryank Chavali @ShouryankC]

@mr_mmercer @UpshallJessica2 Weird Al made it a point to get permission before he parodied a song, so I don't think that would be cultural theft. He also took songs and twisted them in extremely creative ways that uplifted the original songs in a unique way. It requires skill to do what he does. #S22POPMUS

[Shouryank Chavali @ShouryankC]

@mr_mmercer @trumanosmond23 To add to that, at that point in time, sampling was not something artists would normally openly admit to. Vanilla Ice denied sampling the music from 'Under Pressure' which would certainly fall under cultural theft. While it still certainly exists, artists are more open about it.

[Shouryank Chavali @ShouryankC]

Most schlock music focused more on what the singer looked like than the music itself, creating 'safe' music for white folk. The only way it adds value to music is by being a part of musical history and helping us understand why it existed. I see no other value in it. #S22POPMUS

[Shouryank Chavali @ShouryankC]

@Jayed1231 #S22POPMUS I agree. Hearing the vocalist's voice break in any song instantly catches my attention. I feel this warmth, this emotion that cannot possibly be faked in their voice, like they truly believe in what they are singing about and they could not possibly be paltering.

[Shouryank Chavali @ShouryankC]

Anytime I hear songs like "I've got a Woman," the breaking voice singers employ always makes me feel this raw emotion emanating from their voice that no other note that the human voice produces can make me feel. For me, breaking voices represent the rawest of emotions #S22POPMUS

[Shouryank Chavali @ShouryankC]

@mr_mmercer @svernb #S22POPMUS That caught my attention too! He is passionate about the woman in the song but says stuff like that and how she “never grumbles or fusses, always treats me right” and she’s “never runnin’ in the streets,” as if these are the standard actions one can expect from a lady

[Shouryank Chavali @ShouryankC]

@ian_pat_carroll Haha, I have gone through the same feeling. I have a playlist that is more mainstream that wouldn't disappoint anyone. I also have another secret playlist that is reserved for me and people who I know won't judge me. Even with music, you cannot escape the social pressure!

[Shouryank Chavali @ShouryankC]

@erinjbungay Indeed! In university, I share countless memories with others where we listened to music on these giant Bluetooth speakers that we liked, be it for parties, or more chill, and intimate moments. It is thanks to technology like this that we were able to bond the way we did.

[Shouryank Chavali @ShouryankC]

Music streaming has completely changed the way we view and consume music. Thanks to Spotify I've listened to more music than I normally would and stumbled onto songs I normally wouldn't think about. It has helped me define myself as a person, with songs I identify with #S22POPMUS

[Shouryank Chavali @ShouryankC]

@brianna92121112 @svernb I do not think that means that makes the listeners of popular music completely passive. These are specific scenarios where it helps the people have something playing in the background. The very same people may actively listen to popular music in a myriad of other scenarios.

[Shouryank Chavali @ShouryankC]

@kona_miura I agree that popular music has not dumbed-down culture. People like that always existed and now have a platform to make others aware of them. But I feel the popular music culture itself has dumbed-down a touch. Artists creating unique and moving popular music still exist though.

[Shouryank Chavali @ShouryankC]

#S22POPMUS I found myself absolutely torn when I read the blurb. There is truth to what was mentioned, but I believe it to be a very cynical take on what popular music is. False needs like being rich or having the perfect body do exist but so do passionate popular, unique songs.