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Post by FanOfTheMan on Jun 27, 2011 16:34:35 GMT -5
Wouldn't John Mayer and Michael Buble be in the same category as Adam? I just laughed... ;D To me, in Idol terms, John Mayer is a Kris Allen (with a better career), Michael Buble is a Clay Aiken (with better looks and better career), while Adam is a Freddie Mercury (with many years to live). Synths, occasional heavy beat and the occasional screamo don't sound much like John Mayer or Michael Buble. But pop's a genre broad enough to accommodate all of them. well I'm glad I unwittingly gave someone a laugh. Still don't think I'm totally wrong tho. |
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Post by Moria Polonius on Jun 27, 2011 16:39:05 GMT -5
I just laughed... ;D To me, in Idol terms, John Mayer is a Kris Allen (with a better career), Michael Buble is a Clay Aiken (with better looks and better career), while Adam is a Freddie Mercury (with many years to live). Synths, occasional heavy beat and the occasional screamo don't sound much like John Mayer or Michael Buble. But pop's a genre broad enough to accommodate all of them. well I'm glad I unwittingly gave someone a laugh. Still don't think I'm totally wrong tho. I didn't mean to mock, sorry. It's just that sound-wise, Adam seems light years away from both Mayer's soft guitar strumming and Buble's big band. All of them might be categorized as pop, but pop's a genre so broad that it barely has meaning at all. Right now, Adam's closer to the pop girls than those two. IMO and YMMV and all that jazz. |
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Post by gelly14 on Jun 27, 2011 16:45:03 GMT -5
well I'm glad I unwittingly gave someone a laugh. Still don't think I'm totally wrong tho. I didn't mean to mock, sorry. It's just that sound-wise, Adam seems light years away from both Mayer's soft guitar strumming and Buble's big band. All of them might be categorized as pop, but pop's a genre so broad that it barely has meaning at all. Right now, Adam's closer to the pop girls than those two. IMO and YMMV and all that jazz. ITA |
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Post by 4Ms on Jun 27, 2011 16:54:52 GMT -5
I didn't mean to mock, sorry. It's just that sound-wise, Adam seems light years away from both Mayer's soft guitar strumming and Buble's big band. All of them might be categorized as pop, but pop's a genre so broad that it barely has meaning at all. Right now, Adam's closer to the pop girls than those two. IMO and YMMV and all that jazz. ITA I don't know anything about this stuff. I thought that any song could be pop, if it sells enough. Lady Antebellum crossed from country to pop because Need You Now was so popular. Am I missing something? |
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Post by bridgeymah on Jun 27, 2011 16:58:14 GMT -5
I think John Mayer is almost the godfather of WGsWG and Bublé has his own niche of retro, sure he's gone a bit poppier of late but his mainstream appeal is still pretty limited. Freddie had the voice but was never a solo artist and the ones who are closest to what Queen was doing in the day are Muse, so following that line Matt Bellamy is a point of comparison... There is only one Adam - his voice and style make him pretty unique not in all of history but certainly right now.
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Post by JazzRocks on Jun 27, 2011 17:01:40 GMT -5
Michael Buble - nothing at all like Adam IMO. I like Buble and have a couple of his cds. Hadn't listened to them in awhile as I've been "ahem" otherwise occupied. The other day I listened one of the cds while driving and I was bored to death. He just didn't sound as good as I remembered. AFL has totally spoiled me. And John Mayer? Not even a little bit like Adam imo. Do not like him at all.
Both these artists are HAC rather than Pop anyway no?
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Post by rabbitrabbit on Jun 27, 2011 17:06:16 GMT -5
I'd think Bruno Mars would be the closest Adam comparison currently on radio, but he has a rhythmic/urban side as well. But that's just based on being an intermittent radio listener.
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Post by aloha on Jun 27, 2011 17:28:36 GMT -5
I'd think Bruno Mars would be the closest Adam comparison currently on radio, but he has a rhythmic/urban side as well. But that's just based on being an intermittent radio listener. I agree. Adam, of course, is a better singer by far, but he's closer to Mars than Mayer, who is the epitome of WGWG-ness. Mayer is a damn good songwriter, though, with a more than decent voice. And Buble?-- hmmm... he has no edge at all, IMO... he's more like a young Sinatra/Tony Bennett type crooner... |
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Post by Moria Polonius on Jun 27, 2011 17:29:01 GMT -5
I don't know anything about this stuff. I thought that any song could be pop, if it sells enough. Lady Antebellum crossed from country to pop because Need You Now was so popular. Am I missing something? I think you're talking about the pop as pertaining to the category of radio stations, not as a genre of music. The same with HAC. To my, admittedly limited, musical knowledge, there is no such genre of music as HAC. Pop, in my opinion, is easier defined by what it's not: it's not rock, it's not country, it's not metal, it's not gospel, it's not soul, and on and on and on. I don't think it's even possible to define what pop is as a music genre. Any song in its given music genre can have less traits defining that genre - and therefore be more "pop". Thus, you get pop-rock, bluesy pop, bluesy rock and whatnot. Well, that's my theory anyway. |
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Post by lulu2365 on Jun 27, 2011 17:35:40 GMT -5
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