[Edited on August 26, 2014 at 9:59 AM. Reason : ]

8/26/2014 9:59:39 AM

When the Emmy's never gave two fucks about Fringe, which was an epic sci-fi series from JJ Abrams of all people, I stopped giving a shit about them.

8/26/2014 10:08:41 AM

I'd be embarrassed if I made a VMAs thread. Unless, of course, it was a hate thread (and deservedly so).

8/26/2014 10:13:06 AM

I actually only caught a few minutes of each one.
My gf had to tell me who nicki minaj was.
And neither of us knew who the other superstars that were performing with her were




[Edited on August 26, 2014 at 11:07 AM. Reason : ]

8/26/2014 11:02:50 AM

Goddamn you people got old quick.

8/26/2014 11:11:50 AM

I didn't know they still had the VMA's

8/26/2014 11:18:05 AM

^^True... but i always thought the vast majority of pop music on the VMAs was total crap. Even when I was enjoying Beavis & Butthead. It just seems to get crappier the older i get.

You found the fountain of youth? And like the crap that passes as popular pop music these days?

[Edited on August 26, 2014 at 11:24 AM. Reason : ]

8/26/2014 11:18:45 AM

Nicki Minaj is one of the most talented rappers in rap right now

far from total crap

8/26/2014 11:30:35 AM

You say that as if it's a scientific fact.

In my opinion, that type of music is crap, and it's not really "rap" in my book. And she seems to really rely on her butt.

[Edited on August 26, 2014 at 11:35 AM. Reason : ]

8/26/2014 11:32:49 AM

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" It just seems to get crappier the older i get."

That's how life goes.

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"You say that as if it's a scientific fact."

Inorite? Fucking hipsters think their subjective opinions are the actual word of God.

[Edited on August 26, 2014 at 11:39 AM. Reason : Though I disagree with you on the music point]

8/26/2014 11:38:35 AM

I say that as someone who listens to a lot of music and reads a lot about music

her verse on "Monster" is one of the best verses of the past 5 or so years and is regarded as so

8/26/2014 11:40:20 AM

I READ PITCHFORK.COM GUYZ

I KNOW THINGS

8/26/2014 11:41:32 AM

really?

8/26/2014 11:42:23 AM

the first couple performances were aight, but i shut it off after fucking miley cyrus wins video of the year and forces that stupid runaway children bullshit in our faces.

iggy azalea should have won best female video, not katy perry.

but obviously we all know this shit is fixed.

oh also:

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"her verse on "Monster" is one of the best verses of the past 5 or so years"

8/26/2014 11:47:42 AM

Hey synapse- if you've got a problem with hipsters we can take this outside, k?

8/26/2014 11:53:50 AM

I'll be there in 5.


[Edited on August 26, 2014 at 12:11 PM. Reason : ^^ in other news, Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time!]

8/26/2014 11:56:08 AM

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"Nicki Minaj is one of the most talented rappers in rap right now"

god, rap must be absolutely horrendous now if she's near the top.

8/26/2014 12:04:01 PM

but heaven forbid you actually sit down to listen to find out for yourself

8/26/2014 12:06:57 PM

I hear enough as I hit the seek button.

8/26/2014 12:10:55 PM

^^^it really is. I didn't even know that what she does is considered "rap".

^^my pool plays G105 24/7. Pretty sure I've listened plenty.

If someone says they really hate most of the rap/pop that is out these days its easy to dismiss as someone "getting old". But in this case I disagree. The majority of my 20something friends (24-30) have agreed with me a lot recently, in that the pop music scene is complete shit right now. So unless they all "got old" at the exact same time as me (unlikely) I'm gonna go ahead and say pop music is shit right now.

Is thegoodlife3 trolling? Serious question.

[Edited on August 26, 2014 at 12:13 PM. Reason : k]

8/26/2014 12:12:05 PM

8/26/2014 12:18:22 PM

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"Is thegoodlife3 trolling? Serious question"

I mean, it is a great verse on an incredible album. He's just being his usual hipster self. He reads Pitchfork.com and you better respect that ish!

All of ^^ reads like GET OFFA MAH LAWN!!! No music is ever as good as the music you listened to in high school. We get it.

8/26/2014 12:18:57 PM

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"http://but heaven forbid you actually sit down to listen to find out for yourself"

I watched her whole performance actually. I realize she's very popular with teenagers and early 20 somethings, and the whole twilight, american idol, so you think you can dance crowd, but I just don't find it very entertaining. Of course, I'm sure they wouldn't like most of the music I'm in to (which admittedly hasn't evolved all that much in the last ten years, back when i used to get more into music and seek out new stuff that i liked).

Are you into this new band 5 Seconds of Summer? They seem to be popular these days, so they must be good? At first I thought that One Direction learned to play instruments.

IMO, most mainstream pop music has always been crap. Some is more catchy than others, and some has more clever lyrics than others. And some have better voices than others.

[Edited on August 26, 2014 at 12:23 PM. Reason : and i realize debating this is silly. get off my lawn, you pop-loving hipster]

8/26/2014 12:19:41 PM

Old people ITT.

8/26/2014 12:22:53 PM

On a side-note, I recently watched VH1's Rock DOc Yo: The Story of Yo MTV raps.
It was very entertaining.

8/26/2014 12:25:21 PM

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"They seem to be popular these days, so they must be good?"

when was that argument ever made?

8/26/2014 12:26:40 PM

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" No music is ever as good as the music you listened to in high school. We get it."

And yet, I did not say that. There's plenty of new music I enjoy thoroughly.

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"Are you into this new band 5 Seconds of Summer? They seem to be popular these days, so they must be good? At first I thought that One Direction learned to play instruments."

I'm convinced nobody would even know who that band is if they weren't constantly pimped out by ClearChannel. I mean they were on the morning show, of a station I listen to regularly, twice. And even that station didn't play their music (at least not then). Quite a head scratcher.

[Edited on August 26, 2014 at 12:29 PM. Reason : k]

8/26/2014 12:27:18 PM

I miss a simpler time, before smart phones and the internet were so prevalent, when pictures had to be developed, when CDs were bought and mixed cassette tapes were made, when GnR, NIN, Beck, Beastie Boys, Bone Thugs, Pearl Jam and Run DMC performed on the VMAs....

8/26/2014 12:42:55 PM

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"her verse on "Monster" is one of the best verses of the past 5 or so years"

8/26/2014 12:43:50 PM

I don't think there's a lot of crossover between American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance.

8/26/2014 12:49:28 PM

Naw there is.

8/26/2014 12:52:36 PM

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"OK first things first I’ll eat your brains then I’mma start rocking gold teeth and fangs cause that’s what a motherfucking monster do hairdresser from Milan, that's the monster do monster Giuseppe heel that’s the monster shoe Young Money is the roster and the monster crew!"

8/26/2014 12:56:04 PM

I don't know about you guys, but I'm a big fan of just reading lyrics without any context of what else is going on in the song/the manner in which the verse is delivered

oh, and I also am a fan of only looking at snippets of said verse

8/26/2014 1:06:50 PM

actually youre a 14yo girl

8/26/2014 1:09:48 PM

It absolutely pains me to be on the same side of an argument as ^^, but he's got a point there.

8/26/2014 1:10:09 PM

didnt thegoodlife3 steal some paintings of lettuce and tomatoes from some shitty resturant in raleigh when they closed?

what was the deeper meaning in those?

[Edited on August 26, 2014 at 1:12 PM. Reason : -]

8/26/2014 1:12:06 PM

I can't confirm that, but according to him he did author the music playlist for an episode of HBO's Girls, and is also responsible for the success of the band Future Islands.

8/26/2014 1:19:46 PM

I thought Jimmy Kimmel was pretty funny on the Emmy's?

So were Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels on the VMAs?

8/26/2014 1:21:33 PM

yeah i remember that too

the restaurant closing had its own thread and i think it was a burger place

he wanted the artwork i described so i just want to make sure his taste in music is at least as good

[Edited on August 26, 2014 at 1:21 PM. Reason : ^^]

8/26/2014 1:21:45 PM

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"he wanted the artwork i described so i just want to make sure his taste in music is at least as good"

Oh yeah it was that Fat Daddy's place...where the nostalgia made up for shitty food for some people.

[Edited on August 26, 2014 at 1:30 PM. Reason : I ate there a few months before they closed ]

8/26/2014 1:29:47 PM

How about Elaine and Dr. Tim Whatley reenacting their kiss from Seinfeld?



[Edited on August 26, 2014 at 1:32 PM. Reason : ]

8/26/2014 1:31:58 PM

I'd totally reenact a scene with her.

8/26/2014 1:33:07 PM

Lol folks listening to the radio itt

8/26/2014 2:33:43 PM

when the hell are the spotify music awards?

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

8/26/2014 3:46:17 PM

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"I miss a simpler time, before smart phones and the internet were so prevalent, when pictures had to be developed, when CDs were bought and mixed cassette tapes were made, when GnR, NIN, Beck, Beastie Boys, Bone Thugs, Pearl Jam and Run DMC performed on the VMAs...."

I don't miss that at all. There was a ton of great music that nobody ever heard because they had no channel to reach an audience outside of their small scene. CDs were expensive and when you bought one it was a crap shoot as to whether it would be any good. Mixed tapes took forever to make and the sound quality was laughable; especially if you then dubbed the mix tape to make more than one copy.

All of the music by all of those bands you listed is more easily discovered and obtained in 2014 than it was in 1994.

8/26/2014 4:04:29 PM

although on point, still not entirely true.

The delta blues, well blues in general, was able to get its sound out.

8/26/2014 4:07:08 PM

on an unrelated note, reports are coming in that the immediate area of Nicki Minaj's VMA performance still smells like old turnips and discarded tampax

8/27/2014 12:15:53 PM

isn't that actually a related note?

8/27/2014 12:19:02 PM

I would drink Ariana Grande's bathwater.

That is all.

8/27/2014 1:24:07 PM

maybe if she aged 10 or so years in the next year

she looks far too young for me to find her that attractive. there's still time, though

8/27/2014 1:27:11 PM