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What do you think of this Metacritic score of Taylor Swift's Life Of A Showgirl Encore?

What do you think of this Metacritic score of Taylor Swift's Life Of A Showgirl Encore?

It was reviewed by only six critics and got a 39/100, the second worst rated score of this decade on Metacritic.What do you think of this score?

Did you personally like the album or not? Why?

Personally, I want her to take a break and get recharged before her next album.She needs to take a few years off to get creatively inspired and then release the big 13th studio album, 13th is her favorite number, so she has her work cut out.She can still release decent/good music but she needs a break right now, in my opinion.

u/Twitter_2006 — 11 days ago

"If you needed confirmation that these R&B guys don't care at all about the things a woman thinks or says, well, here you go."

I'm sure there are plenty of other examples, not just this or Derulo, but man who thought "Let me see that thong" was a smooth line and not completely stupid?

u/hakc97 — 10 days ago

What are your favorite lyrics that are simple, casual, but still extraordinary of love/admiration?

My list so far, so you understand what I mean:

•Alanis Morissette - “Head Over Feet” - I’ve never felt this healthy before

•Amanda Shires - “Leave It Alone” - I envy your clothes, how they get to be so close

•Amanda Shires - “Swimmer” - Look how easy a heart can catch on fire

•Blue October - “Sound of Pulling Heaven Down” - Toasting to the way you put that smile upon my face

•Bob Dylan - “Mississippi” - I’m gonna look at you ‘til my eyes go blind

•Bob Seger - “Against the Wind” - I remember how she held me so tight / Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then

•Elton John - “Your Song” - Yours are the sweetest eyes I’ve ever seen

•Ingrid Michaelson - “The Way I Am” - I love you more than I could ever promise, and you take me the way I am

•Kris Kristofferson - “Loving Her Was Easier” - Loving her was easier than anything I’ll ever do again

•Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - “Fishin’ in the Dark” - It feels so good to be with you

•Radiohead - “Creep” - I want you to notice when I’m not around

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u/DraperPenPals — 10 days ago

Niche Trainwreckords - alternative / nu metal edition

- Drowning Pool - Desensitized: their attempt at making a new album with new singer Jason "Gong" Jones after the premature death of their previous frontman Dave Williams, at the peak of their popularity in 2002; despite the song "Step Up" becoming a minor hit and becoming notorious due to its use in WWE and a few movies and games, the album wasn't nearly as successful as their debut and mere months after the album came out the band fired Jason due to internal band conflicts; and while they eventually hired ex-Soil vocalist Ryan McCombs and kept releasing music, they never reached their previous commercial success ever again, and also can't quite manage to keep one singer lmao (Ryan eventually quit in 2011 to rejoin his old band and was replaced by Jasen Moreno... then in 2023 Jasen quit and Ryan returned to the band again.)

- Helmet - Size Matters; Page Hamilton's attempt at reviving Helmet after their initial 1997 breakup, during which Page joined David Bowie as his live guitarist in the Hours toured, and formed a short-lived band called Gandhi (that curiously had a pre-Maroon 5 Matt Flynn); the album, which he recorded with former touring guitarist Chris Traynor (formely in Orange 9mm, now in Bush since 2001) and John Tempesta of White Zombie, had a notoriously more radio friendly sound which deeply alienated their original fanbase; not helped by the album featuring none of the original members sans Page. The album ended up selling below expectations and they ended up being dropped from Interscope, despite the fact that Page Hamilton reviving the Helmet name was actually label president Jimmy Iovine's idea.

- Powerman 5000 - Anyone For Doomsday?; now this one is a very unique case of a Trainwreckord, because the biggest factor of this album causing the band to lose popularity was not because it was bad, or that it a alienated their fanbase, or that it was a musical misstep, but rather because the album's release was cancelled, when it was literally 100% done, and despite having a hit single (Bombshell). But it wasn't actually cancelled by the label, but rather by.... Spider One himself...?

He did it cuz he felt the album was too similar to their previous album Tonight The Stars Revolt!; the album's sudden cancellation caused two of their original members to quit the band, as well as completely halting the band's momentum. Eventually the album ended up releasing on Spider One's own label in 2003 (although a few bootleg and promotional copies released prior do exist, but are rare), and eventually onto digital music platforms in 2009, and later on streaming. Still a very bizarre way a band's moment in the sun died out lmfao

u/mesablanka — 10 days ago
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Which artists are you not a fan of, but you still respect them?

First of all, I am not a big fan of Coldplay, but I do like some of their earlier stuff, especially the first few albums.I think they have one of the best live shows/performances of any artist currently.I just love their stage production.Chris Martin also seems like a genuinely good dude, so yeah, I respect him and the band for these reasons. :)

I like the songs, Yellow, Paradise, Fix You, The Scientist and Adventure of a Lifetime.

u/Twitter_2006 — 14 days ago

What music is marketed at my vague age group (mid-30s-early 40s) these days?

Looking back to the first part of the 90s in the UK it seems a lot of music media (late night radio 1, Q Magazine, Britain's first national commercial pop station Virgin radio) was aimed at people that were my current age. Crowded House, Automatic era REM, Peter Gabriel etc and the like come to mind (good stuff!!). My Mum was in that age group and liked all that (though she was adventurous enough to be a regular John Peel listener and interested in rap and dance too)

What is the modern equivalent of that kind of mature adult pop?

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u/someoverallvalue — 10 days ago

TIL : In 2021 Vanilla Ice & Bar S make a "Baby Got Buns" a parody version of Sir-Mix-A-Lot "Baby Got Back". In 2026 Juggalo Championship Wrestling have a storyline that make woman give birth to Sir-Mix-A-Lot Record Plaque.

- Left : Vanilla Ice - Baby Got Buns

This is an ad for Bar-S hot dogs brand. He also cover this song in "Vanilla Ice Is Back : Hip Hop Classics" album before with a slightly altered lyrics.

- Right : It's one of Vince Russo storyline during his time in JCW. (Start at 6:47 Credit : Markyd123)

Fun Fact : We also have another storyline from Russo at JCW "Zombie Crackhead" (John Fogerty "Eye of a Zombie" TW vibe lol)

His time in Insane Clown Posse JCW (Juggalo Championship Wrestling) have a polarizing opinion as usual. But some of them still enjoy some of crazy storyline from him.

At least ICP magnets works very well to pull him back to wrestling scene.

u/Sixmenonguard — 11 days ago

Failed follow-up singles that the artist/band were forced to put out?

Ex: (As told in the OHW vid for Harvey Danger) Harvey Danger had a huge sleeper hit in Flagpole Sitta. When deciding the follow-up single, the band wanted to go for Carlotta Valdez. But their label, Slash Records, had other plans and forced them to instead put out Private Helicopter, which then became their next single. It didn't chart at all. They'd achieve minor hits afterwards with Sad Sweetheart of the Rodeo off their follow-up album King James Version and a cover of The Beat's Save It For Later for the 200 Cigarettes soundtrack, but Flagpole Sitta's their only crossover hit, and the one song most know by them.

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u/tragic_girl13 — 10 days ago