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I agree.....other examples of the MANY SH*TTY re-makes....
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"Sh*tty remakes"??? I feel a parody coming on, here ;-)

Phil

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Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song
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You said it! That song is soo bad, saying it sucks just doesn't give it justice. They played it all the time on holiday arghh - if I hear it again I might scream!!

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Good Call, ditto The Calling, who seem to be doing the same with nickelback >:(

btw, anyone owning that Las Ketchup wreckord deserves shooting - it hurt's but it'll save future generations ;)

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Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song
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IMO MOST everything today S.U.C.K.S (That stands for) Sucking Up to Corporate Kings Slime >:(
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I'll agree, and say that anything in the top 40 now sucks. It all sounds alike.  You can't tell one from the other, and that's not music to me, that's xerox copies.

JHC-inator

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I quite like The Ketchup Song. Don't ask me why... I like a lot of modern stuff in a very "try anything twice" kind of way... It's just The Macarena all over again... we'll all get over it soon enough. And how many of us haven't ever done the Macarena?
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True. But, when the Macerena was out, I was about 11. When 'Saturday Night' was out, I was 9. What I'm trying to say that your age influences whether or not you choose to conform in these stupid dances! I actually did 'Saturday Night' a few weeks ago and it brought back memories of childhood, dances at school discos etc... If both of the aforementioned songs came out now I would discredit and disgard them staright away, they'd have no influence on me. But the Ketchup song is just plain awful, no question about it. Maybe I feel this strongly beacuse all the kids at work adore it and go round singing and doing the dance to it! ;D

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I'll agree, and say that anything in the top 40 now sucks. It all sounds alike.  You can't tell one from the other, and that's not music to me, that's xerox copies.

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Yah, I was just thinking about how I couldn't tell the difference between "No such thing", "Gangster Loving", and "A Moment Like This" .  They definately sound the same.  ::)

I am begining to think some people on this board will hate a new song no matter how "talented" the artist is.  Saying Blanket statements like "all new music sucks" doesn't help anyone respect your point of view, it just makes you sound unfamiliar with new music, some of wich is actually decent.  In the 90's there was a problem with people ditching eighties music, most of wich could not even name three eighties song's.   Good music is still out there it is just a little less frequent.

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Yah, I was just thinking about how I couldn't tell the difference between "No such thing", "Gangster Loving", and "A Moment Like This" .  They definately sound the same.  ::)

I am begining to think some people on this board will hate a new song no matter how "talented" the artist is.  Saying Blanket statements like "all new music sucks" doesn't help anyone respect your point of view, it just makes you sound unfamiliar with new music, some of wich is actually decent.  In the 90's there was a problem with people ditching eighties music, most of wich could not even name three eighties song's.   Good music is still out there it is just a little less frequent.
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I agree, and when people say... "I haven't heard the new Eminem song, but I know I don't like it because I hate Eminem."  I mean, isn't it a little unfair to judge a song before you've even heard it, just because you don't like the artist?  Many artists I have hated in the past I like now.

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I agree, and when people say... "I haven't heard the new Eminem song, but I know I don't like it because I hate Eminem."  I mean, isn't it a little unfair to judge a song before you've even heard it, just because you don't like the artist?  Many artists I have hated in the past I like now.
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While this is true, you must admit, 90% of the music that comes out today, sounds just like something that came out last week by another band. Either that, or they're sampling the music I grew up with.  My belief is that if you have to sample someone elses music, you shouldn't even be allowed to record.  If you can't have something original, what's the point?  

This is why I make a blanket statement about most music today.  Eminem and Linkin Park are the only exceptions I can think of right now.  Eminem because he doesn't give a crap, and says what he wants, and linkin park because they have a few good jams.  Other than that, it mostly just sucks.

JHC-inator

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This made me laugh !  Or the Catsup song as it was also referred to !

In Aus it would be :

The Tomato Sauce Song.....


As for the original question :

Basically none of it..... :(

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While this is true, you must admit, 90% of the music that comes out today, sounds just like something that came out last week by another band. Either that, or they're sampling the music I grew up with.  My belief is that if you have to sample someone elses music, you shouldn't even be allowed to record.  If you can't have something original, what's the point?  

This is why I make a blanket statement about most music today.  Eminem and Linkin Park are the only exceptions I can think of right now.  Eminem because he doesn't give a crap, and says what he wants, and linkin park because they have a few good jams.  Other than that, it mostly just sucks.

JHC-inator

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I was thinking about this at work. In the 80's I liked 90% of the new music, but now it seems like I only like 10%.  At this rate in the next decade I will like only 1%, I hope this is not the case.  I can think of other decent modern bands similar to Linkin Park, but Listing them is for a different thread.  

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Kyline Minogue's"Love At First Sight"is downright repeatable.It's constantly being played on almost every station on my radio. -howard- ;D
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I actually quite like it - good pop song :)

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I actually quite like it - good pop song :)
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sounds like something you would hear during the disco era between 1975-1980. -howard- :)

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There is A LOT that I can't stand:

Justin "Bee Gee/Michael Jackson/Leo Sayer/Warrant" Timberlake :P
Michael Bolton  :'(
Phlegminem :(
Most rap, hip-hop, R&B (except for Hot in Herre and Nod ya Head)

The best years for music were 1965-1994 (the prog-rock/grunge eras) and I miss them so. :'(

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ALSO


Sir Mix-A-Lot "Baby Got Back"

That stupid rapper's delight-esque Ketchup song (a hip hop the hippie to the hippie.....That sounds nothing like Rapper's delight)

Mario's murder of Biz Markie's "Just a Freind" (That singing is so horrible, no wonder why it was intended to be a rap song! http://www.click-smilie.de/sammlung/wuerg/wuerg001.gif)

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Justin "Bee Gee/Michael Jackson/Leo Sayer/Warrant" Timberlake :P
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Oh no.....please don't insult Warrant like that!!  ;)

I do agree that he is trying (lamely!--is that a word?  :-/) to be like Michael Jackson--the minute I saw that new damn video, I was thinking "The Way You Make Me Feel"  :o

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Good music is still out there it is just a little less frequent.
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I disagree. I think there's just as much good music now as there was ten or twenty or thirty years ago. Take the Beatles for example, or the Stones. Every single album they came out with had two or three excellent songs and five or six that absolutely sucked! And how many one hit wonders were there from the '70's and the '80's and the '90's? Just as many as there are today.
Just because in a lot of peoples opinions Creed isn't doing the quality of music now that they did on their debut CD you can't deny the fact that they set a record for most #1 hits on a debut album. And who knows, maybe their next one will be better than their first one.
As far as Incubus goes I think their latest CD is a lot better than Science (which I hated) and better than Make Yourself which I thought was pretty good.
It's a known fact that top 40 stuff has never been and probably never will be the best music these artists have to offer.

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Thing is, don't the 'older generation' always say that? Our kids will be saying that about new music in years to come. I'm not disagreeing with you however - as most of you know, 1'm 18 and much prefer older music. But when you think about it, there are some songs from the last 10 years or so which indefinitly will be remebered as classics. I'm telling you that songs such as:

Kylie - Can't Get You Outta My Head
Spiller - Groovejet
Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You
Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger

... to name but a few. I'm positive that they will be recalled as 'classics' in years to come. The above songs and many more are refered to as modern day classics in some cases. Whther they're just pure cheese doesn't matter. Look how popular Abba were and still are! Kylie's song even got to number 2 of VH1's viewer vote of the '100 Greatest Floor Fillers' - which is a big achievment for a song which has only been around for about a year.

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As far as Incubus goes I think their latest CD is a lot better than Science (which I hated) and better than Make Yourself which I thought was pretty good.
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I like Incubus a lot  - they are one of my favourite artists around at the moment. 'Make Yourself' is my favourite album though :)