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Credible, contemporary, modern, ballad etc.

tamibecketttamibeckett Posts: 5,261
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Words we've heard all throughout this year's contest. Which one is the most eye-rolling for you and why?

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    phill363phill363 Posts: 24,313
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    tamibeckett wrote: »
    Words we've heard all throughout this year's contest. Which one is the most eye-rolling for you and why?

    Ballad, some songs are being labelled as ballads when they are not
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    BBAnneBBAnne Posts: 23,336
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    Seconded with the ballad, there's power ballads, rock ballads, mid-tempo ballads (which was the most eye rolling one for me!) and gentle ballads

    Surely there's a better term for them?

    "Credible" is another one that makes me want to punch something
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    Pandora.Pandora. Posts: 21,417
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    "banger" and "ballad" for me.
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    Mrs ChecksMrs Checks Posts: 8,372
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    None of those type of words make me eyeroll as such, but I suppose they do cover a lot of ground so everyone's interpretation of them is different - take contemporary as an example. What does that even mean? To someone it could be something like the Swedish entry, chart-style music, to someone else it could be the UK entry because, as I keep being told, electro-swing is very 'in' right now.

    I think a lot of the frustration comes from that really - such wide definitions for those type of words.
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    da33431da33431 Posts: 48,932
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    What's wring with banger Pandora? :p
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    Shar_dsShar_ds Posts: 2,048
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    "credible" can eat my shorts. It's a song contest with nothing more at price than the honour of hosting the next one, countries can choose whatever the heck they want.
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    Lisa.BLisa.B Posts: 57,275
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    As a pop/dance fan, terms like 'generic' and 'disposable pop' usually uttered by the music snobs, grinds my gears. I want my music to be fun and upbeat, not hard work and trying to challenge me.
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    contejascontejas Posts: 8,958
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    Credible, contemporary, modern. Find people use these words when things aren't credible, contemporary or modern. ;)
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    KatieTaylorKatieTaylor Posts: 79
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    "Dated" to describe classy entires like UK, San Marino and Israel.
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    da33431da33431 Posts: 48,932
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    Lisa.B wrote: »
    As a pop/dance fan, terms like 'generic' and 'disposable pop' usually uttered by the music snobs, grinds my gears. I want my music to be fun and upbeat, not hard work and trying to challenge me.

    It's not easy to write a really good uptempo that stands out from the crowd for me. That said, I'm not that fussy, I like most things with a pulse :D
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    Damien.Damien. Posts: 18,072
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    Funky Eldrine for me
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    contejascontejas Posts: 8,958
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    Damien. wrote: »
    Funky Eldrine for me

    :D:D:D
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    phill363phill363 Posts: 24,313
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    contejas wrote: »
    :D:D:D

    Where the heck did that twitter user come up with Funky Elderine? even if I was making something up I would never put those two words together in a zillion years.
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    contejascontejas Posts: 8,958
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    phill363 wrote: »
    Where the heck did that twitter user come up with Funky Elderine? even if I was making something up I would never put those two words together in a zillion years.

    That one will run and run like supervagina...oo-er! :blush::D
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    da33431da33431 Posts: 48,932
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    Goldvagina for me :cool:
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    phill363phill363 Posts: 24,313
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    contejas wrote: »
    That one will run and run like supervagina...oo-er! :blush::D

    We will certainly never hear the end of it :D
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    tamibecketttamibeckett Posts: 5,261
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    Lisa.B wrote: »
    As a pop/dance fan, terms like 'generic' and 'disposable pop' usually uttered by the music snobs, grinds my gears. I want my music to be fun and upbeat, not hard work and trying to challenge me.

    Someone on another forum did say pop music was getting pretentious. Perhaps Eurovision is becoming more so :o
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    rosetta12rosetta12 Posts: 4,010
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    BBAnne wrote: »
    "Credible" is another one that makes me want to punch something
    Me, too. Same for "contemporary"; that one seems to be used for "something you can hear on the radio", as if that was any kind of proof of quality...
    Lisa.B wrote: »
    As a pop/dance fan, terms like 'generic' and 'disposable pop' usually uttered by the music snobs, grinds my gears. I want my music to be fun and upbeat, not hard work and trying to challenge me.
    Hmm, I often use the word "generic" to mean just "mediocre", "middle of the road", like the Swedish entry for example... And I don't consider myself a music snob, I just don't like most disposable pop (like you don't like metal) :p
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    PatheticFallacyPatheticFallacy Posts: 7,761
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    Yeah, 'generic' really irritates me.
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    rosetta12 wrote: »
    Me, too. Same for "contemporary"; that one seems to be used for "something you can hear on the radio", as if that was any kind of proof of quality...



    I also hate "something you can hear on the radio"! Tune into BBC Radio 1. It's awwwffffuuulllll!
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    da33431da33431 Posts: 48,932
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    I don't like Radio 1, much prefer to listen to Kiss. Banger after banger :p
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    Shar_dsShar_ds Posts: 2,048
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    da33431 wrote: »
    Goldvagina for me :cool:

    This makes me think of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0XWeyOZxI8&t=45

    :D
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    Lisa.BLisa.B Posts: 57,275
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    da33431 wrote: »
    I don't like Radio 1, much prefer to listen to Kiss. Banger after banger :p

    That reminds me - RIP Galaxy FM, that was bangerz galore. Damn you Capital FM. :cry:
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