I don't get the love for M.I.A.

SYRFox · 01.04.2008, 04:39 PM

I always read praising for M.I.A. everywhere and from people having globally same musical tastes as mine, so it's been a few times I tried to listen to her music and... uh, I just don't get it. I mean, okay there's some good instrumentations, and her stuff is not awful, but well, I think it's just some not-so-bad hip hop... [I really like Galang though]. But I can't stop thinking I must be missing something good, as I see people putting Kala in their 2007 Top 10 and all...

I think I've already read people enjoying M.I.A. there, so tell me, what do you like about her music?

✌➬ · 01.04.2008, 04:41 PM

I like her for some odd reason. But I have been into pop music for a while now, and she just did something different. I think she is not for everyone though.

Rob Instigator · 01.04.2008, 04:52 PM

I don't know who M.I.A. are/is.
if it's slo-jams, I don't wanna know.

✌➬ · 01.04.2008, 04:54 PM

Rob this is M.I.A. she is hip-hop.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7NVfuSFREmU

Rob Instigator · 01.04.2008, 05:02 PM

Thanks. when I see a name like M.I.A. I always think hardcore or punk like S.O.D., C.O.C., M.O.D., etc etc

screamingskull · 01.04.2008, 05:40 PM

eugh, i don't like her at all.

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 01.04.2008, 05:50 PM

I can't get into it.

_slavo_ · 01.04.2008, 05:51 PM

I don't share the enthusiasm for her music either.

ZEROpumpkins · 01.04.2008, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by screamingskull

eugh, i don't like her at all.

Ditto

nicfit · 01.04.2008, 06:30 PM

this has to be the most polite "haterz" thread ever

ZEROpumpkins · 01.04.2008, 06:44 PM

Whatchu talkin' bout, cracka?

Everyneurotic · 01.04.2008, 06:47 PM

she sucks ass.

rather listen to the hardcore m.i.a.

ZEROpumpkins · 01.04.2008, 06:52 PM

She's not even on an Indie Label. Why do people appreciate her so around here then?

flophousefloozie · 01.04.2008, 09:38 PM

i thought this thread was a complaint to those who don't give you love when you're M.I.A. from the board...

HaydenAsche · 01.04.2008, 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

she sucks ass.

rather listen to the hardcore m.i.a.

My thoughts exactly.

sun city girl · 01.07.2008, 04:56 AM

M.I.A. rulez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111

01.07.2008, 05:07 AM

What is there to get, exactly? You don't like her, fair enough.

SYRFox · 01.07.2008, 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nicfit

this has to be the most polite "haterz" thread ever

That's because it's not an haterz thread

batreleaser · 01.07.2008, 10:34 AM

yeah her music to me is whatever meh stuf. i think shes for the kiddies into the mainstream stuff to feel wild and rebellious. i doubt people who already dig underground music, particularly the extreme stuff (noise, hardcore, grindcore, doom, avant garde, etc...) would find her too interesting. shes sexy to me though, if that is relevant in the slightest.

nicfit · 01.07.2008, 11:15 AM

I'll never understand why being an avid listener of "extreme stuff" should prevent from having fun with/liking other less "extreme" stuff. Batreleaser, I can understand your point about mainstream kiddies and the related second part of the post, this is not a post "against you", rather a more generic rant.
Hell, I've got Zu and A Short Apnea cds next to "smash hits from the 60's" on my cd displayer (<---how do you call them?).
Liking something does not necessary imply an "objective", "artistic" value in the thing liked, it's just a feeling, a sensation, a matter of taste or even plain fun, after all. Like watching a Bergman movie followed by Toxic Avenger. One can enjoy both, even if they are on totally "different levels" from an objective pov.
nah?
porky summed it up pretty well in his post:
"What is there to get, exactly? You don't like her*, fair enough."
* replace "her" with band/artist name of choice.
sorry for the rant. have a nice day!

01.04.2008, 04:39 PM	#1
SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	I always read praising for M.I.A. everywhere and from people having globally same musical tastes as mine, so it's been a few times I tried to listen to her music and... uh, I just don't get it. I mean, okay there's some good instrumentations, and her stuff is not awful, but well, I think it's just some not-so-bad hip hop... [I really like Galang though]. But I can't stop thinking I must be missing something good, as I see people putting Kala in their 2007 Top 10 and all... I think I've already read people enjoying M.I.A. there, so tell me, what do you like about her music?
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01.04.2008, 04:41 PM	#2
✌➬ invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: ιλ Posts: 5,754	I like her for some odd reason. But I have been into pop music for a while now, and she just did something different. I think she is not for everyone though. __________________ We Kill Homosexuals!!!
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01.04.2008, 04:52 PM	#3
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	I don't know who M.I.A. are/is. if it's slo-jams, I don't wanna know. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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01.04.2008, 04:54 PM	#4
✌➬ invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: ιλ Posts: 5,754	Rob this is M.I.A. she is hip-hop. http://youtube.com/watch?v=7NVfuSFREmU __________________ We Kill Homosexuals!!!
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01.04.2008, 05:02 PM	#5
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	Thanks. when I see a name like M.I.A. I always think hardcore or punk like S.O.D., C.O.C., M.O.D., etc etc __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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01.04.2008, 05:40 PM	#6
screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	eugh, i don't like her at all.
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01.04.2008, 05:50 PM	#7
Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	I can't get into it. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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01.04.2008, 05:51 PM	#8
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,912	I don't share the enthusiasm for her music either. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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01.04.2008, 06:30 PM	#10
nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	this has to be the most polite "haterz" thread ever __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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01.04.2008, 06:44 PM	#11
ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	Whatchu talkin' bout, cracka? __________________
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01.04.2008, 06:47 PM	#12
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	she sucks ass. rather listen to the hardcore m.i.a. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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01.04.2008, 06:52 PM	#13
ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	She's not even on an Indie Label. Why do people appreciate her so around here then? __________________
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01.04.2008, 09:38 PM	#14
flophousefloozie expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cowtown, Canada Posts: 1,694	i thought this thread was a complaint to those who don't give you love when you're M.I.A. from the board...
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01.07.2008, 04:56 AM	#16
sun city girl the end of the ugly Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: finland Posts: 945	M.I.A. rulez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111 __________________ SOME SOME SOME SOME I MURDER, SOME A SOME I LET GO
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01.07.2008, 05:07 AM	#17
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	What is there to get, exactly? You don't like her, fair enough.
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01.07.2008, 10:34 AM	#19
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	yeah her music to me is whatever meh stuf. i think shes for the kiddies into the mainstream stuff to feel wild and rebellious. i doubt people who already dig underground music, particularly the extreme stuff (noise, hardcore, grindcore, doom, avant garde, etc...) would find her too interesting. shes sexy to me though, if that is relevant in the slightest.
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01.07.2008, 11:15 AM	#20
nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	I'll never understand why being an avid listener of "extreme stuff" should prevent from having fun with/liking other less "extreme" stuff. Batreleaser, I can understand your point about mainstream kiddies and the related second part of the post, this is not a post "against you", rather a more generic rant. Hell, I've got Zu and A Short Apnea cds next to "smash hits from the 60's" on my cd displayer (<---how do you call them?). Liking something does not necessary imply an "objective", "artistic" value in the thing liked, it's just a feeling, a sensation, a matter of taste or even plain fun, after all. Like watching a Bergman movie followed by Toxic Avenger. One can enjoy both, even if they are on totally "different levels" from an objective pov. nah? porky summed it up pretty well in his post: "What is there to get, exactly? You don't like her, fair enough." replace "her" with band/artist name of choice. sorry for the rant. have a nice day! __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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