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i was not really a big fan when they came out in the late 90s but i really loved that they did a song with master p on their debut. kinda fun to hear them over klc beats and jermaine dupri beats (with me part 2 and with me part 1, respectively)ā¦ nothing is more 1998 than that.
i was a dumb high school kid and thought i had to dislike women empowerment music so when their second album came out led by bills bills bills and say my name i had to be a hater. i was firmly in the no pigeons camp in the āno pigeonsā vs āno scrubsā debate which was going on around this time.
i grew out of that and went back and did a deep dive through the catalog later and thereās plenty to love in there outside of the singles. i think their debut and final album together have aged the best actually, probably cos i like them (and later beyonce) in r&b mode slightly more than pop mode.
second nature is probably my favorite song by them
9th wonder did the beat for girl, love it
she cant love you
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Fantastic singles band, absolutely top-class, superb pop music. You couldnāt say that they did anything massively groundbreaking though. Thatās not really a criticism but it puts them more in the 3-4 range than the 4-5 range in my view.
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Big tune
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Not my sort of thing. Theyāre good at what they do though. 2
Didnāt expect this thread to have such a gammon vibe tbh
Because a few people have said they arenāt really a fan? Not everyone has to like incredibly popular music.
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Yeah, just goes against the grain of these threads in general.
No kidding
Not really? Iād say itās much milder than a lot of the threads. Is there anything anywhere near as dismissive as the first few posts about Springsteen?
Gone in for that big 4 purely cause as stated above Bey has outshone the bands work by some distance. All the records are slick AF though and theyāve obviously got some all time singles. I was too busy being a fucking boring dickhead when it came out but Writingās on the wall is probably my favourite lp of theirs now and was absolutely vital to a lot of the girls in my year group at the time. could probably do with a new run through them all again.
It looked like they were all genuinely thrilled to be there on homecoming, was really heartwarming. Also loved hearing Kelly show up on Seat At The Table.
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Cool, Iām sure there were threads that started more harshly yes, doesnāt mean the context is the same or if I expected them to do as badly/well. I didnāt expect this thread to have gone this way so far, nor to have had reminded me of the wider gammon community.
I like a lot pop musicians will come here and praise it till the cows come home, but when I enter a thread asking for my opinion on an act and I gove one I dont expect to be called out on it for honestly responding. This poptism peer pressure has literally started eating itās own tail, apparently you now have to like all pop music UNLESS theyāre a white male. Iām kind of getting sick of it to be honest.
Why do you think not liking an incredibly popular musical act makes someone a gammon? What makes someone a gammon for not liking Destinyās Child compared to, say, Springsteen or RHCP for example?
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Based purely of genuine experience
Of people in this thread?
Ah Iām not calling anyone out. I saw someone say genesis was better (mightāve been a joke!!) and it literally reminded me of something a gammon would say.
Nah of gammons
It might be because Iām used to people slyly suggesting racism or sexism in these threads from experience whenever someone is negative about a pop act
I reckon everyoneās experience of that would be entirely personal but of course destinyās child as an all black girl group have a very specific context within music. Should note that Iām not really targeting anyone or accusing anyone of anything, just saw some comments and think it sounded vaguely gammon-y, and was just genuinely surprised.
Canāt really see a gammon vibe here. The genesis comment is odd but other than a few people respectfully abstaining, itās been pretty positive? Personally found it more odd that the fourth or so comment was āgo away, rockistsā before anyoneās even had the chance.
Destinys Child are good imo. Only know the hits so dipped in and out to see if there are any albums I should have checked out.
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