Song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed – study
Song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed – study
Researchers analysed the words in more than 12,000 English-language songs across several genres from 1980 to 2020
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Counterpoint: MF DOOM
15 0 ReplyA dead rapper who’s two most significant albums came out 20 years ago this year is not a counterpoint.
17 0 ReplyCounterpoint: he's dead.
11 0 ReplyToo soon, man. Too soon
4 0 Reply*Back where his brother went
2 0 ReplyCounterpoint: fuck this world
2 0 ReplyCounterpoint: that's exactly what a supervillain would want you to think.
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Mf doom has unbelievably layered lyrics, but a true counterpoint of lyrical complexity is Aesop Rock. Here's a good article on how expansive his vocabulary is.
3 0 ReplyAlso: Ren (still alive despite best efforts of man and beast)
1 0 ReplyThis is that "How would you feel if you didn't?" "But I did" meme
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