Comments on: Calvin Harris – Ready For The Weekend http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174 Pop, to two decimal places Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:03:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: lex http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174&cpage=1#comment-2205 lex Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:21:57 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174#comment-2205 C.Harris - actually, I shouldn't refer to him as that, given that pop already has two other prominent C.Harrises in Ciara and T.I., and he's very much the runt of the litter. Calvin Harris has never struck me as having any sort of class dimension. I'd assumed he was middle class but I neither know nor care. Calling journalists posh is a fairly standard attack, and a huge cliché too. I've no idea what class his fans are because I cannot imagine who could possibly be a fan of music this stunted. It certainly doesn't code any sort of social class. I don't find him innocuous in the slightest - this kind of cheap hackwork, especially in genres which should appeal to me, is totally repellent to me. He's a dance producer who's somehow become successful despite being <i>really and totally shit at producing dance records</i>, and that galls immensely. C.Harris – actually, I shouldn’t refer to him as that, given that pop already has two other prominent C.Harrises in Ciara and T.I., and he’s very much the runt of the litter. Calvin Harris has never struck me as having any sort of class dimension. I’d assumed he was middle class but I neither know nor care. Calling journalists posh is a fairly standard attack, and a huge cliché too. I’ve no idea what class his fans are because I cannot imagine who could possibly be a fan of music this stunted. It certainly doesn’t code any sort of social class.

I don’t find him innocuous in the slightest – this kind of cheap hackwork, especially in genres which should appeal to me, is totally repellent to me. He’s a dance producer who’s somehow become successful despite being really and totally shit at producing dance records, and that galls immensely.

]]> By: Matos W.K. http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174&cpage=1#comment-2201 Matos W.K. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:57:35 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174#comment-2201 Chuck, only two people gave him scores lower than yours. Chuck, only two people gave him scores lower than yours.

]]> By: Chuck Eddy http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174&cpage=1#comment-2200 Chuck Eddy Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:28:37 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174#comment-2200 Okay...But you still didn't answer my question. And John raises a good point, too -- This guy seems pretty innocuous; why do people hate him so much? (Maybe it's the tweets?) Okay…But you still didn’t answer my question. And John raises a good point, too — This guy seems pretty innocuous; why do people hate him so much? (Maybe it’s the tweets?)

]]> By: Martin Kavka http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174&cpage=1#comment-2192 Martin Kavka Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:29:16 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174#comment-2192 It's a series of fourteen tweets, Chuck. The second one, which reads "RICH PEOPLES KIDS GETTING GOOD REVIEWS BECAUSE MUMMY FUCKED THE JOURNO IN THE 80S," gives me disturbingly erotic images of my mother and Larry Flick having unspeakably awful sex. It’s a series of fourteen tweets, Chuck. The second one, which reads “RICH PEOPLES KIDS GETTING GOOD REVIEWS BECAUSE MUMMY FUCKED THE JOURNO IN THE 80S,” gives me disturbingly erotic images of my mother and Larry Flick having unspeakably awful sex.

]]> By: john http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174&cpage=1#comment-2190 john Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:23:04 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174#comment-2190 As another dumb 'murrican, I'm a little taken aback by the hate here; this sounded sorta inoffensive and flimsy. Maybe you need to hear it a zillion times for it to get annoying? As another dumb ‘murrican, I’m a little taken aback by the hate here; this sounded sorta inoffensive and flimsy. Maybe you need to hear it a zillion times for it to get annoying?

]]> By: Anthony http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174&cpage=1#comment-2187 Anthony Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:43:56 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174#comment-2187 frankly, I think it's flattering that he believes music reviews affect the sales of albums with #1 singles. frankly, I think it’s flattering that he believes music reviews affect the sales of albums with #1 singles.

]]> By: Chuck Eddy http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174&cpage=1#comment-2186 Chuck Eddy Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:24:28 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174#comment-2186 Very Nixonian of him. Not to mention a really long tweet. Anyway, can somebody explain the class distinctions Harris is talking about in that rant, for us yokels out here not versed in UK club culture? I've never heard the guy before, have no real interest in hearing him again, but I'm curious: Does Harris's audience tend to lean more prole/working-class than the crowds listening to more critically approved styles of electronic dance music, or is that just a delusion on his part? If so, what might the delusion be based on? Very Nixonian of him. Not to mention a really long tweet. Anyway, can somebody explain the class distinctions Harris is talking about in that rant, for us yokels out here not versed in UK club culture? I’ve never heard the guy before, have no real interest in hearing him again, but I’m curious: Does Harris’s audience tend to lean more prole/working-class than the crowds listening to more critically approved styles of electronic dance music, or is that just a delusion on his part? If so, what might the delusion be based on?

]]> By: edwardo http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174&cpage=1#comment-2182 edwardo Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:31:40 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174#comment-2182 My parents are distinctly not rich, and I think he's a dick who makes bad records. What's annoying is that some of them could, with some changes, be reasonable reoords. My parents are distinctly not rich, and I think he’s a dick who makes bad records. What’s annoying is that some of them could, with some changes, be reasonable reoords.

]]> By: Matias H http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174&cpage=1#comment-2176 Matias H Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:27:39 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174#comment-2176 Did you guys catch this fellow's twitter tantrums over bad reviews? "THIS ENTIRE INDUSTRY IS FULL OF RICH PEOPLES KIDS, EVERYWHERE,THIS ENTIRE INDUSTRY IS FULL OF RICH PEOPLES KIDS, EVERYWHERE, I'M MAKING MUSIC FOR REAL PEOPLE AND REAL PEOPLE DANCE - RICH PEOPLE STAND AT THE BACK, FUCK THE RICH PEOPLES KIDS WITH THEIR JOBS AS RUNNERS ON TV SHOWS OR THEIR 'CLUB NIGHTS' FUCK YOU YOU'VE DONE NOTHING ABSOLUTELY FUCK ALL. imagine the buzz of making something that you love, and after 2 years you finally have something you can't wait for other people to hear.then imagine that cd landing on the desk of "snide rich persons kid" or "pathetic london scene-FACE" then them skipping through the tracks in their lunch break, and saying "well its calvin harris isn't it? 2 stars, he's a dick head" but, how is it that i've been playing these songs to 20,000 people at festivals this summer, and it's gone off every single time BECAUSE OF THE FUCKING RICH PEOPLES KIDS there are people who will like the album who wont get the album because they saw a shit review" etc.. Did you guys catch this fellow’s twitter tantrums over bad reviews?

“THIS ENTIRE INDUSTRY IS FULL OF RICH PEOPLES KIDS, EVERYWHERE,THIS ENTIRE INDUSTRY IS FULL OF RICH PEOPLES KIDS, EVERYWHERE, I’M MAKING MUSIC FOR REAL PEOPLE AND REAL PEOPLE DANCE – RICH PEOPLE STAND AT THE BACK, FUCK THE RICH PEOPLES KIDS WITH THEIR JOBS AS RUNNERS ON TV SHOWS OR THEIR ‘CLUB NIGHTS’ FUCK YOU YOU’VE DONE NOTHING ABSOLUTELY FUCK ALL.

imagine the buzz of making something that you love, and after 2 years you finally have something you can’t wait for other people to hear.then imagine that cd landing on the desk of “snide rich persons kid” or “pathetic london scene-FACE” then them skipping through the tracks in their lunch break, and saying “well its calvin harris isn’t it? 2 stars, he’s a dick head” but, how is it that i’ve been playing these songs to 20,000 people at festivals this summer, and it’s gone off every single time

BECAUSE OF THE FUCKING RICH PEOPLES KIDS there are people who will like the album who wont get the album because they saw a shit review”

etc..

]]> By: Matias H http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174&cpage=1#comment-2148 Matias H Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:17:59 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1174#comment-2148 I understand most #1 hits, even when it's really difficult to find redeeming qualities, like with 'Boom Boom Pow', but I just cannot understand why the two latest Calvin Harris tracks have rocketed up the charts in the UK. Is there a massive PR campaign behind it? It's so thin and flat and generic. I understand most #1 hits, even when it’s really difficult to find redeeming qualities, like with ‘Boom Boom Pow’, but I just cannot understand why the two latest Calvin Harris tracks have rocketed up the charts in the UK. Is there a massive PR campaign behind it? It’s so thin and flat and generic.

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