Do you like Avicii?

Ryan-3 · 15 Jun 2015 at 16:26

XeNoN89 said:
people like a certain Mr Aoki think they actually talented now.

He's a cool guy though! I'm sure his dad (or someone from his dad's side) founded the Benihana restaurants.

tbyeah · 15 Jun 2015 at 22:12

krooton said:
It's also led a to a rise of 'radio edits' for proper dance music, 3 minute slices for low-attention-span commoners

Don't forget the pop lyrics chucked over the top.

One More Solo · 16 Jun 2015 at 22:18

Absolute crap, who on earth wants to listen to the dire offspawn of country and Euro dance?! I'm concerned so many people like this rubbish!

leaskovski · 17 Jun 2015 at 16:42

So given that some and some don't like this type of Music (I've only really been occasionally listening to it for the past couple of months), any recommendations for it without crappy cheesy vocals put over the top of it.

Like...

I know its not to everyone's taste, but I guess there are some losers like me here that like similar stuff.

McGray · 17 Jun 2015 at 16:53

Of course not nerdlingers.

Xordium · 18 Jun 2015 at 08:29

He's okay and musically he puts some pretty clever stuff in there.

EDM is like any other genre and has it popular performers eg Avicii, it's super talented geniuses eg BT, and utter dross too. BT is arguably one of the most innovative and talented artists across genres.

Robosapien · 19 Jun 2015 at 22:08

Xordium said:
He's okay and musically he puts some pretty clever stuff in there.

EDM is like any other genre and has it popular performers eg Avicii, it's super talented geniuses eg BT, and utter dross too. BT is arguably one of the most innovative and talented artists across genres.

Seems to be general consensus but I've never found him to be particularly amazing, despite listening to a good chunk of his stuff due to said general consensus. I've found some of it to be quite bland, too clean or at other times downright cheesefest ( e.g. Suddenly, The Emergency). Can't argue that it's all well produced though and mostly uplifting.

I don't like Avicii purely because of unwanted exposure to the same crappy Wake Me Up song on Heart that I'm forced to listen to at work on a daily basis for the past few months. There is so much better electronic music out there to listen to it causes me genuine pain to have to endure it.

Xordium · 19 Jun 2015 at 22:59

A lot will sound clean due to it directly being programmed in C sound.

chroniclard · 19 Jun 2015 at 23:03

No, the absolute dross end of dance music.

DaleTheWhale · 19 Jun 2015 at 23:13

leaskovski said:
So given that some and some don't like this type of Music (I've only really been occasionally listening to it for the past couple of months), any recommendations for it without crappy cheesy vocals put over the top of it.

Like...

I know its not to everyone's taste, but I guess there are some losers like me here that like similar stuff.

Haven't heard this in ages, thanks for reminding me!

Love EDM, but I enjoy all genres of music, from euphoria to death metal.

Robosapien · 20 Jun 2015 at 00:14

Xordium said:
A lot will sound clean due to it directly being programmed in C sound.

I thought that was just ...And All That Makes Us Human Continues

Xordium · 20 Jun 2015 at 10:42

Robosapien said:
I thought that was just ...And All That Makes Us Human Continues

That one was the only one purely done in C sound but I he uses it a lot elsewhere. He is in a band now from what I understand All Hail the Silence - very Depeche Mode and 80's. Quite like them makes a change from my usual listening. I try and make myself listen to new stuff and different genres otherwise I'd just put my favourite album on non-stop everyday ...

Anyway nice to chat to someone new in a few threads where we have some common interests!

Diddums · 21 Jun 2015 at 20:40

leaskovski said:
So given that some and some don't like this type of Music (I've only really been occasionally listening to it for the past couple of months), any recommendations for it without crappy cheesy vocals put over the top of it.

Like...

I know its not to everyone's taste, but I guess there are some losers like me here that like similar stuff.

I LOVE Greyhound. It's one of those tracks which gets me going every time it plays. I love all this Eurotrash stuff, the more the merrier. What other people choose to listen to is their bag, the fact that they feel so strongly about my choice of music says more about them than me tbh.

krooton · 22 Jun 2015 at 10:47

Xordium said:
He's okay and musically he puts some pretty clever stuff in there.

EDM is like any other genre and has it popular performers eg Avicii, it's super talented geniuses eg BT, and utter dross too. BT is arguably one of the most innovative and talented artists across genres.

I tend to prefer his older stuff to be honest, however his collaboration with Adam K (Tomahawk) was a blinder on the dancefloor

neil_g · 22 Jun 2015 at 10:59

No, he's just another dance-pop clone.

And not enough talent to adjust his live sets, instead he tells his opening acts not to use anything he wants to play.

Xordium · 22 Jun 2015 at 11:08

krooton said:
I tend to prefer his older stuff to be honest, however his collaboration with Adam K (Tomahawk) was a blinder on the dancefloor

Ima is still my favourite so I am with you on this one. Was formative for me trying a different genre of music and the time starting to really go clubbing again after a hiatus since the days of 808 state.

Fubsy · 18 Mar 2025 at 13:20

Caught this last night as I just fancied something different on the TV while I did something. I've never really listened to his music other that what I heard in bars so familiar with Levels, Hey Brother and Wake Me Up, but he seemed like a nice chap that just wanted to make music for the fun of it but while the industry gave him the opportunity to do that but at a cost he didn't understand up-front. Sad story, as all these young suicides are.

imtoooldforthis · 18 Mar 2025 at 14:50

Nice chap who made some of the most relentlessly bland, generic and cheesy pop/dance music ever written. He was good at it though hence the success.

Edit: 2015 thread !