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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 12, 2018 20:39:24 GMT 10
What are some examples of songs which sounded "futuristic" when you first listened to them and seemed like nothing you had heard before?
In retrospect, "Just Dance" sounds more like a product of it's time rather than something distinctively from the 2010s, but when I first listened to it back in Late 2008, it really felt as though we were entering into a new era for music.
Maybe it's the electric guitar riffs and overall atmospheric nature of the song, but when I first heard "I Fall Apart" on the radio back in October, I thought it had somewhat of a futuristic edge to it. To me, it really drove home the point that we are fast approaching the third decade of the 21st Century. My initial response to it was pretty much along the lines of, "yes, we really are in the year 2017. Look at how far music has come".
I know it's not all that different from other Hip-Hop/Trap songs which have featured on the Top-40 charts in recent times, but the production of the song gives it an edge that other songs simply haven't had.
I can still remember the moment I decided to search for this song on YouTube just hours after it had been released. It felt like such a breath of fresh air when I first listened to it and the electro-funk sound led me to believe that it could very well be the "sound" of the 2020s.
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Post by Telso on Aug 12, 2018 21:35:52 GMT 10
How about "cheesy futuristic" now  ? Most of new wave is more about being a quirky and fun synth-party but this 1979 hit somehow manages to give me a feeling of entering into space or something. It's just so cool. Prob the best new wave hit. Already shared this one, but the very first EDM hit manages also to give me off images of being in a Tron movie Electronic music from the 60s! Isn't this the coolest thing?
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Post by Telso on Aug 12, 2018 21:46:58 GMT 10
In retrospect, "Just Dance" sounds more like a product of it's time rather than something distinctively from the 2010s, but when I first listened to it back in Late 2008, it really felt as though we were entering into a new era for music. I think I've dismissed before this song's novelty by saying the rhythm section was fairly reminiscent of earlier 2000s hits like Fergie's. But it still has cool sproingy beats and unique voice processing and I can't deny the influence it had on club music extravaganza and how it basically opened some doors for the genre, especially in the US. I do agree though it did not however defined 2010s music on the long term 
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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 12, 2018 22:28:55 GMT 10
I think I've dismissed before this song's novelty by saying the rhythm section was fairly reminiscent of earlier 2000s hits like Fergie's. But it still has cool sproingy beats and unique voice processing and I can't deny the influence it had on club music extravaganza and how it basically opened some doors for the genre, especially in the US. I do agree though it did not however defined 2010s music on the long term I can understand why you would have dismissed the song's novelty in the past. The perception of the song and it's legacy has only changed very recently. Up until just a couple of years ago, many people regarded "Just Dance" as the song which ushered in 2010s music. From a 2018 perspective, however, it arguably has more ties with the 2000s than it does with the 2010s. Like you touched upon though, it truly did have a revolutionary affect on the music scene at the time, even if it stylistically has much in common with earlier 2000s releases. I can remember thinking of it as sounding quite "futuristic" at the time, because it pretty much sounded like nothing else I had listened to prior to that.
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Post by #Infinity on Aug 13, 2018 16:25:53 GMT 10
This was super futuristic-sounding to me back when I first heard it, and it still sounds relatively modern today:
This is from 2009:
Now, for some songs that came out before I was born or paying attention to current trends in music, but which were definitely quite ahead of their respective times...
This was released in 1947, yet already sounds like a modern band song, complete with upbeat drums, electric guitars, and far more swagger than your typical slushy crooner ballads of the era.
For 1964, this is some eerie, brooding, and epic music. It fits much more snugly with the late 1960s, not the early/mid-1960s.
This is from 1977. How in the world is that even possible? Most electric songs from the '70s barely even have a beat, but this is like legit modern techno. It's incredible that something like this is already over four decades old.
In my opinion, this is easily the most '80s song of the '70s. "Video Killed the Radio Star" is sort of cutting edge, but it also borrows a lot from ABBA. This, on the other hand, is pure '80s, echo-snare new wave.
This came out in 1986 but sounds more like a bizarre mixture of every era that succeeded it. It's hard to pinpoint exactly where it belongs, but it has vague similarities to both early '90s new jack swing, as well as 2010s DJ Mustard-type songs like "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX. You could possibly throw in late '90s bubblegum pop in there, as well.
Timbaland's breakthrough production and really the first pop song with a 2000s flavour to its composition and instrumentation. It does not sound like it's from the same year as "California Love", "You're Makin' Me High", or "Return of the Mack".
This came out in 2002. However, thanks to its booming drums and minimal emphasis on melodic backup, it sounds at least three years newer than it really is. It could have come out in the late 2000s and still sounded current, unlike your usual 2002 productions like "Hot in Herre", for example.
It astounds me that a production this elaborately electronic came out closer to 1992, the year I was born, than to today. Ever since I fell in love with Rachel Stevens and her music, her Come and Get It album has really obstructed the year 2005 from retro status for me personally, despite the fact that in my personal life, 2012 already feels like a really long time ago.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2018 17:00:44 GMT 10
This somehow sounds like something that Passenger would sing now yet it’s from the 70s by a famous rock band.
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