2014 is an underrated year for music
May 18, 2019 18:37:40 GMT 10
Post by SharksFan99 on May 18, 2019 18:37:40 GMT 10
I heard "Ghost" by Ella Henderson for the first time in years just a couple of days ago and listening to it got me thinking about music from 2014 in general. A lot of people criticise the music from 2014 as being "immature" and just awful in general. I was of that same opinion for years, but recently I have started reassessing the music from that time and I actually don't think 2014 was all that bad for music, especially by 2010s standards.
Sure, it wasn't a great year for music overall and there were a lot crappy songs that were in fact released that year (*cough "Turn Down For What"
), but honestly, it's not as bad as people make it out to be (I know longaotian and Telso would think otherwise, lol) and I say that as someone who has always been very critical of music from this decade:
I never really thought too much of this at the time, but I have never actually disliked it as such. I think it's a pretty decent song now.
Definitely George Ezra's best and this is a song that I will go out of my way to listen to.
Channel Ten used this as the backing track for it's "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!" promos at the time. I remember it received a decent amount of radio airplay as well though. Personally, I've always liked this.
I actually found the lyrics to this song as being immature back then (I thought the "I wish that I could be like the cool kids" line, in particular, sounded childish), but in retrospect, it's quite a decent indie-pop track.
There are a few other songs from 2014 which I personally don't mind as well:
* "Stolen Dance" - Milky Chance
* "Ghost" - Ella Henderson
* "Stay With Me" - Sam Smith
* "We Are Done" - The Madden Brothers
* "Mess is Mine" - Vance Joy
* "I'm Not the Only One" - Sam Smith
I'll admit, I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to most of those songs, but that's not to discredit the quality of the songs themselves. Even some of the songs which I have never particularly liked aren't as bad as how I perceived them at the time. Ed Sheeran's two big singles from that year ("Sing" and "Don't") aren't actually bad songs based on their own artistic merits. Heck, even "She Looks So Perfect" isn't even that bad of a song and I never thought I would say that.
Sure, it wasn't a great year for music overall and there were a lot crappy songs that were in fact released that year (*cough "Turn Down For What"
), but honestly, it's not as bad as people make it out to be (I know longaotian and Telso would think otherwise, lol) and I say that as someone who has always been very critical of music from this decade:I never really thought too much of this at the time, but I have never actually disliked it as such. I think it's a pretty decent song now.
Definitely George Ezra's best and this is a song that I will go out of my way to listen to.
Channel Ten used this as the backing track for it's "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!" promos at the time. I remember it received a decent amount of radio airplay as well though. Personally, I've always liked this.
I actually found the lyrics to this song as being immature back then (I thought the "I wish that I could be like the cool kids" line, in particular, sounded childish), but in retrospect, it's quite a decent indie-pop track.
There are a few other songs from 2014 which I personally don't mind as well:
* "Stolen Dance" - Milky Chance
* "Ghost" - Ella Henderson
* "Stay With Me" - Sam Smith
* "We Are Done" - The Madden Brothers
* "Mess is Mine" - Vance Joy
* "I'm Not the Only One" - Sam Smith
I'll admit, I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to most of those songs, but that's not to discredit the quality of the songs themselves. Even some of the songs which I have never particularly liked aren't as bad as how I perceived them at the time. Ed Sheeran's two big singles from that year ("Sing" and "Don't") aren't actually bad songs based on their own artistic merits. Heck, even "She Looks So Perfect" isn't even that bad of a song and I never thought I would say that.
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