Is there even such a thing as music that is both fun and intelligent and doesn't compromise either/use cheap gimmicks in how it does it?
zachariah holte
Pet sounds and smile
I think there's a lot of variation in what people would consider gimmick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zH9Zca1vRM
In the video above, for example, it's quite easy to see their theme choice as either gimmicky or consistent with culture regarding mass surveillance in the 21st century.
(Also, knower are fun electro pop. Not sure about intelligent, but I rate them.)
>>64421646
>>64421663
Not valid arguments.
fang island
>>64421637
Fun and intelligent are relative terms. Can you be more specific
Ween
>>64421637
Most of Frank Zappa's shit
The Orb
>>64421637
Everything Everything pulled that off well last year.
Wire—Pink Flag
>>64422756
>Zappa
>not using cheap gimmicks
lol
>>64421637
TMR
>>64422516
Fun as in you know, fun. Stuff that could be "jammed" to at a party as they say. And intellectual is kind of self explanatory, though it still is a fedora term.
>>64424627
>>64424290
correct answer
Drake
>>64421637
Are drip, bedspring, and DICK samples cheap?
>>64424627
literally early talking heads
>>64421637
Frank Zappa/Captain Beefheart
The Velvet Underground
>>64422813
Correct
Jaga Jazzist, Talking Heads and Yes off the top of my head
Who gives a shit? Why don't you just enjoy it? Christ.
>>64421637
If it's "intelligent" in terms of composition, no one in the mainstream will get it because like anything, art (music) is about improving from the past and today's mainstream is completely attention deficit and don't give a fuck about the past. In terms of lyricism, possibly.
Kendrick Lamar is probably the closest thing. He's made cohesive albums about important topics and he's intelligent in how he thinks about things and puts into a song and it still comes out as a banger, appealing to almost everyone in the mainstream, even if they are missing his message.
