So funny it's scary.

Dagwood Lee · Post by **Dagwood Lee** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:44 pm

Caught this video on MTV this AM. (My son sometimes watches MTV in the AM). The band: Meg and Dia. The song: "Monster"

Now I realize that LA and NY music producers are laughing all the way to the bank as they morph, copy, and regurgitate endless songs and bands for the young masses, but this "Meg and Dia" video took the whole formula to a level that I could only find surreal.

It was all Evanescence-meets-Avril-Lavigne covering the Donnas as this waif in a linen dress holding a spongy, glowing heart in her hands (so much for subtlety) sang about the "monster" in her head. It was truly horrifying. The melody. The vocals. The dramatics. Wow.

Is this the best "imitation-as-flattery" they can come up with? What happened to "good" rip offs? Like the Faces doing the Stones?

Silencio · Post by **Silencio** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:00 pm

You're kidding, right?

Radio pop goes through cycles created by listener preference and current tech. When everybody is using the same mic pres and mics and guitar processors to make records, then all the records that are part of a given genre sound the same. This isn't any different than any other current rock record except for female vocals, and the fact that all current female vocalists sound like this isn't any different than how every male singer sounded like Eddie Vedder for about five years.

And don't kid yourself that the Faces doing the Stones was "good" ripology. Producers did the same thing then that they do now. You were immersed in that and liked it, that's all. I mean, did ANYthing on the radio (save Motown) from 1964 through 1967 sound like ANYthing but The Beatles?

WBOB · Post by **WBOB** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:05 pm

Silencio wrote: I mean, did ANYthing on the radio (save Motown) from 1964 through 1967 try to sound like ANYthing but The Beatles?

fixed !

Silencio · Post by **Silencio** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:30 pm

I'll buy that.

Dagwood Lee · Post by **Dagwood Lee** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:53 pm

You're kidding, right?

No. I was and am really scared by the utter garbage of this song and video.

Radio pop goes through cycles created by listener preference and current tech. When everybody is using the same mic pres and mics and guitar processors to make records, then all the records that are part of a given genre sound the same. This isn't any different than any other current rock record except for female vocals, and the fact that all current female vocalists sound like this isn't any different than how every male singer sounded like Eddie Vedder for about five years.

True enough.

You were immersed in that and liked it, that's all.

Actually, I was born in the middle of it. Smack dab. 1966.

Anyway, good points all around, but I stand by my post. Meg and Dia and the song "Monster" are utterly horrifying and have absolutely 0 artistic merit. Whereas the Byrds were a great ripoff band of the Beatles and Dylan in my opinion. In other words, many of the derivatives of the 60's were much better in terms of quality than the derivatives of today. Not all. But many.