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Fireflies by Owl City

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Elden-JR
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Is it just me or is it one of the gayest songs ive ever heard thats made it in the top 50 songs.  I cant believe that it is #1 in sales for itunes.
Nov 18 2009 2:20PM
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VT_FLO
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pop culture is retarded. that's why they change the boards every week, because it's always the same song with different words to it.

the masterpieces are ignored.
Nov 18 2009 2:22PM
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ChefBoyardee
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2nd Owl City thread ive seen today... personally i kinda like it but i think Owl City has some much better songs...
Nov 18 2009 2:24PM
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Samsquanch
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I like that song it doesnt appeal to alot of people but i listen to all types music...no hate for hating it...Do you like passion pit or phoenix?
Nov 18 2009 2:31PM
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kepler.
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Is it just me but does Owl City sound like an extra gay Postal Service?
Nov 18 2009 2:35PM
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Elden-JR
Posts: 199 - Karma: 10
I have nothing against people who like it.  I just think there a band that there singer is gay or he never hit puberty.  And i dont the lyrics to for whats up with them singing the part "I get a thousand hugs from five thousand ladybugs."
Nov 18 2009 2:39PM
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OhMyBosh
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Owl City sounds exactly like the Postal Service, except 50 times worse and they guys voice is more homosexual.
Nov 18 2009 2:42PM
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Elden-JR
Posts: 199 - Karma: 10
yes
Nov 18 2009 2:53PM
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Cudder.
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if you listen to this song more then once it gets stuck in your head forever
Nov 18 2009 2:55PM
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nathanbalkman
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"He's hanging by a moment here with you? He'll follow you wherever you will go? We all wish we were somewhere boning chicks, but seriously, stop listening to this song and and just ask her the fuck out already." - Pitchfork.com

Priceless. Gibbard would be ashamed.
Nov 18 2009 2:57PM
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wh@t
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nah, theyre all hype and their music is rather shitty. they are record company products.
Nov 18 2009 2:59PM
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statuswhitegirl
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8V-N27CZEY&feature=PlayList&p=84C3172484EEF616&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=29
Nov 18 2009 3:01PM
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carbon.pulse
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Number 1 here and it makes me want to punch babies.
Nov 18 2009 3:34PM
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laxstar
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BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was convinced the first time i heard it postal service gayed their shit up and was on the radio
Nov 18 2009 3:40PM
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yuck
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i thought you were gonna say it was good.

thank god.
Nov 18 2009 9:49PM
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Goku
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its a fuckin joke, read this months Rolling Stone, theres an interview with him that says he got kicked out of community college, fucking community college, he's 23 and lives in his parents basement, and his last job was to put Coke bottles on a truck, he is the epitome of loser
Nov 18 2009 9:52PM
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Tortao
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"id like to make myself belieeeevveee"
Nov 18 2009 9:53PM
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sTr8_JiBbiN
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THATS gay shit

this is the reall dealll

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN82bOg5AMs

Nov 18 2009 9:57PM
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prontocuts.com
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his hometown is only known for a shitty outlet mall too
Nov 18 2009 9:58PM
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Goku
Posts: 8119 - Karma: 4,223
he's a loser and no one will give a flying fuck about him in 1 month
Nov 18 2009 9:59PM
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Abc567def
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supa ghey
Nov 18 2009 10:07PM
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oreopancake.
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IMO, this is just another shitty song that sounds good, but the lyrics are just a bunch of bullshit metaphors and analogy's that actually make no sense, and makes the song have no REAL meaning. Remember...IMO. I also think U2 does this. Just thought I'd throw that in there..

Nov 18 2009 10:07PM
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Cheezcake.
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I'm gonna be pretty much the only one that sticks up for owl city on this thread i guess.
seriously, owl city is my pow day music. Sooo soothing. listen to on the wing, and stop ripping on him just because it's really soft electronic. You're acting like he's justin fucking beiber or something. Anyone with an ear for music realizes he has talent. don't be so close-minded. let's see any of you get on the radio after years of hard work, NOT gonna happen.

he's been around for ages and has never gotten remotely big until just now, and is wayyyy christian. hows that make him a product of the music industry? i don't see it at all.

Nov 18 2009 10:13PM
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OhMyBosh
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Im sorry but you failed hard when you said you have an ear for music and think he has talent. he is a no talent fag who makes shitty beatz and sings horribly written songs a uses a synthesizer... and then makes sure the songs sound shitty and catchy/poppy enough for the radio to like them so he can get more money.
Its not music dude.
Nov 18 2009 10:17PM
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Mooserz
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thats what ive been saying/ im like hasnt owl city been around for a while now?
Nov 18 2009 10:17PM
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prontocuts.com
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woahdont put synths into this
Nov 18 2009 10:18PM
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horner
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It's so easy to hate on the internet.
Nov 18 2009 10:19PM
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ISkiSwitch
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I feel the same way. His CD will definitely be on my iPod for the days I'm out there just cruisin along. Yes, it is like Postal Service, but it's not exactly, just in the same genre. He got big off myspace, and has been around a while, he just got his big break lately. You guys all saying he has no talent are all titled to your opinion, this isn't for everyone, but neither is your crappy underground rap music.
Nov 18 2009 10:22PM
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OhMyBosh
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>implying i listen to rap
Nov 18 2009 10:23PM
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Pippin
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I am not a fan of the music but fuck sakes guys don't hate on someone just because they were successful, they must have done something right.
Nov 18 2009 10:24PM
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ISkiSwitch
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I don't care what you listen to. But too many people aren't open minded about all music. They stick within their genre and anything else outside of it is gay.

I listen to basically everything, yes, even some country, but something about listening to "poor" people yell about the ghetto and bitches next to some grungy beats just doesn't cut it for me.
Nov 18 2009 10:27PM
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skiminnesota
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whoa!

Owatona has a Cabela's.

shitty better have not been directed at the most badass store ever to grace the planet? hahahah

Cabela's does kick ass though.
Nov 18 2009 10:29PM
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OhMyBosh
Posts: 5056 - Karma: 171
mainstream rap is as shitty a genre as whatever owl city is. theyre both horrifically bad musically, and are made for the sole purpose of getting on the radio and getting money. it is not good music, owl city fucking sucks balls.
Nov 18 2009 10:30PM
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Cheezcake.
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I guess whether you think he has "good beatz" or not is your own opinion. not point in arguing there.

but i mean come on. his music is not remotely radio friendly. it amazed me when i heard he got on the radio. so tell me, how is he molding his music to get on the radio? his style hasn't changed since he started up in... 06 i think? passion pit is super catchy. does that mean they're just trying to get on the radio? its all art. how you interpret is your own thing.
Nov 18 2009 10:31PM
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Chompo.
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i dont hate it, but i dislike it very much
Nov 18 2009 10:36PM
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ISkiSwitch
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I was not talking about mainstream rap.
Owl City was not made to be on the radio.

Nov 18 2009 10:37PM
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OhMyBosh
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i take back the made to be on the radio statement... youre taking it as if his whole mindset was crafting music that would be on the radio... however, i just meant that the type of music he makes is really kinda lame, the lyrics fucking suck, theres no originality, and its just the same as everything else that gets put onto the radio.
about passion pit, i think theyre trying to be more original than owl city and whatnot, and making somewhere decent music, but i just cant stand their style or the singers voice.
Nov 18 2009 10:40PM
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Contender
Posts: 3318 - Karma: 232
death cab and postal service is legit, owl city for me has too much synthesizer and the voice just isnt for me
Nov 18 2009 10:53PM
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captaincrunch
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im SO FUCKING SICK of owl city.
there is nothing redeeming about it.
fuck fireflies, fuck owl city.
Nov 18 2009 10:56PM
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8ONE657
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the reason i hate owl city more than anything is because that stupid fuck COMPLETELY stole everything from playradioplay! who i've been listening to for 7 years and is making bank on it.

dan hunter aka playradioplay! signed with a record label, he was featured on nhl08, and made a name for himself and his style of music. when he decided that he didn't want to change his style due to the record label he dropped them.

playradioplay! > owl city.
Nov 18 2009 10:59PM
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Lax_Bro40
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and now he is more famous than you will ever be, and be more remebered than you will ever be, has more money than you will ever have, and is banging hotter and way more chicks than you ever will. whos the loser now?
Nov 18 2009 11:00PM
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Cheezcake.
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okay i love prp too. but he's way more indietastic. they're not alike at all.
Nov 18 2009 11:03PM
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ashamedkrew
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like the song and owl city, but the music video is too much for me. just weird.
Nov 18 2009 11:03PM
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Goku
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i dont think he's makin bank, but he has no respect in the music community and i bet no one would recognize his face because he blends in with all the other emo fags or his real name
Nov 18 2009 11:04PM
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8ONE657
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i don't get that at all...prp is like the definition of indie, i mean his lyrics are so beautiful even if they don't make sense. owl city is just a cheap rip off and he makes me so effing mad.
Nov 18 2009 11:05PM
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prontocuts.com
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bass pro is so much better then cabelas, but the cabelas in owatona is sick, and the airport has a free shuttle there, so just fly in and get a free ride there
Nov 18 2009 11:08PM
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OhMyBosh
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im pretty sure you've never heard postal service... i dont see how many bands that "defines" indy can sound anything like the garbage that is owl city.
Nov 18 2009 11:10PM
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8ONE657
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yes i have. postal service is one of my favorites...maybe you've never listened to prp.
Nov 18 2009 11:13PM
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Lax_Bro40
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that song is number 1 on itunes he is making bank, i cant turn on the fucking radio without hearing that shit. and i bet people do know who he is if they actually like him.
Nov 18 2009 11:25PM
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OhMyBosh
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No i was just saying that prp is hardly classic indie.
Nov 18 2009 11:29PM
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Arabian.
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The music industry now consists of 5% indie men, and 95% Teenage Twihard girls.
Nov 18 2009 11:34PM
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