2016 - The Year the Music Died?

Declan A Walsh

Every year celebrated musicians die, but it seems like a lot more have died in one single year (2016) than in any other year since the advent of rock and roll and pop music and rock music.

Am I being taken in by the sensationalist headlines or is there an element of truth in the supposition?

The latest to join this gloomy list is Rick Parfitt, who left Status Quo this year after nearly 50 years with them (the blondie haired guy). He died in hospital in Spain today.

The 2016 list includes:

David Bowie

Glen Frey, founding and longstanding member of The Eagles (along with Don Henley) and also solo singer

Prince

Merle Haggard, celebrated country singer

Leonard Cohen

Maurice White, founding member and former singer with Earth Wind & Fire

George Martin, producer of The Beatles' albums and trained musician - often played piano on their songs

Paul Kantner, guitarist with Jefferson Airplane ('60s and '70s) and Jefferson Starship (80s)

Keith Emerson, keyboardist with The Nice and Emerson Lake and Palmer

Greg Lake, bassist and singer with King Crimson (founding member) and Emerson Lake and Palmer - he died this month when his solo hit I Believe in Father Christmas often gets a play.

Leon Russell, sought after session guitarist and solo artist

Craig Gill, drummer with The Inspiral Carpets - popular in the 1990s

Bobby Vee, popular pop singer in the 1960s, e.g. The Night has a Thousand Eyes

Pete Burns, singer with '80s pop band Dead or Alive - big hit: You Spin Me Round (like a Record)

Bernie Worrell, keyboardist with influential funk outfit Parliament-Funkadelic

Black (real name Colin Vearncombe) - couple of hits in the '80s, biggest being Wonderful Life

I tried not to be too obscure. I believe that all the names mentioned above had a major significance in the music world.

So, what do you think? Was it a particularly bad year for significant musical casualties?

Rothko

It's only gonna get worse in the next few years.

Mike Litoris

Rick Parfitt now.

Gmol

Jimmy Bain and Robbie Brennan. Frank Murray.

Mike Litoris

Suas11 wrote: »

It's only gonna get worse in the next few years.

That's a sobering thought.

holy guacamole

Of those mentioned only Bowie, Prince and Leonard Cohen could be considered household names.

The rest may have made an impact but I wouldn't class any of them as musical icons or greats.

Fact is we're just more aware of people dying now, we have access to more news and when someone does dies it's shared/retweeted for days after.

If you were to go through the last twenty years I doubt 2016 would be any worse or better for musicians dying than any other.

nullzero

The problem is they aren't being replaced by worthy successors. Sorry to hear Rick Parfitt has died today.

Saipanne

The way people in their 70s and 80s keep dying is just shocking. Here's hoping the situation improves in 2017.

afro man

holy guacamole wrote: »

Of those mentioned only Bowie, Prince and Leonard Cohen could be considered household names.

The rest may have made an impact but I wouldn't class any of them as musical icons or greats.

Fact is we're just more aware of people dying now, we have access to more news and when someone does dies it's shared/retweeted for days after.

If you were to go through the last twenty years I doubt 2016 would be any worse or better for musicians dying than any other.

Holy Guacamole
have to disagree Rick Parfitt of Status quo after a 50 year career would be know in a lot of households ... he will never be classed as a musical icon but him and the quo introduced a hell of a lot of people to Real rock n roll and onto Hard rock / Metal a legend in my eyes and the live Aid concert which they opended and stole the show until a Certain Freddie mercury and Queen appeared ..... keep on rocking rick_28.jpg

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holy guacamole wrote: »

Of those mentioned only Bowie, Prince and Leonard Cohen could be considered household names.

The rest may have made an impact but I wouldn't class any of them as musical icons or greats.

Fact is we're just more aware of people dying now, we have access to more news and when someone does dies it's shared/retweeted for days after.

If you were to go through the last twenty years I doubt 2016 would be any worse or better for musicians dying than any other.

You have got to be taking the piss....

Rick ****ing Parfitt, of Status ****ing Quo, not a "household name"
Not a man who had a hand in the evolution of rock n roll?!

I'd advise you to rethink your opinion! Many people never had a ****ing notion Prince played guitar

fryup

Saipanne wrote: »

The way people in their 70s and 80s keep dying is just shocking. Here's hoping the situation improves in 2017.

the saddest thing is...there's no one else coming up to take their place, lets face it the creative/innovative generation are dieing out

Mike Litoris

Suas11 wrote: »

It's only gonna get worse in the next few years.

.....and still not finished with 16.


R.I.P George Michael.

Declan A Walsh

holy guacamole wrote: »

Of those mentioned only Bowie, Prince and Leonard Cohen could be considered household names.

The rest may have made an impact but I wouldn't class any of them as musical icons or greats.

Fact is we're just more aware of people dying now, we have access to more news and when someone does dies it's shared/retweeted for days after.

If you were to go through the last twenty years I doubt 2016 would be any worse or better for musicians dying than any other.

There is undoubtedly something in what you say about people being more aware of deaths these days, and I did say at the outset that people die every year. However, I would argue that there was a lot of big casualties in 2016 besides the three "household names" above. For example, Glen Frey was one of the voices of the Eagles and he had a number of solo hits, including The Heat is On and Smugglers Blues. Rick Parfitt has been mentioned by quite a few on this thread. Maurice White was the main lead vocalist of Earth Wind & Fire when they were having all their hits. And, as another poster just said, George Michael has passed away now as well. He certainly is a household name.

Rothko

fryup wrote: »

the saddest thing is...there's no one else coming up to take their place, lets face it the creative/innovative generation are dieing out

There's just as much great music out there as there ever was.

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Suas11 wrote: »

There's just as much great music out there as there ever was.

Ha....

Yeah.....

Because Ed Sheeran, One Direction and Taylor Swift are all going to be remembered and listened to, in 10/20/30/40 years time, just like Queen, Bowie, Prince, George Michael, Status Quo, U2, The Beatles, Rolling Stones all were

Flint Fredstone

Kaylee Obnoxious Vegan wrote: »

Ha....

Yeah.....

Because Ed Sheeran, One Direction and Taylor Swift are all going to be remembered and listened to, in 10/20/30/40 years time, just like Queen, Bowie, Prince, George Michael, Status Quo, U2, The Beatles, Rolling Stones all were

Yeah because there was no cheesy crap in the 60s/70s/80s...

mansize

Listening to George Michael back catalogue on Google play music- quality

Anesthetize

Kaylee Obnoxious Vegan wrote: »

Ha....

Yeah.....

Because Ed Sheeran, One Direction and Taylor Swift are all going to be remembered and listened to, in 10/20/30/40 years time, just like Queen, Bowie, Prince, George Michael, Status Quo, U2, The Beatles, Rolling Stones all were

You obviously don't listen to much music if all you can come up with is Ed Sheeran, One Direction and Taylor Swift. The truth is we don't know who will be remembered in 10 - 40 years time, because music and time work in mysterious and unpredictable ways.

Rothko

Kaylee Obnoxious Vegan wrote: »

Ha....

Yeah.....

Because Ed Sheeran, One Direction and Taylor Swift are all going to be remembered and listened to, in 10/20/30/40 years time, just like Queen, Bowie, Prince, George Michael, Status Quo, U2, The Beatles, Rolling Stones all were

You do realise there's more to modern music than those that you've mentioned?

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Anesthetize wrote: »

You obviously don't listen to much music if all you can come up with is Ed Sheeran, One Direction and Taylor Swift. The truth is we don't know who will be remembered in 10 - 40 years time, because music and time work in mysterious and unpredictable ways.

Nah. I'm just a musician of 15 years, who plays 6 different instruments, gigs with several other genres of bands so you're right, I haven't got a clue about music and don't listen to anything...

"You obviously don't listen...."
I'd learn that valuable lesson to not assume things

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Suas11 wrote: »

You do realise there's more to modern music than those that you've mentioned?

U2 are STILL the biggest and best band in the world. That's after them even slowing down and putting out 2 out of 3 average albums, without even trying.

What does that say about modern music? In the 80s and the 90s, they had to fight to be the biggest and they had to fight to stay there. Now, no one is even pushing them ffs. Not even Coldplay.

I know there's much more to modern music. I've followed and listen to Franz Ferdinand, Noel Gallagher, Deadmau5, U2, The Killers, The Courteneers, even the Stone Roses' latest I had a keen interest on to see what they could come up with....

But, for every Chasing Yesterday and Songs of Innocence, there's Beyoncé shaking her arse or Ed Sheeran rapping to little teenage girls or Rappers talking ****e or TV shows assembling manufactured crap and shoving it down people's throats.

There's next to nothing to get excited about anymore in the music world. Sure, I go and see good young bands, with their own material and it is exciting when you hear something that could actually be a hit....But, the bubble bursts when you know they'll never get that chance.


But yeah, lots more to modern music....Rhianna will be coming out with an album about foreplay next. Can't wait :rolleyes:

Anesthetize

Kaylee Obnoxious Vegan wrote: »

Nah. I'm just a musician of 15 years, who plays 6 different instruments, gigs with several other genres of bands so you're right, I haven't got a clue about music and don't listen to anything...

"You obviously don't listen...."
I'd learn that valuable lesson to not assume things

List your favourite 20 albums of 2016.

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Anesthetize wrote: »

List your favourite 20 albums of 2016.

20 favourite albums?!

What are you, 13 years of age?

Ha, you want me to say The life of Pablo, A moon shaped pool or A seat at the table or some ****e?

Come back to me when you've actually got something worth expressing.

What's your "20 fave albums" of 2016 then? Can't wait to hear this

Flint Fredstone

Kaylee Obnoxious Vegan wrote: »

Nah. I'm just a musician of 15 years, who plays 6 different instruments, gigs with several other genres of bands so you're right, I haven't got a clue about music and don't listen to anything...

"You obviously don't listen...."
I'd learn that valuable lesson to not assume things

You picked the 3 most commercial, overplayed pop acts on the planet to define this generation of music.

If they were all you could come up with then that other poster was well within their rights to assume you don't listen to much music, but they were not all you could come up with. You just used them to back up your hyperbolic statement.

Saying you're a musician doesn't give you any more sway either. Ed Sheeran is a musician...

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Flint Fredstone wrote: »

You picked the 3 most commercial, overplayed pop acts on the planet to define this generation of music.

If they were all you could come up with then that other poster was well within their rights to assume you don't listen to much music, but they were not all you could come up with. You just used them to back up your hyperbolic statement.

Saying you're a musician doesn't give you any more sway either. Ed Sheeran is a musician...

Hahahaha so what exactly, am I supposed to not mention ABBA, Quo, Queen, Zeppelin, The Stones, Rory etc when I'm asked to define the 70s or pop music at that time, because they were commercial? Nonsense argument there, chief.

I could have said The Raveonettes, Wet, Anna Savage, All Twins, Morrissey and Marshall etc but, the chances of anyone hearing of them on here are slim to none.

And it does actually. It means I've listened to, played and seen more than the vast majority of others. I'm out there, night after night, doing that. I'm not listening to the radio at home. And Ed Sheeran is ****e. The only people who don't know that are teenage girls and single women in their 40s

mr_edge_to_you

The year the music died OR the year that some high profile musicians died? Two very different topics in my opinion.

Sure it's been a bad year with Bowie, Cohen, Prince et all. In fairness though that's just life. People get old, people get sick, some people lead lifestyles that ultimately lead them to earlier deaths. As others have pointed out news is shard in a way that it was never done before. Different culture.

Regarding the actual music I don't seem to share some people's optimism. The XFactor generation has killed music. My wife listens to music stations when she drives - I've not heard one song on those stations that wouldve encouraged me as a 13 year old to go and pick up a guitar. Just watched the Oasis documentary last night (brilliant btw) and Noel sumed it up. 20 years ago the biggest band in the world were 5 guys from.a council estate in Manchester. Nowadays it's the winners of a tv show.

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mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

The year the music died OR the year that some high profile musicians died? Two very different topics in my opinion.

Sure it's been a bad year with Bowie, Cohen, Prince et all. In fairness though that's just life. People get old, people get sick, some people lead lifestyles that ultimately lead them to earlier deaths. As others have pointed out news is shard in a way that it was never done before. Different culture.

Regarding the actual music I don't seem to share some people's optimism. The XFactor generation has killed music. My wife listens to music stations when she drives - I've not heard one song on those stations that wouldve encouraged me as a 13 year old to go and pick up a guitar. Just watched the Oasis documentary last night (brilliant btw) and Noel sumed it up. 20 years ago the biggest band in the world were 5 guys from.a council estate in Manchester. Nowadays it's the winners of a tv show.

Mr Edge knows the score

Anesthetize

Kaylee Obnoxious Vegan wrote: »

20 favourite albums?!

What are you, 13 years of age?

Ha, you want me to say The life of Pablo, A moon shaped pool or A seat at the table or some ****e?

Come back to me when you've actually got something worth expressing.

What's your "20 fave albums" of 2016 then? Can't wait to hear this

Unless you can prove to us that you are actively searching for recent music on your own terms will I start to take you seriously and give you something worth expressing. Until then I can't help but see you as another middle-aged man going "waaa waaaaa, there's no bands like Led Zeppelin anymore."

batistuta9

But what would Mr Edge's father have thought in 94 when he overheard his son listening to Definitely Maybe on cassette?

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Anesthetize wrote: »

Unless you can prove to us that you are actively searching for recent music on your own terms will I start to take you seriously and give you something worth expressing. Until then I can't help but see you as another middle-aged man going "waaa waaaaa, there's no bands like Led Zeppelin anymore."

I've got absolutely nothing to prove to you ffs State of you

28 is not middle aged and I don't like Zeppelin....I told you, learn your lesson and don't assume. Then again, you are 13 years of age so it's understandable

I see you as the sort of person who says he hates U2 and hates their music but, throws a bitch fit and cries when he doesn't get tickets to go and see them play :D:D:D

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batistuta9 wrote: »

But what would Mr Edge's father have thought in 94 when he overheard his son listening to Definitely Maybe on cassette?

"Jesus, they sound a lot like Slade, T-Rex and Quo"

Flint Fredstone

Kaylee Obnoxious Vegan wrote: »

Hahahaha so what exactly, am I supposed to not mention ABBA, Quo, Queen, Zeppelin, The Stones, Rory etc when I'm asked to define the 70s or pop music at that time, because they were commercial? Nonsense argument there, chief.

I could have said The Raveonettes, Wet, Anna Savage, All Twins, Morrissey and Marshall etc but, the chances of anyone hearing of them on here are slim to none.

And it does actually. It means I've listened to, played and seen more than the vast majority of others. I'm out there, night after night, doing that. I'm not listening to the radio at home. And Ed Sheeran is ****e. The only people who don't know that are teenage girls and single women in their 40s

Yeah because you have any idea of the musical tastes of the people that post here. What a stupid comment :rolleyes:

You might want to lose the superiority complex. You're coming across as some sort of self-proclaimed oracle of music.

batistuta9

Kaylee Obnoxious Vegan wrote: »

"Jesus, they sound a lot like Slade, T-Rex and Quo"

Who?

mr_edge_to_you

batistuta9 wrote: »

But what would Mr Edge's father have thought in 94 when he overheard his son listening to Definitely Maybe on cassette?

His exact words were: "I preferred the other one.......something honey by Radiohead"

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Flint Fredstone wrote: »

Yeah because you have any idea of the musical tastes of the people that post here. What a stupid comment :rolleyes:

You might want to lose the superiority complex. You're coming across as some sort of self-proclaimed oracle of music.

Hahaha and you're not?

I'll lose nothing, smarmy

Anesthetize

Kaylee Obnoxious Vegan wrote: »

I've got absolutely nothing to prove to you ffs State of you

28 is not middle aged and I don't like Zeppelin....I told you, learn your lesson and don't assume. Then again, you are 13 years of age so it's understandable

I see you as the sort of person who says he hates U2 and hates their music but, throws a bitch fit and cries when he doesn't get tickets to go and see them play :D:D:D

You're accusing me of being 13 yet you are acting more immature than everyone else in the thread. What point are you trying to make in this thread exactly? Your posts seem nonsensical.

Flint Fredstone

Kaylee Obnoxious Vegan wrote: »

Hahaha and you're not?

I'll lose nothing, smarmy

I haven't proclaimed anything. I'm done with this one, you're acting like a child now.

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Anesthetize wrote: »

You're accusing me of being 13 yet you are acting more immature than everyone else in the thread. What point are you trying to make in this thread exactly? Your posts seem nonsensical.

Just like your posts on "music in 2016" are nonsensical

Child like opinions will receive childlike responses

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Flint Fredstone wrote: »

I haven't proclaimed anything. I'm done with this one, you're acting like a child now.

Could have saved yourself a lot of embarrassment by not getting involved

Anesthetize

Kaylee Obnoxious Vegan wrote: »

Just like your posts on "music in 2016" are nonsensical

Child like opinions will receive childlike responses

But I didn't give any opinions on music in 2016.

Flint Fredstone

Anesthetize wrote: »

But I didn't give any opinions on music in 2016.

And just for the record, I didn't give mine either and I'm definitely not embarrassed :pac:

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Anesthetize wrote: »

But I didn't give any opinions on music in 2016.

It doesn't take a genius to work out you approve of it when someone comes along, criticises it and you jump to it's defence.

As for Freddie Flintoff there, same goes for him

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Flint Fredstone wrote: »

And just for the record, I didn't give mine either and I'm definitely not embarrassed :pac:

You jumped to defend it. Pretty embarrassing tbf

Breener122

Music is far from dead depending on what your taste is like.
I love hard rock in the vein of Guns N Roses, Thin Lizzy, Nirvana, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin etc. But most of these bands are either disbanded or on their last legs and in 10 years will all be gone completely. When that time comes rock music to ME will be pretty much dead as there are no bands on the horizon who can touch the ones i mentioned and probably never will be. There are a number of reasons for this - firstly album sales. These bands got huge because millions of people bought their records. That will never happen again so no hard rock act will ever become arena filling superstars ever again. Secondly this kind of music just isnt popular with the majority of young people anymore. They're more into Drake and Twenty one Pilots and Taylor Swift etc. Which means there are less and less young people wanting to be rock stars which means less bands being formed and less quality rock music being made.
Thirdly - maybe all that great rock songs have already been written? Maybe its impossible to top Stairway to heaven, Freebird, Paradise City, Smells like teen Spirit etc.

So thats mainstream rock.. Dead as a doornail essentially.
But then you have more underground less mainstream genres like Heavy metal and Hip Hop. They both had their time in the sun (the 80s for metal was huge commercially, think Metallica etc and late 90s - early 2000's for hip hop Tupac, Eminem, 50 Cent etc) but if you want to find good quality Heavy Metal and Hip Hop you have to look underground where both genres are thriving and bursting at the seems with quality.
So yeah if you're stuck in the 70s and 80s then music probably is dead for you but if you're a little more open minded theres plently of great and innovative music out there.

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Breener122 wrote: »

Music is far from dead depending on what your taste is like.
I love hard rock in the vein of Guns N Roses, Thin Lizzy, Nirvana, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin etc. But most of these bands are either disbanded or on their last legs and in 10 years will all be gone completely. When that time comes rock music to ME will be pretty much dead as there are no bands on the horizon who can touch the ones i mentioned and probably never will be. There are a number of reasons for this - firstly album sales. These bands got huge because millions of people bought their records. That will never happen again so no hard rock act will ever become arena filling superstars ever again. Secondly this kind of music just isnt popular with the majority of young people anymore. They're more into Drake and Twenty one Pilots and Taylor Swift etc. Which means there are less and less young people wanting to be rock stars which means less bands being formed and less quality rock music being made.
Thirdly - maybe all that great rock songs have already been written? Maybe its impossible to top Stairway to heaven, Freebird, Paradise City, Smells like teen Spirit etc.

So thats mainstream rock.. Dead as a doornail essentially.
But then you have more underground less mainstream genres like Heavy metal and Hip Hop. They both had their time in the sun (the 80s for metal was huge commercially, think Metallica etc and late 90s - early 2000's for hip hop Tupac, Eminem, 50 Cent etc) but if you want to find good quality Heavy Metal and Hip Hop you have to look underground where both genres are thriving and bursting at the seems with quality.
So yeah if you're stuck in the 70s and 80s then music probably is dead for you but if you're a little more open minded theres plently of great and innovative music out there.

Agree to a certain extent.

The last part, where you say about innovative, I don't agree `100% with.
I listen to U2,Deadmau5, Chain Gang of 1974 etc for that reason alone. Sometimes I'm disappointed but, the quality of track is in general usually good.

In terms of Metal and Hip Hop, I can't see anything about that becoming innovative and introducing something new. Hip Hop has been the same for God only knows how long and Metal, while a few mainstream metal bands have been successful with creative and innovative new ideas, I think it's reached it's limited too.

Although, there's certainly no innovative ceiling on rhythm and beats etc

Flint Fredstone

Kaylee Obnoxious Vegan wrote: »

Agree to a certain extent.

The last part, where you say about innovative, I don't agree `100% with.
I listen to U2,Deadmau5, Chain Gang of 1974 etc for that reason alone. Sometimes I'm disappointed but, the quality of track is in general usually good.

In terms of Metal and Hip Hop, I can't see anything about that becoming innovative and introducing something new. Hip Hop has been the same for God only knows how long and Metal, while a few mainstream metal bands have been successful with creative and innovative new ideas, I think it's reached it's limited too.

Although, there's certainly no innovative ceiling on rhythm and beats etc

Are you aware that dance music aficionados would view Deadmau5 in the same way you would view Ed Sheeran?

He doesn't even like his own latest album. Purely, unapologetically in it for the money.

http://edm.com/articles/2016/11/26/deadmau5-hates-his-own-album

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Flint Fredstone wrote: »

Are you aware that dance music aficionados would view Deadmau5 in the same way you would view Ed Sheeran?

He doesn't even like his own latest album. Purely, unapologetically in it for the money.

http://edm.com/articles/2016/11/26/deadmau5-hates-his-own-album

And are you aware that after ****ting on to me about thinking I know what other people think and like in regards music, you've basically just proved yourself to be a hypocrite?

I listen to his tracks to get a feel of what ground he's trying, or was trying, to break in music. That's it. I've never bought a single song of his, nor have I ever watched or attended one of his sets. Some have been the highest quality, some have been utter rubbish. It happens.

Ed Sheeran is worse than rubbish. He's everything I hate in regards music. I've listened to every single Ed Sheeran song and I can pick holes in them all day long. He offers nothing! Those lyrics are awful. I've no idea why anyone gets off on them. He's one of few things I can't get my head around in music. He's the one man who I cannot understand why he's successful. I've seen countless, more talented singers and musicians, with far better original songs, struggle to even get a gig. Plus, I can see right through him

Now, I'm guessing you're a fan of some sort and this offends you. If that's true, then please don't respond. I'm not one bit arsed discussing him. I don't like him. End of. Happy to discuss anything else

Flint Fredstone

Kaylee Obnoxious Vegan wrote: »

And are you aware that after ****ting on to me about thinking I know what other people think and like in regards music, you've basically just proved yourself to be a hypocrite?

I listen to his tracks to get a feel of what ground he's trying, or was trying, to break in music. That's it. I've never bought a single song of his, nor have I ever watched or attended one of his sets. Some have been the highest quality, some have been utter rubbish. It happens.

Ed Sheeran is worse than rubbish. He's everything I hate in regards music. I've listened to every single Ed Sheeran song and I can pick holes in them all day long. He offers nothing! Those lyrics are awful. I've no idea why anyone gets off on them. He's one of few things I can't get my head around in music. He's the one man who I cannot understand why he's successful. I've seen countless, more talented singers and musicians, with far better original songs, struggle to even get a gig. Plus, I can see right through him

Now, I'm guessing you're a fan of some sort and this offends you. If that's true, then please don't respond. I'm not one bit arsed discussing him. I don't like him. End of. Happy to discuss anything else

You couldn't be more wrong. As for the hypocrisy accusation, that's just laughable. I was pointing out your hypocrisy in saying you listen to Deadmau5, some would say the equivalent of Ed Sheeran in dance music terms.

You're changing your tune every time you're called on something. You have mentioned you follow/listen to Deadmau5 twice, what else is someone to think other than you are a bit of a fan or at least enjoy his music in some way?

No doubt you will move more goalposts...

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Flint Fredstone wrote: »

You couldn't be more wrong. As for the hypocrisy accusation, that's just laughable. I was pointing out your hypocrisy in saying you listen to Deadmau5, some would say the equivalent of Ed Sheeran in dance music terms.

You're changing your tune every time you're called on something. You have mentioned you follow/listen to Deadmau5 twice, what else is someone to think other than you are a bit of a fan or at least enjoy his music in some way?

No doubt you will move more goalposts...

I'm moving the goal posts? Sorry fella but, Deadmau5 is NOT the Ed Sheeran of dance music. Deadmau5 is listenable for a start.

I listen to him, I enjoy quite a few of his tracks and quite a few I don't. It's that simple. I'm not denying it.

The only artists I will defend to the hilt are Quo, Queen, U2 and Rory. The rest, I'm open minded about

Flint Fredstone

Kaylee Obnoxious Vegan wrote: »

I'm moving the goal posts? Sorry fella but, Deadmau5 is NOT the Ed Sheeran of dance music. Deadmau5 is listenable for a start.

I listen to him, I enjoy quite a few of his tracks and quite a few I don't. It's that simple. I'm not denying it.

The only artists I will defend to the hilt are Quo, Queen, U2 and Rory. The rest, I'm open minded about

In many people's eyes he is. Deadmau5 = Ed Sheeran. One Direction = Avicii/Martin Garrix.

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Flint Fredstone wrote: »

In many people's eyes he is. Deadmau5 = Ed Sheeran. One Direction = Avicii/Martin Garrix.

One Direction, yes.

Deadmau5 = Ed Sheeran? Not a hope!

I Remember and The Veldt have better lyrics than Ed Sheeran could ever write for a start.