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What happened to Maroon 5?

#42
One of They're newer songs "one more night" sounds like a song that could have been written by Lady GaGa and performed by the Back Street Boys. Unlike "She Will be Loved".
I liked the old Maroon Five better. Wouldn't be the first time a good band fell victim to marketing and sales pressure.
 
#44
Nothing's happened to Maroon 5. They are still a great band full of great musicians. I'm not sure what has happened to Jesse? Has he left?

Maroon 5's first album was fantastic (not my favouriate, but musically solid). You can hear some of their production values in their following albums (such as the way they use backing vocals to mimic a synth in "One more Night". You can also hear this technique on their first album).

In relation to their most recent album, it is garbage. Move like Jagger really plumetted them into the spotlight.

I'd say it would be any artists or musician's dream to make a living out of their craft and Maroon 5 have succeeded at this. It's funny, i get these images of Adam and the boys writing these crappy pop songs as featured on Overexposed and openly laughing about how bad they are and how the public will lap them up!! I'd say most of the songs on Overexposed were penned in minimal time.

The one thing i love about Maroon 5 is that they say they're clean, they don't do drugs and do music for the sake of doing music.

An aside note: James Valentine is my favourite guitarist.

Ordinary musicians don't do this: . The views expressed in this post are mine and are not subject to altering, unless overwhelming evidence is presented!
 
#48
I saw them a few years ago and they were fantastic. Then The Voice happened and Levine doesn't seem quite the same. They really lost me with "Moves Like Jagger." Bleh. But as always, it's a subjective thing. They aren't bad now, just different. As for me, I'll still listen to their older stuff, but I won't make a huge effort to get their new stuff.
 
#53
DWBass said:
DJ's NOT like/play hits? C'mon...seriously? That's their bread and butter! Every DJ I know (and I know a lot) play whatever is hot!
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Yeah, they play the hits, but they do it because that's where the money is, not because that's the music they really love. Most of them aren't really all that enthusiastic about Rihanna. They think she's OK or not that bad, but would rather be playing Goran Bregovic or Cosmic Gate or something if it wasn't for the money. I've heard DJs apologize for having to play super-popular songs by request.

I really wish it was easier to find musicians who have nothing against music normal people like, but it's hard...
 
#55
ngh said:
what happened? a bad pop rock band continued being a bad pop rock band. what changed was clear channels vision of what a pop rock band should be.
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I'd like to know what is si "bad" about them. Last time I looked, they could play their instruments and sing. Check out their "Live @ Home" series on YouTube.
 
#56
Couldn't care less about the band but it's always funny to see monetary gain hailed as a measure of success, and the belief that pop music is about what you like to do instead of what sells (that alone is so naive it's almost unbelieveable). But of course everyone will tell you they enjoy doing what they do, innit. So all is well in talkbass land.
 
#57
pklima said:
Yeah, they play the hits, but they do it because that's where the money is, not because that's the music they really love. Most of them aren't really all that enthusiastic about Rihanna. They think she's OK or not that bad, but would rather be playing Goran Bregovic or Cosmic Gate or something if it wasn't for the money. I've heard DJs apologize for having to play super-popular songs by request.

I really wish it was easier to find musicians who have nothing against music normal people like, but it's hard...
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Wow! Unhappy DJ's and unhappy Pop stars!! Really guys???

I would never hire a DJ who didn't like what he was doing and would dare play some obscure music to satify 'his' personal taste! He'd be a broke DJ! He can go play at your party!

Do you really find musicians that narrow minded? Radio in the 60's and 70's were wide ranging and played everything under the sun! Geez, does everything now have to be so hard driving, loud and angry? What is so wrong with pop music? I don't get it! I just don't get the arguments and negative opinions!

I'm a normal everyday guy who's also a musician who likes good music of all genres, including pop. I'm here!
 
#59
"Unhappy" is probably saying way too much, they're more like "reasonably happy but would ideally prefer to be doing something else". Like, they'd rather DJ at a Balkan night or techno night than a corporate party.

All I'm saying is: most musicians just like weird stuff, so I don't take their opinions about music seriously. If a musician tells me they hate Maroon 5, I don't think about why - I just ignore it as "musicians being musicians".
 
#60
pklima said:
"Unhappy" is probably saying way too much, they're more like "reasonably happy but would ideally prefer to be doing something else". Like, they'd rather DJ at a Balkan night or techno night than a corporate party.

All I'm saying is: most musicians just like weird stuff, so I don't take their opinions about music seriously. If a musician tells me they hate Maroon 5, I don't think about why - I just ignore it as "musicians being musicians".
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Ok, I gotcha. I don't think it's 'most' musicians, though. I know quite a few who are into anything and everything as long as it's good music. But I also know a lot who are into just one type of music and nothing else! Just living life in a box! No way to live if you ask me!
 

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