"Also can we set the record straight that there is a crucial difference between something that is ~made as and intended as background music~ and something that ~simply becomes background music~?"
yes for sure, but in most uses outside of context (again, in larger part a product of the kind of people who use it that way), i read it as a really unhelpful criticism because it tends to imply an ignorance or disregard of the poignancy of the former (especially if the album in question would be viewed not unfavourably as the former kind by the people it actually appeals to)
"it never intended to fall into the background"
...but imo this does actively cater to exhibit A to the point that the ambiguity does start to get kinda fucky
which is to say that i v much get your point but we have descended irretrievably into the optics of phrasing (mum, I'm home)
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Listen, I jam coffee shop and elevator music, if I want to criticize something as being too background I think I’ve well earned that right
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Now, as a clap back at large can we start invading shitty sput-metal threads and disparagingly call it foreground music?
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Album Rating: 3.0
yeah, I would never criticise something I felt was intentionally designed as background music as ‘backgroundy’… agreed with a few of the previous thoughts that there’s a difference
Fading into the background because it’s failing to completely hold my attention is a different kettle of fish entirely
Of course we can argue artist’s intentions and there may be grey areas and all that, but this doesn’t feel like something I’d describe as ‘background music’ - it just fails to engage on a meaningful level for the duration despite having some nice sounds or whatever
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“Now, as a clap back at large can we start invading shitty sput-metal threads and disparagingly call it foreground music?“
imma start calling it playground music
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Agreed demon
Lol playground music is good too
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i believe the correct term is music for the people who aren't allergic to feeling things generation
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Album Rating: 3.5
Nahh
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Album Rating: 4.2
gud album
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dug mubla
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Album Rating: 4.5
Angel Vivaldi is the dividing line between background music and playground music.
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To get away
To get awaaayyy
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is this "vaguely ambient breaks"
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It’s vaguely valerian
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ive had to take valerian pills before
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No cap?
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yea
i mean you can get them over the counter no? not sure whats special there
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It was a bad pun
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Gotta check
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Been listening to mad music lately 😤
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