Well, what a waste of time that study was

Well, what a waste of money that study was

Well, what a waste of study that study was

Well, what a waste of sputnik storage space that study was

jk, now i have scientific data to throw at people when i troll new age pop music, this is a glorious day

Well, what a study of waste that study was

Justin Bieber sucks because science

No way!

Science disproves both God and Pop. Hail, Science!

Isn't this a really old article?

"Justin Bieber sucks because science"

Damn right. And now we can finally have conversations like this:

"Today's music is garbage, it all sounds the same."

"I like it. Music is subjective."

"Bitch, science."

^^^ Study = valid.

Article wasn't clear on the study's definition of pop music

I would think you would find the same thing if they were to study any other genre.

And I can only imagine what other stuff they could have been doing instead of this pointless study.

yeah they could have made a really boring trilogy of ambient albums or something

Yeah they could've studied death metal and found it really is just one guy with his head stuck down a toilet doing the vocals for every dm album ever.

Agreed.

Oh you, someguest.

And lol, Thomas.

I had a legitimate reply to this article but paxman and jdennis31's opening comments had me in knots laughing and thus: I forgot it.

In related news, listening to MTV all day improves your chances of becoming bland and uninteresting.

Study is kind of bullshit saying pop music all sounds the same mathematically because all music sounds the same mathematically, like there are only 12 notes ya know, to a computer all music probably sounds the same

only 12 notes in the western system

yeah that's what I meant, studying world music would be a whole other thing

This is just ridiculously stupid all the way around

Well I could have told them that.

ha

What a waste of waste this waste wasted

Bet they have PhD's in philosophy.

To anyone doubting the legitimacy of this: Yes, there are only twelve notes. But there's such thing as timbre, and tonal qualities... Then there's tempo, time signature, song structures... And even volume was tested in this. Oh, and within the whole notes thing, there are different ways to play them. Octaves, for instance. And something mentioned, chords. We mostly play the equivalent of power chords in everything now, if not singular notes.

The point is that mainstream music now is mostly in the same keys, tempos, time signatures, the tonal qualities are mostly the same because we're all using the same instruments, tones for the instruments, and so therefore timbre, and even, the same level of loudness.

So, yeah.

Does anyone really care and or is anyone really surprised?

"We obtained numerical indicators that the diversity of transitions between note combinations - roughly speaking chords plus melodies - has consistently diminished in the last 50 years." - no really?

Oh boy, now we've given hipsters a reason to listen to music that sounds like shit for the sake of sounding like shit.

Good thing that the average man doesn't follow science or even logic

I can see how volume in pop music is all the same cause most producers just compress the shit out of everything.

"Justin Bieber sucks because science"

Fucking LOL

Most modern producer's goal is to get as close to the red as possible when mixing shit
Like put on a record from the 70's and you gotta crank that shit just to hear it, but it's clear as fuck and no distortion or anything so yeah quiet is good

well...duh...

Maybe they'll do one that proves that scene music is for fags next

Cracked had something about this months ago.

OP uses reddit as well I see.

should've spent the time and money researching something actually worth researching.

"Justin Bieber sucks because science"

LMAO

Radio music is pure Shit made to make money.

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why didn't they teach me this in math class?

I don't need a scientific study to tell me that Kesha sucks.

But, it's nice to now have proof.

I'm pretty sure if they delved deeper into the study they would find pop-music leads to cancer of the soul.

this just in: people are incredibly stupid

Well... thens I guess I re-evalutates my lifes then.

Ah, academia. Sticks its overanalytic dick in everything.

Studies show that comments on sputnik have become louder and blander over the last few years.

TheMoreira is definitely better than everybody because science.

big surprise

Science bitch< Bitches love science< I am science< Bitches love me

the database used Top 40 archives. And this was not a waste it just validates how boring music is.

60's = Beatles
10's = (tbd)

yah I think we figured that out already.

Yeah Mr White! Yeah Science!

Mr. Pink: Hey, why am I Mr. Pink?
Joe: Because you're a faggot.
Mr. Pink: Why can't we pick our own colors?
Joe: No way, no way. Tried it once, doesn't work. You got four guys all fighting over who's gonna be Mr. Black, but they don't know each other, so nobody wants to back down. No way. I pick. You're Mr. Pink. Be thankful you're not Mr. Yellow.

AhahahahahI dont get it

I found this fitting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player