24 votes

The Gen Alpha melody

13 comments

  1. [5]
    Protected
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    Oh, it's a new Four Chord Song! They even drop a mention (Axis of Awesome). I'm really out of touch with modern pop music. The melody is "familiar" but the vast majority of these examples are...

    Oh, it's a new Four Chord Song! They even drop a mention (Axis of Awesome).

    I'm really out of touch with modern pop music. The melody is "familiar" but the vast majority of these examples are unknown to me...

    11 votes
    1. [3]
      Nny
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      The Pachelbel Rant also deserves getting mentioned. Both are so hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxC1fPE1QEE

      The Pachelbel Rant also deserves getting mentioned. Both are so hilarious.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxC1fPE1QEE

      10 votes
      1. [2]
        Asinine
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        This is what I came to post. Except, as Protected stated, I'm severely out of touch with music at the moment. But ngl, the beginning sounded like a rip off of Portal's Still Alive... and then...

        This is what I came to post.

        Except, as Protected stated, I'm severely out of touch with music at the moment. But ngl, the beginning sounded like a rip off of Portal's Still Alive... and then turned into Bad Romance.

        My SO constantly queues up Bad Romance on TouchTunes almost every time we go out (if it's available), and that was honestly my hook... and seriously if she had been the generator of this, I'd have to congratulate him.

        But it was

        SpoilerAnastasia... who probably nicked it anyway.
        This was hilarious.

        1 vote
        1. moocow1452
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          It goes deeper than that. At the very, very end of the video, Spoilers He casually drops that The Beatles use the same progression in It’s Only Love and ends it right there. It’s a funny thing to...

          It goes deeper than that. At the very, very end of the video,

          Spoilers

          He casually drops that The Beatles use the same progression in It’s Only Love and ends it right there. It’s a funny thing to invalidate your entire essay in the last three seconds.

          https://youtu.be/OPiKDHYCkjs?t=31

          2 votes
    2. updawg
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      Yeah, I absolutely know a handful but a lot of them just mean nothing to me. And I can't tell if I recognize them or not because all these songs sound alike.

      Yeah, I absolutely know a handful but a lot of them just mean nothing to me. And I can't tell if I recognize them or not because all these songs sound alike.

      6 votes
  2. [3]
    updawg
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    An exploration of a melody that has been very popular basically during Gen Alpha's lifetime.

    SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE IS MISSING OUT ON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE OF A MELODY THEY WROTE

    An exploration of a melody that has been very popular basically during Gen Alpha's lifetime.

    2 votes
  3. thereticent
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    So Gaga's Bad Romance is Gen Alpha's now? E: Ah. I watched longer (should have done before popping off)

    So Gaga's Bad Romance is Gen Alpha's now?

    E: Ah. I watched longer (should have done before popping off)

    2 votes
  4. [4]
    jredd23
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    Not even at night can I be confused for a Gen Alpha dude, but I like the music. What's the beef?

    Not even at night can I be confused for a Gen Alpha dude, but I like the music.
    What's the beef?

    1. [3]
      updawg
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      Gen Alpha isn't even old enough to have their own music.

      Gen Alpha isn't even old enough to have their own music.

      1 vote
      1. [2]
        Akir
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        As human beings they both can and do have their own opinions and preferences.

        As human beings they both can and do have their own opinions and preferences.

        2 votes
        1. updawg
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          That has nothing to do with what I said.

          That has nothing to do with what I said.