Slate has a piece by Jody Rosen about a pop/country group, Lady Antebellum. I've never heard of them; with a name like that, I'd assume they're a counter-culture alternative to The Dixie Chicks. Not, as Mr Rosen accurately states in his headline "the world's dullest band". I've listened to a couple of their songs; even by country music standards, they are astonishingly dull!
Mr Rosen provides a link to a YouTube video that compares one of Lady Antebellum's hits to another by the Alan Parson's Project (they were incomparably dull in their time, too). A minor squabble in the comments highlights that the two songs are different, except for a few notes here and there. I'm not sure the technical differences are that important. What's really interesting, in a "I'm waiting for the Mrs" kind of a way is how replaceable the two songs are!
Both hits. Both sound the same. One can stand in for the other. Both are banal nonsense. All in all, there's little wonder someone like Justin Beiber or Kim Kardashian became stars. Sparkled banality sells. Apparently quite well, too!
Carolyn Ann
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