Hello Brother
I see were talking about music and that's always been a favorite topic of mine.
1978 got Ace Frehley solo Kiss Vinyl album and Cheap Tricks In color Album for Christmas that year.
I was only seven years old that year and became a huge fan of rock music quickly.
OK, back on topic - I'm not a fan of that licensed music crap either in those older games.
I was not a fan of )% music set either minus a few songs the rest I couldn't get into on that game.
Now NFS Carbon soundtrack I really liked with that techno beats sound it made the game fun.
These days I just shut off all music in the game open up my MusicBee Music player and
play my premade list of driving metal and mix sets of music.
I find the songs now I like instead of being concerned about a soundtrack on the game.
This new stuff on these games for songs sounds like a garbage can at best.
So old school 70's 80's and 90's and early 2000's work for me.
I do also listen to 50's and '60s when feeling mellow.
That's what an older guy like me dose for gaming music.
Have a good one Brother.
You Stated: Sadly current racing games always chase the trend and bring lots of tasteless choices without anything memorable
My Reply: I couldn't agree more @GK3512 and let's keep in mind the music industry has went belly up since the creation of Downloadable music online.
So what do we get for music these days?
We get Air fluff sounds and soundtracks just are empty beats and tasteless harmonies.
Have a good one.
@BVBgamer88 wrote:
Thats the problem with todays kids, they are only interested in top 40s pop or rap mayby dubstep.
I'm one of those "Today's kids" that's only interested in top 40s pop. 😃
As you can see from my avatar. 😛
BVBgamer88 wrote:
except from that MW 05 Undercover 08 had pretty good soundtrack.
I agree that both NFS Most Wanted 2005 and NFS Undercover had awesome soundtracks.
In NFS Undercover's case, that was one of the only few good things about the game.
@BVBgamer88 wrote:
Haha yeah thats what i mean, no fence though.
None taken. While I may not agree with your opinion, I respect your opinion about Top 40 pop.
If there's a case when your opinion is Taylor Swift sucks, then I would say my opinion is your opinion sucks. And so on. XD
But yea. I respect your opinion.
BVBgamer88 wrote:
But i see this a lot here in my country Norway, most of the radion channels we have etc NRJ or P5 P4 and Radio Norway. They are all playing the same top 40s or music from tha last ten decades, a guy like me prefer rock\metal mayby old school teckno\electric if im in mode.
This is similar case with my dad.
Whenever he heards the top 40 pops and such, he will change the radio station in an instant. He is sick of hearing the same overplayed songs over and over again, unlike me when I still enjoy listening to them. 😃
BVBgamer88 wrote:
Anyway i enjoyed most when EA made their own music, before they went mainstream.
I was surprised to find some NFS games had some songs from the radio in the past.
Such in the cases of three NFS games.
NFS Most Wanted 2012 had Icona Pop's I Love It.
NFS Rivals had Bastille's Pompeii.
NFS Heat had French Montana's Writing On The Wall (Featuring Post Malone and Cardi B)
Since I listen to the top 40 contemporary radio, hearing these songs in these games blew my mind off (when I wasn't expecting any radio music to be in NFS games). lol
My one wish is a NFS game to have at least one song from Taylor Swift in the game's official soundtracks. lmao XD
But I know that it's never gonna happen. 100% guaranteed. 😃
@TheRealJonyHaha no i was not thinking of Taylor Swift, but more Astrid S if you have heard of her a norwegian popstar, and also Julie Bergan Kygo etc Alan walker is also norwegian and very popular her in my country. Not to mention Ava Max is playing very often, anyway my point is getting tiring hearing all those songs repeat every day when im on work haha. Since most of my coleagues love pop music, and yes most of them are girls.
So yeah i feel your dads pain, since most of the music todays girly girly pop. When i was a teenager it was way more varied, everhything from pop to metal\rock. We even had nightmix decaded too oldschool teckno\house, my problem is that femenism has taken over the radios. The result is just the same artists with new songs thats it, anyway i dont get offended that you compared me with your dad. Even though im on 32 years old, buy the way i dont mind all pop as long as it is Coldplay or Avici even though he had only one good song. Thirty Seconds too mars is also decent, and LInkin Park was good before Chester left us way too early. Only thing i ask is that radio stations can play more rock, like back in the early 2000s. And yes i dont like Taylor Swift not because of the music, but because she is political correct. Wich most of the hollywood stars is, you mentioned Bastille he is pretty good actually.
@BVBgamer88 Forgive me with this wall of text, but I enjoy this conversation about music. Sorry for the long read. 😃
BVBgamer88 wrote:
Haha no i was not thinking of Taylor Swift, but more Astrid S if you have heard of her a norwegian popstar, and also Julie Bergan Kygo etc Alan walker is also norwegian and very popular her in my country. Not to mention Ava Max is playing very often, anyway my point is getting tiring hearing all those songs repeat every day when im on work haha. Since most of my coleagues love pop music, and yes most of them are girls.
I never heard of any of these music artists, except Ava Max. lol
I only heard Ava Max when her viral hit song "Sweet But Psycho" started playing over the radio back in 2018. After it died down, she "disappeared" from the radio. I never heard her over the radio for the whole of 2019 and this year.
Initially, I thought Ava Max was brunette. I don't know why, but I always thought she was brunette. Then I learned she is blonde and that surprised me a bit. XD
I listen to a lot of American, Canadian, and European music artists such as Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Ellie Goulding.
One music artist I listen to that doesn't have the same status as the above yet is Dua Lipa. That girl can sing IMO! lol
Luckily for me, my workplace has the radio on throughout the day that plays the top 40 contemporary songs so I get to listen to songs I like all day. 😃
Unfortunate for both you and my dad. My dad also has to deal with the radio playing the top 40 songs as well. lmao
BVBgamer88 wrote:
So yeah your dads pain, since most of the music todays girly girly pop. When i was a teenager it was way more varied, everhything from pop to metal\rock. We even had nightmix decaded too oldschool teckno\house, my problem is that femenism has taken over the radios. The result is just the same artists with new songs thats it
Before the radio station I listen to (for over 10 years now) exclusively plays popular pop and rap songs, they used to play rock songs alongside pop and rap songs 11 years ago.
You probably never heard of them, but have you heard of Nickelback?
They are a Canadian Rock band and I loved hearing their songs over the radio 11 years ago.
I'll link some of their songs I heard 11 years ago. I still remember them clear as day.
Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmeUuoxyt_E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0VRj2uw9L0
It is a shame that the radio station I listen to pulled these classics out. The last time I heard these Rock songs over the radio was in the same year 11 years ago.
BVBgamer88 wrote:
anyway i dont get offended that you compared me with your dad
I'm glad.
It wasn't supposed to be offensive. 🙂
BVBgamer88 wrote:
Even though im on 32 years old
This may come as a little bit of a shock, but I'm 26 years old.
I'm not a Gen Z, but a millennial. lol
BVBgamer88 wrote:
buy the way i dont mind all pop as long as it is Coldplay or Avici even though he had only one good song.
I like listening to Coldplay, especially their hit song "Viva La Vida".
I'm gonna take a guess on Avicii's only one good song. Was it "Levels"?
Avicii had another hit song "Wake Me Up", but I didn't think it was on the same calibre as "Levels".
BVBgamer88 wrote:
Thirty Seconds too mars is also decent
I'm actually "Meh" about 30 Seconds To Mars. I don't hate them, but I also don't like them either.
They're just "Meh" to me. lol
BVBgamer88 wrote:
and LInkin Park was good before Chester left us way too early.
I still remember what happened. Poor guy.
We will never know what he was going through, especially when he was all laughs and smiles when he was with his family for the last time.
I also listened to Linkin Park back in the day as well.
One of my friends who was a big Linkin Park fan was heartbroken about the events that happened.
BVBgamer88 wrote:
Only thing i ask is that radio stations can play more rock, like back in the early 2000s.
Even though I prefer pop over rock, I would also like that radio stations (like the one I've been listening to) to play rock songs. Or even bring back the songs I linked above to play over the radio.
I can listen to the linked songs above by myself, but it doesn't feel the same as listening to them over the radio. You know what I mean?
BVBgamer88 wrote:
And yes i dont like Taylor Swift
I am a bit triggered because I am a Swiftie, but I respect your opinion like I said before. 😃
BVBgamer88 wrote:
And yes i dont like Taylor Swift not because of the music, but because she is political correct. Wich most of the hollywood stars is
While I don't like that she is trying to be "politically correct" and just leaving that to the politicians, I don't let that get in the way of liking her music.
Even if some of her actions are questionable, I will always be a Swiftie because I love her music. :D
BVBgamer88 wrote:
you mentioned Bastille he is pretty good actually.
I haven't heard of Bastille a whole lot recently.
His last song I heard (which was a hit song of course) was a collaboration with Marshmello's Happier back in 2018. The radio station I listen to sometimes plays this song today.
@BVBgamer88 wrote:
im a big fan of Ariana Grande mostly because i thinks she is hot🙂
I admit that she does look hot, but I also like her music too. I don't just think she's hot. 😃
@BVBgamer88 wrote:
Cool that we both are milleniums buy the way:P.
lol, nice! 😃
BVBgamer88 wrote:
When it comes too Avici i ment the nights, that song was in Fifa 15 i think very underated song, atleast if you ask mainstream medias haha.
Since I have been listening to mainstream music, I definitely never heard of it. lol
Btw, you know what happened to Avicii in 2018? ☹️
BVBgamer88 wrote:
I know what you mean it isent the same quality these days
Putting aside the 80s and 90s music (as I know these musics from these times can't be compared to the music now), the "Golden Age" of music for me was from 2009 to 2012 (although the early 2000s also make the cut, but I didn't start listening to music until 2009).
My regret was not listening to music earlier in the early 2000s. I missed out on hearing music artists over the radio like Nelly Furtado in the early 2000s with her hit songs "Like A Bird", "All Good Things Come To An End", and "Do It".
Btw, the last time I heard Nelly Furtado over the radio was her song "Big Hoops (Bigger The Better)" in 2012 that flopped hard. Since then, I never hear her songs over the radio anymore.
After 2012 ended, I started to notice a decline of quality of music over the radio. The music in 2013 was fine, music in 2014 was worse, music in 2015 was ok at best.
Since 2016, I had been hearing a lot of new music artists coming out with their debut hits and such. But none of them had that "charm" the music in earlier years had IMO.
The only thing that's keeping me going on listening to radio music was the music artists I mentioned before, especially Taylor Swift. 😃
BVBgamer88 wrote:
i dont know how US radiostations works, but you guys still use FM net. We are on DAB here in norway, we ditched our FM for that.
I'm from Canada, but radio stations here also use the AM / FM like the US.
BVBgamer88 wrote:
Haha yeah live #0 seconds too Mars is *. I saw them live in 2011 on a norwegian muscifestival called Hove, both them and LInkin Park was there.
I never been to a Taylor Swift music concert, but my one wish is to go to one of her concerts. Some day... lol
I had only been to three music concerts so far. Two times in 2018 and one time in 2019.
I don't know if you heard of this music artist, but have you heard of Lights? She is a Canadian music artist. Been listening to her music since I started listening to music in 2009.
I attended her music concert in 2018 and even got a selfie of myself with her. :D
I'll link three of my favourite songs from her. She's one of the biggest reasons why I listen to music, alongside Taylor Swift of course. XD
Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcYFl9bjnW0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7_ucPlzaiA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUwjWDZoWVw
I also attended two of Carly Rae Jepsen's music concerts as well. One in 2018 and one in 2019. Unfortunately, I failed to get a selfie with her. ☹️
BVBgamer88 wrote:
Chester bennington loved Norway buy the way, ironcly and sad that was his last visit ever in Norway. Before he left this world to put it nicely
I never been to a Linkin Park concert, but now I wish I had been to one before it was too late. ☹️
BVBgamer88 wrote:
it was fun talking music with you.
The feeling is mutual! 🙂
BVBgamer88 wrote:
Even though we dont agree with evrything, atleast we both are old NFS fans hehe
I saw your posts (GK3512 and BLVD69 posts as well) about cannonball NFS and trashing Black Box NFS games.
Some of the NFS games made by Black Box were my favourite NFS games, such as NFS Underground 1, 2, Most Wanted 2005, and Carbon.
While I did play two cannonball NFS (NFS 3: Hot Pursuit 1 and NFS Hot Pursuit 2 PC) 8 months ago, it was Black Box NFS games I mentioned that got me into NFS.
Without Black Box NFS games, I wouldn't be here right now. lol
When the three of you were trashing Black Box NFS games, I got a little bit triggered honestly because these games are fricken awesome.
But all three of you were just expressing your opinions about Black Box NFS games and why they sucked, so I didn't say anything back. 😃
I don't agree with all the hate for Black Box NFS games, but I respect your opinions about these games.
I miss Black Box developing NFS games so much. I loved their grip style driving physics and now we are stuck with drift style driving physics.
When the news came that EA was shutting down Black Box, I was upset that EA was throwing away the devs that made these awesome NFS games and my childhood games. ☹️
I don't miss Ghost Games though.
When the news came that EA was restructuring them into a support studio, I was meh. lmao 😃
Yes agreed in 2003 Black Box messed up and the series did have that HP2 PS2 game and it was fun and I own that game still.
When the whole ricer idea rolled in UG1 it was a bit of stretch for me but I went along with the rest of our community and bought the game.
At first, I thought it was kinda fun but then I realized a "vortex of change".
This franchise took a turn but what kind I had no real clue at that time in that point of history.
Well by 2005 When MW PS2 came out it was a huge hit and it a fun game and ricercars was all over that game too.
Then we got Carbon PS2 and I did enjoy it for what it was but man it was a short storyline & more of the same themes from 2005 in 2006.
Once the storyline was all done in Carbon it became a Ghost City with nothing to do but drive around.
Now touching on a few critical point I want to add as to why this franchise is not moving in the right direction for the future.
I looked at all the studios that EA has it's hands-on and just looking at the historical record I believe we can conclude it all turns to sour grapes!
https://heavy.com/games/2017/10/studios-ea-has-killed-visceral-games/
Here is a list of all current game studios EA has in their clutches to turn profits for them 2020.
Then I clicked on Criterion Studios and look at that they have NFS Heat showcasing.
I got this page when I clicked on racing games.
https://criteriongames.com/games/need-for-speed-heat/
Now follow the money of EA here because really all this comes down to fiscal dollars and regaurdless
the studio's EA should be held accountable for the breakdown of this NFS Franchise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts
Consider all this info as to why NFS has really failed to deliver over the Years since EA failed to deliver a budget that works for the Devs to build a high-end game!
So I implore the community to do their homework and not be followers of any EA game unless it meets community high-end standards day one of release!
Brother all your points are right but EA is the bottom line cause of this franchise taking the wrong direction & why some of their studios have failed over the years.
I did XP you because I agree but felt the need to add some more info here to discuss.
Feel free my friend to comment back on the info I posted.
I'd like to read your feedback as I do enjoy your commentary in these threads.
I know you understand like I do the value of good communication and facts and not fluff.
Take care always and have a great day Brother.
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@GK3512Agree man the biggest reason why i hate EA, is because they dont care about their oldest fans like me you and BLVD69 etc. But yeah biggest mistake EA made was firing EA Canada, after that they started rushing games. So i cant say im positive about NFS future, i think the series is dommed too die.
