What were the music trends of 2005?

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I was thinking about this ...

Aside from reggaeton and old guys releasing new albums (McCartney, Clapton, Stones, Depeche Mode, Echo and Bunneymen, etc.) -- what were the prominent music trends of 2005?

― Mr Deeds (Mr Deeds), Saturday, 10 December 2005 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

old women releasing new albums.

― thorstein veblen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 10 December 2005 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

Wankers joining ILM and nominating obvious bands they hate.

― Amity Wong (noodle vague), Saturday, 10 December 2005 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, old women is definitely another one.
And the emergence of ring tones as a major marketing tool.

― Mr Deeds (Mr Deeds), Saturday, 10 December 2005 18:16 (nineteen years ago)

Getting pissed and listening to the Scorpions.

In my house.

― Amity Wong (noodle vague), Saturday, 10 December 2005 18:17 (nineteen years ago)

Ringtones -- that was 2005?

― Mitya (mitya), Saturday, 10 December 2005 18:18 (nineteen years ago)

a lot of noise/psych bands had releases in 2005.

― Carl Handwriting (dog latin), Saturday, 10 December 2005 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

Frogster working on my tits.

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Saturday, 10 December 2005 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

Houston Hip Hop

People (who should have already been paying attention) celebrating New Orleans music.

― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Saturday, 10 December 2005 18:34 (nineteen years ago)

To answer the ring tones question, yeah, I feel like they were a trend this year. Sure, ring tones were happening before, but they absolutely exploded this year. If I'm wrong, convince me why. I'll listen.

― Mr Deeds (Mr Deeds), Saturday, 10 December 2005 18:38 (nineteen years ago)

George Bush not caring about black people/Jamie Foxx's cottage industry.

― js (honestengine), Saturday, 10 December 2005 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

Noise bands go pretty.

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Saturday, 10 December 2005 19:33 (nineteen years ago)

kelly clarkson's hiney

― dabnis coleman's ghost (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 10 December 2005 19:34 (nineteen years ago)

Hmmmm.
Not a lot of constructive thought here today.
Thanks, anyway!

― Mr Deeds (Mr Deeds), Saturday, 10 December 2005 22:19 (nineteen years ago)

ADD Indie music that sounded like children playing the instruments (AiHelsinki, Ninja High School, The Boy least Likely To, CSHSY)

― MitchellStirling (MitchellStirling), Saturday, 10 December 2005 22:49 (nineteen years ago)

Reggaeton stations appearing in a whole bunch of U.S. markets = huge trend.

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Sunday, 11 December 2005 03:08 (nineteen years ago)

It's worth noting that Shakira's "La Tortura" was the first entirely-in-foreign-language Top 40 hit since Mocedades' "Eres Tu," unless I've forgotten something.

But I think 2005's biggest trend is simply a continuation of the past two years'; that is, the relentlessness of it-boy/it-girl guest appearances on a record to break a new artist, the result being a feeling of interchangeability toward both the old and the new. Ciara's been on five massive singles this year and hasn't charted solo yet.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Sunday, 11 December 2005 03:24 (nineteen years ago)

Dreadful third albums?

― login name (fandango), Sunday, 11 December 2005 03:25 (nineteen years ago)

a lot of noise/psych bands had ringtones in 2005.

― regular roundups (Dave M), Sunday, 11 December 2005 03:44 (nineteen years ago)

Screwed and chopped.

Plus other crappy music.

― vartman (novaheat), Sunday, 11 December 2005 08:30 (nineteen years ago)

Not only are you deaf, but you think it's 2003.

― Falling down the stairs again (noodle vague), Sunday, 11 December 2005 08:32 (nineteen years ago)

ADD Indie music that sounded like children playing the instruments (AiHelsinki, Ninja High School, The Boy least Likely To, CSHSY)
-- MitchellStirling (Stirling_mitchel...), December 10th, 2005.

Indie rock that sounds like children playing the instruments you say? You mean, indie rock?

― I don't like indie, and I think that's a stance or something, Sunday, 11 December 2005 08:40 (nineteen years ago)

BOKKO

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Sunday, 11 December 2005 08:45 (nineteen years ago)

"Hi, my name is Paul Epworth."

(and yes I love the man fiercely)

― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Sunday, 11 December 2005 08:47 (nineteen years ago)

dullness, creeping disatisfaction, exhumation of everything

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Sunday, 11 December 2005 09:10 (nineteen years ago)

thought and trying to feel

― rssl, Sunday, 11 December 2005 09:22 (nineteen years ago)

whole album downloads on blogs

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Sunday, 11 December 2005 10:55 (nineteen years ago)

2006: The Year Nothing Broke

(except maybe Reggaeton, but I'm not in the US so radio markets = mystery)

Biggest thing this year - people being pissed off if an album or track doesn't leak immediately, then acting like they never cared about it in the first place when they finally get it (even if finally is ten minutes later.)

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Sunday, 11 December 2005 15:25 (nineteen years ago)

"Hi, my name is Paul Epworth."

haha, i was just about to say PHONES and have done with it...

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Sunday, 11 December 2005 15:32 (nineteen years ago)

indie rockaz runnin up in metaldom

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Sunday, 11 December 2005 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

remixalbums of debutalbums and an impressive metal revival in literally all shapes and forms.

+ DRONES

― Rizz (Rizz), Sunday, 11 December 2005 15:46 (nineteen years ago)

2006: The Year Nothing Broke

OTM

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Sunday, 11 December 2005 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

Actually, it would be OTM if it said "2005", but...

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Sunday, 11 December 2005 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

Accusing new bands of ripping off Gang Of Four

Johnny Cash

Remix albums

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Sunday, 11 December 2005 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

The whole pop music scene was so dead that that one Mariah Carey song topped the charts for like three months and became the biggest hit single EVER... but it still was nowhere near as ubiquitous as, say, "Hay Ya" or the Macarena.

― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 11 December 2005 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah, I'm apparently such a dumbass I don't even know what year it is! I'm just gearing up for 2006 which is when it all starts to go right. Stay positive.

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Sunday, 11 December 2005 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

"Hay Ya"

Heh.

― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 11 December 2005 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

I guess it's so obvious that nobody is bothering to mention it, but indie rock is gaining more mainstream acceptance. See, primarily: the Arcade Fire.

― Mickey (modestmickey), Sunday, 11 December 2005 18:16 (nineteen years ago)

HIGH SCHOOL KIDS LOVE INDIE ROCK!!!!

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Sunday, 11 December 2005 18:18 (nineteen years ago)

Special Agent OTM as usual.

Add frat boys and cheerleaders and preppies and mouth-breathers to that list (ref: the LA Troubadour, long-time showcase for indie bands on the verge, now sells out every single indie show they book)

Remix albums (esp. by OC bands) was also OTM

IDMers getting into disco

the year New Weird America didn't gain any real ground, but refused to go away

― jsoulja (jsoulja), Sunday, 11 December 2005 18:31 (nineteen years ago)

Electro House.
Maximal "minimal".

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Sunday, 11 December 2005 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

-- Joseph McCombs (jmccomb...), December 10th, 2005.

wtf are you talking about, Ciara's solo album had three top 10 singles (one of which was this year) including one #1, and I can only think of 2 hits she had guest appearances on.

― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 11 December 2005 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

or did you mean singles w/o guest appearances? I just realized that's probably what you meant but it was all worded pretty confusingly.

― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 11 December 2005 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

Um... High school kids into indie rock happened during the mid-90s. Indie rock has reigned for about 10 years now, and the biggest "trend" is that every song is now a commercial.

― js (honestengine), Sunday, 11 December 2005 21:29 (nineteen years ago)

How about music critics promoting music outside of their usual territory for fear of being a rockist?

― Stephen Chang (ihope), Sunday, 11 December 2005 21:35 (nineteen years ago)

Emo goes overground?

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Sunday, 11 December 2005 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry I hadn't read the question well. But anyway, there were certainly lots of music trends in 2005, they just tended to be the same ones as 2004: Houston, Atlanta, and the South doing the most interesting hip-hop; dancehall and hip-hop continuing to interpenetrate (reggaeton being part of this, hence reggaeton-like remixes of almost any hip-hop focus track); crunk and reggaeton continuing to interpenetrate; hip-hop/r&b radio going for the r&b/hip-hop hybrids, light Hispanic r&b (Baby Bash et al.) being a big part of this hybrid and not getting much attention from critics, since critics (me included) tend not to like light; banda trying to figure out how to incorporate r&b and hip-hop and reggaeton; teenpop acts continuing to veer towards rock but not necessarily hitting paydirt while doing so.

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Sunday, 11 December 2005 23:28 (nineteen years ago)

yeah I don't think a single trend has been named in this thread that wasn't as prominent or nearly as prominent as a trend in the previous 2 or 3 (or 5 or 10) years.

― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 11 December 2005 23:44 (nineteen years ago)

That's what makes trends trends. They don't just happen for one moment at a time.

― Mickey (modestmickey), Monday, 12 December 2005 03:21 (nineteen years ago)

It's worth noting that Shakira's "La Tortura" was the first entirely-in-foreign-language Top 40 hit since Mocedades' "Eres Tu," unless I've forgotten something.

Actually, I think it's the first since "Gasolina".

― R. J. Greene, Monday, 12 December 2005 03:49 (nineteen years ago)

Frank, what did you think of "Summer Nights" and "Baby I'm Back"?

― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 12 December 2005 04:08 (nineteen years ago)

...and their ilk. I'm sure I'm alone on this but I'm considering "Summer Nights" for my pnj top ten.

― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 12 December 2005 04:12 (nineteen years ago)

k house

the schaffel beat in pop songs

― Jacob (Jacob), Monday, 12 December 2005 05:57 (nineteen years ago)

George Bush not caring about black people

This is such bull. The media coverage Bush helped get his nephew, Reggie, should've refuted that lie by now.

― Cunga (Cunga), Monday, 12 December 2005 08:17 (nineteen years ago)

Well whatever the trends were, they seemed to be
missing out on a fabulous chord pattern...

| Am/// | //// | Bb7b5 | E7#5b9 |:| (repeat)

Oh well, there's always NEXT year...

:`- {

(kshniffle)

― Sillyjack, Monday, 12 December 2005 11:56 (nineteen years ago)

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