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Here is my reply.

"I'm actually wondering whether we should start a topic solely for posting Counterculture-era commercials. What do you think?"

Do it. I would like to see what other products were promoted during Counterculture era.

I'm assuming not even D&D could coincide with truly Countercultural music.

What is D&D at best and at worst?

"Perhaps it is the collaborative element itself? People working together for a special occasion have a different chemistry compared to people (e.g. a band/group) who work together all the time."

I guess when something exciting or energetic is done for a special occasion, it generates excitement. Similarly D&D, despite being rookies, only released one album (being low in quantity) leading them to be a unit to remember (being high in quality).

K-pop companies do not learn from it. Though companies like YG intend to be about quality over quantity, the amount of releases of energetic music does not generate the same quality enjoyment as D&D and the first three collaborations. Even their wardrobe is Eurocentric. That has not stopped spoiled K-pop fans from demanding Blackpink to release a comeback:

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/blackpink-fans-protest-yg-entertainment-8546381/

"The next grand collaboration after these three was indescribably inferior, and my theory might account for why."

That is almost exactly like all those K-pop idol MVs. The party music, embellished sets, quantity classifications of cinematography and editing, and even their face shapes are low in quality. Though I do not have as much prior knowledge on the artists of the first three collaborations either, I would feel hyped when my favorite people are together. Even then, that should also be saved for special occasions.

I am learning a lot from our conversation and I feel inspired. However, since all good things must come to an end, should we end right here?

"See what I mean?"

I see that even though Kwan's voice has more innocence than Yeung's, Kwan still has a hint of maturity compared to Fan's who sounds like she retained it from childhood. That gives me a thought. Vocal training and care should not try to change one's voice or 'improve' it, but to prevent damage to their current voice. On the other hand, could her vegetarianism be the reason for her voice?

"Kudo responded deftly with a single whose A-side demonstrated that she could beat the dance-freaks at their own speciality any day she wanted to:

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more importantly whose B-side pointed back to what truly timeless music sounds like:"

Though Kudo's A-side was more organic than Amuro's song while still being danceable, we can judge the emotion of the B-side better since it does not have an added dance beat.

"since you like energetic dance songs, what do you think of the following two (rivalling) grand collaborations?"

I remember when you posted it when you were contrasting them to K-pop music. Here's my comment on them. Along with the first song, 'Wou Bom Ba', the vibe felt more casual and day-like than the dance songs by Amuro and Kwok. The video also suits the song. D&D also feels more casual for dance music. Why is that?

As for the second song 'Ai Qing Shang Lian La La La', it was more casual and organic and had more emotion than the first one.

Here is something else I thought. Similar to how ballads are more timeless than dance songs, acoustic music is also more timeless than electronic music. I do not know how fair it is to judge instrumentation since all instruments have their individualities, but electronic instruments needs more energy and thus being more complex and with less quality than acoustic instruments. Post-Renaissance instruments like the harpsichord and piano are also less convenient than pre-Renaissance instruments. I assume instruments like the harp also became heavy and inconvenient by the Renaissance. The DAWless trend uses electronic instruments that are smaller and more convenient, which probably explained the Synth-pop movement of the 1980s:

The emergence of synth-pop has been described as "perhaps the single most significant event in melodic music since Mersey-beat". By the 1980s synthesizers had become much cheaper and easier to use. After the definition of MIDI in 1982 and the development of digital audio, the creation of purely electronic sounds and their manipulation became much simpler. Synthesizers came to dominate the pop music of the early 1980s, particularly through their adoption by bands of the New Romantic movement.

So in order for a culture to happen, it must be accessible. It is a part of:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/simple-living-movements/

"back then it was a viable path for some musicians to be literal recording artists who concentrated primarily on recording:"

Could the same be said for performers to concentrate on performing?

"Some people like to try over and over until they get exactly the effect they want."

What about those who are required to get the effect by a due date? Because that was the point I was trying to make. Rather than practicing over and over until they get their effect by their own pace, some artists are challenged to get their effect by a certain deadline. If I am wrong, explain.

Next time, I probably should say that I do not intend to continue if I was that nervous.

And yet my Jewish family members say the "royal" family is "anti-semitic" because the Queen simply never visited Israel. There are other reasons to hate the family, but not visiting a certain country (i.e. Israel) is not one of them. For that, the monarch deserves some credit, but even that does not help the monarch's pro-Western behavior.

Thank you for making that clear.