{"id":21996,"date":"2025-05-12T18:56:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T02:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/?p=21996"},"modified":"2025-05-12T18:56:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T02:56:54","slug":"move-mailbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/2025\/05\/12\/move-mailbag\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Move&#8221; Mailbag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hadn&#8217;t heard of this song but being a former mainstream club DJ I thought why not click the link.<\/p>\n<p>It took me all of 7 seconds to go damn this is really good. Another 7 seconds and if I was still playing mainstream venues I would&#8217;ve started playing the s*** out of this at my gigs.<\/p>\n<p>People hearing this and not giving it it&#8217;s due is kind of like the people that heard Master KG and Nomcebo&#8217;s Jerusalema which was released in late 2019 and went on to chart all over the world and has just under 450,000 streams.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Jerusalema (feat. Nomcebo Zikode)\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/2MlOUXmcofMackX3bxfSwi?si=4svCjWxVTuW1X2NA_CU7RQ&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I find it funny that the whole camp of musicians\/writers that will say these songs are simplistic drivel are the same people that can&#8217;t write a song that gets a quarter of these streaming numbers!<\/p>\n<p>My advice to them:<\/p>\n<p>If it&#8217;s so easy, you do it!<\/p>\n<p>Regards,<\/p>\n<p>Anik Townsend<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Hey Bob<\/p>\n<p>Also &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>I represent producer\/DJ Stryv and wanted to share this story with you about the origins\u00a0of &#8216;Move&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stryv on His Global Hit \u2018Move\u2019 &amp; What Comes Next: \u2018I Was Like, This Is So Special \u2014 Just Trust Me, This Is\u00a0Crazy\u2019 &#8211; Billboard&#8217;s Dance Rookie of the Month for February 2025, Stryv was born in Pakistan, raised in New York, and clocked a dance smash in 2024 with his Adam Port and Malachiii collab &#8216;Move.-&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/stryv-move-keinemusik-dance-rookie-of-the-month-1235911856\/<\/p>\n<p>Megan Dembowski<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Get Lucky (feat. Pharell Williams and Nile Rodgers&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers)\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/69kOkLUCkxIZYexIgSG8rq?si=ce374727b0ee4ce1&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Eric Bazilian<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>This is what I call &#8220;haircut music.&#8221; You know, the mindless\u00a0salon sounds.<\/p>\n<p>Also, no substance and shallow.<\/p>\n<p>So, really?<\/p>\n<p>Jon Meyers<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Move&#8221; track reminds me a lot of what is coming out of South Africa lately.<\/p>\n<p>Check out &#8220;Isaka (6 am) by CIZZA and see what I mean\u00a0https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7c5uGV9Rys18JP2570ykTu?si=88d2ec778f4f4f48<\/p>\n<p>Dave Richards<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Hey Bob If you like Move you should also check out \u201cI adore you\u201d by Hugel<\/p>\n<p>Danny Whittle<\/p>\n<p>IMS Co Founder<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>I think I know why you like it&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the changes to &#8220;Get Lucky&#8221;, but a fraction of the groove.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Steidman<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Seems to me that the point of the article was that there really IS an exciting new music revolution out there. But when I hear Move I hear something old, old, old. Fine if it&#8217;s a hit but don&#8217;t try to use it to convince me that pop music nowadays is much more than recycling. That&#8217;s not the same thing as saying there aren&#8217;t enjoyable tracks for dancing or listening, or talented artists. But one can&#8217;t use it to argue that we aren&#8217;t in a decadent period. (Referencing Gioia&#8217;s and Kornhaber&#8217;s articles.)<\/p>\n<p>Tom Moore<\/p>\n<p>Fairfax VA<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Great article Bob.<br \/>\nThe effective simplicity of \u2018Move\u2019 would drive the naysayers mad.They are way too clever to dream of something like this.<br \/>\nYour fan,<br \/>\nDalmau Box<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Daft Punk and Pharrell should sue. \u201cMove\u201d is just \u201cGet Lucky\u201d up a whole step.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Eyrich<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>\u2018And a lot of dance music is&#8230;just that, made to dance, not much<br \/>\nmore. It fades into the woodwork\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In all honesty Bob; The f*ck do you know about dance music..<\/p>\n<p>Christiaan Macdonald<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>On your recommendation I listened to Move.<br \/>\nBob, are you alright?<br \/>\nSteven Casper<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been reading you for decades, and nothing has made me happier than seeing Adam Port in your headline.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been lucky enough to watch Adam, his brothers, &amp;Me, and Rampa (the Keinemusik crew) go from local Berlin DJs to the global players they are today. In the 2010s, I spent many summers in Berlin, where the publication I co-founded was based. While I worked from the New York office, much of what was happening in culture was centered in Berlin\u2014and being there during those summers was something special.<\/p>\n<p>Adam and Keinemusik were part of a circle of friends I was welcomed into. I credit Berlin during that time for allowing businesses like mine to thrive, and for creating the space for growth and exploration in dance music that set Adam, KM, and others on their way to massive success.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Carvalho<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Great write up, Bob. Refreshing to hear some dance takes from you!<\/p>\n<p>I would just add that Keinemusik played Sahara, which you could argue is one of the main stages now, just after charli xcx on Saturday night at Coachella. One of the other members is infamously dating Naomi Campbell and while they are very famous here, they are near legendary status across the pond and all around.<\/p>\n<p>All the best<\/p>\n<p>Bryan Alexander<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Agreed! As a dance music aficionado, this post made me think of this track by Omar, remixed by Henrik Schwartz. Vocals by Stevie Wonder, so this was an unreleased gem for a long time, but now cleared for everywhere it looks like:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Feeling You &#8211; Henrik Schwarz Mix&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Feeling You - Henrik Schwarz Mix\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/5gmCiGDFUbp3TK5JBAuOny?si=b248692c74eb4246&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Don Sizzle<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Keinemusik is boring AF\u2026 Charli was the moment at Coachella\u2026 I would imagine Keinemusik plays better in the background of various events\/stores\/bars than the much more interesting and engaging parts of Brat\u2026 Charli has 2X the listeners of Keinemusik regardless of their one \u201chit\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Drew Massey<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>A big shout out to you as i probably wouldn\u2019t get a chance to get around to listening to this track for another 6 months. Thanks Bob<\/p>\n<p>Donald Kasen<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Nice sounding track. I listen to a lot of tunes on the Spotify Chillout playlist that have this vibe. Not a fan of the damn auto tune&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Mike from Mission<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>This is a rehash of &#8220;Get Lucky&#8221; by Daft Punk.<\/p>\n<p>Or did you miss that one?<\/p>\n<p>George Kahn<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been reading your newsletter for over 10 years and this is the first time you really covered dance music and its meteoric rise.<\/p>\n<p>I am one of the co-founders of GOSP\u00cbL (voted #1 nightclub in the USA in Ibiza last summer)\u00a0which had a big rise in popularity mostly because of the rise of electronic dance music. I also teach at Harvard Business School. In my opinion the dance\u00a0genre is what hip-hop was in the 90s and it will keep rising in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for covering this, I think it\u2019s important and you what you say is true!<\/p>\n<p>All the best,<\/p>\n<p>Juri\u00ebl\u00a0Zeligman<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Adam Port\u2019s reedy thin vocal &amp; crap monotonous melody do nothing for me. Not a hit Bob. You\u2019ve nailed a lot, but not this lame attempt. I would however love to see you dancing to it &#8211; Post a video please? I hear it, it ain\u2019t a hit. Sounds so old school to me and lyrically leaves me cold.<\/p>\n<p>Best,<\/p>\n<p>David Glenn Middleworth<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Girl, I really like the way you move&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/genius.com\/Adam-port-stryv-keinemusik-orso-duo-and-malachiii-move-lyrics<\/p>\n<p>Then again so many of the classic rock tracks of yore&#8230;the lyrics were not much deeper, then again, it was all about the RIFF!<\/p>\n<p>The Kinks had THE riff; their lyric might not be deeper, but it was sharper: &#8220;Girl, you really got me now . . .&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Steve Hurlburt<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Spurred on by your enthusiasm, I just listened to MOVE.\u00a0 Awful.\u00a0 Still looking for the hook. Bring on A.I., it can\u2019t be any worse.\u00a0 I\u2019d rather listen to \u201ctoday\u2019s\u201d country music.<\/p>\n<p>Best,<\/p>\n<p>David Leonard<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Agreed- another example from this Dutch duo-<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because You Move Me&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Because You Move Me\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/05GvwwTLLID738BbKN1ze0?si=dffe5b15ca954e65&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Michael Wijnen<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Excited for you to dig into dance music more Bob. Lot of great House music for you to explore. Check out Kryptogram when you have a chance \u2014 he will be a star.<\/p>\n<p>Timmy Haehl<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention that I heard the instrumental of this song all over social media for a long time as the background to posts and photos. I just never knew what it was or who made it.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d love to see a study on how social media affected its popularity.<\/p>\n<p>Wendy Day<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Well, he just picked up five more streams. \u00a0 I listened. Intently. \u00a0 I see the streams. \u00a0I just don\u2019t hear this as a one listen smash.<\/p>\n<p>Coop<\/p>\n<p>RICK COOPER MUSIC<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>No idea how you got hooked on this or anyone else for that matter. There is no hook. It&#8217;s reggaeton&#8217;s slightly less annoying brother. Then again the immense number of streams for lots of the top songs suggest dumbed-down and hook-less is the way to go. People want background noise. You want a hook? Listen (again) to the Elton John\/Brandi Carlile track &#8220;Who Believes in Angels.&#8221; Yeah, I know it didn&#8217;t do much for you. All I know is I hit play on that track driving my daughter and two other chatty 10 year old&#8217;s home from school and they stopped talking and listened. That is what a hit does even if it&#8217;s not a hit by today&#8217;s standards. You can&#8217;t ignore it when it confronted.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Jacobs<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>For those in the know Bob, Move but one of many songs in this subgenre that has seen its day. Those in the know have already moved on. Still, though, a tasty track.<\/p>\n<p>Ed Shapiro<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Dear Bob,<\/p>\n<p>Truly one of the most grabbing first listens since the wonderful \u201cWake Me Up\u201d by<\/p>\n<p>AVIICI.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis Brent<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, Bob. I don\u2019t give a crap this song has millions of streams all around the world. It\u2019s a sad state of the world. It\u2019s sad, lazy, boring drivel. It steals from those who stole from Marvin Gaye. It\u2019s not music it\u2019s MUZAK! I\u2019ve spent the last few weeks listening to Andrew Hickey\u2019s History of Rock &amp; Roll in 500 Songs. And it gives me hope that someday someone will break through this drivel and give us Train Kept A Rollin\u2019 or Brown Eyed Handsome Man or Drugstore Rock &amp; Roll! I get it, we\u2019re living in this lowest common denominator world and it\u2019s part all the time. Just wished we weren\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>David George<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a hit ! I&#8217;m 71 and I just added to my playlist now<\/p>\n<p>Victor Stent<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t doubt that this is popular, but this sounds like a mobile phone commercial, and not a good one. And this is coming from a huge electronic music fan. This is dreck, no build or release, just an innocuous beat fronted by what sounds like AI-generated and auto-tuned vocals without a discernible hook. If you want some real riffs in your dance music, put on some Leftfield, Chemical Brothers, or The Prodigy.<\/p>\n<p>D.C. Hannay<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>I hope you weren&#8217;t\u00a0 just referring to me in your commentary. I suppose not. I get the vibe for the dance,the pulsating rhythm is infectious for people in general but the autotune that goes with it is not enjoyable. When the average age of stress.ers streaming new music this is what they want. As far as people\u00a0 I don&#8217;t really care what they think. Like Zappa and most genius&#8221;s I make my art for me and hopefully others like it. It is just in today&#8217;s over saturated social media world it is almost impossible to get any traction<\/p>\n<p>Paul Donsanto<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Hey maybe you did use my critique as your springboard for your criticism. I understand that the people listening to music on the streaming platforms now are younger then The Boomers and Generation X.I should mention NEW music mainly. I not only can play as well as anyone on the planet but have written some pretty catchable tunes. Most of them not yet streaming. I do have about 12 up there now. Some more commercial than others but a plethora of diversity. I understand that the Times They Are a Changing but there should be more than one set of algorithms ,one for the masses ,the other one for the Minority. If any of the bands and genius&#8217;s of the past were to get traction today it would be almost impossible for them to make it in today&#8221;s over populated ,mindless landscape. Can you say Beethoven,Hendrix,The Stones to name a few. I do enjoy your writing and like that you pull no punches. I have Frank Zappa&#8217;s mental approach,I don&#8217;t give a rats f*ck about what others think.I know I got something worthwhile. #theguitarmasterdisaste<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>No, Bob.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not bad because it&#8217;s popular.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s bad because it&#8217;s a facile, mundane steaming pile.<\/p>\n<p>Philbillie<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Hi Bob , does this remind you of the Veldt by Deadmaus ?<\/p>\n<p>John Kieselhorst<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Hey Bob &#8211; Have been reading your letters for years. My artist Stryv released &#8220;Move&#8221; with Adam Port last June. Thanks for the write-up. Would love to add some color some time and chat if you are open to it. Appreciate your letter this week more than ever before!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\nRegards,<br \/>\nNicholas Parasram<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Great track, thanks for bringing it to my attention.<br \/>\nJust want to point out that I hear multiple elements of the afrobeats movement that has been slowly infiltrating popular music (in a good way) in Move.<br \/>\nHaven\u2019t seen you write much about Burna Boy, Tems, Davido, or some of the other African names making international waves, curious if the chatter I see about these artists ever makes it your way, or if I just live in a bubble?<br \/>\nThanks<br \/>\nRussel Kreitman<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>This sound was pioneered in South Africa and is known as Afro House, Move also has elements of Amapiano, another South African dance genre.<\/p>\n<p>Check out these genre playlists on Spotify if you want more of the vibe, a personal current fave is Famax by Raffa Guido &#8211; medicine music to heal the ailments of this hectic world.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver Moira<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Hi,\u00a0 I listened.<\/p>\n<p>That which you call\u00a0?&#8217;the riff\u2019 is just literally the chords from Daft Punk\u2019s &#8216;Get lucky\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Another stolen track, not cool in my book.<\/p>\n<p>Edward Verhaeghe<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Once again Bob, you&#8217;re wise beyond your years!<\/p>\n<p>These days of our lives will be &#8220;the good old days&#8221;, fifty years from now.<\/p>\n<p>Why are so many paddling upstream, when it&#8217;s much more effective to chart your course while &#8220;going with the flow&#8221;??<\/p>\n<p>Marshall Block from Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Of course I have real curiosity so I went and checked out \u201cMove\u201d.. I agree with most of what you\u2019re saying but living here in Europe now and seeing what is on the tube, there is a channel called \u201cFashion TV\u201d and to me it really is a fascinating channel because if you really wanna hear what\u2019s happening in EDM put on that channel and you\u2019ll see all the biggest fashion models in the world modeling for all the biggest designers and what keeps the flow going is the music behind the videos that they shoot with all of these famous models.. and 90% of the music I would say is EDM.. and I would say a lot of it to me if being in this business for 50 years and I hope that my ear still works.. It\u2019s very creative and has got something to it.<\/p>\n<p>I could definitely see Move being a track that definitely would be behind a fashion brand with the right video and how it would definitely work.. if anybody that questions EDM music well it\u2019s just like everything else.. there are some that really make it great and there is some that is really lousy\u2026. Just like every other form of music\u2026Now when I wanna hear something that gets me buzzing in EDM, \u00a0I definitely turn on the fashion channel and it\u2019s all there by all these different artists backing up very creative visuals with dance music\u2026 and I would say that\u2019s where a lot of these people are wearing the clothes and creating the vibe\u2026 in the clubs.. I would say that nothing like wearing the most in fashion at a great club in Ibiza and showing yourself off while you\u2019re dancing to \u201cMove\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peace,Jason<\/p>\n<p>Jason Miles<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times article took a global perspective and argued that there are new and interesting styles of music percolating around the world.\u00a0 I find that exciting and I&#8217;d enjoy sampling it. But I&#8217;m almost 72 and don&#8217;t go to clubs and in any case a lot of dance music is for dancing, not listening. I sent the article to my 28-year old son who lives in London and does go out to clubs and to hear live music. He sends me musical recommendations occasionally. I didn&#8217;t think &#8220;Move&#8221; exemplified the sort of exciting fusions that the author described. Whether a hit or not is beside the point if what we are talking about is something really new in music. That should be subject to analysis, not mere popularity. I really liked the fusion soundtrack to the Thai White Lotus, which for some crazy reason I can&#8217;t find on Qobuz. But sometimes soundtracks that work in a show aren&#8217;t for listening either.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Moore<\/p>\n<p>Fairfax VA<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>I love your insights around the Adam Port track and, even more, your thoughts about the negative pushback that you\u2019ve received from readers.<\/p>\n<p>Music to Trump and back to music.<\/p>\n<p>As a lowish level artist and &#8211; albeit British &#8211; follower of US politics, it all connects for me.<\/p>\n<p>I can even stomach the \u2018NO ONE CARES WHAT YOU THINK!\u2019 \u00a0I\u2019ve always liked your tough medicine. Please keep doing what you\u2019re doing; it\u2019s meaningful and valued.<\/p>\n<p>Jake Williams \/ Rex The Dog<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re unpacking a lot of hate on people who don&#8217;t share your opinion here.<\/p>\n<p>I get it, you love the track. \u00a0To others, it&#8217;s MEH! \u00a0They (we) just don&#8217;t find it as amaze-balls as you do.<\/p>\n<p>To me, it&#8217;s a long intro that never takes off. \u00a0Pound me with hooks, THEN it&#8217;s a hit.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Davis<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>100% Bob.<\/p>\n<p>It blows my mind that there are so many bands\/artists that can now do 30 dates in Europe, 30 dates in America, 30 dates in Asia playing to 3000 people a night and you\u2019ll never hear about them in mainstream media.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Officially\u2019, they\u2019re unheard of BUT they\u2019re grossing over $100K a night 90\/100 nights a tour.<\/p>\n<p>It may not be big time but with merch on top it\u2019s sustainable and these guys are living the dream.<br \/>\nThey\u2019re not the least bit bothered they\u2019re under the mainstream media\u2019s radar and why would they be.<\/p>\n<p>Sau Marcus<\/p>\n<p>P.S \u2018Move\u2019 is a banger<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Can you not hear the Pharrell \u201cHappy\u201d or whatever that song was underneath the riff that\u2019s why it\u2019s so catchy if you think it\u2019s catchy which I do not thank you so<br \/>\nNOAH K LESSER<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Good lord Bob, it\u2019s a #3 with cheese. Deep dive into this genre, nothing to see here, he just got lucky.<\/p>\n<p>Billy Chapin<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a transient trifle, that is nonetheless a goes-down-easy, hits-the-hips groove ideal for today\u2019s disco dance floor. Soon forgotten, but will end up on one of those Dance Hits of the 2020\u2019s compilations. You may have oversold it, Bob, but you are correct.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron Dilley<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, well I get the reasoning as to why this is a hit, but quite frankly I\u2019ve heard way more catchy and exciting, similar but original, not manufactured to a formula, songs by original Goan and Punjabi artists playing on the speakers at my local award winning Goan curry restaurant, compared to those this sounds muted, repetitive in a bad way and manufactured, like so many concocted dance \u2018hits\u2019.\u00a0 In this particular case, I reckon 500,000,000 listeners can be wrong!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>TonyB from down under<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>As a professional songwriter, I feel like I\u2019m a very tough critic and fair judge of music. A lot of traditional folks\u00a0don\u2019t understand EDM because it\u2019s not guitars, drums and riffs. It\u2019s based on a vibe. Do I like this song? No. But I get why it got popular. It\u2019s a simpler fan base. They don\u2019t need country music breakups and elaborate storytelling. They want a good beat, a catchy lyric or\u00a0melody and room to dance.<\/p>\n<p>Danny \u201cJay\u201d Jacobson<\/p>\n<p>Nashville, TN<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>I enjoy your opinions &#8212; and your willingness to take the heat on them!<\/p>\n<p>Reading your comments and listening to &#8220;Move&#8221; has me putting it in the same category as William&#8217;s &#8220;Happy&#8221;\u00a0 or &#8220;Gangham Style&#8221; &#8212; infectious, but unlikely to be studied in graduate programs in musicology.<\/p>\n<p>Keep on making us think&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Michael Alston<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s good but I can see more clearly why this one was successful \u00a0\u2013 same stream count.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because You Move Me&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Because You Move Me\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/05GvwwTLLID738BbKN1ze0?si=a373f98f5c414581&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Michael McCarty<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for taking the time to do a post mortem on the responses to Move. I am in the hater category and you are right, no one cares!<\/p>\n<p>To your point, I CAN see why it&#8217;s a hit given where the music world is at this point in time. Hooks still matter but it&#8217;s more about vibe. Maybe along the lines of music that accompanies an experience versus music that IS the experience. My perspective is more a matter of, I don&#8217;t WANT it to be a hit because I WANT &#8220;Who Believes in Angels&#8221; to be a hit. But it&#8217;s not, and that&#8217;s the way it it. The public is indeed the gatekeeper and we are witnessing the shift in what a hit sounds like when record labels don&#8217;t control the narrative. Take care. ~Matt<\/p>\n<p>Matt Jacobs<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>I played the track, and liked it. 63 male life long music lover of mostly guitar based melodic blues rock.<\/p>\n<p>I let it play on to see what the algs introduced me to&#8230;we&#8217;ll see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What, are you never going to try a new recipe, restaurant, book, movie, ski run ever again? You&#8217;ll like some and some not, but the point is trying.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Hopkins<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>I always appreciate your\u00a0take. And can&#8217;t argue with streams.<\/p>\n<p>But here&#8217;s the thing you don&#8217;t answer &#8211; what are artists supposed to glean from this? Repeating three chords and MORE GODDAMNED AUTO TUNE will get you a hit?<\/p>\n<p>Comparing this with, say, &#8220;Somebody I Used To Know&#8221; or &#8220;Blinding Lights&#8221;, there is nothing to it. I would never want to listen to this again, and even though I don&#8217;t listen to pop, those two songs had something to grab onto.<\/p>\n<p>In this tune, there&#8217;s no songwriting, no rise and fall, no drama. It&#8217;s the flavor of the week but it&#8217;s utterly forgettable. Nobody will play this in a year, even six months.<\/p>\n<p>Daryl Shawn<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Sounds great but it seems to use the exact same chord sequence as &#8220;Get Lucky,&#8221; which is already embedded in all our brands.<\/p>\n<p>David Vawter<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Nah. Sounds like all the other pushbutton pop. I&#8217;ll stick to John Cale.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Anthony<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Great groove. \u00a0I LOVE it! \u00a0Dance on, Bob!<\/p>\n<p>ELF<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>I listened to the song.<\/p>\n<p>I was always one who could appreciate a well-constructed dance track even though I have five left feet. But I think you are dividing the population by old and young erroneously. Anyone of any age could tap their foot to Move. When people, especially those in some way affiliated with the arts, listen to a pop song, they strive to relate to the artistry therein. I think Move is difficult for many to appreciate because it is so synthetic, so computer generated, it contains near zero humanity. I think it is more difficult to appreciate the artistry in a machine-made recording. Once you are two shots of tequila and a beer into your evening and focused on some version of social interactivity, Move gets the job done, at least for this very brief moment in time. Big deal.<\/p>\n<p>Micah Sheveloff<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Check out Echolocation!!<\/p>\n<p>A San Diego trio that is up and coming!<\/p>\n<p>Josh Gruenberg<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Obvious copied \u201cGet Lucky\u201d entire chord structure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\">Lindsey C. Spight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Move&#8217; is right in the hyper-pop formula soup. 4 chords that just cycle and outline a \u201criff\u201d in the voicing. Perhaps more importantly, it&#8217;s also hypnotic and immersive -consider the drenched \u2018deep mix&#8217; placement of the vocals. And, the lyrics are, ahem, \u201cnaughty.\u201d..that, I\u2019d suggest, being the key word in the lyric. \u00a0All of which points to the idea that this track is perhaps less about dancing and more about sex, on repeat, which might help explain the play count.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Desmond<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a hit all right. Daft Punk made it, what 10 years ago? 20? I miss Nile Rodgers&#8217; guitar track, though<\/p>\n<p>Joe Henderson<\/p>\n<p>Yonkers NY<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Please explain how this song is innovative!<br \/>\nThe reason you are hearing from musicians (who you disdain) is that the song is awful music and the lyrics are embarrassing.<\/p>\n<p>peter grant<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Move is just a re-write of\u00a0 of Get Lucky<\/p>\n<p>Dale Janus<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Familiar set of chords. Immediately hear Daft Punk Get Lucky. Only more vocal adjustments.<\/p>\n<p>Cate Cahill<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Your strident defense of this song and calling it art of neglects to take into account that it is a very basic song which is not a criticism but a fact. The hooks, for me, were weak. Everybody has different taste let them vent. Just because you like it means one thing only\u2026you like it. A broader discussion is your assertion that this song is art. I guess you could call anything that a person or a machine creates art. But by the same token most art sucks.<\/p>\n<p>D. Mark MacGillvray<br \/>\nSotheby\u2019s International Realty<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>No sour grapes here, not even any judgment as to whether it\u2019s a good song. Just sharing the observation that it\u2019s the same chords as Daft Punk\u2019s Get Lucky, up a whole step and a little faster. Could its big appeal be about how familiar it sounds to another song that was a big hit?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-Marcus Ryle<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve always loved this clip from Stephen Carpenter of the Deftones discussing simple vs complex in terms of music and popularity. \u00a0I pulled 60 seconds of the interview from the Ernie Ball YouTube interview. \u00a0https:\/\/youtube.com\/clip\/UgkxWrwjfgphathgNpKCmzddueEMRd6LQ7Dx?si=zuC3q0sQ8PGAqhVB<\/p>\n<p>Jim Blaney<\/p>\n<p>Nashville<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>I am a bit confused about why you utilizing \u201cMove\u201d as the vehicle for your thinking. I entirely admit that I know nothing about how to make a hit song, wright one, do it sufficient justice in the recording in production, and certainly not in the marketing of such.<\/p>\n<p>However, I do know something about craft in all of these previously mentioned aspects of the music industry, despite never myself having written or fielded any work that drew any distinction itself at all.<\/p>\n<p>Well, if I nothing inherently wrong with \u201cMove\u201d , and it certainly falls within many of the current paradigm\u2019s such as Downtempo, easily digestible, repeatable, catchphrases \u201cgirl you want to party\u201d \u201clisten to your body\u201d is great for Saturday night dancefloor, but it fails on many other levels. It has no outstanding hook, nor are any of the sounds and ideas used in the composition either new, or new in juxtaposition. It certainly is a hit of the moment, but they did not hit it out of the ballpark, like, for example, last decades \u201cUptown Funk\u201d, which had some of the same issues as \u201cMove\u201d yet managed to be catchy and ladened with hooks vocal and instrumental.<\/p>\n<p>My two cents<\/p>\n<p>Jesse Walkershaw<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think you get it. I totally understand it and I don\u2019t care. It\u2019s drivel.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re an intellect. You know music.<\/p>\n<p>Music is extremely subjective, more so now than ever!<\/p>\n<p>My business hat screams lowest common denominator for the masses. This is what they wanted us to listen to in the 1950s when rock and roll was still being played for adults in backwoods gin houses and on the chitlin\u2019 circuit. Then rock and roll had an identity and the Beatles and the Kennedys opened a whole new world. People started thinking. Suddenly, the latte 60s and early 70s had singer\/songwriters with intelligent lyrics and songs that spoke right to our hearts and the man wanted to shut us down. Then the rock and roll was at its height in the 80s with the big ROCK bands. The end of the 80s became a quagmire of derivative stuff all over and then Seattle broke it open. Hip Hop also did that. EDM (generalization) has had a niche since the\u2026 I\u2019d say 80s (I loved it then, love it now)\u2026 but it wasn\u2019t until the raves brought in the masses like a Timothy Leary dance party. Check in and tune the f*ck out!<\/p>\n<p>Show me your positive feedback, please! I\u2019m not harping on Spotify. I love Spotify and YouTube music. It\u2019s how I make money and am able to listen to a zillion tracks of music!<\/p>\n<p>I had my moment and had a blast. I toured North America. Had my music on TV and in Films. I got to play guitar for a legend for a couple years performing on Letterman and Leno. I\u2019ve done everything I\u2019ve wanted and now my focus has turned. I still make music, but it\u2019s a whole different ball of wax.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMove\u201d is sh*te. That\u2019s all I have to say.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks.<\/p>\n<p>David George<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>I kind of get your get your overall point with the Move missives. I think. Don\u2019t complain, understand the audience, and make music that appeals to more people.\u00a0 Sounds like good advice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know if using a dance track to make that point, though, was the best example.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In dance, if a track gets hot in clubs for period of time, it can stream big numbers.\u00a0 Dance producers\/DJs tend to over-index in streams compared to their popularity\u00a0 with the general public.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You have dance artists like Tinlicker and Nicky Romero with individual tracks that have 500 million streams on Spotify.\u00a0 And relatively new DJs like John Summit whose tracks regularly surpass 100M streams.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This doesn\u2019t really happen in other \u201cniche\u201d genres.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not a big fan of Active Rock, but I\u2019m not sure why you constantly use that genre as one not to emulate. It\u2019s pretty small in the music world, but those acts tend to over-index in ticket sales. Ask Danny Wimmer how he\u2019s done promoting Active Rock festivals in the last decade or so. Also, I don\u2019t think too many of those acts wear leather jackets\u2014or any kind of leather clothing\u2014anymore.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I think your usual advice for artists to try to write songs with hooks and melodies sung by a great voice probably makes the most sense to the general musician who is writing you to complain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But they could also cultivate a persona and immerse themselves in a culture and have tremendous success without ever having a \u201chit.\u201d\u00a0 There are so many\u00a0 scenes that embrace artists if they focus on serving those audiences.\u00a0 From jam band to jazz,\u00a0 darkwave to hyperpop, if an artist finds a niche and does it well, they can make a solid living from music\u2014maybe even a great one.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Seth Keller<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t matter who the artist is or what the medium; art, food, writing, music, architecture, film, wine are about creation as you say and they elicit an emotional response, or not. That doesn&#8217;t make each effort inherently brilliant or crap. We used to make fun of Rolling Stone album reviews, right?. For good reason, we aren&#8217;t all moved by the same thing. Art is as subjective as anything can be. Word of mouth from your posse is about all most people want to know about.<\/p>\n<p>RE Louie Louie, a great garage song, some people still didn&#8217;t care for it and that&#8217;s okay. I didn&#8217;t find Move all that interesting (its not Jackson Pollock or a Campbells Soup Can). A nice beat, but there was nothing there that stood out to me or made me want to hear it again. It&#8217;s not groundbreaking but it&#8217;s okay if you like it. MMMBop was a simple ditty but I loved it and will turn it up anytime its on.<\/p>\n<p>In the wine business, I used to tell people, its&#8217; not important if you don&#8217;t like a particular wine, what&#8217;s important is to find one you like. It makes no difference what someone else thinks. You could like one costing $20 and dislike one that costs $100. So what. It&#8217;s way there is more than one kind of everything.<\/p>\n<p>The really committed musicians don&#8217;t seem to care what people are looking for, they are following their own instincts.<\/p>\n<p>John Brodey<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>be contrarian than to work on oneself&#8230;Turns out that enlisting oneself to be the biggest fan of the realest version of oneself is really, really hard esp. when the aggregate of most of us is a combination of low self esteem and entitlement. There&#8217;s a reason why we can&#8217;t be the center of all things as the aggregate of which, as we find out quickly, is void of joy even to the most enlightened which is why it is so important that we choose carefully esp. those first few steps else we get off track&#8230;and right quick. This is where Galloway steps in as he&#8217;s spot on talent v. passion. But alas the allure of delusion is far too strong and we are much too weak as most of us lack discipline due in large to the overinflated sense of our personal brands, as sold to us by social media, brands that never materialized, manifested into clay that then could be shaped into a sense of self worth. What&#8217;s left? Lashing out. Hence, the degree of castigation towards the flavor of the day as that flavor is a reminder of our shortcomings.<\/p>\n<p>Marty Winsch<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re still meaningless.\u00a0 I sour whenever you try to equate your bologna with art.\u00a0 It\u2019s not. It\u2019s never moved me emotionally. You\u2019re a mindscribe and that\u2019s another word for \u201ccritic\u201d. Fine you\u2019ve got a readership but how many dumbfuxks open their email and read it for ten minutes which is the average time it takes you to make a point about something else. Your skis your musical taste your expensive medical care.\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t move hearts dear bob.\u00a0 You fiddle with minds and love the bite back. Otherwise you\u2019d have. No reason to write cause you don\u2019t create anything new. You comment\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Ian McCrudden<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>We whine and preen. You dial it in. That\u2019s why, agree or not, we read you, Bob.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron Dilley<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Bob I usually agree with you but on this one I just don\u2019t hear it. Song doesn\u2019t grab me or make me want to even hear it again. If I was on the dance floor pumped up on stimulants maybe. I just drove from southwest Michigan to Detroit last week to see Fontaines DC which absolutely floored me with how good the band was! \u00a0That\u2019s music I can listen to over and over again! \u00a0I can\u2019t wait until they hit Chicago (I couldn\u2019t attend Chicago gig only a hour away compared to Detroit over 2.5 hours) again to give them whatever they want for the ticket! \u00a0It was that good!<\/p>\n<p>David Wolnik<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be honest, I don\u2019t hear a riff and there\u2019s nothing that would make we want to return after two listens. There\u2019s no hook, it\u2019s not bad but it\u2019s def not great. The vocal is not original either. I mean, who\u00a0isn\u2019t doing this type of vocal, it\u2019s all over hip hop tunes\u00a0these days.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t agree with you here.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Franklin<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Bob, I presume you&#8217;re talking about Adam Port&#8217;s track?\u00a0 I finally searched it out on Spotify.. Well, guess what? I LIKE IT..haha&#8230;and I&#8217;ll tell ya why.\u00a0 It&#8217;s simple and SHORT. I like simple production values..I&#8217;ve been recording for 50 years and if there&#8217;s one thing I&#8217;ve learned is that people only hear a melody and a beat..Everything else is just icing\u00a0on a cake.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not a fan of autotune but when it&#8217;s done right it adds to the atmosphere especially in that genre\u00a0 i.e. EDM etc. My first hit record in Toronto was written when I was sixteen. I considered it a throw away.. Three chord wonder. It wasn&#8217;t until I was about 23 when I entered it in the Q-107 Homegrown contest in Toronto in 1980..A four track demo we recorded in one afternoon in a studio I&#8217;d never seen or heard of.\u00a0 We went up against bands with sixteen track recordings&#8230;No one was more surprised than me when we were included on the same vinyl record of twelve original songs by various bands in T.O. culminating in sold out shows at the El Mocambo. (Rolling Stones, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Todd Rundgren) And the rest is history. It certainly put Me on the map. Hell, I had to put a new version of the band together just to do that one off show..I had broken up the band six months earlier to come off the road to be with my wife and newborn daughter&#8230;Funny how things go&#8230;;You just never know! Keep up the good work!<\/p>\n<p>Randy Dawson<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s most important is that YOU like it. F*ck everyone else!<\/p>\n<p>Dan Millen<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>This is the banana and duct tape all over again.<br \/>\nInsert standard arguments for\/against.<\/p>\n<p>Jer Gervasi<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>and this is where I unsubscribe. It\u2019s been fun Bob, Goodbye.<\/p>\n<p>-max lee<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hadn&#8217;t heard of this song but being a former mainstream club DJ I thought why not click the link. It took me all of 7 seconds to go damn this is really good. 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