Glad to help! I wasn’t kidding when I said I basically always enjoy getting to talk about music 😅

I’m about to go on a trip so I only have a brief moment to answer this, I’m sorry, but here are some quick picks without having more context to go on:

fairly obvious:

1979 by Smashing Pumpkins

Ain’t It Fun by Paramore

Raspberry Beret by Prince

Meant to Live by Switchfoot

Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen

Thinkin Bout You by Frank Ocean

Stop by the Spice Girls

Super Bass by Nicki Minaj

I Believe In a Thing Called Love by The Darkness

Here It Goes Again by OK Go

Electric Feel by MGMT

less obvious:

Lost in the Supermarket by The Clash

All My Life by K-Ci & JoJo

Ever Fallen in Love by the Buzzcocks

Maniac by Conan Gray

Closer by Tegan and Sara

I Need a Dollar by Aloe Blacc

Disco Man by Remi Wolf

Them Changes by Thundercat

Cocoa Butter Kisses by Chance the Rapper

Swing Life Away by Rise Against.

I tried to not give you anything too obscure, but if these are too obvious or if you have a theme or direction to narrow the field I can think on it more and get back to you in a few days, probably.

edit:

I didn’t think too much about the first 10 seconds part admittedly again due to limited time, so some of these may be better to play 10 seconds a later section of the song if you’re open to that.

Look man, you can say potato means underwear all you want, but if you start saying you’re wearing potato under your pants people are going to look at you weird. You are not the only party involved in communication, and thus your preferences are only part of the equation, and people will interpret and process your words based on conventions, not just your personal thoughts on the matter.

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But “made up” doesn’t imply unbelievable, just not real in the specific instance. While based on very believable interaction, it’s pretty likely this specific interaction is indeed made up

Duolingo wants you to meme their stupid bird.

Please stop doing free work for corporations.

Fuck Duolingo specifically, as well.

Hey, whatever makes you feel superior

Yeah they’ve given up on the “under $5” thing entirely

Probably spirit gum and stage makeup, tbh

I’m so glad you dig the picks! Happy to help, feel free to ask me about music anytime ✌

To add another real quick, they don’t have any recent output, and they’re frequently instrumental, but FM-84 might be up your alley too:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1xvEo98zythSrgN69GQevk

https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/fm-84

My pleasure! I love talking music so I’m happy for any excuse.

And okay, now that I understand we’re talking like retro vocal synthwave, I have some better recommendations!

My first recommendation immediately came to mind, but I’m gonna be honest and say that the best part of this recommendation does extend past the 5yr guideline I alluded to in my original comment, so you’ll have to excuse that. She’s still an active artist, but her recent work has been as features or a 2020 album collab with a more aggressive synth artist that probably isn’t what you’re looking for. But anyway, I definitely recommend Dana Jean Phoenix if you haven’t heard her yet!

Start here, the opener title track of ‘Le Mirage’ is an absolute banger than I think is totally gonna work for you:

https://open.spotify.com/album/3NuANBUmoNZH5x2BZzXSQV

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/dana_jean_phoenix/le_mirage/

2018 album ‘PixelDust’ is probably overall the better album but it doesn’t have a mega-banger like the track ‘Le Mirage’:

https://open.spotify.com/album/1vJClfLqAeNTyAHbv5sqWN

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/dana-jean-phoenix/pixeldust/

If you’re open to slightly darker/heavier synth stuff, ‘Megawave’ is the collab album I mentioned above with artist Powernerd, and I think it’s pretty groovy:

https://open.spotify.com/album/3ft0lmyttvgoCrja0jAI0Q

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/dana-jean-phoenix-powernerd/megawave/

Beyond Dana Jean Phoenix, here are some other artists I’d recommend but with less specific recommendations (probably just listen to their popular songs to get a feel):

NINA - very similar space to Dana Jean Phoenix:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/31KAV0Dg1UNmnfSmvLT2XG

https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/nina_f11

Summerdrive is not this sound exactly, but they’re kind of synthwave meets clean pop so you might dig them (The Midnight who I previously recommended also sit in this space, but they’re a little jazzier):

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5RASv130lmR8GyP0EcQLjJ

And finally Gunship are also not this sound exactly, but rather sort of what you’d get if you mixed that synthwave sound with 80s hard rock, and it’s goddamn glorious (I love Gunship):

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3PALZKWkpwjRvBsRmhlVSS

https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/gunship

And if I’m still off the mark, hit me with another example :P

Love to hear it. No plans to slow down on my side either 🤘✌

Sure, if you don’t mind some random top of mind recommendations.

For 90s alt/grunge fans, I definitely recommend the latest album by Scowl, ‘Are We All Angels’:

https://open.spotify.com/album/0zDdwRsOg2sVvOFpjEOtHs

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/scowl/are-we-all-angels/

80s synth is pretty broad, so let me give you two fairly different recommendations and see where you land with them. First off, I’m gonna reach back a little bit to 2020 to recommend ‘Monsters’ by The Midnight, a great album by a great band:

https://open.spotify.com/album/1WKMbxcldmwnXaCIGgEpUW

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-midnight/monsters/

But if you’re talking the more kind of pop-influenced, singer/songwriter side of 80s synth, I’m actually gonna recommend a really small release to you, ‘It Ain’t Too Late For One More Ride’ by indie musician Calvero:

https://open.spotify.com/album/6i5MYveOM35x8twOhfpYim

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/calvero/it-aint-too-late-for-one-more-ride/

I do consider myself a bit of a music buff and I listen to an incredibly broad range of genres and styles, but I will confess that rave music isn’t one of my specialties. But a couple quick recommendations that might fall in the same rough proximity:

First off I dig the chillout beach party vibes of some of the tracks by artist “elsaaa” on Spotify, mostly the songs on the top of her popular section:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0l9ymNLUakebec39MWLAuE

I also like a bit of ARMNHMR, but they’re not super new so if you’re into EDM/rave music you may already know them:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0P2bZXPyjHYRW4guHVAFl1

If you just want some fun dance music that’s very modern, and you have any openness to metal, may I recommend a few tracks by the very excellent and very fun Electric Callboy, with the caveat that this is not rave music and may potential be a stretch for you:

Electric Callboy - Everytime We Touch (TEKKNO Version):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuBXeF5acqE

Electric Callboy - PUMP IT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnzkhQsmSag

Electric Callboy - WE GOT THE MOVES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1NdGBldg3w

Again, these are just quick top of mind recommendations, so if they don’t hit for you or you want more recommendations, let me know and I can think on it a bit longer. But if you do check any of it out, feel free to let me know what you think!

I’ll never understand this. I’m 40 and I’m still actively seeking out new music and listen to vastly more new releases than anything 5+ years old.

Of course I understand everyone has “their thing” and music happens to be my thing, so I understand the additional interest in my case, but the alternative just seems so damn boring to me…

That mods/admins can even see who is downvoting is, by far, my least favorite thing about Lemmy.

Yeah but I’m talking about common parlance here, not in terms of weaponized legal language.

I don’t even call it piracy, because piracy has a definition that this doesn’t meet. I call it what it is: unauthorized reproduction. That’s it. That’s all “piracy” is, it’s literally just unauthorized reproduction. Doesn’t sound nearly as scary and dramatic when you call it what it actual is, does it?

This is why the rich are trying to cull the poor. I’m not joking. What you see happening is very much by design, and the wealthy think it’s necessary. They believe the most effective way to fight climate change is to get rid of all the poors and undesirables

That is “pries,” from “pry,” my friend