1981 might have been the beginning of it. I remember when MTV first came on, the music videos were of the musicians playing their instruments. Remember Fleetwood Mac, 'Hold on to me'? |
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I have believed very strongly for a very long time that classic rock is hands down the greatest music there has ever been. Today's music is pathetic compared to what we had in the 70's and late 60's. So what happened? My theory is that MTV caused image to be more important than the music itself, so only supermodel looking people could get good music deals. The result of that is that the pool of musicians to choose from for recording deals shrank immensely, and the emphasis started getting put in the wrong places. The result was that the music really suffered. Would Janis Joplin be able to get famous in today's entertainment climate? I really don't think so. It's such a shame. Think of all of the great talent that will never make it big. |
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1981 might have been the beginning of it. I remember when MTV first came on, the music videos were of the musicians playing their instruments. Remember Fleetwood Mac, 'Hold on to me'? |
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you must be the change you wish to see in the world...
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Yeh, it's not really dead in the sense that it has been forgotten. I am just saying that no more is coming out. |
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don't judge hip-hop on the commercial crap you see on MTV |
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Woops, I hope I didn't offend a rap fan. I didn't use the term "hip hop". I used the term "rap". I am still confused about what the difference is, but it seems to me that hip hop encompasses more than just rap. Rap was much better in the early days. Run DMC, Grandmaster Flash, the Fat Boys, etc. were amusing and creative. They were partly about ego, but other things too. The ©rap that is all over the place today is mostly about ego, violence, and sociopathic attitudes. I don't care how straight from the heart it is, which I don't think it is any way. It encourages what I consider the black holocaust, black on black murder, which is a big problem in my city and my country. I live in Mississippi, which is the state with the second highest murder rate per capita in the United States, second to Louisiana. I live in the state capital, Jackson, which is the city behind that unfortunate statistic. The murder problem around here is something I take very seriously, and today's rap generally promotes it like there's no tomorrow. It's absolutely sickening. The last thing poor black youth need to hear is that they are nothing unless they are sociopathic. That's pressure that really hurts poor black communities, and it is the vibe I get from todays's rap, generally. There are exceptions, of course. I should mention that the vast majority of that vibe and the pressure it creates don't come from entertainment, but some of it does. I think gangster rap is more of a symptom than a cause, but it is still something I have a problem with. |
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I have to say that I'm encouraged. Over the past year or two, I have talked to many teenagers who are more and more into 70s and 80s rock -- Pink Floyd seems to be near the top of everyone's list, but they are also listening to Rush, Journey, Styx, Metallica, Alice Cooper, Scorpions, Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Heart, Van Halen, Judas Priest, etc. etc. etc. Seems to me that good taste in music is making a comeback. |
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Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...
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Hide the kids...Uncle ITM is back!
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The guy on the bottom looks like Howard Cosell. |
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Wayne
Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...
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Rock and roll is hurting, but it's certainly not dead. |
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bradybaker is right, black keys and white stripes kick ass btw. Nobody looks for anything less known anymore, that's why most people I know are into either old rock, the crappy pop of the new age, really bad gangsta rap, or the newer emo stuff. But there's more to it then that, I usually go on amazon.com and look up some bands that I like, and there are lists you can look fthrough on the side with at least one album by the artist you looked up. I have found plenty of people with the same taste in music as I, so I found a bunch of new bands through them. Although if you look up led zeppelin, you'll prolly only find lists with other old music on them |
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"I hate to advocate drugs, sex, violence and insanity, but they've worked for me." -Hunter S. Thompson
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DuB: That was meant as a compliment for Led Zeppelin, not an insult. |
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Hey! I'm brand new here! |
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Disregard anything airbus says. It's a friend of mine playing a prank on me, trying to draw me into a big argument..it almost worked. |
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excuse me? don't listen to what I have to say? |
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Y'all made some really good points (Although I can't say I am into Ashlee Simpson, but I respect strong musical appreciation. I promise I will give Ashlee Simpson another look. Brady, do you live in Ottowa?). Dub, there's a lot of truth to your theory. |
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
Hey, I'm probably the youngest one posting on this thread, at 14, I would like to think I have a very defined musical taste. I'm big on the 70s/80s, but there is one artist I absolutely must mention (especially the drummers). |
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Whats better than complete freedom from laws, both judicial and physical?
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