Something needs to be done!

[Portmagpies]

Originally posted by moistie
Seriously, how many people are still going to be listening to Brittany Spears, 50 Cent or Guy Sebastian in ten years time? Or in Guy Sebastians case, next year? If listening to quality music that has stood the test of time makes me an old fart, then I'll happily cop that than listen to any of the pap on commercial radio nowdays.

As if the kids listening to this drivel will still be spinning it in five minutes time let alone five years.

I don't know why all you old farts are complaining, the sixties is largely responsible for the phenomena of the boy band.

Quality of music notwithstanding, 'The Beatles' were the quintessential boy band.

 

[David Votoupal]

Originally posted by Portmagpies
Quality of music notwithstanding, 'The Beatles' were the quintessential boy band.

Please, don't put Beatles and "boy band" (modern definition) in the same category!!!

 

[coxon]

Originally posted by Mog
People bitch and moan about popular music today but it's beent hat way ever since Elvis swung his pelvis. Evil rock music, in the 50's and 60's and 70's, new wave and punk and cokk rock and NKOTB, then 2Unlimited style stuff and so on. In 20 years time people will look at the music now and consider it with the same fondness that some poeple do for Duran Duran or the Rolling Stones. The kids are stupid, but they'll grow out of it.

my thoughts exactly...

the kids don't know any better...
perhaps even sadder, is that grown people/adults still listen to crap like oasis, creed, matchbox twenty, silverchair, nickelback, taxiride.. etc..

 

[David Votoupal]

So there are those who argue that this sort of crap has always existed which to an extent is true, but in all my years I can say that it's really only after 1995 or so (that's when I really stopped having the urge to turn on the radio every time) that we've started seeing more of it.

The quality of commercial radio- not just the music mix but also the way they presented things- detereorated along with the charts. No longer did I have the urge to follow what was on the top 40 every week.

Networking and aggregation of commercial radio has undoubtedly played its part. Including the fact that local content has gone out the window in many places The loss of TWO wonderful stations in my part of town thanks to a Clear Channel-owned corporation is but one example. There- two stations which I easily identified with in my childhood, gone.

As a result, we've seen a shift in music radio to serving the whims of TPTB in a far off land, only helping their pathetic attempts to immerse our young into their so-called "culture"

 

[Portmagpies]

but in all my years I can say that it's really only after 1995 or so (that's when I really stopped having the urge to turn on the radio every time) that we've started seeing more of it.

Exhibit A: the 1980s.

 

[moistie]

Originally posted by Portmagpies
Quality of music notwithstanding, 'The Beatles' were the quintessential boy band.

They proved what could be done (and how much money could be made off them) if a band became hugely successful. In this sense they spawned the corporate music scene. But if it wasn't The Beatles, it would have been somebody else. I acknowledge what you said about the quality of music, but I still have to make the point. The difference between The Beatles and any boy band nowdays is
a) The Beatles played their own instruments.
b) The Beatles wrote their own songs.
c) The Beatles completely redefined the music scene.
d) The Beatles had talent.

 

[mace007]

Originally posted by coxon
my thoughts exactly...

the kids don't know any better...
perhaps even sadder, is that grown people/adults still listen to crap like oasis, creed, matchbox twenty, silverchair, nickelback, taxiride.. etc..

Please don't put Silverchair amongst that bunch. Oasis probably don't deserve it either, even if they're a shameless cover band almost.

 

[smasha]

Simple really folks - buy stuff you like and listen to it.
Lucky I was influenced well .
My mum bought me led zep 2 ,billy cobham spectrum and god know's what I'd be listening to fed on the diahreah of today.

There really is some great music out there-it just gets ignored by the marketing machines(radio,record companies and fed down youngsters throats who don't know any better at the age of 13 upwards.


The top 40 isn't music -it's musiness -music made to make money-simple hooky choruses with good looking folk on the videos.

I refuse to listen to this ****.It's killing music.

 

[lenny&carl]

Yes, it is pure cancer. "Pop" can be lightweight, catchy, meaningless, disposable, love-it-at-first-listen stuff, but it never had to SUCKKK! Look at the masters like Beatles, Beach Boys, Ramones...it's all of the above, but it happens to be brilliant & clever & timeless. Even as recent as the 80's the pop was often forgettable, but at least it was half decent. Duran Duran off the top of my head. Now it's nothing great, and i hated it at the time, but it does stand up to a degree. ABBA is another one like this.... it's all meaningless unchallenging twaddle, but at least the hooks were ingenious & well-crafted, the tunes were somewhat interesting, and they weren't just plonked off of a production line. The point was the catchiness, not that Agnetha & Annafreid had nice abs! (although they did have the occasional good cameltoe, think to come of it.)

On a happier note, i have a proxy-nephew of 7, who seems to get all his musical influences from the Tony Hawk Playstation games... so he wanders around his house singing Ramones and Black Flag and Papa Roach. He was singing along to Pink Flloyd in the car the other day... knew the words better than me! So there is hope. But not too much.


So I say, **** 'em! goto www.winmx.com and freely pirate ALL the music you've ever wanted. It's a revolution with legs, and I ain't seen too many of them in my time. If all the mainstream recording companies fall into the ocean, I will dance a jig. We can work it out.

 

[PrideofSA]

Originally posted by mace007
Please don't put Silverchair amongst that bunch. Oasis probably don't deserve it either, even if they're a shameless cover band almost.

Was thinking the same thing.

 

[smasha]

It's funny how all the top 40 stuff I used to hate in the 80's ,I don't mind now due to todays stuff being so mediocre.