Riverside Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I'll look him up... and maybe now I'll tune in to American Idol.... I really do enjoy watching undiscovered talent, whether it's on the teli or in clubs. Go see Tower of Power instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 For metal its the same really. There will be bad bands, good bands, shity bands, great bands and poser bands. Though the poser bands have only happen in the 80's and retruend back in the early 2000's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo68 Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Even my 10 yr old daughter has enough sense to know Justin Beiber sux ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djroge1 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Justin Bieber is not the only young modern singer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peTc0TgvZUs&NR=1 Yeah I have pre-teen and teenage girls around the house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 For metal its the same really. There will be bad bands, good bands, shity bands, great bands and poser bands. Though the poser bands have only happen in the 80's and retruend back in the early 2000's. Soon as another Metal Song breaks the Top 40 you'll see the parade of posers come stomping through the charts. I like to compare the Metal scene to the Blues scene (perhaps more specifically the electric Blues scene) as they have so many parallels. Electric Blues hit back in the late 40's - early 50's in spite of the industry. Metal hit in the 70's spite of the industry. By the mid to late 50's Blues Posers were everywhere and the sound was watered down and candied up so much they had to call it something else (Rock and Roll). By the 80's there were Metal Posers everywhere and the sound was watered down and candied up so much they had to call it something else (Glam Rock). By the 70's and 80's Blues took a backseat to it's own creation, the industry even claimed Blues was Dead. By the 90's Metal had given way to the more Poppy versions of itself, and the industry claimed Metal was Dead. By the 90's, Stevie Ray had rekindled popular interest in the Blues and the Industry paraded the New Blues Posers, but old school Blues Fans do not accept the new School as legit. Come today, Metal is waiting for it's Stevie Ray to re-popularize it so you can have a whole new parade of posers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoRedFoot Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Music today is over produced. Every little detail is synthesized to the nth degree. Then the artist does a live show and you get the wtf moment. There is some good music out there, but overall, it's on a down period. (and I don't see it recovering) What's stupid aboot this is that these performers (I WILL NOT refer to them as artists) cannot perform live for sh!t. Miley Cyrus for example...she sings terribly live. Consistantly bad, not just one performance. Her recordings, she is pitch perfect. BEP (who I can't stand), and God help her, even Lady Gaga (even though I like her songs) is not that great live. This is why I NEVER listen to the radio. I have to go over seas for good music...France, Japan, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Faroes, Norway....Give me Gojira who sound f-ing better live than on there albums. Shoot, even As I lay Dying is good live compared to their albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j50dream Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I've been saying for quite awhile that I like old music and new music that sounds old.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff-7 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I think some of you guys spend way too much time dissecting and focusing on the bad aspects of the music industry - then and now. Instead of threads like these I'd much rather see some threads discussing some good things going on in the music world today: new bands, new gear, etc. I'm always on the search for more bands to listen to. The best way to show how poorly you think of some of these "artists" is to simply ignore them and change the station. Acknowledging them even in a bad light is still publicity in some way shape or form, helping them much more than discrediting them. The only real gripe I have for some of the tunes nowadays is the overproduction and overcompression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I think some of you guys spend way too much time dissecting and focusing on the bad aspects of the music industry - then and now. Instead of threads like these I'd much rather see some threads discussing some good things going on in the music world today: new bands, new gear, etc. I'm always on the search for more bands to listen to. The best way to show how poorly you think of some of these "artists" is to simply ignore them and change the station. Acknowledging them even in a bad light is still publicity in some way shape or form, helping them much more than discrediting them. The only real gripe I have for some of the tunes nowadays is the overproduction and overcompression. We never spent time focusing on dissecting other genre's of music, and we certainly didn't spend time being critical of other bands. If we were critical of something, it was of ourselves. Certainly I'm a little disappointed rock n roll isn't what it used to be, but come on you cant blame Miley Cyrus or Justin Bieber for that.... Maybe today's rock n roll isn't as appealing to young people, and that's unfortunate ..... We're just flat out getting our butts kicked right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Well, it isn't "our" Rock & Roll," anymore. It really doesn't "belong" to anyone...and, it belongs, to everyone, too. It's ours, and theirs! We have what we think of, as "our" music, and always will have. There's really no point in lamenting the "downfall" of Rock. It's healthy, just in a different way, genre, whatever. I'll always be tied to '60's and early 70's Rock, as it was the music of My youth. But, I've enjoyed rock music, in the decades before, and since. Not ALL of it, of course, but...in all honesty, I didn't enjoy everything, back then, either. I, truly, love all kinds of music, not just "rock" or even just "blues!" But, Jazz, Classical (including some opera), "World music," almost anything but "Rap." I've just never been able to warm up, to that. Other's have, and do. That's fine, for them. ;>) I think, too, we tend to like what we're more comfortable playing. The more/better "Chops" we get, the more we expose ourselves, to learning other types of music, the less fragmented our tastes tend to become. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff-7 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 We never spent time focusing on dissecting other genre's of music, and we certainly didn't spend time being critical of other bands. If we were critical of something, it was of ourselves. Certainly I'm a little disappointed rock n roll isn't what it used to be, but come on you cant blame Miley Cyrus or Justin Bieber for that.... Maybe today's rock n roll isn't as appealing to young people, and that's unfortunate ..... We're just flat out getting our butts kicked right now I don't mind that Bieber and Miley are having success, it's usually with a much much younger crowd who generally aren't going to be into Rock. At least it gets those young kids interested in music to some degree. They might even pick up an instrument and learn to play because they see how much fun their idols are having at that age. Later on in life they will probably look back and laugh that they used to like that kind of stuff, goodness knows I have a few like that in my past. That being said I wouldn't want to be stuck in a car listening to them for hours on end, my younger siblings nearly killed me with Hanson in the car on vacations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I don't like being tied to any era, but now I keep finding myself reflecting on it.... I really want to hear some fresh strong rock n roll.... I dig the Beatles, VH, RUSH and Scorpions ect..ect... But I get tired of hearing these classic rock stations playing these same songs over and over and over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I don't like being tied to any era, but now I keep finding myself reflecting on it.... I really want to hear some fresh strong rock n roll.... I dig the Beatles, VH, RUSH and Scorpions ect..ect... But I get tired of hearing these classic rock stations playing these same songs over and over and over Yeah, I run "hot and cold," on "eras." But, most of the music I like, is a bit from all the decades of my life. I don't even listen to "Radio," anymore. Haven't for 10 years, or more, now. To restricted, and formula, for me. And, with all the ways to download music, there's no point! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WahKeen Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I liked it when metal was cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 It is what it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Ain't it though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57classic Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 I've been thinking about my previous response about there being no compelling artists now. That was bull$hite. It's just a generational thing. I don't see compelling artists because I just don't relate to younger artists anymore. There is some good music out there but the messages in the songs is often what isn't grabbing me. I'm only 53, not so old. My life is in a different place than artists in their 20's or 30's. I just need to search harder to find the talent that is obviously out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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