Think about the time between 60's and 90's, Beatles, Elvis, Abba, Elton John, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Aerosmith were so much influential and had firm place in millions of music lovers for long time. In todays US music, we see more glamor, body language, expressions of lust rather than pure theme and talent. some come up suddenly with potent, and vanish quickly. No one can manage to get even close to what those predecessors had done.
2006-10-18 13:05:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Its all about looks today, talent seems to have become meaningless. A lot of the greats wouldnt get a contract today bc they dont look hot by todays standards. So all we get is crap musically , its all eye candy. MTV changed things bc music became about visual rather than sound. Most of the great bands are pre MTV era.
2006-10-18 13:13:56 · answer #1 · answered by Andastra 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Record companies started focusing on the image rather than the songs. Making a quick buck was more important than creativity and talent. Probably the reason why new albums by classic rockers can't get any airtime.
However, all is not lost. Lots of good local bands around. People are now listening more to web & satelite radio, which give a better selection of music. People are selecting their own music via IPods & MP3 players. P2P downloads are increasing.
People can only be fed BS music for so long.
2006-10-18 20:19:44 · answer #2 · answered by george g 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very true, Mr. Scandalous... and nice quote: "Forward into the past." I really can't say what happened since then though, because I wasn't born, but I can see how horrible is this generation. Songs - "hit" songs - make little or no sense at all. My peers sing songs that are demeaning, and they don't even realize it. It's like following a trend of random stupidity.
And I'm getting tired of people who negatively criticize people who say that the best songs are from like the pre-eighties. Those are the years that the songs actually had meaning, so it would be logical for these to be the best.
I prefer to listen to music from back in the days when music actually made sense.
2006-10-18 22:30:34 · answer #3 · answered by The_Girl_With_Kaleidoscope_Eyes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's the real deal...Society has, for the most part, peaked creatively. Things are either being recycled from the past (music "sampling", for example) or simply appeal to the "lowest common denominator", the 'sleaze factor' for example). Yep, I'm an old fogey of almost 46, but at a stoplight today a brother rolled up next to me and the lyrics to the song he was blastin' were:
' I need me a b*tch. I need me a mo-fo fine-a-- b*tch' etc.
There may be scientific breakthroughs to come, but for me musically I have no choice but to go "forward into the past."
Devo, a joke to most, spelled it out in the philosophy on their debut album, "Are We Not Men? We Are Devo!" around 1979.
Devo is short for devolution: we are DE-volving (take a look at today's world violence and the politics behind it if you need convincing).
2006-10-18 20:16:11 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Scandalous 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Artistic talent has been repaced with gang bangin' sex, drugs and violence glorifying rap babble.
2006-10-18 20:15:10 · answer #5 · answered by WHITE TRASH ARMENIAN 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋