Didn't new wave die with television and blondie. They'll be quoting Lester Bangs next if we're not careful.
2006-11-14 09:51:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Kill your radio man.
American music has a lot to offer....but you'll have to dig deeper than K-whatever-FM or MTV.
As a side note....there actually is a modern referance to Lester Bangs in a song......
Baltimore punks, The Slumlords, recorded a track entitled "Lester Bangs" on their 2006 CD entitled "On The Stremph". Lyricist Jeff Perlin sings "Lester Bangs be glad you're dead, cause all this sh*t we're being fed..." in a song that focuses on today's phony, convoluted music industry.......
2006-11-14 09:54:57 · answer #1 · answered by Barrett G 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because record execs tell radio stations and MTV what bands to play. Radio and MTV play same bands over and over and over, and so young, brainless consumer thinks band x is actually a good band.
It's not the good bands, nor the innovative bands, that make it big. It's the bands that record execs can milk for profits. That is why music biz is in such a mess. If more consumers would think for themselves instead of following the herd, the radio would be a much better place.
2006-11-14 17:55:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. Nothing's original anymore. The retro crap and the emo kids, it really makes me stick to what I've always liked and only a few new things. Though I think The Strokes are better than The Killers, they're making me sick.
2006-11-14 17:55:39 · answer #3 · answered by interpreters_are_hot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All types of music keep coming back and popping off again.
lets face it, how hard is it now to be completely original
punk happened in the 1970s then bands like nofx and snuff,
and snfu from the states kicked it off again in the 1990s.
most bands usually have an influence from the past
2006-11-14 18:02:25 · answer #4 · answered by pablo techno escabar 1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wouldn't think so the two you mention are chart toppers and are going to sound alike as that is what alot of people like
ever hear of a band called the willard grant conspiract? there nothing like the killers. theres plenty of diversity in american music
2006-11-14 17:57:41 · answer #5 · answered by mixturenumber1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1st only listen to what you enjoy.
2nd they are american they think they are the best
they only claim to fame is that they do have
extra large heads.
3rd stick to British, the rest of the world plays our
music, beacause we are the best.
2006-11-14 18:02:05 · answer #6 · answered by The Crow Tribe Awakkule 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they have to water it down so as not to offend the godbotherers...
look what they did to punk...sucked all the life out of it and turned it into a fashion accessory
they have no original stuff its all stolen.... like the country
2006-11-14 18:17:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i mean.... eventually, aren't you going to run out of new things to invent?
think about it. what's the newest invention period that's come out recently? nothing.
besides.. they make good music. sit back and enjoy or simply don't listen.
2006-11-14 18:00:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
THE RADIO STATIONS DO NOT PLAY A LOT OF MUSIC FROM OTHER COUNTRYS
2006-11-14 17:55:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably why the Scissor Sisters spend so much time in the UK, cos they're appreciated here.
2006-11-14 18:16:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋