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Post by Trumpy's Magic Snout on Oct 10, 2007 9:41:42 GMT -5
I dunno, I think the Internet has completely changed how we will look at music 30 years from now. I mean some of the most critically acclaimed bands are pretty underground. That said, I think Nickelback will be the ELO or other crappy 70s rock band in the future. I think Queens of the Stone Age might have a lasting effect. Actually great point. Velvet Underground are seen as one of the most important bands ever and most people know them now, yet none of their albums made the top 100 in America when they were released. Very few heard them but the few that did went and formed bands that also went on to change music. Still not sure who right now can be seen as this decade's equivalent to that. I think you're giving Nickelback too much credit. I doubt anyone will remember them, crappy memories or not. |
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Post by wilson on Oct 10, 2007 14:02:49 GMT -5
From the perspective I share with folks like Phantom & Doctor Z ( meaning enough d*mn age to remember ) , we've gone from them simpler times to the exponential result.
As the 60's turned to the 70's , you didn't have to like an artist to have heard of them.
Even a passing fan of music knew the names of everyone from Slim Whitman to John Coltrane . . . and on.
Easier to pick out all the faces when there's only a few 100 players on the field.
Now the field is full , spread thru the seating & out into the parking lot !
To go into a Tower Records ( oops . . . bye ! ) and see all these sub-genres ?? "Acid-Speed-House-Trance ?!" , well it's dizzying.
Then we must factor in all the unsigned bands online , including many of us here ( even me ).
I believe we ain't too far from one half of the world putting out their latest work via one format or another . . . and the other half being their fan !
50 / 50 . .. one-to-one . . .. a fan for each artist !
When I first looked over MySpace a year ago, it looked like a sprawling, endless forest . . . and every tree had hundreds of branches, and upon every branch's leaf , a little bird singing it's fool head off.
It's gettin' noisy in these crowded woods !
s'cool tho'
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Post by bobjohnson on Oct 10, 2007 14:33:01 GMT -5
I will have to say that this will be a very forgettable decade but there has been some great stuff that have come out of it American Idiot will be remembered very well as a album that just bluntly stated that America was and is trouble when stupid people are president Wolfmother is a band that respects its past and makes what 70's rock great now a fun entertaining sound The White stripes are by far a very prolific but creative band, Icky Thump will re-enforce that they can still be original But on the whole these bads don't even make a dent in the history of modern music and that is very sad  |
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Post by Krista on Oct 10, 2007 14:46:21 GMT -5
American Idiot!? I hope not!!
Perhaps this decade will be remembered for Green Day destroying themselves though.
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Post by callipygias on Oct 10, 2007 14:56:02 GMT -5
Because of this, I think there are just plain more bands now than there were, say, in the '70s. Bands with contracts, maybe, but if you're including garage bands then the '70s rules. Classic rock radio seems to have picked up a few bands over the years: Alice in Chains & STP & a few others. But it seems like when those bands were making their music you could tell even then that they'd most likely stand up to time. I can't think of any current acts like that, but I don't pay much attention anymore. Somebody start a revolution why don't ya? |
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Post by Father Mannix on Oct 10, 2007 16:16:16 GMT -5
Bands with contracts, maybe, but if you're including garage bands then the '70s rules. No, I mean any kind of band. I could be wrong, though. It's just easier now. Tours are easier to set up because of the internet. Records are easier to record and put out because of computers/cheaper recording equipment, etc... |
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Oct 10, 2007 16:57:30 GMT -5
It's just easier now. Tours are easier to set up because of the internet. Records are easier to record and put out because of computers/cheaper recording equipment, etc... That's true. Home studios used to be a luxury but now they're available to anyone with a computer. |
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Post by Pierre Trudeau on Oct 10, 2007 18:05:26 GMT -5
Ugh, Nickelback... I know. I KNOW. I want to punt babies anytime I start to hear a song by them.
I don't think it's fair to say that nothing from this decade will stand the test of time or that nothing deserves to or whatever. People said the same thing about the 80s and now look- some of that is actually turning out to popular with the kids. I really think that because of technology, we can't judge music as it was in the past....
That said, I always think about 50 years in the future, when all the old people are going to be jammin out to the oldies of Snoop Dogg and Dre, Tupac and Notorious B.I.G...
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Post by bobjohnson on Oct 10, 2007 20:27:11 GMT -5
American Idiot!? I hope not!! Perhaps this decade will be remembered for Green Day destroying themselves though. Yeah they suck somehow because they have grown up their sound and they made a unpopular statement at the time that has revelance now more than ever. Maybe I just like bands with balls and using them! Again as I say, this is not a very memorable decade but there is some gold admist the crap surrounding |
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Post by Krista on Oct 10, 2007 21:15:52 GMT -5
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Funny how opinions differ!
Oh well, guess that's what make people interesting.
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Post by wilson on Oct 10, 2007 21:16:46 GMT -5
How about looking at the really big picture ? :
What might be known , referenced or revered 5 Hundred years from now ? , as Shakespeare or Rembrandt is today.
Keeping in mind , of course , that the sheer volumes of "culture" churned out in the last several generations . . . plus how preserved it will likely be , means that the amount of "bags in the attic' will be absurdly vast.
oh, and they might be crankin' out some a' their own crap too . .
should man survive.
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Post by Chuck on Oct 11, 2007 6:33:45 GMT -5
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Oct 11, 2007 7:58:49 GMT -5
I think Queens of the Stone Age might have a lasting effect. They were on the Letterman show last night. Sorry, but I don't share your enthusiasm. |
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Post by Don Quixote on Oct 11, 2007 8:12:01 GMT -5
I think the "Phantom Engineer Experience and Barbershop Quartet" will be the band for the ages.
But seriously, more on this after I get back from class.
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Post by Pierre Trudeau on Oct 11, 2007 12:38:15 GMT -5
I think Queens of the Stone Age might have a lasting effect. They were on the Letterman show last night. Sorry, but I don't share your enthusiasm. I'm not saying I'm super crazy about them, I just think they have that rock sound that seems to stick with people. A lot of people of all sorts seem to like them a lot too. |
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