The effects of corporate music

Much of it is VIDEO. Yes, it killed the radio star. Janice would not have looked good on MTV. Of course, you don't have to limit yourself to clearchannel or mtv. My wife belongs to a house party music club in Berkeley. Every week new folk artists come to perform to the audience of about 20. Why wait for radio play that will never happen? Afew clicks of the mouse will research whatever genre you want on google. Here's folk:
http://www.jg.org/folk/info/artists.html#A

most of these sites have music to listen to. Bypass the corporate filter!

Darryl- do you live in New Jersey? My governator can whip your governor's butt- he's just afraid your guy will like it.

Hammy in CA.

Slappy- chk out "the string cheese incident" http://www.stringcheeseincident.com/htsound.htm or the "Austin Lounge lizards" demented hillbilly Pink Floyd cover http://www.austinlizards.com/songs/brain_damage.mp3 How about their lyrics to:
"Jesus Loves me but he Can't Stand You"
I know you smoke, I know you drink that brew
I just can't abide a sinner like you
God can't either, that's why I know it to be true that
Jesus loves me--but he can't stand you

I'm going to heaven, boys, when I die
'Cause I've crossed every "t" and I've dotted every "i'
My preacher tell me that I'm God's kind of guy; that's why
Jesus loves me--but you're gonna fry

God loves all his children, by gum
That don't mean he won't incinerate some
Can't you feel those hot flames licking you
Woo woo woo

I'm raising my kids in a righteous way
So don't be sending your kids over to my house to play
Yours'll grow up stoned, left-leaning, and gay; I know
Jesus told me on the phone today

Jesus loves me, this I know
And he told me where you're gonna go
There's lots of room for your kind down below
Whoa whoa whoa

Jesus loves me but he can't stand you . . .

You want humorous UNcorporate music with social commentary, these guys are it. Highway cafe of the damned is hilarious. Too bad it's not on the website.

I will probably get a ashtray as big as a big brick thrown at me for this, but here is the biggest reason people do not believe that quality rock music is made anymore.

Yer gettin old. ;)

The current rock music is made by younger people, and they sing and rock about what they know. Thier viewpoint is different from many "adults" because they did not grow up in the same social/economic situation as many "adults" (by adult im generally refferring to 40yrs and up)

It has nothing to do with low quality lyrics, it has nothing to do with lack of creativity, the crativity and lyrics are there (well, maybe not in brittney spears or N'sync, im talking about ROCK BANDS) it is the fact they they grew up in different times and cannot relate to your youth any more than you can relate to thier youth.

Remember when you were a kid listening to the Beeatles? And yer dad/grandpa is sittin there saying "This is all a bunch of trash, people dont know what good music is anymore"

Well WERE the beatles Trash? I dont like the beatles. I respect them, and i appreciate what they have done to the music scene, but i really dont care to listen to them. The main reason is i can not relate to them, i dont find anything truly inspiring in them either. Probably because i wasnt around untill 1977.

Just remember the adults when you were young saying "This aint music, it is nothing but garbage" And dont even try to say "It is different now" cause it aint. It is the same thing.

One day, even ol slappy will probably be sittin on on the porch, the hard years of life showing like a roadmap of wrinkles, proclaiming "Music today is trash! whatever happened to wholesome bands like Metallica and Korn?"

Just remember that music aint trash because you cannot relate to it. Keep an open mind. By Denouncing everything new yer just setting yerself up for complete conformity at the old folks home.

KEEP ROCK ALIVE!

but N'sync still sucks.

Odd that the same people that dismiss Rap groups, buy music from Rock groups who incorporate rapping in their music. Talkin'about groups like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Limp Bizkit ( DJ Lethal was in House of Pain previously.). Guess it's like all the people who didn't buy Chuck Berry's music until The Rolling Stones covered it. BTW when those groups I mentioned incorporate rap into rock songs it sounds horrible and contrived. Fred Durst? He's like that kid in Malibu's Most Wanted.