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.
Hammy in CA.
The effects of corporate music
I'm old enough to remember AOR and being able to listen to music that at the time I thought was just bizzare, and that was on the radio. There were so many stations around with a huge variety of music to hear, including things I had not heard before.
In the last thirty years music radio has changed so much, and for the worse that I no longer listen to music radio. I can't help but think that cumulus and others of their ilk have destroyed radio, but I also wonder how big their influence has been on the quality of music.
There used to be more of an edge to music, and I'm not talking about the trash made up of violence and sex that is todays rap music. People had more to say, and better ways of saying it when I was young. The musicians did not try to substitute shock for substance when making their records.
Are there still musicians around that are great artist, but we never get to know them because they don't fit the formula of corporate radio stations? Is there still a place for small stations that are unwilling to play the drivel that passes for pop music, or the oldies that comprised our youth, but are getting old even to those of us that love those songs???
In the last thirty years music radio has changed so much, and for the worse that I no longer listen to music radio. I can't help but think that cumulus and others of their ilk have destroyed radio, but I also wonder how big their influence has been on the quality of music.
There used to be more of an edge to music, and I'm not talking about the trash made up of violence and sex that is todays rap music. People had more to say, and better ways of saying it when I was young. The musicians did not try to substitute shock for substance when making their records.
Are there still musicians around that are great artist, but we never get to know them because they don't fit the formula of corporate radio stations? Is there still a place for small stations that are unwilling to play the drivel that passes for pop music, or the oldies that comprised our youth, but are getting old even to those of us that love those songs???
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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. |
There's old slappy, sittin' on a bench. Starin' down those young punks who pay him no respect! "Kids these days! I think they're all on drugs- don't listen to their elders- they're stupid and they're smug! Their minds are rotted out from they're music and they're porn! I wish they could hear classics like metallica and Korn!" Hammy Ps. Metallica? Taht was old news twenty years ago! You're old already! Hammy |
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