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Originally Posted by viewtiful_alan
Yeah, and while both have their strengths... one is always infinitley more entertaining to see.
I mean part of teh fun of rock and roll is that its supposed to frighten the elderly... I mean I'm sure part of the fun of liking metal in the eighties was the fact that the pmrc and religous groups were throwing an absolute fit about it..
When your parents music was more scandolous and rowdy than your generation's is something's wrong.
I mean like I've said there's always room for the mellow artists, but when even the "rock" bands have no real star quality there's a problem.
There also seems to be a lack of classic singers either (no morrisons, plants, or hell even osbornes...)
Another truth that I think isn't really faced is that in mainstream music culture, rap is the new rock... it still shocks, and while there is barely any creativity going on in the genre any more, there are still some genuine stars of that genre.
Rap is where music went after Kurt Cobain died and people got tired of the lame post-grunge shit thruted upon us by the radio.
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Originally Posted by viewtiful_alan
Learn the soulja boy (and many other shit modern rappers) method of song writing: Punch buttons on your cell phone in a pattern until you find something that sounds 'catchy', repeat it for five minutes, and brag about yourself in the third person in less than 10 words for those five minutes.
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I think the shock of a lot of youth music is that the older generation simply don't get it. And you, my dear, clearly don't get Soulja Boy. Not that I do myself. I'd be surprised if anyone over 18 did. And that's why a lot of kids love it. Because it really, really pisses people older than them off. Maybe the big change since the late 70s is that by now people are expecting young people's music to be different from theirs.
I'll tell you one thing that pisses me off. Kids no more than 17 going on about fucking Clapton. I'd prescribe them all masses of gurners and a visit to Helter Skelter. Your teen years are the time to listen to music that is deeply regrettable in years to come. It's a time to wear clothes that you'll never be able to pull off in maturity. Look at the nu-ravers. I would look... actually, I'm fucking amazing at clothes, so let's assume the 'I' is someone other than me... 'I' would look fucking awful dressed like a nu-raver, because I'm not a lithe and slightly spotty, bad-haircutted 17-year-old.
To summarise - if the music you're listening to doesn't piss off your parents, you're doing something wrong.