Comments on: What Is It Called?

By: gorky

gorky — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:57:15 +0000

The Jonas Brothers both suck AND blow.

By: jonas brothers

jonas brothers — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:43:43 +0000

This is a very good read. Im gonna be tweeting this post. Jonas Brothers are awesome!

By: gorky

gorky — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:06:24 +0000

That is why God invented spell check and auto-correct functions. Don’t leave home without them.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:36:26 +0000

And for the record my proof-reading, spelling and punctuation habits are carrying over from one blog to the other. you can vote me off the island if you want but ill just sneak back in again on an allstar cast.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:32:38 +0000

on behalf of my generation i apologize for the crummy tunes. everyone is correct about everything. its the technology, its the marketing machines like american idol, its everything. its the fact that most artists cant write their own music but which isnt any different than how things used to be but we used to have singers who interpreted other people music and turned it into something else, something different and great so that mulitple versions of the same song could stand up on the merits of the performance not just a well written song. i personally think technology has made it so there is too much music and thats what i think the root of the problem is, there is so much you inevitabley reach a point where it isnt worth it anymore to do the serious digging so you read magazines like Magnet or Big Takeover and you take their word for as to what is and isnt great coming out of the underground and those bands become ‘above ground’ because everyone in the same inevitable boat as i am is buying the same records. i think this is what they call a ‘vicious cycle.’

By: Bowmar Brain

Bowmar Brain — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:56:57 +0000

I agree with a lot of what you all have said, and I hate to mention this, but isn’t this decade also defined by the “American Idol” factor? Way too many of the best selling artists of this decade were contestants in American Idol. They cannot write, many cannot play an instrument, and yet almost every sneeze they make leaps to the top of the charts. I know we can look at each decade and find some manufactured artist (The Monkees and The Partridge Family as examples). Now we have at least one and usually several more pre-packaged performers forced down our throats every year. And then we have the Disney factor with Miley, the Jonas Brothers, High School Musical and so on. Is it any wonder we continue to cling to the artists of the prior decades with which to find solace?

By: gorky

gorky — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:20:08 +0000

I like that – the “Bright, Shiny Object” generation. From ipos to nanos to ringtones to cellphones that play music AND locate restaurants. The ADD Generation. You wonder if they even hear the music they ‘listen’ to.

Thing is – I would not have expected such mindless behavior after 9/11 and the war. Maybe they all came out to vote – I don’t know what the numbers are on that. But the decade has seen a greater sense of self-involvement (but not self-worth).

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:50:20 +0000

This decade, other than the punk revitalization that Carl already mentioned, is very much defined by the new technology. The music and the fans that listen to it are similar to the technology. They want something now, something that satisfies for a few minutes, and allows them to put it away when they want and not have to think about it again until they need another quick dose of enjoyment. Just think of the epic songs that could have come out of such a disfunctional era as the one that just passed. Could you imagine Dylan or Lennon letting Bush off the hook? John Lydon would have drilled him if he was sober. As a Rancid song says,”There is no passion, only fashion.” Just as many things are these days, people don’t want to deal with it unless they get instant gratification. Otherwise, on to the next bright shiny bauble. We could use someone giving the whole society a good swift kick in the arse!

By: terry

terry — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:54:05 +0000

I also attribute my lack of interest or knowledge in this decade’s popular music to age.

I think Pat’s right that the delivery method changed everything this decade. The new music we hear is coming from so many different places and they may or may not be major label artists. Which is a good thing.

I think if I had to pick trends for this decade it would be the tween music and the continuation of hip-hop and R&B dominating the charts.

But new trends like in the past, I’m not seeing any.

By: gorky

gorky — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:51:54 +0000

I would agree with that. The “revolution” was actually in the delivery system for the music. So much of it became DIY – whether iTunes or Pandora or downloadable bit torrents (or whatever those are…). Bands handing out their music through websites and record companies starting to look obsolete. I am also quite glad about the return of the ’single’ thanks to iTunes.

Now will unfettered access to any style of music actually generate something? We can hope…