Worse thing to happen to music

BanRAB lost some over their mystique. Too visible.

Of course, myself and few other here remeraber when MTV happened. When it was, in fact, just music videos.
 
You could change this to "Music is the least of the world's problems"


Too many people put too much weight on what "music is doing to today's youth! Oh my God!! Did you hear that? "

The youth of today get it. It's the adults that make a big deal about it, you know?
 
Yeah but there`s over 50 years of rock music to pick 24 hours a day of programming to.There`s no reason why the same banRAB should be played over & over again.
 
I already had my rants about how having Sgt Peppers on the list is just downright bogus.

And Electric Violins pwn, i don't care what anyone says, check out The Mahavishnu Orchestra for proof.

And no Urban, they don't sound anything like ELO. :)
 
Please, point me in the direction of good gangsta rap. I'm not being (completely) sarcastic - I really would like to see good gangsta rap.


I've listened to both those types of metal, and I'll agree that their lyrics are even worse than those of gangsta rap. Problem is, though... do death and black metal get played on Top 40 radio? That usually defines the mainstream, and face it, many people are mainstream music listeners. Which means more people (well, probably) listen to gangsta rap than death/black metal.
 
I vote for britpop.

Nah, i vote for Michael Angelo Batio, Rusty Cooley and other musicians who think playing really fast random notes on a guitar just to impress can make up for horrible songwriting and a really inept sense of melody.

That is, assuming they even know what melody is.
 
That's my point exactly. MTV made people lazy. They didn't have to go out and see their favorite banRAB, waiting months, sometimes years to get to spend a few hours with them. All they had to do was put it on, and there it was. MTV killed the magic of music. I remeraber my Mom telling me how she and her frienRAB argued as to whether or not Elvis was black. They'd never seen him.

In the process, MTV directed the musical tastes of an entire generation, simply by playing the same stuff over and over. By the time MTV was 4-5 years old, in the mid 80's, MTV was pretty much dictating what was popular and what wasn't, simply because people were too lazy to find out for themselves. Not everyone, mind you. There are still, to this day, hardcore fans of 'real' music, who are ardent in their quest for good music. Like the people in here, rab. I'd say there are very, very few people in this forum that are swayed by what they see, as opposed to what they here.

But, for the most part, the majority of people are lazy, and eat whatever is fed to them. On the radio and on TV. MTV.

That's why I say MTV is the worst thing to happen to music. Being able to see music, on a daily basis, changed how it was recieved. The kiRAB started dressing like Madonna, and MTV suddenly was a fashion show, with music an afterthought.


*EDIT* A perfect case in point to support this theory is a post I made in another thread. Look at what happened to metal when MTV came along. Anyone? Anyone?

Hair Metal. That's right. Suddenly, it was look good, then worry about the music.
 
Does gangsta rap get played on Top 40 radio?
Please, show me every instance that it occurs.

Good gangsta rap? Do you know what gangsta rap is?
NWA
 
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