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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
In the 60s, people tried to change the world through music. Now we have pre-teens creating synthetic bubble-gum videos about ch-ch-chow mein
holy fu-fu-fu-fuk
I want that 3 minutes back
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I could write many pages on just how oversimplified and basically untrue this sentiment is. While I too do not care for the over commercialization of music, the fact is trends like this have existed ever since there was a commerical music industry and maybe even before. It's just that yesteryear looks so much better when viewed through sepia toned sunglasses. Unfortunately like a lot of waxing about the good ol' days, it's not really true.
The Beatles were a boy band too, at least they started out as one. Look at the simplicity of their early songs, look at how girls reacted to them and who drove their early success. And they weren't even the first one. Just the most popular one.
Crappy music has existed for as long as there have been young people buying it. Shoot, there's plenty enough crappy music for adults and old people too. Over produced, simplistic pop has existed in all forms, in all ages, for a while now. That's just what some people like. And as long as there is money involved, there will be people to pump it up and exploit it, as well as a bunch of people promoting a pile of poop in their search for the next big thing.
Ch-ch-chow mein? How bout, she loves you, ya, ya ya?
Now I'm not dissing The Beatles, nor am I saying this tart is going to go to superstardom, there's obviously a lot of factors in play. I'm just saying, commercialization has existed for a long time, and music in the 60's wasn't all about rainbows and revolution.
I'm also not saying there wasn't great music in the 60's. There was, lots of it. But there was in the 90's too, and there is now. Just saying music has been a force for good, and evil haha, in all ages. Money has been involved for a very long time, and so has overproduced nonsense. Kinda false superiority to claim it's ever been so different any other time.