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The Way the Music Died
segfaultcoredump writes "Frontline just released a show entitled The Way the Music Died, an in-depth look at all that is wrong with the music industry. The show will be available for online viewing on May 29th. Their website includes the full text of all of the interviews done during the show, including a very interesting one with musical legend David Crosby, where he hits the reason the industry is having problems right on the head." Reader robl adds "This is a good sequel to the 2001 Frontline episode, The Merchants of Cool which showed how the music industry markets its wares to teenagers and how it hypes artists."
when limp biskits got a record deal.
No wonder Britney Spears is famous!
And no wonder why David Crosby is out of the picture.
We've known since the early 80s that video killed the radio star.
Read any good sonnets lately?
err... I think the reason he went "ugga bugga, hugga bugga" was the hot charcoal he stepped onto...
From the David Crosby interview:
That's not a good thing, because it means that anybody that looks good in a well-shot video is suddenly at the top, whereas hugely talented people, who are great musicians, can barely get arrested.
Don't sell yourself short, David. You are hugely talented, and have no trouble getting arrested.
It's not like the entire 'rap' industry isn't built on exactally this. . .
At least the man has some character. When was the last time Hillary Duff was in a shootout with the police?
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Mark Twain
After reading the article and getting to the end...the stuff about msuic going back to cavemen and music is magic and corporations are evil and are destroying the world. I can't help but think that it is time for the Wild Stallions to break through all that and save the world. Who knew that Keanu Reeves would really be "the one" (or at least the 1/2, we cant forget about bill or was it ted...shit!)
I tried for 5 years to come up with a clever sig...only to realize that I am not clever.
... "There used to be a way to stick it to the Man. It was called Rock and Roll, but guess what, oh no, the man ruined that, too, with a little thing called MTV! So don't waste your time trying to make anything cool or pure or awesome cause the man is just gonna call you a fat washed up loser and crush your soul."
-- Jack Black, School of Rock
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
I smell an upcoming Fox special. "When Duff[1] Attacks!"
The sad thing is that I would probably watch it.
[1]: Then Fox would sue itself for using the word 'Duff(tm)', which is of course the favorite beer of Homer Simpson(tm).
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."
yvan eth nioj. Thank you NASA!
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Nope, NPG is now Sony.
Here is a good history of the legend known as prince.
To call the music obscure is very limiting. Most of the stuff I listed is not obscure at all. Obscure to the clueless, sure, but to anyone with a thirst in music -- they are finding this music, listening to it, supporting it, going to the shows.
Are you really so delusional that you think artists who have a meager following but are otherwise completely off the radar of most listeners are not obscure? Try to take a look outside your own little damp vinyl-stacked basement and realize that most people don't have the slightest notion that the bands you listed exist. So when you procede to disgorge a list of largely unknown names to demonstrate innovation in contemporary music, yes, you sound pretentious to the average reader--even more so when you dimiss those average people as "clueless."
I've said it before and I'll say it again, prentiousness in art is a buzzkill concept initiated by the unimaginative and emotional-conceptualy bankrupt who aren't willing to stretch their minds and hearts beyond the chickenshit coops they were born into.
That is quite possibly the most pretentious statement I've ever read.