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So Amazing, So Illegal

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

Jamie gave me a nice writeup of a mashup where the writer shares some random youtube mashup video that you maybe have seen before called the Mother of all Funk Chords. It's a pretty amazing artistic achievement and probably worth at least a quick glance of your time. But the larger point should be taken seriously. He says "If your reaction to this crate of magic is 'Hm. I wonder how we'd go about suing someone who "did this" with our IP?' instead of, 'Holy crap, clearly, this is the freaking future of entertainment,' it's probably time to put some ramen on your Visa and start making stuff up for your LinkedIn page. Because, this is what your new Elvis looks like."

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  1. I guess I'm just Old School by MpVpRb · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    To me, that kind of stuff is not music.

    There may be some sort of creativity involved, and it might possibly be defined as some form of abstract art, but it's definitely not music.

    If this is the future of music, I will be really sad.

    When rap got popular, I asked myself, can anything ever be worse than that?

    I guess now we have the answer.

    As I see it, we have had a steady downward progression

    Music reached its peak with 19th and 20th century orchestral, jazz and progressive rock.

    Then rock got a little simpler and less interesting.

    Then punk got a lot simpler and less interesting.

    Then rap decided to remove the melody and harmony and just leave the beat and the lyrics.

    Now this stuff requires absolutely no musical ability at all, it's just cut and paste.

    I wonder how the next generation can get even worse. Maybe we have finally hit the bottom, and the next generation will actually get better.