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simon silverdollar
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i was complaining to my flatmate the other day about how shit the current music scene was, and how we were born too late. he argued back saying there was loads of exciting things going on, and that music wasn't in a fallow period at all, and that i was showing my age for thinking it was
but...but...but i spluttered, in years gone by, jungle was massive! 2 step was massive! punk! 2-tone! rave! how can this not be a fallow period compared to those times?
his reply was interesting. he argued that the time of really massive, innovative pop-cultural movements was gone: now we were in a time of lots of little exciting things going on, rather than one big exciting thing.
to me, this idea seems plausible- myspace etc allows a global reach for niche tastes, so micro-genre scenes can be sustained, and the endless possibilities for hearing different music makes concentrating on only one particular genre less likely.
sad as it may be, perhaps the nu-metal kids were the last big youth-tribe.
so what do you think? will there be a next BIG thing?
but...but...but i spluttered, in years gone by, jungle was massive! 2 step was massive! punk! 2-tone! rave! how can this not be a fallow period compared to those times?
his reply was interesting. he argued that the time of really massive, innovative pop-cultural movements was gone: now we were in a time of lots of little exciting things going on, rather than one big exciting thing.
to me, this idea seems plausible- myspace etc allows a global reach for niche tastes, so micro-genre scenes can be sustained, and the endless possibilities for hearing different music makes concentrating on only one particular genre less likely.
sad as it may be, perhaps the nu-metal kids were the last big youth-tribe.
so what do you think? will there be a next BIG thing?