During a brief hiatus from a frantic lifestyle (all of about 3 hours), my fiance and I cruised Edmonton in the convertible, stereo pounding, and both lamenting the passing of stellar, flawless musicianship. While everyone else was shoving the latest commercial garbage through their woofers, we were enjoying the strains of the Brian Setzer Orchestra and the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. Yes, swing, rockabilly. For those of you too young to know what I'm talking about, you should put down the rap long enough to check them out.
Will this kind of music ever truly make a comeback? The type of music that sells itself just by virtue of the abilities of the band members? Sadly, it seems that silicone and soft porn is what sells records these days, not genius. Half-baked lyrics, suggestive gyrations, and barely adequate instrumentation.
The way I see it, Top 40 music is like junk food; it's okay in small doses but you need to balance it with healthier listening, music that your mind can truly appreciate. Leave the T & A in Playboy where it belongs, and let's get back to what it's really all about...the music.
~Arlie
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I agree with you about top 40, most of it is just a pre-packaged product, meant to be easy to digest without thinking about it much.
Swing and Rockabilly had a pretty decent run in the mid to late 90s, I'm sure it'll be back again.
Hi Justin,
I'm not really stuck on the genre of music, just used those as examples. The point I'm trying to make is that music now is sold on visual appeal, versus actual talent. Even most videos are pathetic, compared to when that venue first started out.
Here's hoping that things change eventually.
I think things already are getting better Arlie. True, the American (and some Brit) empty headed pop tripe is still selling, but if you look at some of the Canadian Indie stuff coming out of all of the big cities you'll find that there are many very, very talented musicians and song writers out there and it's growing in popularity.
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