There was a time when hit songs about the Vietnam war flooded the radio. Songs by Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, Eric Burdon and the Animals, Graham Nash and many more. Has this generation written one song about the war in Afghanistan? Answer below:
Who runs the world? Girls!
Who runs the world? Girls!
Who runs the world? Girls!
Who runs the world? Girls!
And of course I'd like to thank the team of eight songwriters who came up with that. I might also suggest with the exception of Angela Merkel, they are wrong.

 

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Missing any of what? And fuck the guy who before anybody even knew it was happening said "The Times They Are a Changing" I don't like Dylan's music, but how can you be so dismissive? You can have your subjective opinion on Dylan's music as I have, but objectively to deny his place in 1960's culture is incorrect.

 

I didn't deny his place in the culture. But you know what, I'll withdraw the post, I don't feel like openng that can of worms. I have enough stress in life.

 

It just sounded like it!?

I think there are certain accepted Laws of the musical universe, you see.

 

No you didn't, but it's hard to interpret "Fuck Dylan" in any way that I would say is a ringing endorsement.

 

I lost respect for the music industry. BS lawsuits and youtube takeovers. Can't get a descent ticket for a concert where I would buy Tshirt to support the band whose music I steal. Except Dream Theater did it right on their last tour. The industry just scams everyone from the talent to the buying public. Popular music is total sh!t in every genre. Not much to respect anymore. You have to hunt to find what still does.

Very sad.

PS. WTF ever happened to good time music? It's all depressing now. Whiny little bitches with tats and piercings. Boo Fn Hoo poor me.
GO FUKYER SELF. Yeah, Millennials ruined music with your pigeonholing everything into tiny sub catagories and despiration to sound like every other band in those sub catagories. Yeah millennials ruined music because nothing has really changed much since 2000 in any genre because you self centered, entitled, mediocre, basement dwellers incensent need to chew everyithing shoved down your throats. I hope creativity doesn't end with you bastards.

 

millenials are the most brain dead and artistically dull generation in history......FOSTER was a great example of non art life

 

We seemed to have lost sight of the topics title. It's not asking if millennials destroyed music, but the music industry. The music industry was riding a wave of success that started in the 50's when record players brought Frank Sinatra and Elvis into the home. It made them and their record companies very rich. The Beatles then took it up another few notches selling 6 billion singles and transforming the LP into an art form. The 70's as well were a goldmine with huge sellers like Led Zeppelin and Elton John, both of whom toured in private jets. Then the last big grab for money came with the advent of the CD. Everybody had to restock their scratchy old record collection. The industry thought this would last forever. It lasted almost the next 20 years. What they failed to see was that on the CD were just a bunch of one's and zeros. When the mp3 format became known to the masses the genie was out of the bottle. Record companies and artists alike had lost control. The "product" could exist without the need for it to be purchased. It could be shared from one single object around the world countless times without sound degradation. This event coincided with the generation known as millennials. Did they have anything to do with it? No. Have they somehow aided and abetted the situation. No. Has the quality of the music caused the industry to change? No. Have millennials changed the type of music made to profit from this new system of distribution? Maybe. Do record companies encourage similar sounding tracks because they have mapped the genome of a hit song? I think so.

 

Regardless, mainstream music is worse than ever. I'm not sure about the underground scene. Hopefully it's alive and well.

 

Some great points there, Father Belardo.

Are Dave Pensado/Chris Lord-Alge/etc still mixing and/or producing these tracks? Yes.

 

Of course! Where else can 'the industry' plunder from, for all these decades?!

 

The .mp3 destroyed the music industry. The moment music was easily distributed for free online via file-sharing and destabilized all the major music labels (a move that the industry was also too slow to respond to), it was pretty much over. Nowadays, only a few dozen acts, as opposed to the thousands of artists in the past, make money in the industry. The advent of home recording with computers also decimated the major recording studios. MTV only plays a handful of videos and terrestrial radio, which no one listens to anymore, either plays that same handful of songs or sticks to oldies to keep listeners around. New music is no longer promoted, and the platforms in which new music could be discovered on a global level no longer exist.

There is actually more music out there than ever, but since it can be posted online for free and distributed for a few hundred dollars as physical media, you could spend weeks wading through mediocrity just to find one that could be considered a "hit song". There is no longer a communal discovery system that defines "popular music". There's also no filtering system like in the past. Bad music never found a distributor. Those who weren't willing to put in the hours as live acts, practice as a band, write dozens of songs before whittling them down to just a few that were worth paying for studio time to record, or just weren't good enough ... they never got signed to a label, never got radio play, never had their material distributed. Now, anybody and everybody can do it. In other words, the modern-day Dylans and Pink Floyds and Sam Cookes could well be out there, but you'd never know, because there's no longer a way to separate the wheat from the chaff.

 

This is spot-on @Iggy

 

This poster should be in every music classroom around the world. And for kicks should also be sent to every single "bee hive" twitter account

 

well actually guys like Taz Taylor do contribute. and they actually run shit. they probably could be your sons. but they make a 100 K in one morning. give many people jobs. and actually the scene of yung producers and artists have a huge influence. the sounds come from the internet. from the underground. and industry dudes try to make money with packs with pics of Lean and guns on it. but they have never lived on the street. they just sellout, ride trends... i have zero respect for this shit. i just key their bmw and maybe they buy my dope so that they can cope with the stress of sucking dixx haha.

no idea. I'm just a nobody. i luv my culture. i grew up with it. maybe I have a producer tag but i prefer my tag on your walls. bc i had no goddamn house or car or a chance or anything.

then I see a guy like Taz who really had to struggle and made it out of the trap. that's just a great thing.

think as an entreperneur you always had to stay flexible, adjust strategies and so on... grind or die.

alone everyone of us is lost. so its maybe good to keep respect for each other. we all had so different upbringings and influences and thats awesome. now it flowers in diversity.

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Yup the party's over. It's all about the self center selfie!

 

the quote is slightly sexist but still greatly criticizing beyonce's implied sexual dance moves.

it's called SAFESPACE!!!

please just stop