i can't remember the last time MC was relevant
oh and how could I forget pearl jam. They still have a huge following to this day and play epic 3 hour shows.
2004, and she will go down in history as the biggest selling female artist ever, and 2nd biggest to Elvis. Doubtful anyone in the music industry will ever surpass her. She has sold more records than the Beatles. If she never sells another record again she'll be the biggest artist of the past 30 years.
Did a ctrl-F on the first page (75 post view) figuring I must have missed when someone mentioned Pearl Jam, and I was disappointed. vi edit had a good list of bands and albums and missed both Pearl Jam and Ten <--- unquestionably one of the best albums of all time.
i'm having trouble coming up with a list...
it seems like we grew up in an era of teeny bop, boy bands and synthesized "electronic" music.
Ten came out in 1991. People who are in their 20s right now were between the ages of 0 and 9 when it came out. Excellent album, one of my top albums of all time for sure, but I'd hardly call that music for people in their 20s.
And corporate rock still sucks.
Another band I left off too was Stone Temple Pilots. Core came out in '92 and just blew up rock music at that time. Dead and Bloated was a statement song that set the tone and the album just crushed the rest of the way through. I think that album really marked the death of grunge and the beginning of contemporary hard rock.
for my generation (those of us in our 20s) I think it's going to be Lady Gaga =)
Ten came out in 1991. People who are in their 20s right now were between the ages of 0 and 9 when it came out. Excellent album, one of my top albums of all time for sure, but I'd hardly call that music for people in their 20s.
And corporate rock still sucks.
2004, and she will go down in history as the biggest selling female artist ever, and 2nd biggest to Elvis. Doubtful anyone in the music industry will ever surpass her. She has sold more records than the Beatles. If she never sells another record again she'll be the biggest artist of the past 30 years].
This made me laugh because I pictured Patrick Bateman delivering it.
You're dating yourself. The kids these days listen to some Deadmaus fellow.For me, Armin van Buuren, Tiesto, Oakenfold, Paul van Dyk, etc...those DJs that made trance my favorite genres by miles.
lol. that sounds exactly like Bateman.
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ITT more of the same old "old people like old stuff young people like new stuff"
Older generations main exposure to new music is through the billboard charts and radio. Which suck, always have always will. Seems like many forget that in their 'day' the charts still sucked, filled with the likes of Captain and Tennille and the Osmonds and crappy disco and Tiffany and New Kids on the Block and Olivia Newton John and the Partridge Family and so on and so forth. It's a terrible representation of what that generation offers to future listeners. The most popular stuff is only what's most popular in the moment, it's a poor gauge of what will leave a lasting impression.
I also wouldn't say every generation has an icon. There's a gap between Elvis/The Beatles and MJ/Madonna where I think that role was vacant. Maybe an even bigger gap depending on how you view the Beatles as an iconic band vs an iconic artist. There were big names, sure, but not of that magnitude and scope. Jim Morrison and/or Hendrix could have I think, but we lost them too early.
on somewhat of a related note, my girlfriend is a dj and she says weddings aren't much fun to do anymore. Ten years ago it used to be people wanted a large variety of music spanning several decades that everyone loved and was just fun to get out and dance to. Now she says that whole part of the reception lasts an hour or two, and then the bride and groom and all the other drunk wedding party fools just want shitty new dance music and rap.
I see you've been reading Cracked.com. Disco lasted 3-4 years and was mainly a way to get people to wear less clothing and have more casual sex. After disco the hair band era hit, and before disco the stadium rock scene was in full force. I was actually too young to experience a lot of the 70's, but by the end of the 90's, music seemed to be less fun and meaningful than previous generations.
It isn't an "old like old, young like new" thing. The quality of music in the last 15 or so years has gone down hill due to corporate greed. Many artists will back this up, starting with Pearl Jam's ban on using Ticketmaster. Dilution and manufactured music is killing the industry.
