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Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho
Well it's kind of weird since start of the 90's was a revival of the more rusty sound against the polished hair metal 80's etc. it all looked very promising at that time, but then it went completely synthetic and it is still like that for the last couple years.
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Well, having been in the business at the time - a lot of what happened in the 90s was fallout from the comeback of radio payola (under a different name - it was "promotion dollars" from the record companies). That's what they were pushing because it brought in tons of money from the teenies, so that's what got played. (Ever wonder why sometimes it seemed you couldn't hear anything except The Backstreet Boys, Ace of Base, Boyz 2 Men, Christina, Celine and the Spice Girls when you turned on the radio in the 90s? It's easy: $$$.)
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Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho
Well I enjoy real hip hop against fake ass hip hop, I don't even mind dance music cause that's something that's not made to listen at home.
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Can't add much here - not a hip hop fan except for the songs that were funny and fun (I'm down with OPP, but couldn't give two craps about east vs. west coast.) Dance music could be fun, if you were at a dance club
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Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho
But I really dislike anything fake and phony, and that what they're trying to push, it's hard to believe anyone can take all the ass material that's flowing out of the TV seriously, it's not even interesting or fun, what is even funny these days?
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You've hit the nail on the head. There's been interesting music this decade (not just indy stuff or 90s legacy bands like Green Day - but even stuff from, believe it or not, people like Neil Diamond - listen to "Pretty Amazing Grace" if you want to hear a GREAT record). But fun, or funny? That well pretty much dried up in the 90s
And to me, that's one of the things that made music from the 50s through the early 90s great. (BTW, I'm definitely not a country fan, but if you want to find a recent, really fun song - check out "She Left Me For Jesus" by Hayes Carl."
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Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho
Fuck Diamond Dave singing about girls was not to break your brain but at least you could FEEL it's fun!
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Wasn't really big on that one personally, but I get your point - I'd use Dee Snyder and "We're Not Gonna Take It" as my example
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Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho
Jane's are playing together again?
Shit seems like I missed it, they're one of the most intense concert acts of all time
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Yep, touring with NIN - not sure where you live but I think they just started the tour recently so you might still be able to catch them. They were kicking ass.
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Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho
I got a little bit more familiar with NIN over Lost Highway from Lynch.
Some songs are really intersting, disturbing, nervous, modern although I think he's a little bit binded with his whole image.
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True...although he's such a talent he's entitled to be somewhat taken with himself lol. But that's also my point.....I can only take so much interesting, disturbing, nervous, modern ---- before I just want to have fun and enjoy
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Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho
I don't think we're discussing age that much here, i don't think I'm this old, I think we're more like discussing common sense and how low can a production of "entertainment" go to still lux someone's vallet.
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True, it's not "just" about age --- but as you get older, you also start to realize that many times, listening to classic rock makes you happier than finding new and interesting bands. Just comes with the territory
