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I hear what you are saying. However.
You will never convince me that pop music, top 40, is not devoid of anything worthwhile.
For example, this nu-metal rapcore phenom we have had to witness for the last year with bands like Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit. That genre was never spawned from some scene. You didnt have packs of rabid numetal fans prior to this. It was a created genre. Take the best of boy band crooning and mix it with some edgy "metal" and commence shoving it down teenagers throats until it is embraced and hundreds of clone bands start copying you.
There is nothing to it. Defeats the purpose of music entirely.
There are genres out there that will never see the light of day, with rabid rabid fan bases. People who make little or no money at all. I know, I am putting out their music. They do it for the love of the scene, for the love of the music. Not so one day they can fuck teenage girls and have mad bling.
Top 40 is for people that dont realize that music exists outside of radio and mtv. Mindless pathetic drones that gobble down and embrace whatever mtv tells them to. Nothing makes me sicker than someone who lists their top 10 and all you see are video bands. All that proves to me is you are cattle. You bought into it.
As for bands sucking after they sell out. You telling me its not the truth? Remember Metallica back in 87? Listened to them lately? Hear what happened to Hatebreed? Absolute Kings of Hardcore reduced to nothing overnight. Their old fanbase gone, replaced by kids who shop at hot topic. All integrity gone.
There is nothing good about being the flavor of the week.
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