http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Wed, 19 Feb 2003 18:15:58 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/02/17/104114.php#comment-3649 Like it or not, the sound of "now" is the monotonous, never-changing, non-challenging beat of hip-hop. It ain't all bad, but very little is good. I take public transportation, and can hear songs through the kid's headphones. What kills me is hip-hop / rap songs all sound as if they are the very same song. Led Zeppelin named something "The Song Remains the Same". Does it ever... 3649@blogcritics.org Wed, 19 Feb 2003 18:15:58 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/02/17/104114.php#comment-3582 Arik- I agree, it might not come from rock at all. And I love Eminem, but he was more of a 90's sound. He's still going strong, but what I said is that he's not something unique to this decade anymore. The new sound could come from rap, I only said geek rock as a hopeful joke. If it comes from anywhere it'll be rap or rock, I mean Eminem said it himself "Nobody listens to techno." And country has been stagnant for years, the only way it could make any new money is to borrow from rock. I'm all for a new genre to come out, like with grunge, I just don't see it yet, and my point was ...was that usually we'd be able to see it by now. Thant's all! As far as getting to old, I'm only 22 . . . it's not a matter of liking it, it's just that it's not new... -Speaker 3582@blogcritics.org Mon, 17 Feb 2003 20:04:24 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/02/17/104114.php#comment-3580 I think there is also a lot of exciting things happening with DJs who take music and turn it into something new. The DJs are kind of underground, anonymous types. This makes the signature "sound" of the decade a little bit ephemeral. It's there, but you can't point to it. I'm a big fan of TMBG, too. But I don't think they are every going mainstream. If they did, who would we geeks feel superior to, anymore? All the vapid people would be crowding in. 3580@blogcritics.org Mon, 17 Feb 2003 19:41:46 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/02/17/104114.php#comment-3579 I understand your sentiment, being born and raised in Rock and Roll, and having come of age with Nirvana et al... I am getting the feeling that Rock is, in fact, pretty close to being dead. This is evidenced by the 'The' band trend and the complete lack of innovation in mainstream Rock at this time. There seems to be quite a bit of innovation going on in mainstream Rap, both on the pop and the intellectual side (Witness Eminem and the Roots, respectively). I think you may be a bit out of touch in assuming that the next sound will come from Rock at all. As far as most of the kids are concerned, Eminem is the voice of this generation's angst. Mashups are this generation's bootleg recordings. There is a sound, but many people just aren't prepared to listen. You might be getting too old, man... 3579@blogcritics.org Mon, 17 Feb 2003 19:24:36 EST