Re: OT: A turning point for stagnant pop music?

Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 19:54:59 -0800
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On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 19:52:00 -0800, Mike Kohary
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>For the last 10 years, IMO, pop/rock music has been stagnant, as
>generic "alternative" wanna-be bands have cranked out forgettable tune
>after forgettable tune (with a few notable exceptions). I don't think
>I'm just "being old" when I say the 90s overall represent one of the
>most listless periods in pop/rock history (again, with a few notable
>exceptions, but not enough to create any kind of "movement"). So I
>think it's almost poetically ironic that one of the lynchpins of this
>blandness, the Grammys, which long ago lost any remaining artistic
>legitimacy or relevancy, is apparently signaling a change back to
>vibrant and creative music that matters.
>
>http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/25/grammys.ap/index.html
Case in point:
"Zach Hochkeppel, director of marketing at Blue Note, said they were
targeting the thirtysomething fan who had become disenchanted with
commercial pop when they promoted Jones' disc.
Many adult fans had become disenfranchised by the teen pop, gangsta
rap and hard rock that was being boosted by the industry as the hot
new thing.
"I think that alienated a lot of folks who had grown up with music as
a big part of their life and who all of the sudden thought that the
music wasn't for them," he said."
Bingo, except that it wasn't just "not for me" (though it was that
also). It just pretty much sucked.
Mike
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