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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2020 16:06:26 GMT 10
Overall, mainstream rock in the 2010s wasn't even rock at all. Artists like Imagine Dragons and Coldplay went into more EDM than actual guitar-picking. I really wish that the 2020s has some sort of a rock resurgence just so I can't hear the same old tired EDM/Synthpop/Trap music that are on the charts today. Thank goodness for things like Spotify and YouTube, because I can pretty much listen to less mainstream artists that actually push boundaries. Imagine Dragon's first album was fire 🔥 This song has minimal guitar in it but I'm sure everyone would agree it's rock lol.
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Post by mc98 on Jan 2, 2020 16:35:20 GMT 10
Overall, mainstream rock in the 2010s wasn't even rock at all. Artists like Imagine Dragons and Coldplay went into more EDM than actual guitar-picking. I really wish that the 2020s has some sort of a rock resurgence just so I can't hear the same old tired EDM/Synthpop/Trap music that are on the charts today. Thank goodness for things like Spotify and YouTube, because I can pretty much listen to less mainstream artists that actually push boundaries. Imagine Dragon's first album was fire 🔥 This song has minimal guitar in it but I'm sure everyone would agree it's rock lol. Night Visions was their most rock album
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2020 17:30:09 GMT 10
Night Visions was their most rock album To be honest it's the only one I listened to 
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jan 28, 2020 22:59:41 GMT 10
Found this interesting. It has been announced that Kendrick Lamar is going for a more rock influenced sound for his upcoming album, which is set to be released sometime this year. "Rock influence" could mean anything of course, however someone of his stature could definitely bring about a renewed interest in rock in the mainstream, depending on the extent to which rock influences the album.
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Post by sman12 on Jan 29, 2020 0:46:18 GMT 10
Found this interesting. It has been announced that Kendrick Lamar is going for a more rock influenced sound for his upcoming album, which is set to be released sometime this year. "Rock influence" could mean anything of course, however someone of his stature could definitely bring about a renewed interest in rock in the mainstream, depending on the extent to which rock influences the album. Eh, don't hold your breath about it. While it may have rock influences, the album will still be hip-hop through and through. TPAB had jazz in it, but jazz as a genre hasn't been revived in popularity.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2020 9:21:59 GMT 10
Stop trying to make “rock” happen, it’s not going to happen!
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jan 30, 2020 10:11:20 GMT 10
Found this interesting. It has been announced that Kendrick Lamar is going for a more rock influenced sound for his upcoming album, which is set to be released sometime this year. "Rock influence" could mean anything of course, however someone of his stature could definitely bring about a renewed interest in rock in the mainstream, depending on the extent to which rock influences the album. Eh, don't hold your breath about it. While it may have rock influences, the album will still be hip-hop through and through. TPAB had jazz in it, but jazz as a genre hasn't been revived in popularity. I see what you're saying, but with rock having gained ground in recent months thanks to MCR reforming, the "Bohemian Rhapsody" biopic and the success of fringe bands such as Greta Van Fleet and The Struts, a rock influenced album by one of the biggest names in music could potentially help further raise the profile of the genre in the mainstream. The situation isn't comparable to that of jazz when TPAB was released, as the teens and twenty-somethings of the time never actually grew up with jazz and in contrast to rock, the genre hadn't been experiencing a renewed interest by the mainstream masses. Rock has a much greater chance of having a revival of sorts. I do agree that the album itself will primarily be hip-hop. However, it doesn't have to be strictly a traditional drum and guitar set-up for it to potentially introduce rock to a new audience. A song could have electric guitar chords behind Trap snares and the sound could really resonate with the kids/teens of today, especially given how electric guitars are largely absent from new pop releases and have been for quite some time. Someone just has to do the sound justice. Stop trying to make “rock” happen, it’s not going to happen! Never say never. 
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Post by Telso on Feb 9, 2020 1:23:08 GMT 10
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Post by sman12 on Feb 10, 2020 3:04:59 GMT 10
Well, that's certainly eye-opening to me. But it still won't likely garner mainstream dominance as a genre anymore.
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Post by #Infinity on Feb 13, 2020 17:47:52 GMT 10
Rock just doesn't have the same power or meaning anymore. Increasingly, it has turned into the music of Corporate America, the stuff you hear mainly as commercial backdrops or trailer music, not the youth of America making a combative statement to the world (which is undoubtedly SoundCloud rap now). The only way I could see rock music surviving in the future is as a sort of weird retro revival, like how big band and swing has had occasional, albeit not pop charts-level comebacks since the advent or rock music. As younger generations aren't even exposed to rock music as current, cool music, rock will fade more and more from memory until it belongs firmly in schools, history classes, and small niche communities like classical and jazz.
The trailer for Trolls 2, featuring the rock & roll trolls as villains coming to ruin everything, plus that SoundCloud rapper kids cartoon character, really reinforced to me how far away we've gotten since I was a kid. There's also Billie Eilish not knowing who Van Halen was.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2020 3:18:59 GMT 10
Rock just doesn't have the same power or meaning anymore. Increasingly, it has turned into the music of Corporate America, the stuff you hear mainly as commercial backdrops or trailer music, not the youth of America making a combative statement to the world (which is undoubtedly SoundCloud rap now). The only way I could see rock music surviving in the future is as a sort of weird retro revival, like how big band and swing has had occasional, albeit not pop charts-level comebacks since the advent or rock music. As younger generations aren't even exposed to rock music as current, cool music, rock will fade more and more from memory until it belongs firmly in schools, history classes, and small niche communities like classical and jazz. The trailer for Trolls 2, featuring the rock & roll trolls as villains coming to ruin everything, plus that SoundCloud rapper kids cartoon character, really reinforced to me how far away we've gotten since I was a kid. There's also Billie Eilish not knowing who Van Halen was. Not only that, but rock music has spent the last three decades or so burning its own creative bridges; as soon as any band or wave of bands attempts to do something innovative (nu-metal, synth rock, emo, etc.), it’s been labeled pejoratively and rejected as not “true” rock. As a result, rock has landed itself in a creative dead end. The only way forward for the genre now is some fusion with another genre like electronic music, but even this is a move better seen as a dying gasp (see, e.g., jazz desperately latching onto rock music in the ‘60s).
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Post by Cassie on Feb 14, 2020 6:36:53 GMT 10
Rock isn't coming back anytime soon. Maybe one day, but it's just not gonna work for now.
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Post by Telso on Feb 14, 2020 8:46:59 GMT 10
(see, e.g., jazz desperately latching onto rock music in the ‘60s). You mean rock was desperately latching onto jazz in the '70s. 
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2020 11:06:14 GMT 10
(see, e.g., jazz desperately latching onto rock music in the ‘60s). You mean rock was desperately latching onto jazz in the '70s. AHEM.
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Post by sman12 on Feb 16, 2020 9:33:24 GMT 10
This video pretty much sums up what we're all feeling:
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