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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 12, 2017 12:43:12 GMT 10
I was thinking about this a couple of days ago and it made me curious to know what other people think about it. Although people have varying opinions as to whether mainstream music has declined or not, there was a shift in focus around the turn of the millennium. Record labels began to focus on "image", rather than on signing unknown artists who may not become successful. As a result, I believe most of the songs which have become popular since are purely 'record label inventions', rather than products of the natural progression of pop culture.
For instance, had "image" not become the main focus of the music industry, I believe it's highly unlikely that artists such as P!nk would remain relevant/popular today. I also don't think EDM and trap would saturate the charts to the extent that they do. Had "substance" remained the main focus of the music industry, do you think 2000s and 2010s music would have panned out differently?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2017 13:51:42 GMT 10
I believe that if the Columbine shooting never happened (even though it happened in 1999), rock and metal acts may be a little more popular than they are now.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 26, 2017 22:59:40 GMT 10
I believe that if the Columbine shooting never happened (even though it happened in 1999), rock and metal acts may be a little more popular than they are now. I agree. I also believe Nu-Metal wouldn't have experienced such a huge backlash, had the Columbine shooting never happened.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2017 23:39:00 GMT 10
I believe that if the Columbine shooting never happened (even though it happened in 1999), rock and metal acts may be a little more popular than they are now. I agree. I also believe Nu-Metal wouldn't have experienced such a huge backlash, had the Columbine shooting never happened. It was mostly industrial metal and shock rock artists that experienced a lot of backlash, especially Marilyn Manson. I may also argue that Rammstein and KMFDF received a lot of backlash after the shooting because Eric Harris, one of the shooters, wore a Rammstein shirt in a yearbook photo, some of KMFDF's songs such as "Waste" and "Son of a Gun" were posted on Eric Harris' website, and KMFDF's album, Adios, was released on the day of the shooting.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 27, 2017 23:27:16 GMT 10
I believe that if the Columbine shooting never happened (even though it happened in 1999), rock and metal acts may be a little more popular than they are now. Just expanding on my previous post, while I agree that rock/metal may have been in a much healthier state today if the Columbine shooting never happened, i'm not sure if it would have drastically changed it's trajectory in the Top-40 mainstream. I think rock music still would have eventually fallen out of favour, even in the scenario that industrial metal and shock rock remained popular well into the Early 2000s. I believe rock music was destined to head down the path that it followed, it was just a matter of when. If you look at the Top-25 singles for each year since 2002, you'll notice that rock gradually loses it's presence as each year passes. The demise of mainstream rock could indirectly be blamed on the Columbine shooting, as the shooting did change many people's mindset on the genre. It was mostly industrial metal and shock rock artists that experienced a lot of backlash, especially Marilyn Manson. I may also argue that Rammstein and KMFDF received a lot of backlash;after the shooting because;Eric Harris, one of the shooters, wore a Rammstein shirt in a yearbook photo, some of KMFDF's songs such as "Waste" and "Son of a Gun" were posted on Eric Harris' website, and KMFDF's album, Adios, was released on the day of the shooting. True. Although, I believe it also had an in-direct impact on rock music as a whole. I believe many people generally began to perceive rock music differently after the shooting, namely due to the links industrial metal/shock-rock had with the occurrence.
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