12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Music
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12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Music
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MistValkyrie
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I think the things on the list have happened because the majority of people that are buying music these days have no desire to listen to "classic" music. Some of you probably find that be criminal, but I think this is what's going on.
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bassist_25
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I'm not saying that what the article says is untrue, but my guess is it's exaggerated if the people who made those ratios didn't take into consideration the expansion of the record-buying population or the effect of things like iTunes have on increased music distribution. In that regard, of course modern pop artists are going to sell more than classic rock artists, whose material was not as readily accessible.
"He's the electric horseman, you better back off!" - old sKool making a reference to the culturally relevant 1979 film.
I've been letting this bounce around the 'ol noodle for a couple of days. While I agree with what Paul said, I'm somewhat curious about how one judges "more popular." I, personally, know all of the words to multiple Elvis and S&G songs, unlike the BEP song. I'm sure there's an Elvis song known the world over. And I'm interested to know if Katy Perry wrote as many of those #1s as MJ did. I won't touch the Beiber one...too many possible jokes.
Or maybe I have too much time to think about this stuff at work?
Or maybe I have too much time to think about this stuff at work?
It's impossible to know the burdens carried by any man or demons that haunt his steps.
I'm with Paul on this. The distribution is completely different now. When it all goes "cloud"-based, the effect will be even more pronounced. My mom had a few Elvis records, and we listened to them fairly often... no record of this exists, nobody wrote down when and how often we consumed the music. Now, every time some tweeny-bopper views a Beiber video, it adds a number to the total. When we no longer even store music on our computers, and simply play songs from the cloud on-demand, it will look even more impressive. Nobody knew back then how many times a song was played after it sold, now they do.
Do not fear, people will still be listening to Johnny Cash in a hundred years, and to the Beatles in 500 years. Even a decade from now, Justin Beiber will have all the star power Boyz To Men have now: nostalgia. Catchy songs are like candy-bars... quite enjoyable and sweet, but you can't live on 'em.
Do not fear, people will still be listening to Johnny Cash in a hundred years, and to the Beatles in 500 years. Even a decade from now, Justin Beiber will have all the star power Boyz To Men have now: nostalgia. Catchy songs are like candy-bars... quite enjoyable and sweet, but you can't live on 'em.
To go along with Songsmith's statements. The greater population (worldwide) and technology distribution methods and access of music formats have changed. More people in more places across the world listen to music than in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. Instead of actual sales numbers, a percentage based on population would provide more accurate ratio comparisons. However, it is still interesting to see how things have changed.