Well, like everything else media-related, it seems to have been propaganda. At least back to the rise of rap in the 80s. (In retrospect, it's kind of obvious: how/why would a bunch of upper-middle class white kids suddenly be interested in black gang culture unless it was due to widespread propaganda?) Something I noticed at a very young…
Well, like everything else media-related, it seems to have been propaganda. At least back to the rise of rap in the 80s. (In retrospect, it's kind of obvious: how/why would a bunch of upper-middle class white kids suddenly be interested in black gang culture unless it was due to widespread propaganda?) Something I noticed at a very young age is that most kids and teens will like what they are told to like.
Critics/talking heads still serve this purpose. I sometimes LOL at music reviews taking some entirely fake, professionally song-written, and computer generated propaganda "music" seriously. It's not even music - more like a Barney jingle - and they evaluate it like it's on par with Bach or Miles Davis or Zeppelin.
I once listened as the dean of a medical school speaking at my daughter's medical school graduation recited the lyrics to "Don't Worry, Be Happy" to those students, faculty and parents in attendance. The lyrics were the entirety of his speech. Quite dystopian in my opinion and a prelude to the state of medical care in the USA
She was the valedictorian and had worked so hard for that graduation ceremony that she was numb to the insouciant attitude to the medical profession displayed by this dean.
Yep! How about "Bro Cuntry" -say what???? My country has an O in it....
Anyway, to each his own. It's just a shame that a lot of really good artists never get a chance. There were a bunch of good acts in the early '90's that never got the label backing that it takes to fly. Label money was put into your aforementioned mentioned category.
Entire music industry is just like Hollyweird...fake and engineered to control. You can pay the right people for 'advertising' and place your song on any chart. Or you can become a superstar like Swift or hugely successful like 'Diddy', but you have to pay with something else.
TBH, I'm not very familiar with modern country. I did happen to hear one "artist" performing as part of a pre-game show for some sporting event (I can't recall which). It was kind of on in the background and it sounded like the usual saccharine/all-the-same stuff...then, all of a sudden, it turned into the worst karaoke performance I'd every heard. I had to stop what I was doing to watch the horror show. IDK what happened - someone turned off the autotune or someone accidentally turned on the live mic instead of the recorded track - whatever it was it went from passable but obviously fake to OMG this is terrible. Kind of reconfirmed for me that I don't need to pay much attention to that genre.
Well, like everything else media-related, it seems to have been propaganda. At least back to the rise of rap in the 80s. (In retrospect, it's kind of obvious: how/why would a bunch of upper-middle class white kids suddenly be interested in black gang culture unless it was due to widespread propaganda?) Something I noticed at a very young age is that most kids and teens will like what they are told to like.
Critics/talking heads still serve this purpose. I sometimes LOL at music reviews taking some entirely fake, professionally song-written, and computer generated propaganda "music" seriously. It's not even music - more like a Barney jingle - and they evaluate it like it's on par with Bach or Miles Davis or Zeppelin.
I once listened as the dean of a medical school speaking at my daughter's medical school graduation recited the lyrics to "Don't Worry, Be Happy" to those students, faculty and parents in attendance. The lyrics were the entirety of his speech. Quite dystopian in my opinion and a prelude to the state of medical care in the USA
That's wild and very scary. What did your daughter have to say?
She was the valedictorian and had worked so hard for that graduation ceremony that she was numb to the insouciant attitude to the medical profession displayed by this dean.
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Yep! How about "Bro Cuntry" -say what???? My country has an O in it....
Anyway, to each his own. It's just a shame that a lot of really good artists never get a chance. There were a bunch of good acts in the early '90's that never got the label backing that it takes to fly. Label money was put into your aforementioned mentioned category.
Later Jay
Entire music industry is just like Hollyweird...fake and engineered to control. You can pay the right people for 'advertising' and place your song on any chart. Or you can become a superstar like Swift or hugely successful like 'Diddy', but you have to pay with something else.
TBH, I'm not very familiar with modern country. I did happen to hear one "artist" performing as part of a pre-game show for some sporting event (I can't recall which). It was kind of on in the background and it sounded like the usual saccharine/all-the-same stuff...then, all of a sudden, it turned into the worst karaoke performance I'd every heard. I had to stop what I was doing to watch the horror show. IDK what happened - someone turned off the autotune or someone accidentally turned on the live mic instead of the recorded track - whatever it was it went from passable but obviously fake to OMG this is terrible. Kind of reconfirmed for me that I don't need to pay much attention to that genre.