In Reply to: But I like NEARLY all eras and genres, REALLY :-) posted by 2chJunkie on July 20, 2012 at 09:31:24:
Perhaps you are simply more expansive than I am, but then again I have always been a pop whore.
The problem is not that there isn't a "whole lotta crap" as you put it, the problem is that nobody knows about it. There is no culture of popular music anymore, it is dead. Go look on youtube for these "gems" of yours and they'll be lucky to have 4 thousand hits, if they are even there. Meanwhile the "dreck" on the radio has a half million, or more.
So yes, if we do lots of work, talk to people, get lucky, we may find hidden gems. However we shouldn't have to be doing any of that. If the music industry has a gem, why the hell are they not shoving it on our face? Same goes for audio. With tons of work on their part people can find out about good audio gear and buy it. Why should they have to?
Do you have to do that to find the best refridgerator? Is there some hidden community of refer enthusiasts (like this place) that buy and own cutting edge refer technology nobody else knows about? No.
Audio is dead.
The pop music culture is dead.
Sad, but that is the truth of it.
It's all about the music...
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Follow Ups
- Then... - Peter Gunn 13:25:29 07/20/12 (8)
- Ok, I think I better understand. You and I simply approach this stuff different... - 2chJunkie 15:51:34 07/20/12 (7)
- No, that's entirely wrong - Peter Gunn 20:41:13 07/20/12 (6)
- Now I think I finally get it. Your passion confuses me a bit. - 2chJunkie 06:25:06 07/21/12 (5)
- No, I think you're just too young - Peter Gunn 07:40:02 07/21/12 (4)
- RE: No, I think you're just too young - esande 13:28:18 07/22/12 (0)
- Wow, ok... Ill just go get that razor - 2chJunkie 08:08:00 07/21/12 (2)
- RE: Wow, ok... Ill just go get that razor - Peter Gunn 15:56:52 07/21/12 (1)
- I think you said it best. "we have nothing in common" more like little IMO but yeah we see different NT - 2chJunkie 19:02:42 07/21/12 (0)