No, I think you're just too young

You're not getting it.

I do not suffer from "gloom and doom". It is simply a fact the system is broken, those running the system deliberately broke it, and there is very little chance it will ever be made right again. These are just facts, and facts I can't understand why I or anyone should be happy about. Just because an obscure website like mine exists to tell people about some things doesn't make it all better.

You also don't understand why it broke. Go rent and watch the movie the Wonders if you have never seen it. That is what used to happen. When indie labels died in the 70's it left major labels without a method of finding talent, and trust me, amazingly enough major record labels have no idea how to find talent. So instead they created their own sound and genres, all of which sound alike, to make it easier for them and easier to push on a brain dead general public. They care about making money, not making music. It is a case of swines being fed their swill, so again, why would anyone be happy about that?

However most young people don't know how bad it is because they never knew how good it was. There were bands in the 80's that never got the recognition they deserved, but they still tended to sell 50 to 75 thousand copies of their album, because they were being noted here and there. That does not happen anymore. Today the same type of band usually only has a 1,000 copies of any album made, and they are lucky if in 3-4 years they have all sold, and then no more ever get made. As a result these people can't even make a living at music, it's a hobby and as soon as life intrudes that tends to be it for them, which is another crime.

And all the new technology is not helping. It's creating islands of ignorance because people are not finding out. People are creatures of habit, so unless the thing ventures to them accidentally it tends to be hard to find the unusual thing because it is outside their normal haunts. Look at you and I, we have absolutely nothing in common, and this is why.

There is little point in youtube as 99% of this stuff has no videos. Indie people can't afford to make videos for albums nobody is going to buy. As for my website I get the impression you mean my Magnestand website. That is just a part of my real website the Indiepop Spinzone which I've been doing since 1998, although I have not written a review in 3 years since I moved. I am sure it played it's part but trust me, it nor I am changing anything.

When the Beatles sang love me do, everyone was going around singing love me do.

When the stones couldn't get satisfaction, everyone sang that.

When glenn campbell was a lineman for the county, everyone sang that.

When the human league said don't you want me baby, everyone sang that.

Now, popular music culture is dead in america. We no longer sing the same songs and we never will again. We have to go search out "our own thing" which is why you and I have nothing in common. You can tie as many bows on that corpse as you like, it will never be a good thing, and the fact that you seemingly are refusing to even look at and acknowledge that it is dead is more proof that it will never be reborn.

That's what depresses me most actually. I know this is a dark age, and Lord it couldn't almost be worse, and yet you're defending it, saying it's not so bad, you found a good album once accidentally etc... and that's enough. You are genuinely perplexed at my angst and saying I'm full of gloom and doom. Son, you're looking at the reflection in my eyes, the gloom and doom is all around you. Stop trying to understand it thru me and look at it for what it is. I believe your generation is sleepwalking thru life... and you exchange more and more of what matters in life for "technology" that is doing you no damn good.

It's all about the music...

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Topic - Whats so bad about Electronic Dance music becoming mainstream? - Raymond Leggs 18:38:52 07/18/12 (40)

RE: Whats so bad about Electronic Dance music becoming mainstream? - michaelhigh 07:28:03 10/09/12 (0)

It Was/Is Called "Eurobeat" In Japan. - howard 10:38:20 07/20/12 (0)

Nothing - kerr 07:31:26 07/20/12 (0)

RE: Whats so bad about Electronic Dance music becoming mainstream? - tmsorosk 17:26:53 07/19/12 (0)

Nothing - don't mind the old farts who hate anything new... - RGA 11:36:50 07/19/12 (3)

Being an old fart and hating new stuff have NOTHING to do with each other. - vinyl phanatic 20:21:20 07/19/12 (2)

Point taken - RGA 13:05:04 07/20/12 (1)

RE: Point taken - Raymond Leggs 13:14:13 07/20/12 (0)

RE: Whats so bad about Electronic Dance music becoming mainstream? - Raymond Leggs 10:25:00 07/19/12 (1)

Do you like Flying Lotus? (nt) - kuma 13:41:44 07/19/12 (0)

It's hard to keep it real when everyone likes what you like - Alan Sircom 09:27:05 07/19/12 (2)

RE: It's hard to keep it real when everyone likes what you like - Eldragon@gmx.com 12:06:36 07/19/12 (1)

RE: It's hard to keep it real when everyone likes what you like - adrian1 02:43:18 10/09/12 (0)

Don't Apologise Mr. Krieger - Peter Gunn 08:50:48 07/19/12 (16)

Don't Have Much More to Say, Really...... - Todd Krieger 09:07:05 07/20/12 (1)

+1 true true - 2chJunkie 09:36:13 07/20/12 (0)

I hear you but IMO thats not entirely fair or true - 2chJunkie 12:46:00 07/19/12 (11)

It's Musical Amberism in your case - Peter Gunn 08:58:34 07/20/12 (10)

But I like NEARLY all eras and genres, REALLY :-) - 2chJunkie 09:31:24 07/20/12 (9)

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)

RE: Don't Apologise Mr. Krieger - IEaudiodude 11:11:15 07/19/12 (1)

RE: Don't Apologise Mr. Krieger - Peter Gunn 09:20:25 07/20/12 (0)

Classic reaction of early fans - mls-stl 07:31:58 07/19/12 (0)

RE: Whats so bad about Electronic Dance music becoming mainstream? - IEaudiodude 04:23:22 07/19/12 (0)

I remember as a early teen being amazed and facinated by .mod files - 2chJunkie 20:13:52 07/18/12 (0)

Everything Sounds the Same............... - Todd Krieger 20:11:48 07/18/12 (2)

To me and you, but not everybody - Frihed89 00:17:24 07/19/12 (1)

So you are saying we are missing the nuances? - rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com 08:43:36 07/19/12 (0)

too synthetic for my taste..although "moments in love" by Art of Noise is one techno song that crossed over.. - Green Lantern 19:55:52 07/18/12 (3)

and if, if - if - Green Lantern 20:26:27 07/18/12 (2)

RE: and if, if - if - Raymond Leggs 23:45:34 07/18/12 (1)

are you his... - hifitommy 17:20:44 07/19/12 (0)

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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)

No, I think you're just too young

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