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In Reply to: No, I think you're just too young posted by Peter Gunn on July 21, 2012 at 07:40:02:
Well, there may be something to what you say, but how do you account for artists like Sade Adu? I doubt there's any music listener on the planet that hasn't heard at least some of her songs. She is, for a pop musician, wildly successful without being particularly prolific--110 million albums sold worldwide and just 6 albums released since 1984 (not counting collections, etc).
And she's actually original, and a good musician, too.
I think we were somewhat spoon-fed in the 1970s, and maybe the record industry finds it easier to create "stars" now rather than rely on scouting the indie scene. But there was no one out there that could predict or create many of the great pop acts.
Steely Dan was a "cool" band that stoner college students listened to until "Aja" came out. Now "Aja" is in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress, believe it or not.
Not too bad for two stoners from Bard College.
I think that in pop music the cream will rise regardless of what the record companies do, so I'll be the voice of reason here.
I think we're in a dry spell, not a dark age.
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