And great movies IMO.
Kurt Cobain was the pioneer of EMO, but he made it with a grungier attitude. He was in all due respect a great musician, but I am almost sure he never meant to give leadway for all these boy bands that have been swarming lately. I mean, I will come right out and say, Evanescence is the poop. Night Wish is allright, with the throaty bass and great riffs, but a little over the top.
The 90's were a very sad time. I got to thinking today about some old VHS tapes I have, so I dug out the VCR in place of the DVR and hooked up my old Sony 32 incher (HDTV has no inputs for VCR) and started going thru some of those old MTV newscast things... I think they were called Year of rock 94' and crap like that.
When you really think about it the 90's really were the turning point for almost ALL music, nationwide. Even overseas in the Middle Eastern region and in Mexico the music styles were changing. Everyone was racing towards the new milinia.
Nowdays: No rock on MTV anymore, but they DO have a special hour, set aside late in the night for the old hair bands. Whoopie. Wasn't MTV created for rock music? IMO Hip-Hop has completly taken over the scene. That's not necesarily a bad thing, to each his own, but it has taken over so completely that all you hear in games and televison/movies anymore is Hiphop. It used to be hard rock and Country, now it's rap. I guess just like you said up there... It's all a fad. Thoses of us who see diffrently must be out of the social loop. I do however want to stick around and see exactly how long these little emo boy and girl groups last after the newness wears off.
But when I get to thinking about it... Ashlee Simpson made a mockery of herself live- TWICE. and she is still revered as a great singer. People will never realize. if we don't get back to the way things were... When music actually mattered something important is going to be lost forever only living thru the old Lp's and 8-tracks sitting around.
