RickGr
Second Unit
- Joined
- Nov 2, 2002
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At last we have young female performers with real musical talent hitting the scene strong. They write, play instruments and pray tell DO NOT DANCE!
Beatles vs Dave Clark 5 vs Rolling Stones..its all hype and marketing for radio.the difference is that the beatles and rolling stones had talent, and despite a bit of a managed image(nothing compared to the extensively researched and dissected marketing formulas employed today), managed to achieve their success on their own merits, and not whether they were the flavor of the week to be marketed to a paricular demographic. now the dave clark five......
i think mike spelled it out pretty well. if it weren't for the labels pushing those artists upon you as "the next big thing", "the alternative to the pop tarts", or "the return of real rock", no one would ever have heard of these girls.
how many artists get that kind of popularity on the strength of one album, or even one song? ten or more years ago this was unheard of, and now its the rule. but they'll be forgotten in three or four years when the next big hype comes along.
I was there during the Beatles run. They caused me to get into music and it continues today some 2000 plus LP's and 1000 plus CD's and countless cassette's later. They were marketed no doubt as a "boy band" but the marketing machine back then was nowhere near what it is now.True, but at least the Beatles were actually a band.
For the life of me, I can't understand why they call vocal groups like "'n sync" or "98 degrees" boy bands. They aren't bands. People in bands play instruments. These guys don't play instruments - they sing into microphones and dance around. That's a vocal group.
Aerosmith is a boy band
Duran Duran is a boy band
Nirvana was a boy band
The Temptations were a vocal group
Okay, enough ranting...
Joel
But the level of the marketing is NOTHING compared to what it is today.That may be true but I still don't know why people hate the artists who make a mint under the system. Nobody is forcing YOU to buy it. I listen to a broad range of music and ALL THREE of Britney's albums are in my collection *ghasp*!!! If I'm in the mood for bubble gum pop, there ain't nothing better.
In a sense, those moneymakers pay for a lot of the less popular albums that we all love.
-Mike...
For once, I'd like to see the culture embrace a band like Sleater-Kinney instead of a carefully packaged product.I don't mind if an artist is a packaged product or the "real" thing. If I like the music, I buy it.
-Mike...
Nobody is forcing YOU to buy it.True, and I'm NOT buying it.
But, the system used to cultivate artists; work with them to be long lasting contributers to the label - like the Beatles.
Now, it's instant success or you're outta here.
The first time a new Britney release doesn't break the top 10 in the first week, Jive's dumping her.
Look what happened to Mariah.
Joel