It's evolution, baby!
You know what I'd like to hear? A massive compilation of music chronicling the musical trends throughout the 20th century, linked by explanations of how one trend influenced the next. I believe that something like this (correctly done) would be culturally important. And cool.
I like it how Punk is reaction against hippie rock, in an attempt to recapture Rock and Roll for the then-current political and economical climate. And then New Wave grew out of that, experimenting more with instrumentation and shedding some of the political ideology. New Wave meets back again with heavy metal to produce Grunge. Grunge flourishes but then is snowed under by Rap. Rap becomes commercialised and is eventually supplanted by the mainstream version of Emo, harkening back to Punk.
If you were interested how I got here tonight, I was looking up the word that meant "punishing yourself for cathartic release" for notes on Breathe. I couldn't think of the word and so tried "flagellation" (hoping there'd be some association). Nope. "Asceticism". Nope. By this time my motivation was waning, and I clicked on "Straight edge". From there I got to "Hardline" and from there to punk (via Hardcore punk). And then I read the very entertaining article on Punk rock and its relations to all sorts of music. (I also found out that some bastards had stolen an idea I had about 8 years ago)
I like it how Punk is reaction against hippie rock, in an attempt to recapture Rock and Roll for the then-current political and economical climate. And then New Wave grew out of that, experimenting more with instrumentation and shedding some of the political ideology. New Wave meets back again with heavy metal to produce Grunge. Grunge flourishes but then is snowed under by Rap. Rap becomes commercialised and is eventually supplanted by the mainstream version of Emo, harkening back to Punk.
If you were interested how I got here tonight, I was looking up the word that meant "punishing yourself for cathartic release" for notes on Breathe. I couldn't think of the word and so tried "flagellation" (hoping there'd be some association). Nope. "Asceticism". Nope. By this time my motivation was waning, and I clicked on "Straight edge". From there I got to "Hardline" and from there to punk (via Hardcore punk). And then I read the very entertaining article on Punk rock and its relations to all sorts of music. (I also found out that some bastards had stolen an idea I had about 8 years ago)