Wrong about MobyfloatinglifeJune 11 2002, 19:22:40 UTC
I'm sorry, but all Moby does is takes bland elevator / lobby music style and violently mashes it together with ambient techno. If it wasn't for the fact that Play has been brainwashed into the masses through commercials, none of those songs have any musical value to remember of.
I think a larger part of the problem where you can't find any good music is that you probably rely on the old-fashioned methods of picking up music (radio, tv) which have lost diversity through mergers and acquisitions (MTV and Clearchannel). Hence there's no diversity in mainstream music.
At the same time, a lot of underground music regardless of the genre is very good, if not great. The roots for example; you probably don't hear them much b/c they're never on the radio, but I think some of their songs are very good. Ditto w/ Black Eyed Peas (although they're in 7up commercials now).
Another part might be that a lot of musicians that could be great, have to spend their time that they would spend honing their musical talent promoting themselves. Extending this idea, a lot of music that they make that might be great becomes only "good" in our minds through overexposure. This however doesn't seem to apply to BOC/FOF, who enjoys listening to the same 10 songs for 6 months at a time.
Anyway, back to the grind that my job is. I'll have a detailed post about my life in Seoul as of now when I can find the time to do so. I wake up at 5:30AM, work out from 6-8, work from 8:30 - 7:30, get home at 9 after dinner, and go to bed at 11. Blegh...
Re: Wrong about MobyshatterwallJune 23 2002, 19:44:59 UTC
i agree.
& moby isn't Great, but he's been the most improbable success of the last few years, considering the music he puts out...
1 more note though: it could also be that music isn't just MUSIC anymore... it's become multimedia. performing is the art now, not music-making. blame MTV.
I think a larger part of the problem where you can't find any good music is that you probably rely on the old-fashioned methods of picking up music (radio, tv) which have lost diversity through mergers and acquisitions (MTV and Clearchannel). Hence there's no diversity in mainstream music.
At the same time, a lot of underground music regardless of the genre is very good, if not great. The roots for example; you probably don't hear them much b/c they're never on the radio, but I think some of their songs are very good. Ditto w/ Black Eyed Peas (although they're in 7up commercials now).
Another part might be that a lot of musicians that could be great, have to spend their time that they would spend honing their musical talent promoting themselves. Extending this idea, a lot of music that they make that might be great becomes only "good" in our minds through overexposure. This however doesn't seem to apply to BOC/FOF, who enjoys listening to the same 10 songs for 6 months at a time.
Anyway, back to the grind that my job is. I'll have a detailed post about my life in Seoul as of now when I can find the time to do so. I wake up at 5:30AM, work out from 6-8, work from 8:30 - 7:30, get home at 9 after dinner, and go to bed at 11. Blegh...
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& moby isn't Great, but he's been the most improbable success of the last few years, considering the music he puts out...
1 more note though: it could also be that music isn't just MUSIC anymore... it's become multimedia. performing is the art now, not music-making. blame MTV.
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