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| From | "Jason Damas" <jason.damas@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Musical Cultural Question |
| Date | Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:25:10 -0400 |
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<< Brit. Christina. Backstreet Boys. 'N Sync. Yada Yada Yada. Not much of a
selection I'm afraid....unless you go mainstream left which gives you The
Foo Fighters, Limpbizkit, Korn, Nickelback, Creed, blah blah blah. Maybe a
Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morrisette, Shania Twain and Sarah McLauchlan thrown in
for the counterpoint. >>
Oof. That's pretty dreary. Speaking as someone from this bracket ('80), I
don't know a single soul who considers any of the above to be more than a
throwaway novelty (N Sync? PLEASE!), done with (Britney Spears, Limp
Bizkit--who've been 'through' for over five years now!), or pleasant lite
rock (Sheryl Crow). Alanis Morissette and Sarah McLachlan would have their
defenders, but neither is the going to be a generation-defining icon.
I agree with everyone who commented that these things have become
stratified. Anyone who cares about music as more than a background thing are
listing to a much LARGER volume of music across more genres, and as such we
simply don't point to single 'iconic' artists. Similarly, many (most) of us
don't buy the staid boomer "rock icon" concept at all, and we like it this
way. In fact, wasn't that what drove Kurt Cobain nuts?
--J
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