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The direction music is headed?

#25
Look on the bright side: because there aren't any "real" instruments, when the apopcalypse comes, we won't get blamed! Not that it'll be any consolation for being gigless. And guitards will probably find a way to blame it on us anyway...

OTOH, what percentage of views was guys and gals like us listening just so that we could complain about it on a forum?
 
#26
I thought "The New Kids On the Block" was rock bottom.
I thought the apocolypse was imminent when I heard "Whoomp There It Is".
I was convinced that we were in hell when I heard "The Thong Song"
How much worse is it going to get?
This is where capitalism fails. When "stupid" sells. No wonder everyone hates us!!
 
#27
WOW! this girl is a major major talent! I had tears running down my face as I was watching this video! Paul McCartney, Neil Diamond, Elton John, be afraid! Be very afraid! Rebecca Black will make you all look like a bunch of amateurs! All hail to the new star, Rebecca Black! ;)
 
#28
Waterpilot said:
2.7 Million views in a little more then 30 days. It could be genius.
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Maybe, but I doubt it. I think the only genius there might be hype/marketing/advertising. Some where along the line the art of music became the music business. At least in the mainstream. They cram it down the masses throat a million times a day until they think they love it then go buy it, then repeat the process again with the new flavor of the month. The way they mass market, these people could s*#t in a box call 'em brownies and people would bake 'em, eat 'em and line up for more. That's not to say there aren't great artists with integrity making great music. It's just more challenging to find good music.
 
#31
colcifer said:
Look on the bright side: because there aren't any "real" instruments, when the apopcalypse comes, we won't get blamed! Not that it'll be any consolation for being gigless. And guitards will probably find a way to blame it on us anyway...

OTOH, what percentage of views was guys and gals like us listening just so that we could complain about it on a forum?
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+1. I watched this yesterday after reading a "is this for real" post with a link on it on Invalid Link Removed (which is hosted in the US, curiously enough lol).
 
#33
This is not getting this many views because people like it. It's gone viral because of people making fun of it.

I found out about it on this [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

Not that I think the taste of most modern music listeners is much better, but it's not quite this awful.
 
#36
BKBassDude said:
This is not getting this many views because people like it. It's gone viral because of people making fun of it.

I found out about it on this [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

Not that I think the taste of most modern music listeners is much better, but it's not quite this awful.
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I know. It's on Yahoo too where I found it.

But... There are plenty of "bad" songs on youtube without anywhere near the attention...
 
#39
WOW. I made it 19.5 seconds before I closed down my browser and re-started for fear of infection.

But seriously. That is crap. But it's nothing new. This has all happened before.

We could list a mountain of bands that have come out in the past decade that are damned good - but they often don't get enough exposure.
 

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