BILLY Corgan (pic) of Smashing Pumpkin isn’t the only worried man in town.Rock music has transformed and evolved into so many things since Chuck Berry’s Johnny B Goode sung in 1958.
In fact the music industry today is in such a worrying state where everything is manufactured and, just like products from a factory line, every notation and lyrics seem predictable.
The rock genre was once held as the holy hymns to mankind with bitter political statements and rebellion towards the unjust system. It was classic Marxism music.
Yet it is not so today.
Even radio stations seem to have an unwritten ban towards classic rock music as they claim it is too long, not advertiser friendly and some even say not popular enough. Never mind it being good, if it’s not popular it’s sidelined.
Newsweek published Corgan’s take on today’s worrying music trend which could see the demise of rock music - just like the demise of techno - in the near future.
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1 comment:
The demise of rock music is a scary thought. You're right, though; I very rarely hear the old tunes on the radio now. How I long for people to have good taste, but it's all manufactured bubblegum pop nowadays.
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