Members willow2012 Posted January 11, 2010 Members Share Posted January 11, 2010 I work with mostly 20-something folks and none of them listen to the radio either. We have a communal music system so I get to hear what they like. I can tell you that most of what they like is not what I hear "out on the streets". I don't always agree with their tastes but there is depth and sensitivity in their choices. As I type this, a coworker just put on some Tom Waits to listen to. Well, what is "out in the streets", to me, denotes "popular". yes, I know that there exist young people with different, more interesting tastes. (usually from their parents..initially) but, unfortunately, these are a minority Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted January 11, 2010 Moderators Share Posted January 11, 2010 Someplace along the way, I just really ran out of whatever it takes to listen to "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" done on steel drums. (A big crowd-please, I was told.)Exactly! I rest my case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted January 11, 2010 Members Share Posted January 11, 2010 I've long noted that the young baristas at my favorite coffee shop have pretty good taste in music. Some of them in their 20s seem to know some 60s music better than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eeglug Posted January 11, 2010 Members Share Posted January 11, 2010 Well, what is "out in the streets", to me, denotes "popular".yes, I know that there exist young people with different, more interesting tastes. (usually from their parents..initially)but, unfortunately, these are a minority You should really go talk to some young people and ask them what they listen to. You might be surprised. Don't gauge things by what you're hearing at Wal-Mart or Target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eeglug Posted January 11, 2010 Members Share Posted January 11, 2010 I used to like steel drum... even bought an album of it... I despise steel drums. Gamelan music is not quite the same but when I was in Bali for a couple of weeks back in the 90s I got tired of it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members easilyspooked Posted January 11, 2010 Members Share Posted January 11, 2010 Someplace along the way, I just really ran out of whatever it takes to listen to "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" done on steel drums. (A big crowd-please, I was told.) thanks to the glory that is the internet, now you can listen to hampsters do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oswlek Posted January 11, 2010 Members Share Posted January 11, 2010 thanks to the glory that is the internet, now you can listen to hampsters do it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLQ9xNgwyIg 46,000 views. 46,000 views while so many talented artists toil in obscurity. It is funny and all, but that makes me a bit sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Badtux Posted January 11, 2010 Members Share Posted January 11, 2010 You should really go talk to some young people and ask them what they listen to. You might be surprised. In particular, most of the twenty-somethings that I know never listen to the radio *at all*. They grew up in the Internet era, and what they listen to is what they run across on the music blogs (plus whatever they learned from their parents of course) not anything on the radio. If they listen to "radio", it is Last.fm or Pandora with the "Listen to artists like X" where X is generally *NOT* the Jonas Brothers or Lady Gaga, but, rather, some artist that I never heard of that they heard about on one of the music blogs (or vlogs, as they call the video version). Some of which is *good*, BTW. Not all, or even the majority, of course. But that's never been the case regardless of era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members easilyspooked Posted January 11, 2010 Members Share Posted January 11, 2010 46,000 views.46,000 views while so many talented artists toil in obscurity.It is funny and all, but that makes me a bit sad. that's a really good point that i hadn't even considered (honestly i was tryin to find teh song played on steel drums, my curiosity was piqued), and i agree it's sad for us as consumers of media, but, maybe it's also sad for us as artists? maybe it points to our failure? should we be embracing animation and video more to actively build a community around ourselves? to promote ourselves? should we be engaging the artists around us with the skills in flash and linear sequencing as tight communities? also, how does our Notion of Artists as Artists affect the argument? we've been bandying about a few specific examples of artists that annoy us or artists we consider great, and when i saw Lady Gaga right up there i had a bit of a pause, because i'd consider that great pop music, there's an artist who has struggled Hard to keep her artistic integrity and to maintain control over her music and the Rights to her music, but she gets played next to artists like Kei$ha with no redeaming value and placed with them, do we do damage to the entire artistic ecosystem by making such judgements? do the exceptions prove the rule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted January 11, 2010 Members Share Posted January 11, 2010 46,000 views.46,000 views while so many talented artists toil in obscurity.It is funny and all, but that makes me a bit sad.This will not knock the Chipmunks off their throne. Trust me. Over in the acoustic guitar forum, folks were posting what they apparently felt was ridicule worthy YouTube offerings (I always say folks in glass houses should watch out when their using their slingshots) and they did find some real groaners... One of them had around 4,500 plays... not an avalanche by YouTube meme standards, but more than a lot of quite decent YouTube offerings I've seen -- yet the guy's guitar wasn't in tune, his singing was quite pitchy, and he most definitely was neither young nor pretty. Maybe he worked in the IT department and set up a script to keep hitting the page, I dunno... but it made me think... even if most of those folks clicked off after 15 or 20 seconds... what a shame that they were wasting time there rather than on someone who was actually pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted January 11, 2010 Moderators Share Posted January 11, 2010 This will not knock the Chipmunks off their throne. Trust me. Alvin has left the building... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted January 11, 2010 Members Share Posted January 11, 2010 Well... David Seville has definitely left the building, sad to say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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