06-02-2004, 01:27 AM
Keyser Soze Wrote:yeah but that doesnt mean Yes and Dream Theater necessarily is "good" music.that's not all I listen to - while I might enjoy a lot of progressive metal, I like classic rock, classic metal, even some contemporary rock.
what's considered popular music today is nothing more than prepacked shit - every new act or band is more or less designed to fit in to what the tastes of today's youth is, to pump up CD sales - period.
Britney/Christina/Mariah (since they were used in this thread, but there are countless more acts) don't write their material, and if they do write anything it tends to suck. At least the bands I listen to write their own shit, work hard at getting it right and don't cater to the recording industry to put out what THEY consider to be a "good cd".
I was reading an atricle today regarding Aerosmith, and how their latest CD hasn't sold much, but it's actually a pretty kickass cd (the writer's words, not mine - I'm not really a fan). Anyway, the CD was a return to roots, so to speak - less horns and bullshit ala "Love in an Elevator" and more rockin' blues - and the band said of the cd sold well, they'd consider writing more like that - but apparently today's youth doesn't give a shit about that and would rather hear MTV-friendly crap because the CD hasn't sold well at all, so to make money they gotta go back to that "Love" crap (which I disagree with, but they've been whoring themselves to MTV for 20 years now, it's kinda too late for them to stop).
So while Dream Theater and RUSH might not sell out the Garden, or be played all over the radio, they do write what they play, they believe in what they write, and they do have a stronger fanbase than these here-today-gone-tomorrow acts that are churned out every year.