My wife and I had dinner with another couple the other night. LONG time friends, but my buddy's wife is apparently into a lot of top 40 stuff. She was offended when I ripped on Katy Perry
As silly as it sounds, Katy Perry, up until the last record or 2, was a standout to me as hope for top 40 pop music. This has since faded, but there was a chance there for a moment. The system is designed to dumb down and corrupt/co-opt. That's how we ended up with Kei$ha drinking her own piss on TV (and ironic metaphor for the state of things fyi).
it doesn't have to be in the top 40 to be current. There's good music being made out there. It's just harder to find and keep up with, especially at my advanced age! I'm totally baffled that Rolling Stone magazine treats stuff like One Direction and Justin Bieber as if it's actual art. And I'm even more baffled that any adults have an interest in it. They have about as much artistic integrity as a can of Coke.
Amen, brother.
You're kidding right? Did you actually think that Rolling Stone was about real, credible music? They are in the business of MAKING MONEY. If they put One Direction or Justin Bieber on the cover, the mag sells and they make money. Mission accomplished and to hell with the fact that it's a paradigm shift from what RS started out as.
Much like the good music that's still being made out there, you need to search for alternative media to find the good stuff. Rolling Stone is garbage and has been for years.
I think that was his poing. ... then again even newer upstarts like Pitchfork are also pieces of merde, though for completely opposite reasons. Never bothered with any mags really. 100 mile diet is best; if you can't relate to your local stuff (and their influences, what your buds turn you ion to) then, and only then, is it over (at least for you, the proverbial you, that is).