New musical style?
It seems that, generally, there's a new big dramatic musical shift (at least) every generation or so. From the 40s, it went from Swing/Big Band into Rock and Roll in the 1950s, to The Beatles and psychedelic rock in the 1960s. The 1970s had punk and disco, and the 1980s had hip-hop. The 1990s had grunge.
What's the latest big new musical style been? Has there been a big stylistic shift that brought condemnation from the establishment and cries of "going too far" etc, the way almost each of those previous styles did?
I like to think I'm pretty hip to music but I haven't really followed what the kids are listening to for a while now. The most modern music that I'm into lately has been Gnarls Barkley, Gym Class Heroes, Lily Allen.
I'm not really sure what "emo" music is, but is that the big style? I guess if you can identify the newest transgressive style by how much crying there is about it from older folks, I'd have to say emo is the one I hear the most about. Even without knowing the music itself, it seems that people complain about "emo kids" and the like. It's not strictly comparable to how they complained about "juvenile delinquents" in the 1950s, or hippies in the 1960s, punks in the 1970s, or rap fans in the 80s, but there does seem to be a lot of emotion about it.
Anyway, if it's not emo, what IS the new style?
What's the latest big new musical style been? Has there been a big stylistic shift that brought condemnation from the establishment and cries of "going too far" etc, the way almost each of those previous styles did?
I like to think I'm pretty hip to music but I haven't really followed what the kids are listening to for a while now. The most modern music that I'm into lately has been Gnarls Barkley, Gym Class Heroes, Lily Allen.
I'm not really sure what "emo" music is, but is that the big style? I guess if you can identify the newest transgressive style by how much crying there is about it from older folks, I'd have to say emo is the one I hear the most about. Even without knowing the music itself, it seems that people complain about "emo kids" and the like. It's not strictly comparable to how they complained about "juvenile delinquents" in the 1950s, or hippies in the 1960s, punks in the 1970s, or rap fans in the 80s, but there does seem to be a lot of emotion about it.
Anyway, if it's not emo, what IS the new style?
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2 Comments:
You don't know the new style? Dude, it was ONLY on the cool check in, center stage on the mic, AND they put it on wax!
...And I thought you were hip.
And.... DROP!
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