General Music Chat

I watched a movie about Bill Haley and his Comets, Rock Around the Clock? As I was watching I thought about the "big" acts, Elvis, Beatles, Zeppelin, etc. I think those days are gone. What could possibly be the next big thing in music? Are we too diversified? Are there too many genres? Too many radio stations? Too many cable channels? Has CD technology ruined music? A lot to think about....

I watched a movie about Bill Haley and his Comets, Rock Around the Clock? As I was watching I thought about the "big" acts, Elvis, Beatles, Zeppelin, etc. I think those days are gone. What could possibly be the next big thing in music? Are we too diversified? Are there too many genres? Too many radio stations? Too many cable channels? Has CD technology ruined music? A lot to think about....

Too many radio stations? Too many cable channels?
At last count, I believe only six corporations are controlling ALL mainstream media; radio, TV, magazines, everything.
That's why, with 150+ channels, there is still "nothing on" to watch.

The last "big thing" in music occurred when many underground artists, languishing though the previous decades in obscurity, finally got some mainstream exposure.
The end result wasn't pretty.
The other day ago, I heard a Ramones song being played in the supermarket.
I felt a little ill.
I don't think I WANT another "big thing" band or genre to become huge and be exploited.
I want the whole "big thing" phenomenon to collapse!
THAT will be the next big thing to look forward to, indies overtaking the mainstream and killing the old dinosaur record industry in the process.

Good point. But even with indies perhaps prevailing, there might be a sound someday that captures everybody's imagination. What that sound is is anybody's guess. The big boys controlling everything are dying. There's just no money for musicians to make. I still say there's too much data for everybody to process, not just in music, but in everything. Somebody googled the word "the" and found my pittley little website. What are the odds? Then again, what are the odds of four geniuses like McCartney, Lennon, Harrison and Starr being from the same small city? I just find it hard to believe that with the massive assimilation of world cultures we'll ever have the "next big thing" again.

I watched a movie about Bill Haley and his Comets, Rock Around the Clock? As I was watching I thought about the "big" acts, Elvis, Beatles, Zeppelin, etc. I think those days are gone. What could possibly be the next big thing in music? Are we too diversified? Are there too many genres? Too many radio stations? Too many cable channels? Has CD technology ruined music? A lot to think about....

I have always contended, there will never be another music phenomenon like the Beatles, for example... Not because the world lacks talented musicians and clever managers, but because there are no audiences to match the zeal that gave that phenomenon the magic it had. People don't get excited about music anymore. I think the reasons for it are along the lines of wht you stated. There is simply too much junk in the way

I used to love chocolate. As I kid, I'd rake yards for 50 cents and take that money to go and buy some kick-ass, good chocolate. Well, good chocolate has now been overrun by fake chocolate.

That about sums it up for music too. Good has been overrun by fake.

I watched a movie about Bill Haley and his Comets, Rock Around the Clock? As I was watching I thought about the "big" acts, Elvis, Beatles, Zeppelin, etc. I think those days are gone. What could possibly be the next big thing in music? Are we too diversified? Are there too many genres? Too many radio stations? Too many cable channels? Has CD technology ruined music? A lot to think about....

I have always contended, there will never be another music phenomenon like the Beatles, for example... Not because the world lacks talented musicians and clever managers, but because there are no audiences to match the zeal that gave that phenomenon the magic it had. People don't get excited about music anymore. I think the reasons for it are along the lines of wht you stated. There is simply too much junk in the way

I used to love chocolate. As I kid, I'd rake yards for 50 cents and take that money to go and buy some kick-ass, good chocolate. Well, good chocolate has now been overrun by fake chocolate.

That about sums it up for music too. Good has been overrun by fake.

The "fake chocolate" analogy holds some truth to it.
Shortly after bands like Soundgarden, Nirvana, and Faith No More became accepted by the mainstream, the suits in charge glutted the market with mediocre bands like Bush, Sponge, Marcy Playground, etc.
It's always a mountain of mediocrity that listeners have to dig through to find the really good stuff.
So, most people don't even bother.
I think it destroys people's love of music when they have to endure that crap constantly.

Patton Oswalt described his discovery of underground music as a total eye-opener, compared to the stuff he had been listening to beforehand.
He regrets missing out on so many great bands, who weren't very far from him, while they were still going.

2012 Big Things “Not counting Jay-Z headphone sales”
#1. Roger Waters
#2. Elton John
#3. U2
#4. British Boy Bands
#5. Bon Jovi
#6. Britney Spears
#7. Paul McCartney
#8. Taylor Swift
#9. Justin Bieber
#10. Toby Keath
2011 Big Things
#1. U2
#2. Bon Jovi
#3. Elton John
#4. Lady Gaga
#5. Michael Buble’
#6. Paul McCartney
#7. Black Eyed Peas
#8. Eagles
#9. Justin Bieber
#10. Dave Matthews Band
2010 Big Things
#1. U2
#2. AC/DC
#3. Beyonce
#4. Bruce Springsteen
#5. Britney Spears
#6. Jay-Z
#7. Lady Gaga
#8. Madonna
#9. Kenny Chesney
#10. Black Eyed Peas
2009 Big Things
#1. U2
#2. Bruce Springsteen
#3. Madonna
#4. AC/DC
#5. Britney Spears
#6. Pink
#7. Jonas Brothers
#8. Coldplay
#9. Kenny Chesney
#10. Metallica


So


Based on the trend for the past 4 years…..

The NEXT BIG THING

They are…

Or the next big thing is
Http://www.levitynews.com/music/
No, that wasn't a set-up!

2012 Big Things “Not counting Jay-Z headphone sales”
#1. Roger Waters
#2. Elton John
#3. U2
#4. British Boy Bands
#5. Bon Jovi
#6. Britney Spears
#7. Paul McCartney
#8. Taylor Swift
#9. Justin Bieber
#10. Toby Keath
2011 Big Things
#1. U2
#2. Bon Jovi
#3. Elton John
#4. Lady Gaga
#5. Michael Buble’
#6. Paul McCartney
#7. Black Eyed Peas
#8. Eagles
#9. Justin Bieber
#10. Dave Matthews Band
2010 Big Things
#1. U2
#2. AC/DC
#3. Beyonce
#4. Bruce Springsteen
#5. Britney Spears
#6. Jay-Z
#7. Lady Gaga
#8. Madonna
#9. Kenny Chesney
#10. Black Eyed Peas
2009 Big Things
#1. U2
#2. Bruce Springsteen
#3. Madonna
#4. AC/DC
#5. Britney Spears
#6. Pink
#7. Jonas Brothers
#8. Coldplay
#9. Kenny Chesney
#10. Metallica


So


Based on the trend for the past 4 years…..

The NEXT BIG THING

They are…
Where did you get these lists from? Some mediocre music analyst like Simon Cowell?

From FORBES

From FORBES

. People see stuff in print and think it's gospel. An opinion pol isn't gospel, it's hearsay. Heck, some people believe the crap I write on Levitynews.com is gospel. Even somebody HERE thought one of my stories was TRUTH. If a huma writes something it'll probable be proven to be B.S.

Maybe I'm the next big thing in music. There's probably hundreds of fisherman bob impersonators in the ORIENT. The bastards there don't believe in intellectual property rights. They're making a fortune off me and I can't pay my taxes. Damned CD technology...

Maybe I'm the next big thing in music. There's probably hundreds of fisherman bob impersonators in the ORIENT. The bastards there don't believe in intellectual property rights. They're making a fortune off me and I can't pay my taxes. Damned CD technology...

Damn Chinaman Bob!

The biggest difference between the era from Bing Crosby to the advent of U2 is the diversification and spread of world broadcasters. When there were only 3 broadcasters on 3 channels, everyone would find out about the same artists at the same time. Not so anymore, though the potential is there through the internet (Gangnam Style for example).

There will be lots of "big things" in the future but it may take WWIII to bring one to the forefront of the english speaking world like the ones you've mentioned.

Yet at the same time Chinaman Bob could outsell the Beatles with asian audiences while we might never hear about it in the USA

Hear about it in the USA? Hardly anybody knows me in Kansas City, let alone the USA!

To me the last truely big thing in music was Michael Jackson and Thriller.

I dont think we will ever see artist get to the level of the Beatles, Zep, Elvis, Jackson, Stones.

It seems to me that whenever music gets a little stale something, with true emotion behind it comes along, look at Grunge for instance, grunge took down Thriller and that era.

For me I really dont care what the next big thing is musically, because at this point Im based in old music anyway, and I wouldnt notice something huge if it was happening.