ComedyPilot
Secret Lemonade Drinker
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To prove the point, name a modern artist in the charts that can play an instrument?
They all have faceless backing bands.
They all have faceless backing bands.
Mr Pig said:You inspired me to go and listen to some Elvis Costello :0) Hard to pick a favorite track, so many great songs, but mine must be 'Peace Love And Understanding'. I can listen to that over and over, in fact I just did.
You should give the new best of by Nick Lowe
name a modern artist in the charts that can play an instrument?
Mr Pig said:I am inclined to feel that even the bands today who do play real music are not as good at it as the bands were years ago. And sadly, real music doesn't figure much in the charts any more, but it's still out there.
Wigsie said:I disagree, since the mid 90's there has been a growth of 'real' music bands under the indie guise.
ComedyPilot said:To prove the point, name a modern artist in the charts that can play an instrument?
Mr Pig said:I don't agree. Indie 'is' the new mainstream! Today Indie is just as formulaic and dull as anything that ever crawled out of The Hit Factory. Owning a real guitar doesn't mean you have the brains to do anything interesting with it and most of the so called Indie bands out today are bland-city.
Mr Pig said:The term Indie is meaningless now. There is nothing rebellious, exiting or cutting edge about most of them. You site 'Kings Of Leon'. I bought three of their albums expecting good things based on the hype they were getting and was bored by three hours of nothing very new. And if they're not being boring they're often just making as much of a racket as possible.
And I do bundle 'The Editors' and 'The Killers' in with the dross here. I don't hear anything at all new from them, in fact I gave their albums away.
Mr Pig said:The term Indie is meaningless now. There is nothing rebellious, exiting or cutting edge about most of them..
Wigsie said:I will give everything a fair shot before I judge an entire genre.