Economy affects music - It's been some time now since the early 90s when bands were coming out with some of the freshest material seen in years.
Since then, there has been a different President in office. For many, the 2000 era has been dismall for music thus far.
Hip hop continues to sell and post prog rockers seek something when forced to look past such 90's hitters like Pearl Jam, SoundGarden, Dave Matthews and the such.
In womens music, there has certainly been a void since the times of Alanis, Sarah Mclachlan, Jewel, No Doubt and others.
Since then, music has become even more about celebrity. We see all of our music pop stars receiving top tabloid coverage.
Brittany Spears, Avril Levigne, Christina!
When does it stop? When do we go back to the root of good music?
Is our musical creativity connected so heavily to the state of politics that we can't experience such culture unless the economy allows it?
In what ways does the economy effect our creative output?
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Alice in Chains albums are missed much
It is a great shame that the lead member of the 90s rock band had to pass at such a young age.
Layne Staley had a strong fan base that was upset but probably not as surprised at his death.
A long running problem with drugs seemed to haunt Layne, although it is probably not known exactly what happened at the hours of his death.
Some of the most interesting material recorded by the band include the self title album they produced which had some of the dryer side of the band. Tracks like Sludge Factory and So Close Now.
These are surely some telling songs as were the songs on the album Dirt, which had a lot of direct and indirect hinting at drugs use including smack, another name of heroin.
Layne Staley had a strong fan base that was upset but probably not as surprised at his death.
A long running problem with drugs seemed to haunt Layne, although it is probably not known exactly what happened at the hours of his death.
Some of the most interesting material recorded by the band include the self title album they produced which had some of the dryer side of the band. Tracks like Sludge Factory and So Close Now.
These are surely some telling songs as were the songs on the album Dirt, which had a lot of direct and indirect hinting at drugs use including smack, another name of heroin.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Pearl Jam - As the years go by
It is amazing indeed how time flies. As it does, we see what works of creativity stood the test of time.
Isn't interesting how music that we may not have paid much attention to at one point may eventually grow valuable or interesting to us at some point?
Take Pearl Jam for example. You may have heard a song like Black or Jeremy and thought of it as a good guitar based pop rock song, but it still fails to address the adeptness that Eddie Vedder had in writing music.
Someone who may have listened to a different genre such as say metal or funk or even hip hop, may not have really heard a good Pearl Jam song and eventually they get hooked.
The other scenario is that you have always liked similar genre bands such as say Nirvana, Alice in Chains or Tool, but you always overlooked Pearl Jam or any other similar genre band, but over time you realized that that music you ignored became your new favorite to listen to.
about pearl jam, pearl jam albums
Isn't interesting how music that we may not have paid much attention to at one point may eventually grow valuable or interesting to us at some point?
Take Pearl Jam for example. You may have heard a song like Black or Jeremy and thought of it as a good guitar based pop rock song, but it still fails to address the adeptness that Eddie Vedder had in writing music.
Someone who may have listened to a different genre such as say metal or funk or even hip hop, may not have really heard a good Pearl Jam song and eventually they get hooked.
The other scenario is that you have always liked similar genre bands such as say Nirvana, Alice in Chains or Tool, but you always overlooked Pearl Jam or any other similar genre band, but over time you realized that that music you ignored became your new favorite to listen to.
about pearl jam, pearl jam albums
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