When did America stop producing good music?

[Swede!]

what year??

[bradistani]

when did sweden ? 

[Swede!]

Great valid response! Because most of what we see in the media these days are swedish artists and back in the day it was mostly only swedish rock everywhere

[dr.chimps]

what year??

When did rap start. 

[wild willie]

what year??

IMHO 1992/1993

[Swede!]

When did rap start.  

When did the focus move away from Talent to "shock factor" ?
When did the focus go away from people actually Playing Instruments to No one playing Anything?

When did "we" get more impressed with people that has Less talent? Compared to those that have more..

[Natural Man]

Computers.

Also what s your problem with america this, america that...for someone who despises americans you sure seem to care a lot about everything they do or dont...

[G_Thang]

When did rap start. 

You could be right, chimps.  I stopped listening to music after i heard run DMC, Cool Mo Dee and the first generation of so called Rappers.  I say, "so called", because Cab Calloway and those ole school guys did something similar to rap but they were still musicians.

exception to the rule was Curtis Mantronix.

Two hot brothers (no homo)

[YngiweRhoads]

when did sweden ?  

Swedish metal is the best in the world imo.

[bradistani]

Great valid response! Because most of what we see in the media these days are swedish artists and back in the day it was mostly only swedish rock everywhere

really  

haven't abba split  

[Swede!]

Computers.

Also what s your problem with america this, america that...for someone who despises americans you sure seem to care a lot about everything they do or dont...

If I was on a swedish forum I guess I would start threads about sweden....
despises americans? lol

[dr.chimps]

When did the focus move away from Talent to "shock factor" ?
When did the focus go away from people actually Playing Instruments to No one playing Anything?

When did "we" get more impressed with people that has Less talent? Compared to those that have more..

Shock factor's always been in music. Wagner loved it. Your second point about actually playing instruments (and being driven to play) is bang on, tho.  

[Swede!]

musicians.

Thats the word I was looking for. When did people stop being musicians?

[Swede!]

Shock factor's always been in music. Wagner loved it. Your second point about actually playing instruments (and being driven to play) is bang on, tho.  

Shock factor With some talent though?

[YngiweRhoads]

American metal is lame, for the most part.

[bradistani]

idol, x-factor. the funny thing is, for the most part, the winners are forgotten within a month or two of winning  

[dr.chimps]

Shock factor With some talent though?

Gimmicks/shock are fine, but if you have some tangible talent, music-wise, that's the lasting, real thing.

Heard on the radio yesterday: the Kiss cruise. Yes, you can take a cruise with Gene and Paul, and celebrate the triumph of spectacle over art. Book today, Swede.  

 

[Swede!]

Gimmicks/shock are fine, but if you have some tangible talent, music-wise, that's the lasting, real thing.

Heard on the radio yesterday: the Kiss cruise. Yes, you can take a cruise with Gene and Paul, and celebrate the triumph of spectacle over art. Book today, Swede.  

 

haha. When I was a kid every friday in school, I guess in like second grade or something, we had something special going on in the class, some times playing a band, and sometime someone would tell stories etc.

Anyway, one time me and a few friends did a kiss "concert"   painting and everything. I was the drummer lol.

After I saw this 1995 at 6 yr old I was hooked.

I ofc looked up the Real band right after lol.

edit* lol, first comment has the exact same story but he was 7 (the comment section is Packed with the same story apparently)

edit 2* wow, that sounded better back in the day lol

[dr.chimps]

haha. When I was a kid every friday in school, I guess in like second grade or something, we had something special going on in the class, some times playing a band, and sometime someone would tell stories etc.

Anyway, one time me and a few friends did a kiss "concert"   painting and everything. I was the drummer lol.

After I saw this 1995 at 6 yr old I was hooked.

I ofc looked up the Real band right after lol.

edit* lol, first comment has the exact same story but he was 7

That's cool. One of the first records (LPs), if not the first I ever bought, was Kiss Alive. I still remember the look on my Mom's face when I brought that one home. Maybe the same reaction parents had when kids brought home Beatles, Presley or 'race' music?     

[Tito24]

i truly believe that america should be strucked with a disaster of biblical proportions to have it produce good music again. what a shit country. filthy rich inthahood boys dominating young kids minds.

[YngiweRhoads]

That's cool. One of the first records (LPs), if not the first I ever bought, was Kiss Alive. I still remember the look on my Mom's face when I brought that one home. Maybe the same reaction parents had when kids brought home Beatles, Presley or 'race' music?     

Destroyer was one of my first, then Alive. 

[dr.chimps]

Destroyer was one of my first, then Alive. 

Had that one, too. I even remember the Love Gun LP came with a paper 'love gun' you could 'fire.'

/wowsers, i'm old. 

[YngiweRhoads]

Had that one, too. I even remember the Love Gun LP came with a paper 'love gun' you could 'fire.'

/wowsers, i'm old. 

Yeah, I had the paper gun too...haha!

My friend bought the "Originals", the first 3 Kiss albums in one collection, which we would blast on his parent's 6 foot long console stereo when they weren't home.

Yes, we're getting old. 

[dr.chimps]

Yeah, I had the paper gun too...haha!

My friend bought the "Originals", the first 3 Kiss albums in one collection, which we would blast on his parent's 6 foot long console stereo when they weren't home.

Yes, we're getting old. 

Yes, you are old.   *whistles and walks away*   

/just checked my mp3. four kiss songs between 6 full kinks albums and one the knack song. really feeling old, now. 

[Tito24]