Yes it has been, by the west. The ONLY reason other cultures are copying it is because they havent really seen its true face. Having an Ipad and nice pair of shoes but cant talk to your neighbours and talking online more with 'friends' then in real life.Give me economically less developed countries and life-styles any day of the week over the marketed western way of life. Any day son!
I agree with you, Parker. My post had rhetorical questions. Also, I'm not Indian. My screen name is a reference to Star Trek II, The Wrath of Kahn, namely, Khan Noonien Singh, the genetically engineered near-Ubermensch of the Eugenic Wars. It's as good a handle as any.
With all due respect, Hipolito. America has a lot more pressing issues than worrying about missing out on "fresh simple music." It's OK that you feel "America is missing out," but it's just your subjective opinion. You need not foist it upon Americans. You seem to want to see more of a non-American Other reflected in US popular culture. Needless to say, this has been the case since day one. National identities are porous and less rigid than some might think or desire, but why do you have this particular desire? Is it perhaps because you feel alienated, or not at home, in American culture (in general, as you put it)? You went to a NYC club on Saturday night, a club that was "international" or perhaps cosmopolitan and multicultural. Did you go to this club because it made you feel less alienated and more at home? That is not a bad thing. I hope you had a good time. You should go where you feel welcome and accepted, and NYC has clubs and venues for all types and persuasions. Isn't that a good thing about America? Perhaps there is not as much a lack of openness in the US as you perceive. America cannot be all things to all people at once or at any one place and at any one time.
It's not ' pumping ' in the US because it sucks , I hope that helps and we already have enough shitty music in the US we don't need more
