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In Reply to: Re: posted by jackrandom on July 6, 2006 at 09:57:04:
I'm not one of those people (some of whom are to be found on this board from time to time) who's stuck in a classic rock world where there's been nothing good for 30 years...but that site is a symbol of the 'decline in music' that I do agree exists, if only on the business side. The business seemed headed in the direction it eventually went in (no artist development, boneheaded business decisions that past execs would never have made, label acquisitions by enormous conglomerates who applied a very corporate stamp to their brands), but Soundscan sure hastened it. The rock resurgences in the early & mid-90s were spirited and, in my view, positive, but lining those numbers up the way they are there is a harsh prism to view pop music success through.If there's any validity to the attitude that points to thinking that there'll never be another Led Zep or another Pink Floyd, Beatles, whoever, it's fostered by what's represented on that site. We shouldn't pretend that at one time it was a commune instead of a business, or that there wasn't disposable pop figures sculpted & marketed for consumption by pre-teens...but the business could've provided a better future for itself than it has. The numbers are important for sure, but I do think it was better when their meaning was being evaluated by people passionate about music, rather than number-crunchers. There are exceptions to this, but the flurry of mergers & acquisitions over the past couple of decades point to this being a large factor.
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