Yeah I thought similar things. Once hair metal died, and hip hop took over, it's all downhill from there. Now for those that are about to bash hair metal, at least they played their instruments to all hell. Hair metal being "overdone" is obviously the point, it was supposed to be crazy, and not taken to full seriousness! Scorpions, Dio, Maiden, those were true pioneers of their music (metal).
And were those performances supposed to make me believe in underground music? The harmonica guy with a boring song and some poorly played harmonica? A blues guy with a wife and kids who's sad cause he got dropped from his label when his record didn't sell? (oh, but other rock stars say he's good, so he must be amazing right? gimme a break...) Dave Matthews screaming incoherently into a mic for 5 minutes? (which reminds me, why were DM and Erika Badhu talking about how the industry has changed, they've only been in the industry since its been in change, so how would they know?) Those kids saying hallelujah over and over while clapping? Come on... seriously? Stop being fooled into liking crap.
The idea of this film is a million times better than the actual product... and finally, the music industry is AN INDUSTRY. Stop crying cause you can't get a record deal cause your music doesn't sell. IF YOUR MUSIC DOESN'T MAKE MONEY, YOUR LABEL WILL DROP YOU... IS IT THAT COMPLICATED?
"Prepare thyself. It's bloodshed time"
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Tchock
16 years ago
hair metal?
you couldn't think of a better example?
early hip-hop totally destroys hair metal, it was original and it at least had artistic merit
"Dio & Scorions = pioneers"
ROFL
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TheBeardedWonder
16 years ago
a) I was commenting on relating to the OP about how theres very little mention of hip hop/rap and its negative effect on the music biz
b) hip hop/rap = dudes who don't play instruments, reading lyrics written by someone else, set to a beat made on a computer by some other guy, weak
c) Then who did Dio/scorps steal from? Classic rock artists? Pffff...
"Prepare thyself. It's bloodshed time"
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eastcoastguyz
15 years ago
"The idea of this film is a million times better than the actual product... and finally, the music industry is AN INDUSTRY. Stop crying cause you can't get a record deal cause your music doesn't sell. IF YOUR MUSIC DOESN'T MAKE MONEY, YOUR LABEL WILL DROP YOU... IS IT THAT COMPLICATED? "
It use to be, that a record company would invest 5 years with an artist such that even if there 1st and 2nd album released didn't do so well they would stay with them. This is true of TV. M*A*S*H didn't do well its first season and would have been dropped but they stuck with it. Same thing with Seinfeld.
I think what has changed and is that executives have become too short-sighted and often don't know anything about talent themselves so they have no belief in the projects if they don't see an immediate return. In the old days, Music Executives knew a lot about music themselves and were often former musicians.
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