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Originally Posted by matious
I'm trying to understand your point, but how is lady gaga or any other modern pop artist a bigger negative influence then any other icon throughout time?
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Originally Posted by Skaligojurah
Because she's poor, outdated, and unambitious musically. Feels like a 20 year relapse into the late 80s. When people like Madonna, and Michael Jackson were big, they were like a relapse into the late 70s when disco was big. Or maybe even to the 50s when Elvis exploded to the scene with his bastardized rendition of American Black traditional music which was even behind the times of what Blacks were doing at the time.
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Yes, but do you really think that this serves no purpose in the grand scheme of things, musically? Sure it's not relevant as to what's going on musically in the present day, and all of the new innovations that have been made. But I will say that music which is made is typically a response to what they hear elsewhere. A desire to expand on what we've been given. Of course the more innovative music is going to operate on the fringes, and not in the mainstream. That's not to say that it will never be in the mainstream; that's just to say that to people who predominately listen to popular music, it's something fresh to them, and it logically prepares them for the next "pop" music to come along in the years to come.
If your interest is solely in the progression of music, then music like Lady Gaga wasn't meant for you, as you've been aware of what's been going on outside of the mainstream. That's perfectly fine, and expected. Music, however, isn't something with which the majority of the populace are as passionate as some, so the pop music is made to appeal to that majority, still reflecting changes which have occurred previously on a smaller scale.
While Lady Gaga seems to be to you the epitome of stale cliches and artifice, she does serve a purpose.
If there weren't the artists in the mainstream whom the minority might consider trite, there wouldn't be the underground scene of people improving on what they hear to make music for later on down the road.
I personally don't shun the mainstream music; I take it for what it is.