Style over substance? (metal, great songs, The Cure, covers, shows)

COBHCNick · 07-20-2008, 11:35 AM

I noticed that with a lot of music nowadays, be it metal, rap, pop, or anything of that nature a lot of the time the bands dress or act in a pacific way to fit in and be marketable within a crowd. Sometimes I'll listen to a band I know nothing of, and the music sounds decent but when I check them out they are dressing straight out of a hot topic ad.

It just seems like bands these days feel the NEED to fit into the crowd so that they can become more marketable. Avril Lavinge for example, was told by the record labels to wear band shirts to make her more marketable. If someone like Bob Dylan came out today, he wouldnt even have a shot at being successful because theres not much of an image to him.

A result of too much MTV perhaps?

07-20-2008, 11:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
COBHCNick Groupie Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 44	Style over substance? I noticed that with a lot of music nowadays, be it metal, rap, pop, or anything of that nature a lot of the time the bands dress or act in a pacific way to fit in and be marketable within a crowd. Sometimes I'll listen to a band I know nothing of, and the music sounds decent but when I check them out they are dressing straight out of a hot topic ad. It just seems like bands these days feel the NEED to fit into the crowd so that they can become more marketable. Avril Lavinge for example, was told by the record labels to wear band shirts to make her more marketable. If someone like Bob Dylan came out today, he wouldnt even have a shot at being successful because theres not much of an image to him. A result of too much MTV perhaps? __________________ Blooddrunk!