Is the Guitar Dead/Dying?

boo boo · 03-25-2010, 01:00 PM

Again I never said they didn't exist before punk, I'm talking about how punk brought about a certain point of view into the mainstream media.

Insane Guest · 03-25-2010, 01:01 PM

The guitar isn't dead, rock is just not a big thing these days. When is the last time you heard a GOOD rock song on MTV. It's all this Lady Gaga Jusin Bieber crap that really needs to be thrown away. Let's face it, pop culture and rap are taking over, whenever they need guitar in a song they usually just throw something in from a computer or music program. It's not just the guitar, it's music.

boo boo · 03-25-2010, 01:14 PM

Sigh, this is what I'm talking about.

People have to wage genre wars all the time. "Oh noes electronica and rap is more popular than rock, SOMEONE MUST SAVE IT"

Even if rock music were to die right now, it had a great 60 year run, nothing wrong with letting other forms of music take the spotlight. That is by no means the death of music, in fact that is the way of music, trends come and go, they can't last forever.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 03-25-2010, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Sigh, this is what I'm talking about.

People have to wage genre wars all the time. "Oh noes electronica and rap is more popular than rock, SOMEONE MUST SAVE IT"

Even if rock music were to die right now, it had a great 60 year run, nothing wrong with letting other forms of music take the spotlight. That is by no means the death of music, in fact that is the way of music, trends come and go, they can't last forever.

Besides that, everyone seems to focus on mainstream media. Just because rock music isn't the hottest thing on the charts or MTV doesn't mean there's not 4,053,554,657,899,023,246 doing a great job.

Insane Guest · 03-25-2010, 01:20 PM

I was just exaggerating, but still it is how music works but it doesn't have to stop. For me, Rock will never fade away. I won't give in to bandwagon, and join the pop culture. Rock is still holding strong, and it will remain as fans remain loyal.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 03-25-2010, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by xEMGx

I was just exaggerating, but still it is how music works but it doesn't have to stop. For me, Rock will never fade away. I won't give in to bandwagon, and join the pop culture. Rock is still holding strong, and it will remain as fans remain loyal.

Honestly, by the time rock actually starts to fade away you'll be too old to care.

Insane Guest · 03-25-2010, 01:26 PM

You're probably right. I'll be dead by then. That makes me glad to hear.

boo boo · 03-25-2010, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by xEMGx

I was just exaggerating, but still it is how music works but it doesn't have to stop. For me, Rock will never fade away. I won't give in to bandwagon, and join the pop culture. Rock is still holding strong, and it will remain as fans remain loyal.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to preserve a genre of music, I believe every genre of music has a right to exist, even the ones I don't particarly like.

I just hate it when fans of a genre have to make a war out of it, and have to blame the dying popularity of a genre on another genre and use that as an excuse to lambast it nonstop.

Just about every kind of music community is guilty of this

Punk and indie fans tend to show endless ignorance towards classic rock and prog and make it out like any band (like say Muse) who attempts to revive interest in these genres is worse than Hitler and Stalin combined.

Prog fans tend to be biased against any kind of music that could be considered "pop" and stupidly think that simply calling something "pop" is a legitimate criticism.

Metal fans tend to show ignorance to just about goddamn everything.

Insane Guest · 03-25-2010, 01:38 PM

Hehe ^, I can't say it's not true. But that's how it has to be.

**Janszoon** · 03-25-2010, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Again I never said they didn't exist before punk, I'm talking about how punk brought about a certain point of view into the mainstream media.

And, again, I'm saying that point of view was already present in the mainstream media long before punk came along.

03-25-2010, 01:01 PM	#32 (permalink)
Insane Guest Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: CA Posts: 1,322	The guitar isn't dead, rock is just not a big thing these days. When is the last time you heard a GOOD rock song on MTV. It's all this Lady Gaga Jusin Bieber crap that really needs to be thrown away. Let's face it, pop culture and rap are taking over, whenever they need guitar in a song they usually just throw something in from a computer or music program. It's not just the guitar, it's music.

03-25-2010, 01:20 PM	#35 (permalink)
Insane Guest Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: CA Posts: 1,322	I was just exaggerating, but still it is how music works but it doesn't have to stop. For me, Rock will never fade away. I won't give in to bandwagon, and join the pop culture. Rock is still holding strong, and it will remain as fans remain loyal.

03-25-2010, 01:26 PM	#37 (permalink)
Insane Guest Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: CA Posts: 1,322	You're probably right. I'll be dead by then. That makes me glad to hear.

03-25-2010, 01:38 PM	#39 (permalink)
Insane Guest Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: CA Posts: 1,322	Hehe ^, I can't say it's not true. But that's how it has to be.