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FIRE ~ THE MAGIC SHOEMAKER ~ UK PYE LP 1970 ~ PROGRESSIVE PSYCH HEAVY ROCK LP $1,572.80 |
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Earth Wind & Fire Autographed Signed Gold Guitar Exact Video UACC RD COA $943.65 |
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Earth Wind & Fire Autographed Signed Guitar & Proof UACC RD COA $943.65 |
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6157 | FREE fire and water JAPAN Vinyl $844.99 |
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James Taylor Autographed Signed Fire & Rain Guitar PSA/DNA UACC RD COA $808.65 |
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Hollywood Undead: Can Music Get Any Worse Than This?
Usually people who love music (like myself) tend to like to write about music they love (in my case that would be musical geniuses like Led Zeppelin, Oasis, & The Flaming Lips.) But sometimes it’s fun to talk about bad music. In fact in some ways it’s more fun. And it’s certainly much easier to find. Just check out music on MySpace to see what I mean. It’s most annoying for me that some of the worst music I’ve found on MySpace is also among the most popular.
Hollywood Undead has to be the most exceptional example of this. They are incredibly bad and even more incredibly popular. I know it’s nothing new for “the kids” to love crap music, but I think Hollywood Undead just takes that concept too far? At least most of the awful music of the past had at least some redeeming value. Sure Milli Vanilli was cheesy but their songs were catchy and had some good production values.
But they certainly are not all alone in the big world of awful music.
How about Dierks Bentley? Have you heard this guy? He’s amazingly bad. I had heard his name for quite some time but had never checked out his music before as I have no interest in country pop but one day I came across his latest single “Feel That Fire” and I was just floored because it was so much worse than I thought it would be. And that’s saying quite a bit because I assumed it was be flat out terrible. But no, it’s far worse than that.
It’s no big deal that people are creating horrendous music. There’s nothing new about that. The big deal to me is that so many people actually think this is good music. Why is that? Why are people just so incredibly clueless about what constitutes quality?
The easy thing to blame would be American Idol. And I’m sure that does have a part to play. It’s taught people that the only thing that matters in music is having a pretty voice. This means these are people who have no way of understanding music with any depth or any real artistic value.
But I’m sure it must go much deeper than that. Of course it’s not like people being into awful music is a new thing. The masses are always attracted to the easy to swallow garbage that usually fills the top forty every week. And it’s the real music that real music lovers listen to and that lasts for years.
Obviously there will be no one listening to anyone from American Idol or Dierks Bentley in 50 years (except out of pure nostalgia or as a joke) while people will still be listening the music of true musical geniuses like The Beatles & Jimi Hendrix.
Camp Winx – Fire!!! music video
