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Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie
Very interesting article. I think as trends repeat themselves (as they so often do), the need for actual singers/songwriters and bands will come around again. IMO, it's starting now. People are slowly becoming tired of a music industry dominated with people like Britney Spears who can't sing worth a damn, can't write a song, play an instrument and who would be better suited as a Los Vegas showgirl than a singer. I don't know that Britney will be around that long but I do think that as more and more bands emerge, people will embrace them and they'll be the ones playing the live music...not Britney and Usher, IMO. Thanks for sharing!
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Well, it's one thing to be a group of songwriting musicians, but it's another thing to not suck at it! There are a gazillion of these performing middling bands that all wear the same boring/generic rock formula into the ground- Hoobastank, Three Doors Down, Linkin Park, Nickelback, Creed, Evanescence, etc. As far as I am concerned, they are just updated versions of the bad hairbands from the late 80s, but not nearly as campy and fun. Accordingly it doesn't surprise me that none of them are major concert draws.
However, I do think there are signs that the worst is already past us music-wise. Happily, there do not appear to be a bunch of those worthless "girl groups" or "boy bands" on the charts anymore. And the fact that Wilco made a top ten debut recently is also telling. And of course there is Norah Jones and even Alicia Keys along with the next big things like Jet and the Scissor Sisters. And even though they haven't sold a ton of records, great singer/songwriter/musicians like Ben Folds and Rufus Wainwright are still making incredible recordings and have ardent live followings. And you've gotta love the fact that Jimmy Buffett had the Number One album on the Billboard charts. I can't stand his music personally, but it was a great "F__k You!" to all of those hip hop and rap artists.