If popular music reflects the general tempo of life,

Adv1sor · Post by **Adv1sor** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:15 am

can the same be said of AMVs?

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:18 pm

What do you mean by "tempo of life"?

BauziOLD · Post by **BauziOLD** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:24 pm

Uhm I would say, that amvs reflect the fantasies of the creator or the feeling when he was editing, but "tempo of life"? No I´ve never heard that...
I don´t think that pop music reflects anything except "bling bling" and loves that not hold for long for silly reasons.

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:07 pm

Well, music used to reflect society at the time. Are we saying that just because the pop/rap trend is flaky and juvenile suddenly it doesn't reflect society? I think it reflects society, in the US, rather well. Particularly the younger people who are doing most of the listening to that stuff. Just look at the trend from 90s music to today and compare it to the highschool dropout rates and educational standards. The more 'bling bling' became popular, the less "singers" actually sang notes since it's easier to speak to a catchy beat, the worse the educational standard in the US went. Tell me the two aren't connected. That's like saying cultural 'revolutions' weren't led by musical artists in the past. All you have to do is look at the big names of the 50s, 60s, 70s, and then the upbeat mix we had in the late 80s into 90s - matching a pretty calm steady time (the Gulf War did not compare to past wars, not to Vietnam or Pearl Harbor, or any of the seriously disturbing incidents that led artists to 'speak out' through music). What do we have to inspire people today? A fight over oil. Yeah, like the highschool dropouts care about that. They want to hear pop and easy-to-relate to psudoangst that makes their petty problems seem important.

I don't know if amvs follow a trend that reflects the society of the "artists" making them, but music does. At least in the US, music has always reflected society. The problem is, if we don't like where the music is heading, that means we probably don't like where society is heading. Who really wants to deal with big thoughts like that when you can just plug in a bling bling pop song and have at it?

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:13 pm

Ari is an editor that needs an editor.

BA-ZING!

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:23 pm

To summarize, AMVs reflect the lives of those who create them and the surrounding cultural environment.

Snarky comments about rambling musings of posts aside, obviously.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:56 pm

Otohiko wrote:What do you mean by "tempo of life"?

I'm guessing something similar to the rhythm of life. You know, like a powerful beat.

staces · Post by **staces** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:21 pm

Music is more like real life, generally, than anime.

Bitches, hoes, bling and big guns are things that some people have, whereas only the privillaged get to glow in front of a colorful background while their clothes melt off and moonbeams shoot out their ass so they can go fight crime... when they're 12.

So, no, AMVs are less like RL than music.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:03 pm

Oh.

Down with 4/4

inthesto · Post by **inthesto** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:27 am

Does this mean that if 2/2 music ever becomes popular, we'll all be facists?