Fall, do you have any examples of the more 'Noble' examples of R&B and hip-hop? I can't think of anything I've heard that's from a time when this type of music wasn't quite so.... degraded.
nailz wrote:Whats the deal with his teeth? Does anyone else find that absolutely revolting?
Yes, very much so. If your going to do body modifications, figure out something a bit better. To earn real respekt, get some scart done.
Popsa wrote:
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And it's simply just impossible to not eat this rubbish
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They are the idols of our youth, for them they go insane
They need to have a lot of money and a lot of other shit
They're excellent artists, they're great in all ways
They must have everything in the world, except for a soul
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Ooooh, popsa!
Pink bullshit from the horns to the tail
I feel this is worth quoting since as far as I can see, its accurate in describing this epedemic that is popsa. Or describing popular music. Your call.
As said before, a good majority of people that like this kind of music, and by that I'm refering to both hip hop, pop, and really all the other music popular with the younger crowd, want to follow the crowd and fit in. I personally don't know why you'd want to, I don't care how many times you tell me how cool those 4 seconds are, jumping off the golden gate bridge doesn't sound fun. So even those who don't really care for it are going to be interested in linkin park and Ying Yang Twins.
It's popular because it reflects "the [percieved] general tempo of life." It doesn't matter that even though those who live in poor black neighborhoods don't face all the same problems, its percieved that they have them. Emo's who need a spicy chicken sandwich identify with the lyrics of linkin park. They may not have those problems, but they certainly feel like it. Some, I hope, may not believe in what they're saying but it's still the closest thing that reflects their percieved life. I would venture to guess that the worse situation your actually in, the more you will either gravitate towards believing this, or realize that reality has arrived and you need to get yourself out, not wallow in your problems.
There's no real answer to this either. Maybe improve the general life of the low/middle income majority, but then I think you'd just make more emo's. Your sure as hell not going to 'wake' people up in large groups without some sort of trauma, again, percieved or real. You can't tell your average 16 year old, "Be yourself!" because that's so suppressed or warped that until they're dragged away from this fantasy world that is the general public education system, it almost doesn't exist. They're constantly surrounded by this 'culture' that walls them in. It may well carry onto adulthood, either as a form of making money or as a persona who never made it out of highschool. I find the latter group disturbing, especially when they hold a job as your boss.
Dementia is a, currently, incurable disease. You don't tell the guy with dementia the walls aren't actually closing, you get them away from the walls. The same with Popsa.
Otohiko wrote:Here's a question:
What music do you think is the alternative to modern-day popsa? Surely hard punk or death metal wouldn't work for most people, awesome though some specimens of that may be...
Classical, or some sort of complex music. Construktion of Light comes to mind.
