I feel like our generation is meant to be dumbed down.
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It's what mainstream society wants, but us highbrows are left in the dust.
[QUOTE=Megan Fox;18169004]music use to actually carry a message but now it's just retarded dances, booze, sex and all over again.[/QUOTE]
Music has been like that forever.
Also, our generation isn't "dumbed down," you're just imagining things.
I like to pretend I'm in the middle ages it's all good.
[QUOTE=Megan Fox;18169004]
Or when music use to actually carry a message but now it's just retarded dances, booze, sex and all over again.[/QUOTE]
Hahahaaha
Just because you don't look for meaning, doesn't mean there isn't one.
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[img]http://www.themorningnews.org/tob/2007/images/cover-TheRoad-blaze.jpg[/img]
Yep real dumbed down.
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[QUOTE=Tarzy;18171482]Well folks, it's all about money these days, if you have skill and no one knows you, no one will ever know you. It's about getting known for unoriginal shit and having record companies making millions. Sad, sad world. It actually takes effort to find a nice band, rather than in the olden days, great hits came on the radio all of the time.[/QUOTE]
olden days
anyone who says olden days is either 60 or 16
[QUOTE=Megan Fox;18169004]I have a question do you think that this generation was setup to be dumbed down?
The reason I asked that is because people think a 3 minute news clip is going to tell them about the whole situation.
Or when music use to actually carry a message but now it's just retarded dances, booze, sex and all over again.
It's seems like our generation was meant to be dumbed down. [B]No more protest or anything that's worth fighting for.[/B] We just allow things to run over us. It's almost as if were powerless.
So what do you think about this or is it just me dumbing down?[/QUOTE]
Today I got handed a pamphlet for a same sex marriage rights protest in my city in a few weeks.
every generation is dumb
Most things are dumbed down these days, all kids show consist of poorly written teen dramas, music you already mentioned and although some of you are mentioning stuff like Muse, when do you ever hear that played? Only time I ever hear it is when I'm playing it via an ipod, no way in hell will it make it to the radio.
Everyone's too busy playing shitty Black Eyed Peas songs.
Simple formula for successful music.
Add women, add booze, add mention of money and sexual innuendo.
Done.
[QUOTE=Mooe94;18169183]I'm so happy there are still some decent radio channels airing good music every now and then. There is this Danish one who plays old rock from the 50-90's using a very good selection. It's just nice to hear there are still someone who dares to play music from the past.[/QUOTE]
Which one is that? I never really listen to radio for the reasons other people have stated, so I'm not really up to date on who's playing what :v:
Every fucking radio station plays shit from the past.
[QUOTE=thisispain;18180496]Every fucking radio station plays shit from the past.[/QUOTE]
Of course, it's hard to play something from the future. However, I meant 10-20 years back.
[QUOTE=Dr Magnusson;18180621]Of course, it's hard to play something from the future. However, I meant 10-20 years back.[/QUOTE]
I don't know about you but around here there's more stations playing stuff from 1965-1985 or so than there are pop stations
Maybe in a couple years we'll die out like our early ancestors and a new race of Human will come, or maybe Im just tired as hell and don't know what Im saying
I feel the same way, but I'm not all "fuk da polic3 rage against da machin"
More like, finish the fucking week, hang out with my friends and if we're lucky drink together or just session to some good music.
People can think what they want, as long as I'm happy people can think whatever the fuck they want
At that other guy with the gay name;
Oh really asshole? Thats why 1 billion people are starving right now;
[img]http://www.wsws.org/images/2009sep/s18-hngr-chart-480.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Megan Fox;18186873]At that other guy with the gay name;
Oh really asshole? Thats why 1 billion people are starving right now;
[img]http://www.wsws.org/images/2009sep/s18-hngr-chart-480.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Our world's population is rising exponentially, that's why. First off, if you want good statistics, do percentage for something that covers a fluctuating number like that. Secondly, the first part doesn't matter that much because HOLY SHIT THAT IS ONE SIXTH OF THE WORLD. Really, we need to focus on new agricultural techniques. There are designs out there for crazy things like farm/skyscrapers for cities and new techniques that would help poor farmers. If we can localize our food production in cities and grow food where people need it, then we would lower the cost of food in both money and lives.
[QUOTE=Negrul1;18169031]And a lot of music does have meaning; listen to something by Elbow or Muse and tell me it's meaningless.[/QUOTE]
"a chinese cigarette case, and the rest you can keep, and the rest you can keep
there's a hole down in my neighborhood that i cannot help but fall through"
elbow-grounds for divorce
???
[QUOTE=Fennek11;18174187]It's not so much that "rap music is dumb", more that most of the "mainstream" music is rap and most of the mainstream music is dumb. Just wanted to point that out.[/QUOTE]
partly agree, however, mainstream music is not rap, its just shitty party hip hop, which is good for clubbing and shit, but not worth listening to
[QUOTE=Doug52392;18169232]Yeah, a lot of stuff these days are pretty dumbed down for a culture in which concepts such as "instant gratification" and being the "center of the universe" is important.
Most mainstream music these days doesn't have much meaning beyond drugs, sex, and violance. Hell, you don't even have to have [b]any[/b] talent onceoever to be successful in the music industry, as long as you look attractive to clueless teenage girls. (The Jonas Brothers)
Take "musicians" like [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Bieber]Justin Bieber[/url] for instance, and his "smash hit" "One Time":
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWTdh8eM_aY[/media]
This 15 year old kid sounds like he hasn't even hit puberty yet, and he has a full CD coming out soon. He sounds like Fred without any computer modification to his voice.
So how would Hollywood find a kid like this? YouTube. That's right, he got famous because he sang a rap song about sex, drugs, and violance and posted it on YouTube. Girls loved him because they thought he was "OMG SOOOO SEXY,"and Hollywood signed him to a record deal.
Which leads into a bigger issue the current generation faces: The Internet. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and the like promote the "center of the universe" mentality that kids these days seem to think. They think the WHOLE WORLD really cares about some useless rant on Twitter.[/QUOTE]
Fucking autotune.
[QUOTE=whitespace;18188521]Fucking autotune.[/QUOTE]
I'm considering whether murdering him is worth it...
holy fuck this is a white kid trying to be a fake rapper, like lil wayne who also deserves to die for desecrating the guitar AND rap + hip hop
also he looks like he is 13, and very short, there is no way he could ever hook up with anyone, he also tries to dance like it
[QUOTE=Dominic0904;18189224]rap sucks m'kay?[/QUOTE]
No, it doesn't. It wins. Just mainstream rap. Sucks.
Probably something to do with the fact that theres alot of thick people around today, I mean really if you can manage a trip downtown without seeing some stupid person do/say something stupid you're lucky. More thick people = more stuff for thick people = more dumbing down :(
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[QUOTE=Earthen;18188952]I'm considering whether murdering him is worth it...
holy fuck this is a white kid trying to be a fake rapper, like lil wayne who also deserves to die for desecrating the guitar AND rap + hip hop
also he looks like he is 13, and very short, there is no way he could ever hook up with anyone, he also tries to dance like it[/QUOTE]
I noticed that the xbox controller wasn't switched on when they're 'playing' with them. Fucking hell how hard is it to turn a pad on, retards.
[QUOTE=ASmellyOgre;18187032]Our world's population is rising exponentially, that's why. First off, if you want good statistics, do percentage for something that covers a fluctuating number like that. Secondly, the first part doesn't matter that much because HOLY SHIT THAT IS ONE SIXTH OF THE WORLD. Really, we need to focus on new agricultural techniques. There are designs out there for crazy things like farm/skyscrapers for cities and new techniques that would help poor farmers. If we can localize our food production in cities and grow food where people need it, then we would lower the cost of food in both money and lives.[/QUOTE]
I say, fuck the poor, let them help themselves instead of hogging the richer nations for money and food.
No matter how much money we stuff into others mouths, rich people will keep getting richer and poor people will keep getting poorer.
Besides, everybody knows that if you give a man a fish, he'll eat for one day and then pretend more, but if you don't give him anything he will find out some other way to eat.
I also support mandatory abortion of severely retarded or ill babies. One single retard can cost the state millions and millions of dollars. With the same money there's so much that can be done.
[QUOTE=Megan Fox;18186873]At that other guy with the gay name;
Oh really asshole? Thats why 1 billion people are starving right now;
[img]http://www.wsws.org/images/2009sep/s18-hngr-chart-480.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
i dont wanna sound like an asshole, but im always hungry.
Blame the educators and the parents.... Anyone who wants to be enlightened has the ability to in this day and age.
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[QUOTE=Megan Fox;18186873]At that other guy with the gay name;
Oh really asshole? Thats why 1 billion people are starving right now;
[img]http://www.wsws.org/images/2009sep/s18-hngr-chart-480.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
And most of those people that are starving are living in the shitholes of the Earth.
I BLAME CATHOLIC SCHOOL. That is all.
Listen to music with no lyrics then.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;18209418]Listen to music with no lyrics then.[/QUOTE]
Problem solved!
[QUOTE=Doug52392;18169232]Yeah, a lot of stuff these days are pretty dumbed down for a culture in which concepts such as "instant gratification" and being the "center of the universe" is important.
Most mainstream music these days doesn't have much meaning beyond drugs, sex, and violance. Hell, you don't even have to have [b]any[/b] talent onceoever to be successful in the music industry, as long as you look attractive to clueless teenage girls. (The Jonas Brothers)
Take "musicians" like [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Bieber]Justin Bieber[/url] for instance, and his "smash hit" "One Time":
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWTdh8eM_aY[/media]
This 15 year old kid sounds like he hasn't even hit puberty yet, and he has a full CD coming out soon. He sounds like Fred without any computer modification to his voice.
So how would Hollywood find a kid like this? YouTube. That's right, he got famous because he sang a rap song about sex, drugs, and violance and posted it on YouTube. Girls loved him because they thought he was "OMG SOOOO SEXY,"and Hollywood signed him to a record deal.
Which leads into a bigger issue the current generation faces: The Internet. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and the like promote the "center of the universe" mentality that kids these days seem to think. They think the WHOLE WORLD really cares about some useless rant on Twitter.[/QUOTE]
:lol:
the controller wasn't even on
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