plants right...people on here and everywhere who have heard nothing but their local classic rock stations which they in turn compare to their local top 40 hits station really really really need to shoot themselves every time they throw this entire generation of musicians under the bus. i have said it before and will now say it again. there are musicians in every genre going right now that are timeless and great and can be compared to the all time greats. you get into who is better or worse and you start missing the point of great music, but i will say i have heard people across the board in music today that can step to any of the heavy hitters from the 70s. not to take anything away from the artists of that decade, they were great, but it is time you all stop taking away from the ones of this decade. difference is you have to look. if you are over 10 years old and havent yet realized that to find the good new music you h ave to actively look for it in places outside of mtv and terrestrial radio, you might as well give up on music all together. and in effect, that is what you have already done when you just listen to stairway to heaven or comfortably numb for the thousandth time and tell yourself you have it all figured out.

and the thing about downloading as that is the topic. the really really good musicians who arent well known i will pay for their official albums and tickets to live shows. then download live songs. millionare good bands that already have money ill download songs, know that it is technically stealing and not care. and the assumption that no musician today is wealthy is ludicrous. garth brooks has outsold every single band from the seventies, and he is from this generation. there is an example of someone i would download(in fact i did downoad friends in low places a few years back) i am not callin him great, i am simply stating a fact, and him making money isnt an exception. many people hit it really big in music today whether they deserve it or not.