Quote Originally Posted by overgrowthegovt
Yeah, I was talking more about the stuff around nowadays....50 Cent and the Jonas Brothers and all that. If something's widely liked, it could be due to bad taste or media manipulation, as with those, or it could be because of a band's genuine talent and power, i.e. Led Zeppelin. I think peoples' taste is fading because of this very attitude of nonjudgmental subjectivity, which I find problematic....I read an essay once about how high art is dying because in our modern society we're indoctrinated to respect all forms of expression, no matter how soulless or cheap they may be. So to hell with that attitude, I say a resounding "fuck you" to the modern phenomenon of low art.
But what about the stuff nowadays? They're amazing stuff being produced nowaday although you have to realize the model in music is changing. Everyone has more access to cheaper equipment, so more people are able to produce music. The pool of talent is diluted and wider. It's not like the 60s where in order to have a band, you gotta be really good technically so someone can front you a PA and sign you to a record deal.

But let's address a musician that could fit your criteria. What about someone like Eminem? Jay-Z? Nas? Korn? Blink 182? They all fit the criteria of something that could be in bad taste, media manipulation. However, even though I don't like any of them at all, I have listened to most of their albums and they are quite good in different ways. Like that, I'm sure their music will be heard years later. You could far back as Dire Straits (and they milked the hell out of MTV) to find MTV-influenced bands that seem to have this label as being shit music, but in reality, their music is timeless.

In reality, preference and taste are huge factors in how one determines what music they like. They are bands who are innovative groundbreakers that never get recognized until much later, like The Velvet Underground and Brian Eno and they are many a band that fail to live to the hype they generate and are long forgotten. It doesn't mean that low art is the phenomenon of the day. It's simply evolving with artists being more free from the rein of record companies.
thcbongman Reviewed by thcbongman on . How subjective is music, really? People always say everything's a matter of taste, and that's true for what people should listen to/read, etc....as far as actual quality, though, you can't really say it doesn't matter if you prefer Shakespeare or Danielle Steele. Same as music, I think...can everyone's tastes really be respected if some prefer MTV trash to the works of, say, Hendrix or Bob Dylan? Just a thought. Rating: 5