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The last two years have seen the inlux of tweenager listening to rock/alternative music. I'm not critercising the music as I listen to alot of it but it seenms as though it is now more of a fashion statement than anything else. Camden Town must be booming with the money they're making of Limp Biskit hoodies.
I'm glad that more rock bands are going to release more singles but it seems as though the 'fans' see that you have to dress in baggie trousers and a limp biskit hoodie to be a part of everyone else. They have to comform to everyone, it seems so trendy. They also wear the gloomy expressions on their face.
this is not suppose to be offensive I just want people, if there are any, to prove me wrong.
I'm glad that more rock bands are going to release more singles but it seems as though the 'fans' see that you have to dress in baggie trousers and a limp biskit hoodie to be a part of everyone else. They have to comform to everyone, it seems so trendy. They also wear the gloomy expressions on their face.
this is not suppose to be offensive I just want people, if there are any, to prove me wrong.
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I think that you have a valid point to some extent Borgdrone, the music that you mention is very much part of the MTV type scene ant the moment and is guilty by association of being more of a fashion statement than anything else.
Music does tend to breed this however, though looking at earlier music and the fashion that went with it you could probably make a case for it being the other way around. The ethos that is/was Punk, Mod, Rocker, Goth, Hip Hop etceteras was in place and evolved with the music rather than as an afterthought of the types of person that would identify with it.
It comes down to whether or not you buy into the music the whole hog, you buy the T-shirt and wear the trainers and the key chain. Not everybody will do this, you can’t look at the way I dress and guess the type of music that I listen to. But considering the importance of music on youth culture it isn’t really surprising that a lot of younger people do.
I’m sure that some of these people will be interested in bands that set the stage for this type of music and after a while they probably will get to know about these bands and appreciate where their current favourite’s were spawned from.
On the whole it can only be a good thing for this genre of music. The alternative is of course that your younger brother/sister listens to and wastes their money on serious bile, that they don’t even realise are shipping 60’s covers out to them half of the time.
Music does tend to breed this however, though looking at earlier music and the fashion that went with it you could probably make a case for it being the other way around. The ethos that is/was Punk, Mod, Rocker, Goth, Hip Hop etceteras was in place and evolved with the music rather than as an afterthought of the types of person that would identify with it.
It comes down to whether or not you buy into the music the whole hog, you buy the T-shirt and wear the trainers and the key chain. Not everybody will do this, you can’t look at the way I dress and guess the type of music that I listen to. But considering the importance of music on youth culture it isn’t really surprising that a lot of younger people do.
I’m sure that some of these people will be interested in bands that set the stage for this type of music and after a while they probably will get to know about these bands and appreciate where their current favourite’s were spawned from.
On the whole it can only be a good thing for this genre of music. The alternative is of course that your younger brother/sister listens to and wastes their money on serious bile, that they don’t even realise are shipping 60’s covers out to them half of the time.
It would be interesting to ask the bandwagon following fans about music pre Korn, to see what they know about grunge, thrash, hardcore, glam metal, classic punk, 70s rock, back to the blues. I get the impression that there's no interest in looking back and discovering great music from the past.
The last two years have seen the inlux of tweenager listening to rock/alternative music. I'm not critercising the music as I listen to alot of it but it seenms as though it is now more of a fashion statement than anything else. Camden Town must be booming with the money they're making of Limp Biskit hoodies.
I'm glad that more rock bands are going to release more singles but it seems as though the 'fans' see that you have to dress in baggie trousers and a limp biskit hoodie to be a part of everyone else. They have to comform to everyone, it seems so trendy. They also wear the gloomy expressions on their face.
this is not suppose to be offensive I just want people, if there are any, to prove me wrong.
I'm glad that more rock bands are going to release more singles but it seems as though the 'fans' see that you have to dress in baggie trousers and a limp biskit hoodie to be a part of everyone else. They have to comform to everyone, it seems so trendy. They also wear the gloomy expressions on their face.
this is not suppose to be offensive I just want people, if there are any, to prove me wrong.
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