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~~ADELE~~ · 07-20-2008, 02:46 PM

Okay, here's a good debating question we had in the pub a while back.
Have you noticed great music often is tied to a social/political scene or movement?
I wonder if the climate is sometimes just wrong for a great band.
Like punk bands today would be selling loads had they been around in 79.
Black metal today is nothing compared to it's heyday.
The climate has to be right doesn't it?
Summer of love don't work now as we have the choice of thousands of summer love festivals all mainly corporate.
Beatle mania came out of a climate of new hope after Kennedy's death and a new government in the UK.
Punk exploded thanks to the system of old bands like the stones not reaching the kids mixed with a class system so terrible.
Britpop also came from a new Labour Govt.
What about Elvis and the birth of Rock?
What about the birth of metal with Zep and the Who and stadium rock.
Even the prog rock for it's amazing musical achievements?
I reckon many bands just come about at the wrong time when society is just past it or into something else and it is the explosion of cultral need and musical statements all coming together at once.
What about Rap in the US in the eighties for black movement?
I want to debate what you think was the most important musical movement EVER.
For me it was punk in 76-79 both here and in the States by far but I want to know what others think.
If you say the eighties electro movement you are in for a hard time!!!
I say this because I keep wondering what the next explosion will be. There always seems to be a lull where the ****e pop bands come back for a while till the next explosion.

07-20-2008, 02:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
~~ADELE~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: London Posts: 466	Most Important Music Cultral Movement EVER Okay, here's a good debating question we had in the pub a while back. Have you noticed great music often is tied to a social/political scene or movement? I wonder if the climate is sometimes just wrong for a great band. Like punk bands today would be selling loads had they been around in 79. Black metal today is nothing compared to it's heyday. The climate has to be right doesn't it? Summer of love don't work now as we have the choice of thousands of summer love festivals all mainly corporate. Beatle mania came out of a climate of new hope after Kennedy's death and a new government in the UK. Punk exploded thanks to the system of old bands like the stones not reaching the kids mixed with a class system so terrible. Britpop also came from a new Labour Govt. What about Elvis and the birth of Rock? What about the birth of metal with Zep and the Who and stadium rock. Even the prog rock for it's amazing musical achievements? I reckon many bands just come about at the wrong time when society is just past it or into something else and it is the explosion of cultral need and musical statements all coming together at once. What about Rap in the US in the eighties for black movement? I want to debate what you think was the most important musical movement EVER. For me it was punk in 76-79 both here and in the States by far but I want to know what others think. If you say the eighties electro movement you are in for a hard time!!! I say this because I keep wondering what the next explosion will be. There always seems to be a lull where the ****e pop bands come back for a while till the next explosion.