10th August 2005, 05:59 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Japan/USA
Posts: 7,019
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Originally Posted by ayumihamasakisan005
true really true... I mean, you have people like 50 Cent (Candy Shop, for example) taking over the cleaner Beyonce... I really think the music that's dirty is more popular, because of the mass of teens that buy it, rather than someone cleaner, say Carrie Underwood for example...
THEN, you see all the adults that want to be cool, they find out what teens are listening to, and then buy the dirty music a majority of teens are listening to now... out of 10 of my friends, about 5-6 people listen to rap, and 4-5 listen to the "deeper" Alternative... so at least the alternate, which is becoming increasingly popular, is becoming a way to get a better message through...
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But really most of the "alternative" bands these days aren't that good either. Most of the bands today come off as very corporatized posers and thus their lyrics sound completely hollow. I miss the good old days of rock, when the rock singers could actually sing too. 
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