<p>haha. anyone see her on letterman dressed as batman? and eating paper? lols</p>
<p>i caught my dad singing judas and katy perry’s et the other day. he’s a balding man in his 50s, i should mention…</p>
<p>Zeppelin, such a talented, talented band. Classic rock at its finest. Such an innovate, progressive band that drew musical influence from a multitude of genres- hard rock, blues, folk, to name a few. Jimmy Paige, such a beast on the guitar. Love his solo in “Whole Lotta Love.” John Bonham was a monster on the drums… Achilles Heel blew me away when i listened to it. The weakest link IMO is Plant, but he’s still miles better than most modern pop singers. </p>
<p>It’s a shame at how such talented bands like Zeppelin and the Doors were popular in the 60s/70s and how such simplistic, unoriginal, repetitive music groups dominate the pop scene of today (Gaga falls under here). Zeppelin had intricate drumming, intricate guitar playing, and Plant had one hell of a range as a vocalist. </p>
<p>The idea that modern pop like Gaga, Bieber, Taylor Swift, ect, is popular because of their simplicity and catchyness is absolute bs. It’s because these artists are promoted by the media and are given mass radio play. Zeppelin and the Doors both had amazing musicians, didn’t always have catchy music (much of their music was very deep and went against traditional song structure) and their music was not simple, yet they were super popular because back in the day, they were given radio play. They were liked by men and women alike. </p>
<p>Whatever musical style is popular among the masses is determined by the media executives. Back in the day of classic rock, corporate executives decided to market intricate rock. Today, the media spews simplistic pop, and consequently, it is very popular. </p>
<p>I feel as if popular music is getting simpler and simpler, and it’s a shame. And it’s a shame that Lady Gaga, who is clearly a talented musician when she plays like acoustically with a jazz/bluesy feel, is forced into this corporate pop paradigm of recording very simplistic music, having her voice autotuned, and having real instruments replaced with computers.</p>
<p>That’s not to say ALL pop music is bad. I certainly enjoy Journey, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, among others. But I haven’t been too impressed with what’s being done in the pop world in the last decade.</p>
<p>I think the pop industry is very much look over talent. Look at how many people are commenting on Gaga’s fashion- who cares!!! it should be about the music, not how she looks. </p>
<p>I agree that pop music has degenerated over the ages. Some people count Queen as pop (although they played many different styles of music), and they were super super popular back in the day. How the hell did the popular masses go from liking “Bohemian Rhapsody” to liking Justin Bieber’s- “Baby?” And Gaga’s studio records aren’t much better. To me, it’s incompressible. My dad tells me Bohemian Rhapsody, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Brick in the Wall Pt 2, and AC/DC tunes were given heavy radio play back in the 70s. But then now, the masses prefer suck simplified and hashed down music.</p>
<p>Maybe it’s because most people aren’t musicians and are unable to understand or appreciate the talent these classic rock gems had. They judge songs solely on lyrical content (which is ironic since most pop, hip-hop, whatever isn’t meaningful, with the obvious exception of Flobots, Eminem, and Old Skool Rap like the Notorious Big, Tupac, ect), catchyness, ect, and are unable to understand the musical simplicity of modern pop, and as jimmy said, the intricacies of classic rock. (and to be fair- not all classic rock is great. But as a whole, it is sure a lot better than modern pop)</p>