Twisting your quote...Seti
Just because it sucks to the masses and does not sell, does it make it "good" too... LOL
It just means it is
palatable for the non connected who found a voice which I also find boring 90% of the time. See The Ramones below...
Just look
at the charts for the last 10 years....Yeah look at em... Britney and Mariah will out sell 99% of them all.....MANY times over.
I just watched a movie on the story and impact of The Ramones. End of the Century So let's look at The Ramones.. A whole generation in 80's fashion punk singers and musicians based on that one band alone? But just a few, if I am gracious, ok songs..
Description:
The film's timeline begins in 1968, years before the band's formation in
the Forest Hills section of Queens, with the boys hanging around the
neighborhood playground. It ends shortly after their induction into the
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2002 and Dee Dee's death from a drug
overdose. Among the rare footage in the film is a September 1974
performance in which the band is dressed in a more glam-rock fashion than
their signature ripped jeans and leather jackets.
Longer description by Colin Geddes:
New York City was caught off guard in 1974 by the angry scream of punk.
Raw and unrestrained, it was a sharp contrast to the soothing banality of
soft rock and disco. At the forefront of the scene were The Ramones:
looking like they had leapt out of a Saturday morning cartoon, they were a
grotesque version of The Monkees, strung out on sugar-coated cereal as
they ripped through three-chord songs about sniffing glue, the
neighbourhood, teenage sex and angst.
End of the Century: The Story of The Ramones is a chronicle of a band
whose influence reaches over two generations of musicians. They were kids
who grew up together, a gang of misfits united in the belief in salvation
and deliverance through the power of rock'n'roll. True pioneers of the
punk DIY (do-it-yourself) philosophy, they just picked up instruments and
played - talent be damned!
It was a rocky road for the pseudo-brothers: the success that always
seemed around the corner continually faded in the distance, as they were
robbed of the title of the originators of punk by the British bands they
inspired. The film's title refers to their 1980 album of the same name,
produced by the infamous, gun-toting, hit song guru Phil Spector - an
endeavour that strained the already tenuous relation between band members.
Alcohol and substance abuse divided them further and poor record sales
turned dreams of rock glory into gigging as a means of employment.
First-time filmmakers Michael Gramaglia and Jim Fields shared a love for
punk through their high school days and their passion is evident in this
candid portrait of a band torn by power struggles and consequences of the
lifestyle. Never straying too far from the immediate subject, End of the
Century moves from the band's early years, through to the deaths of Joey
and Dee Dee and their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
2002. Together with unseen live and studio footage, extensive interviews
with the ex-bandmates, family, friends and figures from New York City's
punk scene, End of the Century not only documents an important chapter in
music history, but also chronicles the bonds of childhood friendship and
their gradual breakdown.
Colin Geddes
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