>>3772 >With some more interesting stuff getting second tier recognition and making it into the lower top 40 sometimes I suppose. Though I think media fragmentation plays just a part as any greed on the corporate side. corporations just want money....big deal. The great stuff doesn´t always reach the top 40 and keep in mind that the same companies will push the same pop songs all the time (yesterday in fact, I had to hear again "I will survive" on the radio because it was turned on in the kitchen). Always the same one hit wonders and singles that serve to pay the bills and keep the money flowing. However, what makes your argument more plausible and down to earth is that you blame that the top 40 is the problem. Well, yes it is and let me tell you, you are not going to find experimental music with that route, even in rock stations that always put the same 70s songs over and over.
So, that sounds sad and I have to use the internet method as well.
On the bright side, did you know why I had to postpone this post and why I linked that song here? >>3775 and also this one: https://youtube.com/watch?v=FR4-zgLIJvI [Embed]
Well, I did that for a reason, I could have replied to this as usual but I wanted to bring this picture. This is what...I believe that you want to look at and that my generation can offer in some way. You know, I am trying to answer to you with the same genre that you are sad about: progressive rock. Post punk didn´t kill it and both can coexist perfectly as shown these days. So, how did I make this custom chart? I have made an attempt on compiling the most acclaimed releases of the genre that happened after the neo prog era in the 80s. I have had to search on the 4chan /mu/ essentials around the wiki, some music magazines, a few subreddits, using Rateyourmusic to find their names and pick their most loved albums that fit into the genre and it took me like 2 hours at doing that ask (yes,your post made me jump into the genre). Today in the morning, I have had to check it again and replace 3 or 4 albums and I wanted time to check them even if it´s skimming on how they all sounded.
Again, this is an attempt but not a rushed one at picking the artists just to say that while prog rock is not dead, it has cost me a little bit of time and use the proper sites to make sure that they accomplish what they are supposed to deliver. This is a list of mine (if /mu/ sees this, they will kill me because they aren´t the biggest fans of prog), so you won´t find this anywhere else. Prog rock is seen somewhat badly because people always circlejerk about the same old bands from the 70s and they believe that they are patricians for doing that. Sure, these modern artists cannot beat them but they fill that spot that you would consider nonexistent and it´s actually there.
>Their is a lot more you have to compete with for attention now and they think things have to be made with as much mass appeal and basic emotions as possible to have a chance/maximize their returns on any artist they invest or invent exactly and one thing about your line. There is a hard rock band that has become popular recently and even won a Grammy. Sounds good right? you know what, they don´t interest me at all and I will let you to think what band it is and how it affects the industry for the worst instead of doing a good thing.
