.... just curious......
now that "our" music is in the mainstream (USA, I mean) I realized something I
hoped would *NOT* happen. I know a guy writing a book on the history of pop
music. He teaches a course on it. Now he'll start with the delta blues and how it
went on up to Chicago ... to Elvis....to Beatles....to 70's disco ...so forth. Now the
most current book he showed me goes all the way up to the ALTERNATIVE craze
when Nirvana blew up the charts. Do you all think that groups like
(P/CB's/Orbital/etc.) will eventually be written about in these types of books?
anyone think this stuff will last long enough, with Mtv and other corporate
giants backing up 'the next big thing', to be considered for his book? Or is it still
to early to tell. He is nowhere near DONE and, I would immagine, maybe this
stuff will be a page or less to be thrown in at the end .
I often hoped this style of music would be able to avoid this. Kinda wanted my
children (later in life) to discover this music all to themselves, like I did, not by
some retro-fad like kids today discovering Punk Rock b/c of Green Day. What do
y'all predict?
THis is *NOT* a continuation of the thread that won't die. It is a theoretical
question for the INTELLIGENT people the list. I ask, are we on the road to
making our mark in popular music's history??? Should we care??? Maybe we
have tooo many sub-genre's within electronic music for it to be well represented.
So, maybe I shouldn't worry, eh?
One way or anotha' i will still play SAW1 to my wife's pregnant belly (if and
when that happens). As long as the kids don't use my discs for frisbees.....
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btw I don't have kids yet. Just wanted to clarify that part