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In reply to the discussion: A lot of people put down the 70's as far as music goes.... [View all]Yavin4
(37,182 posts)9. The Death of Clubs May Explain Why Music Is So Bad Today
Was watching a documentary about Peter Gatien, the owner of the Limelight club in NYC, and they made the point that clubs like the Limelight, the Tunnel, Max's Kansas City, and CBGB provided artists a forum to try out their music and experiment before they went mainstream. Bands like the Ramones, Smashing Pumpkins, Madonna, Blondie, Jay-Z, etc. all played in these clubs in NY.
Today, corporations own music, and want to grow artists through American Idol and The X Factor, which render the artists nothing more than Karaoke singers.
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And the production values made it actually sound like actual musical instruments being played
arcane1
Aug 2012
#32
i remember my buddy had a boot-leg 8track of Led Zeppelin's fourth album and it changed tracks
WCGreen
Aug 2012
#41
Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Television, Hawkwind, Tangerine Dream, Roxy Music, Neu
Tom Ripley
Aug 2012
#10