Is the '00s the emo/glam rap musical era?
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I'd think more that its the era of kids obssessed with following a bunch of completely different musical cults, won't (or can't accept) anyone who thinks outside their tiny, weeny little boxes and don't appreciate anything other than whatever they're 'in to'.\nSpeaking from an 18 year olds point of view, I'd say that have a varied taste in music is pretty rare today. And according to my mum, it's like the whole 'mods and rockers' phase we had in England two or three decades ago.\n\nI'm happy to say that I listen to what I want, when I want to, and nobody can change that. This may vary from your 'emo' type music to 70's and 80's punk. \n\nI have the most interesting and different group of friends going, and not a gaggle of people who won't accept anyone who isn't 'gangsta' or doesn't have a million piercing, or chose not to wear jeans that cut of the circulation in your legs. \n\nSO IN ANSWER TO YOU QUESTION, I'D HAVE TO SAY THAT, FOR THE majority OF PEOPLE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE IGNORANT 'MUSIC-IST' ERA.
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me! u cannot compare 80's music to today's music. during my high school days, when i was 16, i listened to phil collins, the jets, flock of seagulls, duran-duran, men at work etc. but i also like some of today's muse like weezer and green day.
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Music that is supposed to come from deep emotions and envoke those emotions within you.\n\nMost of it is depressing.  EMO KIDS ROCK!  lol - yeah, it's a way of life.  like being goth but not as dark.\n\nIn the 80's we called it new wave (Depeche Mode, the Cure...)  same thing different generation.\n\nYes, Dashboard Confessional, Death cab for cutie, funeral for a friend, Coldplay.....
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Oh my god. I totally agree with you. I am 20 years old and the only thing I listen to is classic rock. I am a huge Styx fan and they came out in the 70's.  The first three preset stations on my car radio are all stations that play 70's and 80's.  I listen to very little out now.  The music out now is pretty much all about the bass and how loud you can make it and pretty much question and answer and rap are the most popular.  Sex is talked about a lot, and music from the seventies and eighties was just simpler and easy to listen to and you can do other things and just forget you have it on. Anyway, I totally agree with you that the music from the 70's and 80's is better than the music out now. I agree with everyone who said that it was because the music now is just so mindless that it has no meaning and twenty years from now, no one is gonna know what the hell it means, whereas the music from the sixties thru to the late nineties with the invasion of the boy bands and modern music is good.  But overall the music from the sixties to the early nineties is the best by far.
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Those terms would indicate what era you came from\n\n"cool" and "square" are the 50s\n"far out" and "drag" are the 60s\n"groovy" and "bummer" are 70s\n"gnarly" and "gross out" are the 80s
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Emotional. It's a term usually given to teens and young adults who listen to a certain type of music and wear certain types of clothes. \nFor more info on "emo" the style, go to urbandictionary.com and look it up. \nGood luck!
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i aggree i am an old dude like you, todays music is crap emo especielly give me 70s, 80s, even some 90s  anytime
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AWESOME! Rock is a powerful force in the past causing parents, politcians and naysayers to go nuts! Especailly in the 1980's. The '70s, not so much controversy, but still one of the better eras full of Black Sabbath, Zepplin, Judas Priest, Dio. The '80s had tons of awesome acts like GNR and Def Leppard. I still love some of the strange lyrics and songs of the '90s much of which is Stone Temple Pilots and Alice in Chains with a bit of Red Hot Chili Peppers. It's sad to me that rock music isn't pissing enough people off and some of it is just terrible. Sure bands like Velvet Revolver, Audioslave and Red Hot Chili Peppers are great, but we need some new blood in rock! Hopefully more bands like Avenged Sevenfold will come out soon.
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I wasn't gonna answer this question, but the more I thought about it, I figured I may as well.  I think the 80s were.  Well.. no... maybe the 60s.  AW HELL I don't like this question.  I say the 60s for breaking down the racial wall.  (Not that they were fun times, at all, but the strength of those fighting was amazing and did wonders for society today).  But in the 80s we realized that we are a united country that can fight for hunger and sickness. Remember when AIDS came out?? Suddenly musicians took a stand to do more with their money than spend it on parachute pants and cases of hairspray. It was a time when the nation came together with Hands Across America and Live Aid, etc etc etc.  Kids in my school started focusing on world news, instead of highschool ball scores. We had presidents shot at, a Beatle was murdered, space shuttles exploded, Russia toke their finger off the button, gays and lesbians were coming out all over the place and fighting for their equallity.  Microwaves became a household product. Didn't viagra hit the market in the late 80s? lol  It was a year of eye opening things. Maybe not a technological boom, as much as a psychological boom.  Shrinks were less shunned upon. Divorces were no longer taboo. Massive hurricanes hit the coast, and I personally saw neighborhoods becoming one family- taking care of each other like none before.  Limits were being put on music and euthanasia issues hit the scene when a girl named Teri Shaivo was in coma, and her parents wanted to keep her alive, while her husband wanted to pull the plug.  Walls fell in Germany. The 80s really influenced the way I saw the world.  It seemed almost like the decade pulled many countries closer together so our people and their people could hug. I'm not sure what happened in the 90s, and I'm not so sure the 2000-2010 decade will be much better.
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What is classified as Emo music is completely different from the real genre. Emo means Emotionally Charged Hardcore Punk. It has now turned into Indie/Screamo/Punk. But ya the lyrics are pretty weird sometimes.....
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ya!\njust look at the jackson 5
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Emoist is not a real occupation, it is just a person who supports emo music. Just like a ska to skater or punk music. It is basically the same thing.
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without a doubt old school rap, the only stuff they play today that i like are by artists who aren't really mainstream i.e jean grae, talib kweli, mos def and immortal technique. \n\nrap in the mainstream follows the same formula so you don't get much variety even though there are tons or rappers plays their message isn't too positive.
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70's and 80's music,but my parents also liked some current rap.
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I think rock is based on what you know, the hair bands of the 80's (at least those that you're referencing) knew all about partying, the excesses of the 80's (drugs, sex and alcohol).  A lot of what's coming out now (depending on your scene/genre of course) seems to be based off of the punk/hardcore scene.  And a lot of that music has a purpose--to talk about something, usually politics of some sort.  I think rock has actually had a lot of the same topics (most of which you named), it's just how they approach it.  Instead of the debauchery of the 80's, it's the sensitive "emo" guys.  As for the partying, with so many dying of drug use and HIV/AIDS, some of that has put a scare into that type of mentality.\n\nThere are some bands out there that aren't negative, it's just a matter of finding them.  As for talent, I think you touched on it somewhat, the record companies are looking for maximum profitability and, right now, the consumers don't seem to want 10-12 minute songs with 2 or 3 shredding guitar solos.  3-4 minute long songs, a catchy chorus, sing-a-long verses, stuff like that is what's trendy.\n\nI have to disagree that Cobain ruined rock, he influenced it a certain way, but it's bounced back from the dark sides of grunge.  I'd say it's angrier now at times (especially some punk and hardcore bands).  But then look at the world around us, it's getting harder and harder to not have negativity pressed on us.
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80's--DurranDurran,Men at Work,Run DMC,Beastie Boys,AhHa,GoGo's,Bryan Adams,Bruce Springstein,Poison, Motly Crew,Van Halen,Soft Cell,The Police,The erythmics,Phil Collins,Sir Mix A-lot,2Live Crew,Davd Bowie,Marvin Gay........I could go on and on. The 90's were okay,00's not so much. and there is some pretty decent music today.
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Disco...a very identifible sound from the 70's.It was party/dance music that was at its peak in 1977,1978, and 1979. There was alot of good songs from that time and alot of one-hit wonders also. Fun music,fun times!!