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Originally Posted by OFKU0
Overall I understand what you are saying but I wouldn't compare Nirvana to Van Halen. Van Halen had talent. Nirvana had shock value, albeit somewhat prescribed which is ironic since it tried to be antithical to the mainstream commercial sell out,...which in fact they were..And as bad as the Sex Pistols minus the self mutilation and heroin banging on stage.
Influences as those mentioned do change the course of music. But music is music. Everyone likes something different. I agree with lots of names mentioned so far and can add The Beach Boys, David Bowie, Kiss, Genesis and on and on.
As much as todays music kills me to listen, ..and even despise,..what about Britney Spears. Lets name some of the followers in her footsteps. Christina, Hillary Duff, Lindsey Lohan, Vanessa Carleton, Michele Branch, Alicia Keys.,...This isn't to say Britney is responsible for all of them, since some are better and different,...but she re-opened the door and spotlight on female singers to the forefront again.
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I see what you're saying about Britney Spears but she did not inspire any of those people nor did she change music. Madonna was around long before her As were Debbie Gibson and Tiffany(of course those 2 didn't last as long). The only people Britney inspired were record label owners looking for "The Next Britney" so they can cash in on em before someone else does. More like brought it back to our attention but change? Nope I don't see anyone really following in Britney's footsteps that isn't being told to by their label. Christina wants to be the next Mariah Carey. Putting the spotlight on female singers again is not a change...The change he's talking about is something that hadn't happened before that started happening because of a single band/artist.
These days Record Companies "change" music more than the artists do...it isn't necessarily because any of the artists are doing anything new it's just that it's had an audience that wasn't known about for so long and one record label guy signs one artist and he's all over MTV then WOW 5 more similar artists show up outta nowhere..Thats why. The Strokes? Good band....Doing anything different? Nope...Change music? You might think so since they're one of the key bands that sparked the whole indie faze thats happening right now but no they didn't change anything.
How many white women did you see singing soul music before Janis Joplin? I can't really think of one myself(I'm sure there could be one though). Now you see em all the time. She didn't invent soul but she opened eyes to the fact that you could sing it regardless of your color.
Mary J. Blidge changed music. If ya don't like her thats cool but before Mary what female vocalist mixed R&B/Soul & Hip-hop together? She kinda started it all. I guess Puffy is kinda responsible since he produced that album but I don't think Puffy's done anything new all he does is sample his ass off..and not random sounds & horns & noises like people like Timbaland & Rza do...He sampled damn near the whole fuckin song...the hooks, the beats to them, only thing he sacrificed were the rest of the lyrics and he maybe sped up the beat a little and added a drum machine effect to it or some shit like that.
Rakim...Big Daddy Kane..they Changed music. Wu-Tang clan changed music. Public Enemy changed music, etc.
Asta!!