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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
While you may not care for The Wallflowers, Jakob Dylan is a very respected musician and songwriter. Their breakthrough record can still be featured some of music's finest players, including Matt Chamberlain and on guitar, Mike Campbell.
And they have a new album coming out soon.
The White Stripes broke through in the 90's. As for the rest, longevity is something that's rarely experienced by any band. Any of those bands could break up tomorrow and even if they don't, it's tenuous at best to say that they'll have an excellent body of work when their careers are over.
That's not the point. The point is that those bands have stood the test of time. Their music saturates the airwaves to this day. Their music appears in commercials, films and television on a daily basis. Who can ever think of the last episode of the Sopranos without associating Journey with the final scene?
The bands I've listed have transcended time and trends. It's still relevant today. It's difficult to state that the bands you've listed will be mentioned in the same breath in 20 years.
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But dane, to my previous pt, good bands can't breakthrough to the airwaves bc of radio conglomerates. The good news is you're seeing a growing gap between horrible mainstream pop like nickelback and popular indie bands like radiohead (while they were around in the 90s, they didn't reinvent themselves until the 2000s to the sound they have today). No, you will never hear of nickelback or fallout boy 5 years from now. I know where you're coming from. For 5 yrs, I went to blink 182, everclear, and kings of leon concerts and I hated them--they played right out of a script and the first two were embarrasingly bad live. I've really gotten into indie over the past year bc the bands are becoming better and the live shows are terrific.
But there are several really good indie bands that are getting huge followings and their music is getting better. Band of horses, the shins, the black keys, and the arcade fire immediately come to mind. other really talented older bands like spoon, modest mouse, and wilco are becoming insanely popular. These bands will never be mainstream, but I guarantee that they stand the test of time bc people don't watch these concerts bc they kind of like them. They watch bc they love and follow the band. As for translation to movies, there are plenty of movies that use indie sounds very well and I could easily see them continue to use the same sound. Check out any of those bands--terrific music. I'd also say that music has shifted from musicians shredding solos. Its built more on interesting guitar riffs and hooks, and experimental sound--you should see some of the crazy instruments the arcade fire uses. Takes talent to make thos all work, but a totally different type of talent.
Is that all that different? I love led zeppelin and classic rock, but they're not mainstream popular. Instead, only people who appreciate music followed them and still do.