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Originally posted by The Germanator
.....Just a quick question out of curiousity, do you agree that independent music today is better than the "popular" music today?
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On the whole, I'd say they're both about the same. Popular music isn't junk because a lot of people like it. But the only really newish popular group that I like right now are the White Stripes. As for indie rock, if Lou Reed doesn't count, then I guess Neutral Milk Hotel's the only "indie" act that I'm at all interested in. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea was a really good album. But no, I think it would be imbecilic to say that independant artists are generally more talented than musicians on major labels. Most well-known recording artists were "underground" at one time. Their style just eventually caught on with the public. Not that it's like that for everbody. Brittney Spears' first album sold 200,000,000 copies, and her second one sold a few million more. But, anyway, I would say that indie groups and artists usually have a purer, less manufactered sound. That doesn't mean they're any good at all, but they at least make music because they like making music. Not because they like making money. But if the money does come, they shouldn't be expected to burn it or anything.
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