Ern had a mega long post today about 'Modern Rock' and what it is. He mentioned that there is nothing out there that hasn't been done. We are in a dry spell. Sort of a 'what's next' phase. The term 'Modern Rock' is antiquated. We are in a postmodern world so why should music be left out? There is a reason there is nothing special out there. The reason we have new rock bands that sound like old ones, new rock bands that still sound like the 90's, rap, pop, R and B, country, bluegrass and so on is that our society as a whole says 'anything goes' and 'come one come all'. There's more than one way to do things. Things are very dry in music right now and to call almost anything in rock or music in general 'modern' at this time is nearly useless. You can trace nearly anything you hear back to an 'original' that is a decade or more older. And usually the original is best. And I agree with Ernie, more than ever we are being told what to listen to. We are being handed a big pile of crap and told to act like it's tasty baked potato or something. You can wrap a pile of dung in aluminum, open in up, and put butter and sour cream on it and it's still just a pile of crap. Throw on some bacon and cheese and still, it's poop. The fact that so many people consume it anyway just adds to the problem and disgusts me to no end.

Ernie made a comment about Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder and the voice copies out there. Eddie did something that vocalist after vocalist out there has done since. You know the sound I am talking about, the low, throaty, droning style. You know why it caught on so big? Because everyone singing that way, including Eddie, can't truly sing! When you sing from the back of your throat and make your tongue rigid it's easier to stay in tune and keep a nice pitch. If these guys tried to sing the correct way from their diaphram instead of the back of their mouth or throat it would be a bad scene man. There is nothing really either pleasing or displeasing about this style. It's just really plain and far from special. Anyway...

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