tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005572221369432591.post4778602644048566855..comments2023-05-04T02:26:49.748-05:00Comments on Building Personal Strength: Fire You Up on Monday Morning - Rock Classic "Takin' Care of Business"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006897130524120094noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005572221369432591.post-3056034476437596802010-03-22T05:30:23.305-05:002010-03-22T05:30:23.305-05:00For me, a generation later, music died after the e...For me, a generation later, music died after the eighties-- possibly coinciding with the end of the cold war, perhaps. The eighties were the last time that popular music really attracted to the masses. After that, it really split up; music became very focused on cultural niches. <br /><br />Things have started to get better, with Lady Gaga attracting all kinds of audiences. But for two decades there, things were pretty dark.<br /><br />If you don't believe me, just look at the most popular bands today... Madonna, U2, Bon Jovi, Springsteen, etc. Same bands from the 80's.<br /><br />Sure there are the usual new players from the niches of rap, country, heavy metal. And the non-artist pretty faces from American Idol, who can sing but not create, but they (mostly) don't count. It's just very rare anymore for new artists to appear that really appeal to a wide audience.<br /><br />I'd given up all hope 'til Lady Gaga came on the scene.<br /><br />Or maybe that's just me being old and someone else 20 years younger would have a wildly different opinion.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390287348675887544noreply@blogger.com