Dio On American Music Scene
Posted: 2007-06-28 03:31pm
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Nowadays, you have to see them in the small venues. I saw Queensryche last October in a club here. Mindcrime I & II. It was mind-blowingly awesome. Sad that they can barely sell out the small clubs these days and singers like Hackney Spears can sell out stadiums.NeoGoomba wrote:I really wish metal would make a comeback so I could see some of the greats go on tour again. But sadly, Dio was right, it just doesn't sell like it used to, so up and coming metal bands get the short end of the stick.
I was able to catch Van Halen a few years back, but thats about it. I'm so unfulfilled.
We have BEGUN to value style more than substance? Where have you been since 1980? I think Ronny James Deodorant is just a little miffed that he has to go to Europe to make a buck, and that America, is basically done with him. And to be mad that 13 year olds are deciding who is the current trend? Hello. Teenagers have always defined what music is "In". Maybe Dio remembers sold out arenas filled with 40 year olds and not the teenagers and twenty somethings he was banging.rhoenix wrote:I think what he said was rather telling about the music industry here, even to the point of referring to American Idol as "American Kareoke."
It makes me suspect that we here in America have begun to value style more than substance, sincerity over honesty for quite a while now. What Dio was talking about with his experiences seems to lend credence to this.
How old are you, dipshit? I can remember the days before music videos, when music was judged largely for the actual music, and people were far less concerned with the appearance or dance moves of the performer. Things are NOT the same as they've always been.havokeff wrote:We have BEGUN to value style more than substance? Where have you been since 1980? I think Ronny James Deodorant is just a little miffed that he has to go to Europe to make a buck, and that America, is basically done with him. And to be mad that 13 year olds are deciding who is the current trend? Hello. Teenagers have always defined what music is "In". Maybe Dio remembers sold out arenas filled with 40 year olds and not the teenagers and twenty somethings he was banging.rhoenix wrote:I think what he said was rather telling about the music industry here, even to the point of referring to American Idol as "American Kareoke."
It makes me suspect that we here in America have begun to value style more than substance, sincerity over honesty for quite a while now. What Dio was talking about with his experiences seems to lend credence to this.
Yeah, well I'm 30, and I can't. By 1981, when MTV launched, it marked a decided shift in style vs substance and by the end of the 80's substance had pretty much been pounded to a pulp. No, things are NOT the way they always have been, but for rhoenix to say America has BEGUN, now at this time, to value style over substance is just silly, since it has practicaly been a religion for almost 30 years. Did you read my post wrong or was it poorly written, because we seem to have the same view on this.Darth Wong wrote:How old are you, dipshit? I can remember the days before music videos, when music was judged largely for the actual music, and people were far less concerned with the appearance or dance moves of the performer. Things are NOT the same as they've always been.havokeff wrote:We have BEGUN to value style more than substance? Where have you been since 1980? I think Ronny James Deodorant is just a little miffed that he has to go to Europe to make a buck, and that America, is basically done with him. And to be mad that 13 year olds are deciding who is the current trend? Hello. Teenagers have always defined what music is "In". Maybe Dio remembers sold out arenas filled with 40 year olds and not the teenagers and twenty somethings he was banging.rhoenix wrote:I think what he said was rather telling about the music industry here, even to the point of referring to American Idol as "American Kareoke."
It makes me suspect that we here in America have begun to value style more than substance, sincerity over honesty for quite a while now. What Dio was talking about with his experiences seems to lend credence to this.
I think this was just taking it away from the guys lyp syncing, not neccisarily a style over substance issue. IIRC there was an issue where they wanted to give the Grammy to the actual singers. I'll see if I can find a source on that.Tsyroc wrote:Milli Vanilli also had to return their Grammy. I guess the Grammies are about more than just the music as well.
The change was not instantaneous. You make it sound as if the clock ticked midnight on 1980 and the music scene transformed. The fact is that it took a while, and there has been a gradual increase in the importance of non-music factors in the popularity of music. Like many social movements, it takes a certain "critical mass" before it becomes blatant.havokeff wrote:Yeah, well I'm 30, and I can't. By 1981, when MTV launched, it marked a decided shift in style vs substance and by the end of the 80's substance had pretty much been pounded to a pulp. No, things are NOT the way they always have been, but for rhoenix to say America has BEGUN, now at this time, to value style over substance is just silly, since it has practicaly been a religion for almost 30 years. Did you read my post wrong or was it poorly written, because we seem to have the same view on this.
Oh yeah, I see that. Thanks. Duh. I should have known the post was poorly written.Darth Wong wrote:The change was not instantaneous. You make it sound as if the clock ticked midnight on 1980 and the music scene transformed. The fact is that it took a while, and there has been a gradual increase in the importance of non-music factors in the popularity of music. Like many social movements, it takes a certain "critical mass" before it becomes blatant.havokeff wrote:Yeah, well I'm 30, and I can't. By 1981, when MTV launched, it marked a decided shift in style vs substance and by the end of the 80's substance had pretty much been pounded to a pulp. No, things are NOT the way they always have been, but for rhoenix to say America has BEGUN, now at this time, to value style over substance is just silly, since it has practicaly been a religion for almost 30 years. Did you read my post wrong or was it poorly written, because we seem to have the same view on this.
What you're doing is like pointing out that fundamentalism has been around for a long time in order to refute someone saying that the fundies have recently gotten really bad.
I would certainly agree. The 80s and MTV started the trend, but I think it was the mid-90s before that change was more or less complete. It is very gradual. But as much as I like a lot that came out of the 80s, it wasn't very kind to music. All you have to do is compare Rock from the 70s and the 80s. Scary.Darth Wong wrote: The change was not instantaneous. You make it sound as if the clock ticked midnight on 1980 and the music scene transformed. The fact is that it took a while, and there has been a gradual increase in the importance of non-music factors in the popularity of music. Like many social movements, it takes a certain "critical mass" before it becomes blatant.
Van Halen, AC/DC, Slayer, Metallica, Guns N Roses, Anthrax, Danzig, Springsting, Black Flag, The Dead Kennedys... I would put these rock bands up against any from the 70's, well, except for Zeppelin. They are on a whole other level.Insert Username Here wrote:I would certainly agree. The 80s and MTV started the trend, but I think it was the mid-90s before that change was more or less complete. It is very gradual. But as much as I like a lot that came out of the 80s, it wasn't very kind to music. All you have to do is compare Rock from the 70s and the 80s. Scary.Darth Wong wrote: The change was not instantaneous. You make it sound as if the clock ticked midnight on 1980 and the music scene transformed. The fact is that it took a while, and there has been a gradual increase in the importance of non-music factors in the popularity of music. Like many social movements, it takes a certain "critical mass" before it becomes blatant.
And Black Sabbath.havokeff wrote:Van Halen, AC/DC, Slayer, Metallica, Guns N Roses, Anthrax, Danzig, Springsting, Black Flag, The Dead Kennedys... I would put these rock bands up against any from the 70's, well, except for Zeppelin. They are on a whole other level.
havokeff wrote:
Van Halen, AC/DC, Slayer, Metallica, Guns N Roses, Anthrax, Danzig, Springsting, Black Flag, The Dead Kennedys... I would put these rock bands up against any from the 70's, well, except for Zeppelin. They are on a whole other level.
Springsteen and AC/DC I'll concede as 70s bands, although AC/DC's best album, Back in Black, out sold every other album they had up until then by like 100 million fucking copies and that was in the 1980. And Bon Scott wasn't even their first singer. Just because you like him more than Brian Johnson means what? 100 and 40 something million people obviously like him better that Scott.The Duchess of Zeon wrote:havokeff wrote:
Van Halen, AC/DC, Slayer, Metallica, Guns N Roses, Anthrax, Danzig, Springsting, Black Flag, The Dead Kennedys... I would put these rock bands up against any from the 70's, well, except for Zeppelin. They are on a whole other level.
What kind of useless fuckhead are you? AC/DC did most of their best work in the 70's. BON SCOTT died in fucking FEBRUARY OF 1980. Van Halen's debut album was in '78, Springsteen signed his first record deal in 1972, Black Flag was formed in 1976, and The Dead Kennedys in 1978.
Consider reading up on Dio's marital history before you stick your foot in your mouth like that again; RJD has been faithfully married since 1980 to his wife Wendy and enjoys a strong professional relationship with her as well, considering she's his manager and also manages his pet charity Children Of The Night.havokeff wrote:Maybe Dio remembers sold out arenas filled with 40 year olds and not the teenagers and twenty somethings he was banging.
I recall Dio taking his fellow hair bands to task for not contributing to his "Hear n Aid" fundraiser as well. He was pretty pissed about the apathy.TithonusSyndrome wrote:Consider reading up on Dio's marital history before you stick your foot in your mouth like that again; RJD has been faithfully married since 1980 to his wife Wendy and enjoys a strong professional relationship with her as well, considering she's his manager and also manages his pet charity Children Of The Night.