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Originally Posted by AndrewG
I think the whole want to be famous / Simon Cowell vehicle has got a lot answer for. Everyone is just singing covers and wanting to be a pop star rather than Creating something or putting on a show, a vision and ultimately a story. The desire of the old crew Springsteen / Meat Loaf / Dire Straits / David Bowie and all that lot was not to be famous it was more to put on a kick ass show and to tell a story, even if that took 3-4 hours.
X factor last year was so crap because there was such a lack of emotion in most of the performances. It's quite sad the music industry has come to this. Don't get me wrong there are a few exceptions here though. I was very impressed by My Chemical Romance and 30 Seconds to Mars, both their latest albums are very clever. Perhaps full of cliches but that's what I like.
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I have to agree and this is probably why I am not a huge fan of the charts today, for example though he got alot of slack Michael did write, compose and sing songs that he had written, but he managed longevity by being original and not 'following the crowd.' But that is just an example there are others who have struggled long and hard to finally get their big break yet these Simon Cowell products get their without pain, struggle or effort.
Bring back how it used to be and without the use of computers to make someone sound half decent.
I do think the lack of creativity is missing from the music industry today, it's all jump on the bandwagon to be famous then when they've had a hit half the time you never hear of them again !