| kirby007 said: I think no artist nowaday can match the golden songs from Queen, Dire Straits, Who etc what u think |
(The 2002 classic "Satisfaction by Benny Bennassi^^)
I think independent DJs (DJs who to some extent can remain in control of their own careers) Benny Benassi, Tiësto, David Guetta, Armin van Buuren, Paul Van Dyk etc., are the true innovators and 'core' artists of the 00's and of all the future decades to come.
http://www.olddjmag.com/?op=top100djs&top100dj_op=results (Top 100 World Famous DJs)
I agree with OP's assessment. No band can 'match' the "golden age" of classic bands.
Music evolves. New genres/styles emerges as we speak and will continue to influence all the pop and rock music being made 15 years from now on. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skweee In the future Skweee might very well end up influencing mainstream pop and rock music (just like all the House/Techno/Electro/Trance music of the 70's, 80's and 90's are doing right now to mainstream pop). "Jean Michel Jarre", "Air" and "Daft Punk" are working on new sound over in France. Similiar artists 'true music creators' are doing their thing over in Belgium, The Netherlands, Canada, Detroit, England, Germany, Scandinavia and Italy. They are the ones who are experimenting and creating new sound for mainstream artists to copy.
All progressive musicians these days either listen to or draw influence from at least some electronic music genres and incoorperate new elements into their own respective genres. Everyone who loves and cares about music should listen to at least some electronic genres. After all, electronic music is still the new frontier. IMO rock bands these days are "retro digging" (either trying to revive the the old rock beast and 'revolution' or going for a more minimalistic, less grand sound). Cul-de-sac innovation IMO. :P
Some of you might have noticed that Pop and Rock music sort of 'merged' back in the 90's. As did R&B and Pop. 'Classic Rap' faded away. Internet has made electronic genres accessible to the whole world. The local music industry in America can't control DJs and independent musicians careers.
Again. I wholeheartedly agree with OP's assessment. No artist will ever again 'do it all' like Queen, The Who, Rolling Stones and The Beatles did.
Adding this great link below for those of us who would like to see what happened during the previous decades.
http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/ (Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music)
Seriously good link above ^^
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