The song of the summer belongs to Katy Perry!

[lestatdark]

trunkswd said:

lestatdark said:

axumblade said:

 

With the terrible state music is in right now, I see it possible for people to easily remember Katy Perry in 10 years....Look at Nickelback. They've been popular for almost 10 years and still won't go away.

I hope that you're wrong and that in 10 years the music panorama shifts, but as things are now, you're speaking the truth  

That's why I've been out of the "mainstream" music since 2001-2002. It's just sad to see an overall lack of quality in most musical genres. Thankfully some classics still are being made today, but most people don't care about them. 

It's pretty sad to see that in Rock In Rio 2010, Miley Cyrus day had more people than Rammstein day

 

I agree what a sad state music is in today. Im not surprised sales have been decreasing so rapidly with all of this uninspired music. The only good music today are being released by bands that have been around for 15 or more years. I can't believe more people would pay to see Miley Cyrus over Rammstein who puts on one of the most amazing stage shows today and thats watching it on DVD. I live in the US and I am not surprised they haven't played here since 2001, I hope the rumors of them playing a few dates over here in the fall are true.

I am also not surprised a bunch of summer tours are getting cancelled by mainstream artists while bands like Iron Maiden and Metallica are adding dates because they are selling out so fast.

There have been a few bands that have released great albums lately, but they're found of far less mainstream genres. Bands like Epica, Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, After Forever and many others have had a great increase in fans and appeal, not only from metal fans but from other musical genre fans.

Epica's Design Your Universe reached top spots in most European charts and here in Portugal it was in number one for a week, which is nothing shabby for a symphonic metal band

The problem is that is so rare for those bands to get the proper credit and merit by the media that praise everything that pop singers do. Even the classic bands like Rammstein, Iron Maiden, Motorhead and Metallica are struggling in the current panorama. 

I do hope the US gets a Rammstein tour. The Rock In Rio concert was a feast of out-of-this-world and over-the-top performances by them