What albums will define the 2010's?
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Seeing as how it seems almost universal at least among the Top albums of the decade lists that i read religiously in the past few months, Kid A, which came out in 2000, defined the last decade. I concur with the general consensus, Kid A was able to distill and sort of condence what the world felt like in 2000, and even in 2009. The album describes the modern life of living in a post 9/11 capitalist wasteland.
What bands do you predict will define the 2010's? There are some HEAVY hitters coming out hopefully this year, Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Coldplay maybe, who I think have a good chance at releasing the Kid A of this decade.
What bands do you predict will define the 2010's? There are some HEAVY hitters coming out hopefully this year, Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Coldplay maybe, who I think have a good chance at releasing the Kid A of this decade.
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i guess for me its way too early to speculate... i dont know where music will be within the next 10 year... let alone where the world will be... i hope legit rock makes a good comeback though
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Kilgore, its sort of hard to articulate. But I am not the first to suggest that. Chuck Klosterman said it as well.
Its not necessarily 9/11 that Kid A encapsulated, although that is part of it, its more as I said, the feeling. Radiohead arent out sloganeering and all that. They are obviously one of the most political bands ever, but its more cerebral, more feeling and vibe, more internal and atmospheric than the average band with political lyrics.
Kid A seems to sum up what it felt like to live in the 2000's. The feeling of everything collapsing, of the impersonality and remoteness that is sadly and ironically the legacy of the technological advances of the last few decades, of the cynicism and sadness and out of kilter nature of the decade, how jittery, crazy and intense the last decade was.
right now i gotta say 2010 is gonna be the decade of GAGA :P
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I don't think i can anticipate a band that will encapsulate the decade.
It usually just kind of happens you know. So i'll be listening and waiting for it
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More Pearl Jam albums (obviously).
A return from The White Stripes would be more than welcome too.
Agree 100%
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Radiohead are past their prime to put out anything on the level of 'Kid A' and 'OK Computer', as is Jay-Z (who largely defined mainstream rap, along with Kanye, this decade).
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My guess is, You nailed it.
And I don't mean to offend, but to the vast majority of people, Kid A didn't define shit. It's a fine album, although I would say In Rainbows is their best of the last 10 years. I couldn't pick out an album that defines a decade for me personally, but I think Britney Spears' first album, though it came out in 1999, is really what defined the last 10 years in music. She sold the most records after all, and it was easy. You take a catchy song, forget about soul (that always complicates things for people anyway), load it up with sex (nothing complicated about that), put it on TV, and repeat the formula over and over again, and some "artists" are more successful at tweaking that formula so that they appear fresh and new with each single. So yeah, like Kilgore said, the next decade could easily find Lady Gaga as the new reigning pop star. Actually, I think it's going to have to be someone dumber than her, and dumber than Britney as well.
OK, but to reinterpret the question.... who's gonna define the decade for the cool kids? I don't know. I've never been one.
My vote for this type of album would be Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco over Kid A. Both were written before 9/11 but I think YHF, both lyrically and musically, reflects the world (or at least the US) post 9/11 in a way that's hard to believe was written prior to it.
while i see what you are getting at, things changed just as they did when hair metal and spandex bands wore out their welcome. Pop music/boy bands/singers like britney/christina and what not are all popular but are no way near the place they were in the late 90's. people got tired of that.
We dont live in that world anymore. Bands like Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, Phoenix, of montreal, vampire weekend, M Ward, grizzly bear, animal collective, band of horses. etc... all are pretty big names, even are appearing in tv commercials. This is the music I love, and couldnt be more thrilled that the current zeitgeist, is meaningful, powerful and melodious indie rock.
People got tired of the stuff you mentioned, the stale, manufactured, crap, and some good stuff came out of the 2000's as a result of the crap produced from 1995-1999.
music seems to go in phases like that, a decade of crap, then one of quality music that is a reaction to the crap, then crap etc...
My favorite question is reguarding the exposure of indie rock, the commercialization of it. With so many of these indie bands, now essentially mainstream,and with indie rock the most dominant genre in music right now, will fans turn on the scene? Fans have gone farther and been more accomodating and patient with this genre than any other in the modern era. How many other genres start small, get bigger, and bigger, become household words, become commercial, and the fans refuse to run away in droves and refuse to label these artists sellouts? Its pretty remarkable.
Seeing as the 2000's was the decade of the indie, I think the 2010's is the indies to lose.
C'mon now. Crap always dominates. But there is a steady undercurrent of good, honest music at all times as well. Some of it will break thru to the mainstream, but I don't think it ever takes over it. Even when Pearl Jam was blowing up in the early 90's, 75% of the people who bought Ten and Vs were also buying crap, and went on to buy Creed's albums. But whatever, I can count half of my friends as consumers of crap. I'm a fan of some crap too. Just not Creed. I'm just not a fan of singers who sound like they're taking a crap when they sing.
As for the bands/artists you mentioned, I have not heard a single note from any of them except M Ward. I am interested in Animal Collective and Band of Horses though, based on the recommendation of friends. But I'm rapidly approaching the end of the 18-35 year old demographic that buys new music by new bands, so I better check them out quick.