kpowers said:

EmmaMcG said:

kpowers said:

I kinda liked his song

I don't mind that song either but he's a one hit wonder. I don't think many people people nowadays would remember his name. And artists like him were, and always have been, ten a penny.

Well it is what it is. It's better to be a one hit wonder than a no hit wonder. Honestly I love one hit wonders (And yes it depends on where you live thses artist may have other hits in Europe, Canada, Australia, Uganda and so on). I think the 80's had some of the best one hit wonders and it really doesn't matter if people today don't know his name. 70's also had some good one hit wonders as well.

kpowers said:

EmmaMcG said:

kpowers said:

Well it is what it is. It's better to be a one hit wonder than a no hit wonder. Honestly I love one hit wonders (And yes it depends on where you live thses artist may have other hits in Europe, Canada, Australia, Uganda and so on). I think the 80's had some of the best one hit wonders and it really doesn't matter if people today don't know his name. 70's also had some good one hit wonders as well.

Well my point was that nothing has changed in the music industry. The OP was asking if artists still have the longevity they used to and I'm making the point that nothing has changed. There are thousands of forgotten artists from the pre-internet days.

True there will always be one hit wonders.

EmmaMcG said:

domainator2010 said:

And I'm very curious - how did you find these? Is there a way to type "GOOD music" into Google, and have it understand the word GOOD or something?

Well some of the artists I named are actually friends of mine but those that aren't, I found online. Some of them were recommendations from other orgers. I found some on YouTube. Quite a few good recommendations from Spotify too.

Well THAT'S pretty cool (them being your friends that is ) - but when you say you "found them online", what does that mean exactly? In short, was it from a machine (algorithm) or a human?

Hey, talking of 1-hit wonders, anyone remember EMF and "Unbelievable"?

(Actually I shouldn't call em that, since I had one whole album and a CD single of stuff I used to love back then.... )

domainator2010 said:

If you need help finding music by Donald Glover and Janelle Monae I'm not sure anyone on the org can help you.

MickyDolenz said:

There's also the case that hip hop is the #1 genre now. Unlike earlier music, rap songs really only fit the original artist. They don't get covered like Yesterday, Johnny B. Goode, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, or Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer. I've heard smooth jazz versions of rap hits and even versions by classical orchestras, but hip hop songs don't become standards. There's unlikely going to be a Rod Stewart Great American Hip Hop Rhymes Songbook.

You could also argue that Country is the #1 genre

jaawwnn said:

If you need help finding music by Donald Glover and Janelle Monae I'm not sure anyone on the org can help you.

I've downloaded albums from both. Plus these two are multi-talented artists: perfromers, musician, actor, writer...

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domainator2010 said:

Come on, I like a lot of Ed Sheeran songs

Did you see that movie Yesterday?

I did. And I spent most of it asking, "Who the hell is Ed Sheeran?"

Stars that have something to say face untimely deaths and 'accidents'.

DiminutiveRocker said:

You could also argue that Country is the #1 genre

Current country hits often have hip hop elements like trap beats or colabos with rappers. Who would have thought that Billy Ray Cyrus would have a big #1 pop hit in 2019? His daughter can't even do that now. There's the entire sub-genre "hick-hop", Cowboy Troy is probably the most known of these. Also hip hop is popular worldwide in many countries. I've heard rap in many languages, even in Bollywood movies. Country is primarily popular in the USA.

If anything they've lasted longer than the stars of the past. Why the hell are some of these 1990s stars still around? If there had been style changes every five or ten years like there used to be, they would be history by now.

MickyDolenz said:

DiminutiveRocker said:

You could also argue that Country is the #1 genre

Current country hits often have hip hop elements like trap beats or colabos with rappers. Who would have thought that Billy Ray Cyrus would have a big #1 pop hit in 2019? His daughter can't even do that now. There's the entire sub-genre "hick-hop", Cowboy Troy is probably the most known of these. Also hip hop is popular worldwide in many countries. I've heard rap in many languages, even in Bollywood movies. Country is primarily popular in the USA.

You've got that shit right. I've watched sexy Indians jack off on webcams from overseas that can't speak a word of English but they'll have that bullshit playing the background. It's an epidemic more widespread than the coranavirus.

It doesn't seem most actors or artists(musicians) have longevity.

I think our times make it too easy for people. When people become 'celebs' by 'reality' shows just doing what we all do(overall) there is no real 'came thru the fire' substance

Yes there are stars who are very good, very crafted, but they tend to not be so known in broad sense.

A few are, but I'm just glad I was alive in the 70s and 80s...

OldFriends4Sale said:

It doesn't seem most actors or artists(musicians) have longevity.

I think having a long career is different than being a star. Singers like Solomon Burke, Bobby Rush, & Betty Lavette were never really big selling acts, but had decades long careers. Little Richard doesn't have all that many albums. He has remained famous his entire life, partly because he appeared on TV shows and commercials later on. Little Richard is mostly known for his late 1950s early music, not really for any of his records after that which are mostly out of print. I think being a radio star is pretty much something short lived anyway. It dries up for everybody, Top 40 has always been mainly focused on the teen & young adult audience. Like it wasn't grandmas screaming at The Beatles or Duran Duran or *NSYNC. Young people in general don't want to listen to their parents or grandparents music. They want artists of their own generation. The Grateful Dead only had 1 Top 40 hit single and I don't think any of their albums sold that much, but they were popular as a touring act. Same for Jimmy Buffett.

MickyDolenz said:

EmmaMcG said:

domainator2010 said:

Well THAT'S pretty cool (them being your friends that is ) - but when you say you "found them online", what does that mean exactly? In short, was it from a machine (algorithm) or a human?

I literally explain it in the following two sentences

Like, how? "found" on Youtube? I think YT's reco's are a combo of "human n machine", and Spotify's too - so which was it? (of course, you wouldn't *know*, which just....compounds the problem!!)

vainandy said:

MickyDolenz said:

Current country hits often have hip hop elements like trap beats or colabos with rappers. Who would have thought that Billy Ray Cyrus would have a big #1 pop hit in 2019? His daughter can't even do that now. There's the entire sub-genre "hick-hop", Cowboy Troy is probably the most known of these. Also hip hop is popular worldwide in many countries. I've heard rap in many languages, even in Bollywood movies. Country is primarily popular in the USA.

You've got that shit right. I've watched sexy Indians jack off on webcams from overseas that can't speak a word of English but they'll have that bullshit playing the background. It's an epidemic more widespread than the coranavirus.

Like, what the hell are you yapping about?

domainator2010 said:

EmmaMcG said:

domainator2010 said:

Like, how? "found" on Youtube? I think YT's reco's are a combo of "human n machine", and Spotify's too - so which was it? (of course, you wouldn't *know*, which just....compounds the problem!!)

There was a specific YouTube channel I was subscribed to that used to promote new music from independent and small scale record labels. They even featured me on it a couple of times. Every month or so they would upload a top 50 new releases of that month. It wouldn't be the whole song, just 10 second long clips. But enough for you to get a feel for it. They'd have a different video for different genres. So they had funk, electro, rock, dance etc.

AH!

NOW you're TALKING! A really cool thing you've talked about there - which channel was it? If it's not there any more, are there any others like it?

Hey - you got a vid of yourself on YT anywhere?

domainator2010 said:

Like, what the hell are you yapping about?

That's a typical Vainandy comment. He rarely posts on this site anymore but remains the same. Just know to never mention Whitney Houston or Anita Baker (or any hip hop other than Rappers Delight by Sugarhill Gang) when he's around.

domainator2010 said:

EmmaMcG said:

domainator2010 said:

AH!

NOW you're TALKING! A really cool thing you've talked about there - which channel was it? If it's not there any more, are there any others like it?

Hey - you got a vid of yourself on YT anywhere?

I think it was something called New Vice City or something like that. They stopped uploading new videos about 3 years ago so I unsubscribed and haven't been able to find it since. I don't even know if I have the name right.

How'd you find it? The channel itself?

...and what about Your video?

domainator2010 said:

EmmaMcG said:

vainandy said: