It's not going to change. People come here for different reasons; some to talk about new, some to talk about old, some to bitch about both. I prefer to talk about classic music, and some of my threads bomb, too. I hit on some new music threads as well - some do well, some don't.

This forum is just like any other; if it's a popular topic, people will respond. If it's not, it'll likely get relatively little attention. It's not a niche forum.

...says the guy with Adam Ant as his avatar? New Wave pop star!

I do agree with you, but in the end I have to admit that one of Prince's hats (along with musician, innovator, genius) is "pop star."

So he's a peer of Jimi, The Beatles, Miles, and Janet!
[Edited 5/27/08 11:23am]

There's other great music out there to discuss, you know. Seriously, I have yet to see people raving about music by the Mars Volta, Foals, Amadou and Miriam, Seymour Bits, or Georgie James. They may not sound like the folks some of you worship, but it may hit you in a different way if you gave it a chance.

Seriously though, all these damn Madonna, MJ, Janet, Britney, George Michael, and whoever else you like threads are becoming annoying a repetitive. Let's talk about some new and undiscovered artists. Or let's talk about some other genres like Punk, Metal, New Wave, Reggae, Soca, Trip-Hop, Ska, Afro-Beat, etc. Maybe I'm generalizing or whatever, but I've been coming here on this forum for 5 years to explore new sounds and find out what everyone else is digging. But lately I've been seeing people either on nostalgic trips or raving about their favorite pop tarts. I know about these Pop acts already. And they're not bad either, but there's more stuff out there to dig too.

NWF said:

I agree and Mars Volta are amazing by the way!

It is disgusting with all the pop spam - you have a decent cool topic it is blasted all the way on page 5 in a few days. Very odd "Prince Fans" love all this pop?

BaileyWalker said:

Yes, the Volta is amazing. I'm an even bigger fan of their old band, At The Drive-in. But sadly you don't really see too many threads pop up about how amazing this band is. It's like, people come on here and complain about how shitty today's music is, yet bands like these go over their heads.

NDRU said:

Yeah but you know what? I'll take one Adam Ant thread over 15 Madonna threads. In fact, when was the last time you saw a thread about Adam Ant? Yeah, he was a Pop star, but he fell from grace. But how often is that discussed?

I can deal with Prince as the pop star, but his music has inspired so many people, as well as non-pop stars. And like I was saying before, there's other music to talk about too outside of the pop stars. I'd like to see more of that.

NWF said:

I agree with you on all fronts.

In fact, the person I'd like to move their focus away from pop stardom the most is Prince. I want him to realize he's a peer of Miles & Jimi & Zappa, and not so much Janet & Beyonce. For some reason he seems to value pop stardom as much as actual music. That made more sense when he was younger, but then his music was more daring then, paradoxically.

If he'd move away from it, maybe the fans would, too.
[Edited 5/28/08 12:50pm]

on a website devouted to a pop star...

ehuffnsd said:

Stop bitching and do something about it, you think you're the first to create a thread nobody responds to?

Either that or go find a woman and relieve that sexual build-up you've been holding because it's really making you crabby.

Slave2daGroove said:

You know what, man, you can kiss my ass. I was just out with this broad last night.

NWF said:

details!

bboy87 said:

New Wave Forever does not kiss and tell.

NWF said:

puts gun on table
you will this time

bboy87 said:

Uh-oh.

NWF said:

I think you see it my way now

The first question

Where did you go for dinner?

The second?

What color were her "panny-draws?"

bboy87 said:

Whoa I didn't get that far, buddy.