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Rock music no longer has a creative vibe? What

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• netcan 2y ago
  Creative, perhaps, in a purely artistic sense. Even here, I think it's arguable. But, it's still definitely an art form and art is creative. "Creative of modern culture" is what rock music was... a pretty defining quality of what rock music was. It produced youth culture. Mainstream culture. Memes. Fashions. Ethos, etc. Currently, there is not a single bonafide "rock star" under 50. Even the idiomatic term "rockstar" has fallen out of use.
  • krapp 2y ago
    This is more to do with the effect of the web disrupting and decentralizing the ability of corporations to create and curate a homogeneous cultural experience than the failure of rock as an art form. "Rock Star" is a commercial construct that can't exist in a world of Spotify and Soundcloud and hyperlocal community-created genres.