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<blockquote data-quote="questor70" data-source="post: 1266694" data-attributes="member: 12560">Even then, though, manufactured pop stars with ghost-writers and studio musicians were better back in the day.[MEDIA=youtube]T75ZbWpiPIc[/MEDIA]A big difference then vs. now, beyond the music itself, is the lyrics are too &quot;on the nose&quot;.&nbsp; This is true not just of music but entertainment in general.&nbsp; On the nose means direct, graphic.&nbsp; What you see is what you get.&nbsp; Sexuality in classic rock is almost all innuendo.&nbsp; Innuendo is a base form of poetry.&nbsp; Smack your bitch up type lyrics is prose.&nbsp; Similarly, in the visual arts, graphic violence and nudity is prose vs. expressionistic violence off-camera and in the shadows.So I think that's the big cultural difference.&nbsp; When I was going through puberty the Duran Duran Girls on Film video was dangerous because it was graphic (for the time).&nbsp;&nbsp; Or Hot for Teacher.&nbsp; But it was because that stuff was still a novelty that it had impact.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsUWK-fixiA" target="_blank">Once everything is at the level of softcore porn</a> it becomes the new normal and hence meaningless.I am also sick and tired of Millenial Whoops.[MEDIA=youtube]MN23lFKfpck[/MEDIA]I mean, sure, songs often have singalong choruses, but the Whoops have devolved it to preschool levels of simplicity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="questor70, post: 1266694, member: 12560"] Even then, though, manufactured pop stars with ghost-writers and studio musicians were better back in the day. [MEDIA=youtube]T75ZbWpiPIc[/MEDIA] A big difference then vs. now, beyond the music itself, is the lyrics are too "on the nose". This is true not just of music but entertainment in general. On the nose means direct, graphic. What you see is what you get. Sexuality in classic rock is almost all innuendo. Innuendo is a base form of poetry. Smack your bitch up type lyrics is prose. Similarly, in the visual arts, graphic violence and nudity is prose vs. expressionistic violence off-camera and in the shadows. So I think that's the big cultural difference. When I was going through puberty the Duran Duran Girls on Film video was dangerous because it was graphic (for the time). Or Hot for Teacher. But it was because that stuff was still a novelty that it had impact. [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsUWK-fixiA]Once everything is at the level of softcore porn[/url] it becomes the new normal and hence meaningless. I am also sick and tired of Millenial Whoops. [MEDIA=youtube]MN23lFKfpck[/MEDIA] I mean, sure, songs often have singalong choruses, but the Whoops have devolved it to preschool levels of simplicity. [/QUOTE]

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