> there have been millions of pages liberated by
> the FOIA that prove that the FBI kept files on the spokespeople
> of the '60's generation
At a time when the major concern for youth is which brand of cell phone to
get, it's funny to think that there was a time when the FBI kept files on
rock stars. At that time I suppose rock music was part of a counterculture
which was meant to be against commerce and social convention and the
business part was run by enthusiastic hippies (ref films Woodstock and Isle
Of Wight). In the 70's and 80's the corporations took the music business
out of the hands of the hippies. The rock stars recognised
that they were better off having their affairs run by a tough business man
like David Geffen rather than some amateur from the counterculture. I
can't see music becoming a agent for change in a big way again.
> I think it's true that there has been a saturation of mindless pop
> in the past few years, Britney, all the boy bands, etc. The last
> time the record companies went overboard feeding us the pap
> of all those dreadful hair bands of the '80's, the grunge movement
> erupted. My prediction is that the combination of so much
> meaningless music and the repressive policies that will be
> instituted by George II will result in a similar backlash. The
> little boppers that grew up on pap will want something a little
> more real.
Didn't the industry invent Marilyn Manson for kids who are past the boy band
stage. :)
Philip
