I think bands that are not very well known are much better than mainstream bands because it isn't about the money, they have to rely on being good and they excel at that.  I listen to heaps of christian rock and since most of them have not made it big in the secular world, the music they are producing is of a high quality and I can listen to it over and over again and again and not get bored with it.  Todays music such as poofy nsync and brittney spears they are just after money and attention, they have no desire to communicate any feeling through their music.  Go back to dire straits or even a band such as Relient K (i mean Christian not well known in secular circles but very good) they just put so much feeling into their music because that is their outlet to emotion.  Britney's outlet going on what her music is primarily about is through a certain bodily orifice.  Sex sells and thats what shes got going for her and its working.  Most musicians such as britney and nsync arent about leaving a lasting music legacy they are more like WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAAM, they've made their money, they are happy.  I mean, I don't listen or really even like Kiss or AC/DC but they must have done something right to still be as popular as they are today, and AC/DC, their is a movie about them out now or soon.  Bands such as the Beatles or Abba are absolutely timeless, but I would rule out any of the lesser known rock bands of today, who despite working in a 'watered' down industry, display the talent to build lasting legacy's.

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Thank you. I shall take a bow.

I quite frankly hate all music on the radio.

• Classical - No percussion, no spirit.
• Opera - What opera?  Do you see Opera?  Tell me when you do...
• Country - The most systematically mass produced genre.
• Spanish - Can you tell one from the other?  And you can bet they all have the word "amor" (love) in them.
• Hip-Hop - Let my Po-Po cappin' ice hang to my Hummer.  In every song.
• Pop - With all that pulsation and digital enhancement, it sounds like it was made for people with ADD.
• Modern Rock - Get some guy with no voice to moan and scream, and you have a punk band.
• "Old" rock - I know you guys will hate me for this, but the only difference I see in the two rocks is the guitars are whinier and the vocals are more strained.

Of all of these, I have to make myself like the old rock to listen to the radio.  I will admit though, there are some songs like "The Wall" which are good.  In fact, they're damn fine.  But they're few and far inbetween.  I usually give up and pop in a CD.  The only time I listen to the radio is for my Walton and Johnson radio show, and that's it.

I say the only hope you have in the music scene is to find a source, but I do mean a good source (I haven't stopped listening to Rammstein the day I found out about them), and depend on it, it's the only way.  If Rammstein ever breaks up, I don't know what I'll do, it's the only rock I like.  The only other band that comes close is "Fear Factory" and the British "Overseer", but the former broke up years ago, scream too much for my taste and the latter's future seems unsure, and still isn't music I can listen to non-stop.  The only thing that offers a glimmer of hope is the newer Slipknot material.  My whole point with this is radio's, the big music pusher, problem is it has three stations that play the same songs.  If we could just branch out a little bit...  But I think I'm spoiled in Houston, I went to San Antonio and there couldn't have been more than 10 stations on the dial.

Sometimes I buy war games just for the music, and I usually get some of the best classical I've heard (MOH:AA's Tiger Tank theme), and commercials feature good music sometimes.  Again, you just have to become overly dependent on one source.  It's sad, but it's the only way I've found.