This whole Jamaica/dancehall bullshit is the new Disco of this generation.
It will kill music for a decade before music finds its actual meaning again.
It is the inevitable, cyclical, purge. The one we don't actually want, but sometimes need, as a filter before a rejuvenation.
Just the way it happened after the 70's.
But there are a ton of good bands from the 70's
americans were 30 years too late to the whole dancehall shit, so they to suffer through it now
britbongs already got it out of their system
70's: Disco. Everyone boogies with no soul. Movements, but no meaning. No inspiration. Everything sounds the same.
80's: Disco dies. Rejuvenation. Inspiration in the aftermath of soulless boogie music begins. Talent emerges, new meaningful music gains a platform to hold onto.
90's: Buffer zone. Stagnation - but not entirely. Inspired lag. The imminent foreshadowing of a future soulless genre is in the making.
2000's: Protest era. Socioeconomic troubles. Talent stifled by further progression into uneasy feelings and fear - the need for an "instant/temporary high" arises.
2010's: Dancehall/Jamaica craze seeps in and then takes hold - this generation's Disco. Everyone boogies with no soul. Movements, but no meaning. No inspiration. Everything sounds the same.
2020's: The upcoming 80's of this generation. Stay tuned.
It's not even our fucking fault, it's Drake and his gang from Toronto that started this shit. Blame Canada, not the US.
OP was not saying that the 70s were bad but that Disco was the filter for the musical shift to the 70s to the 80s
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Jidenna used to be good. But now look at what dancehall (disco) has done to him with this piece of shit new song.
What you've literally done here is made up a bunch of bullshit off the top of your head and tried to make it sound intellectual even though you've provided zero logical arguments or made any realistic, sensible points based on actual music history. You've also stereotyped literally the entirety of western civilisation as apparent all listening to one type of music for each decade. That is the decades where you mentioned music and didn't just ramble some nonsensical attempt at a sociological insight.
It's pop music for dancing and partying, both modern dancehall and original disco.
Why are you trying to make it into this righteous artistic crusade?
Disco exploded in the late-70s because by that time rock music that had previously dominated the charts was becoming stale, uninspired, and just plain ridiculous, and it's the same way now.
If I did what you asked, and went into detail about everything with that many dot points, I would be here all day.
The point is clear.
Dancehall has existed since the 80s you negroid
And disco was better than 90% of the rock released in the 70s and it came back in the form of new wave, house, and dance-pop so it never actually died
Please go back to /r/music
Anybody who tries to generalize entire decades of popular music like this is a narrow minded wrong generationer.
>Disco exploded in the late-70s because by that time rock music that had previously dominated the charts was becoming stale, uninspired, and just plain ridiculous, and it's the same way now.
Bullshit.
Disco was a temporary instant high. Nothing else, nothing more. It had no meaning, no soul - which is why every disco song sounded the same.
Admittedly, it was in the aftermath of an era where protests were the norm, fears and wars - people grew tired of what was happening. The result? Talent was stifled because people wanted something else - an instant high. An instant feeling of BOOGIE with no thinking because people wanted a quick get-up.
That's the same with dancehall. And probably even trap/desiigner type music where no one understands the lyrics, or even cares - it's just a quick high, a quick get-up, so that people can forget about their societal hangover.
But that'll change.
>2000's: Protest era. Socioeconomic troubles. Talent stifled by further progression into uneasy feelings and fear - the need for an "instant/temporary high" arises.
>80s - Rejuvenation
Literally all the good rock of the 80s was underground
And the popular rock of the 80s was literally the same thing, meaningless pop
Dance pop has been steadily popular since disco. Everyone needs to dance but I doubt you ever go to parties
Disco died when Billie Jean came out.
We need a Billie Jean of this era to kill dancehall.
Cool claims bro, which wiki pages did you just read?
thats some damn fine product placement.
and a good chorus
What you on about
Dance pop has always been popular.
People. Need. To. Dance.
It's fun. It's social. It's great exercise. It helps you get laid.
First off, no it wasn't. It was very much out there.
Second of all, dance pop is not disco.
Also, disco created terrible dancing, what the fuck are you on about. Anything even remotely close to disco is undanceable unless you wanna look like a loser.
There is fuckloads of baddass disco/70s dance music on the african american funk/rnb side of things. The musicianship, songwriting, live performance standard and mutha fucking GROOVE of groups like KC and the Sunshine Band, Earth Wind and Fire, Chic, The Jackson 5, Kool and the Gang ect. probably fucks whatever music you are implying is so much better in the ass. Stop being a killjoy and get down ya fucking square
GOAT funky jam coming through
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Dance pop is not disco. Idiot.
>People. Need. To. Dance.
Yes, they do. PROPERLY.
Anyone who dances to DISCO has always looked like a bafoon.
I'm a dancer myself.
you are why punk rock exists bb
Shitty dancing died when Billie Jean came out.
We need a Billie Jean of this era to kill shitty dancers.
>implying disco is/was bad
just go out and burn dancehall cds that you used your own money to buy already
Music isn't something that it's possible to kill. disco was just a popular style at the time, it's not like that was the only type of music being made.
I always felt like Michael Jackson felt like shit making that song, because you can just tell he was riding a popular wave of shitty meaningless/basic repetitive music while waiting for an opportunity to change the game.
Posting 10/10 70s disco bangers up this bitch.
If you can't get down to this then something inside you has died
Fucking this. Do you faggots forget the 80s were the era when buttrock and hair metal were at the zenith of their popularity?
You're an idiot. No one is arguing that a song here or there is bad.
However, listen to disco long enough, and you'll realise your eventual lag and why it was always meant to be an instant high and not a sustainable source of music.
Just like the dancehall bullshit of today.
If you think that song is shitty or basic you need your head checked mate. I think you are just hearing a sound that you automatically dismiss because you have a prejudice against a style of music without listening to the content. Don't Stop Til You Get Enough is a masterpiece in my opinion.. Just because a song isn't some bleeding heart emotional counter-culture arty shit doesn't mean it's not a work of genius.
>Not a sustainable source of music
>Produced some of the biggest selling acts of all time
>Many of which had long, fruitful careers and some acts that are still touring and playing to sold out areas and shit today
>And many of the dance hits that came out of that time/genre are still extremely well known songs that are party classics and people will put them on at parties and clubs/bars and whatnot today
You just mad because you hear a 4/4 dance groove and you have a kneejerk reaction that that means the music is not legitimate or good, because the kind of music you like presumably is slower and more emotional with poetic lyrics and is more alternative sounding and shit. However in my opinion, and absolute banger piece of 4 to the floor disco goodness with a sick groove and a funky, catchy song to it that makes you feel good is just as legitimate a form of art.
More awesome pieces of music made by great musicians coming through
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1910 - music begins
Wait, what? Since when is reggae cool again? Is it because of that one Twenty One Pilots song?
underrated get
I don't think that musical trends are this simple, or cyclical. I think a revival of dancehall just comes from a lot of prominent artists having barbadian or other caribbean heritage. This is a relatively short trend and is going to last another year or two at most.