Post #98660 by finkdaddy on Sun, Jun 27, 2004 7:52 AM

What we see as "pop" music, and by that I mean MTV, top 40 radio, fashion mags, etc, is the smallest fraction of a fraction of all the music out there. Overblown corporate pop music has been out there for as long as history has been paying attention. Elvis in the 60's, The Bee Gee's in the 70's, Madonna in the 80's, Pearl Jam in the 90's, and so on. But there always has been, and always will be an unimaginable mass of basement and garage bands laying the foundation for what gets advertised as modern music. In the year 2010, people will look back on this decade and only remember 5 or 6 songs that the radio made popular, and never remember the 60 gazillion bands that were really there grinding it out and setting the scene.

On a slightly lighter note... Since day one, since they had thier first e.p. on the market, I have been a huge Modest Mouse fan. This is a very strange thing for a guy in Milwaukee, since corporate radio is the only source of music here, independent radio doesn't exist, and there are very few clubs that showcase original bands. As a Modest Mouse fanatic, I felt like I had a piece of something that no one else had here. Then one day I heard them on Lazer 102 and I almost cried because that station is so god-awful bad. I knew then that Modest Mouse would never be the same for me. But the worst was a few days ago when I went to a Milwaukee Brewers game and they played Modest Mouse all day on the PA!!! I felt like some rape victim or something. I couldn't believe my ears. I guess nothing is sacred anymore.

Boy that was a long rant, all I wanted to say was that the radio sucks...