At the same time. if you look at early Beatles or "culturally appropriated white boy blooz"-era Zeppelin, pop music was always pretty bad. But yeah, around the Sergeant Pepper's/Pet Sounds/Zeppelin IV era, you started getting some wild studio experimentation. You do still see this stuff pop up from time to time with other genres/niches; for instance, in the death metal world, there's stuff like how Carcass recorded the guitar tracks for the Heartwork album, or the cabinet double-miking technique used by Studio Fredman when In Flames recorded the original version of Clayman. I wouldn't call either of those very experimental musically, though -- I don't think we've had a major shake-up in the metal scene since Faith No More stumbled ass-backwards into accidentally birthing nu metal.
All of that being said, I think Gojira's "Amazonia" at least gets a nod for including a jaw harp part and later doubling it with the guitar.
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Nobody now is doing what ... Led Zeppelin did.
I know what you meant, but I gotta drop Greta Van Fleet here to be a jackass before someone really does call you a boomer.
I think the Beatles and Zeppelin were able to do that because the music industry actually invested their musical development, which apparently doesn't really happen anymore. As capital has become more and more narrowly focused on next-quarter profits, investing in promising artists and nurturing their musical development has become impossible. Basically, everyone is permanently trapped in the early Beatles stages and never get to progress to the highly innovative stage.
I know what you meant, but I gotta drop Greta Van Fleet here to be a jackass before someone really does call you a boomer.
Lol, thanks, I'll check them out. Also, I agree about metal. It feels like the genre has stagnated a bit.
At the same time. if you look at early Beatles or "culturally appropriated white boy blooz"-era Zeppelin, pop music was always pretty bad. But yeah, around the Sergeant Pepper's/Pet Sounds/Zeppelin IV era, you started getting some wild studio experimentation. You do still see this stuff pop up from time to time with other genres/niches; for instance, in the death metal world, there's stuff like how Carcass recorded the guitar tracks for the Heartwork album, or the cabinet double-miking technique used by Studio Fredman when In Flames recorded the original version of Clayman. I wouldn't call either of those very experimental musically, though -- I don't think we've had a major shake-up in the metal scene since Faith No More stumbled ass-backwards into accidentally birthing nu metal.
All of that being said, I think Gojira's "Amazonia" at least gets a nod for including a jaw harp part and later doubling it with the guitar.
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I know what you meant, but I gotta drop Greta Van Fleet here to be a jackass before someone really does call you a boomer.
I think the Beatles and Zeppelin were able to do that because the music industry actually invested their musical development, which apparently doesn't really happen anymore. As capital has become more and more narrowly focused on next-quarter profits, investing in promising artists and nurturing their musical development has become impossible. Basically, everyone is permanently trapped in the early Beatles stages and never get to progress to the highly innovative stage.
Lol, thanks, I'll check them out. Also, I agree about metal. It feels like the genre has stagnated a bit.
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