[NewMusic] Sting is bored with today's rock music

[Matt Davignon]

Well, it's true by even Sting's standards! (Well, at least the new
stuff that's on rock stations these days.)

I was thinking about this the other day. Even though a lot of people
knock 80's pop music, there was still a craft to making a good
memorable pop song, and part of that craft involved coming up with new
studio tricks and the attempt to create a memorable "sound" for each
recording artist.

For the last 15 years or so, it's seemed like a rock band is destined
for success if they sound like the last rock band that was successful.

Saw a special on PBS on the corporatization of the music industry that
happened in the 80's. Now the people making decisions on what gets
released & promoted are driven by market formulas, rather than an
interest and understanding of the music.

What I still can't figure out is what drives artists like Sting and
Phil Collins to make lame music as they grow older. When I was younger
I thought it was a function of aging. (Once you're over 40, things
like Michael Bolton and Kenny G start sounding damn good.) Now I know
more people doing amazing things who are 10 years older than me than
10 years younger. In a way I'm getting philcolonized in that loud
explosive noises by themselves don't excite me as much as when I was
younger, but in another way I'm not because the music I'm listening to
has much more going on.

Odd trivia I found out the other day - Mickey Dolenz from the Monkees
was the voice of Arthur (the sidekick) in the Tick cartoon.

Matt


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