Ozzy Osbourne died

[Sammy Jankis]

He revolutionized music and created a genre.

I saw him live twice, not a fan of the genre, but what an amazing performer.

god level front man

could have been jesus

 

[Sammy Jankis]

 

[Cypress]

It was the Clinton years of decadent excess.

Hair metal peaked in the late 1980s years before Clinton became president in 1993.

In the early 1990s grunge and alt rock displaced hair metal as the hip genres of choice. By 1993, people were laughing at the Poison and Great White video catalog.

 

[zymurgy]

The most played was "Thriller" by Michael Jackson

The most requested was "Love Bites" by Def Leppard

These are the top 8 played:

The 8 Most Played Videos on MTV

What was the first video you saw on MTV? Take a trip down MTV memory lane. The FIRST songs played and the MOST played videos on MTV.

wcsx.com

that is my point - that list is basically void of hair metal. Def Leopard being the one band that was glitzy like that

as a genre, it was killing rocks music. It seems tired and played out, and unoriginal, and everyone was leaving in droves. grunge revitalized rock

 

[Cypress]

They put on stage performances and lip synched to recordings.

21st century technology like auto tuning and voice sampling did not exist in the mid 1970s when Kiss was honing their live show.

Most 21st century performers avail themselves to modern technology to improve performance and voice production.

Before he got old, Paul Stanley could actually sing. He sang in well regarded opera performances in the 1990s.

 

[archives]

No one cares if you like it or not - you didn't know it existed - despite it being the fuel that MTV ran on.

It's amusing that when MTV switched from Hair Metal to Rap - it died. Yeah, it does trash reality shows, but music TV was Hair Metal. Great White, Damn Yankees, White Lion, Cinderella, Def Leppard, et al.

It was the Clinton years of decadent excess.

“MTV,” that explains it, didn’t I mention commercialization, corporate rock, and marketing, you just validated my point

 

[zymurgy]

“MTV,” that explains it, didn’t I mention commercialization, corporate rock, and marketing, you just validated my point

the music we typically talk about was always commercialized grandpa.

 

[Sammy Jankis]

I didn’t know heavy medal had subsets

Ozzie is largely famous because of the bat incident and the controversy over the devil bullshit, which he milked for fame and celebrity

this is such a retarded 1-dimensional take of the cultural juggernaut that was Ozzy osbourne and his band

 

[archives]

the music we typically talk about was always commercialized grandpa.

But it wasn’t marketed on TV as a commodity, the debacle of MTV’s Woodstock II proves that

 

[zymurgy]

But it wasn’t marketed on TV as a commodity, the debacle of MTV’s Woodstock II proves that

it was marketed on radio as a commodity

^derp derp

 

[archives]

this is such a retarded 1-dimensional take of the cultural juggernaut that was Ozzy osbourne and his band

Really, how many of his own material did he actual write? And what did he bring to any culture?

As I noted, I can give credence to Black Sabbath, Ozzy being a member, but as a single act, he was second tier at best

 

[Jade Dragon]

Metal genres in dog form.

 

[archives]

it was marketed on radio as a commodity

^derp derp

True, but there was a reason one didn’t hear such as the Dead, MC5, Velvet Underground, Paul Butterfield or counties others on the radio nor your MTV

 

[Jarod]

Now the Hulk!

 

[Sammy Jankis]

Really, how many of his own material did he actual write? And what did he bring to any culture?

As I noted, I can give credence to Black Sabbath, Ozzy being a member, but as a single act, he was second tier at best

tell me more.

 

[Sammy Jankis]

it was marketed on radio as a commodity

^derp derp

that;s our culture, dipshit.

that's what popular art means.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Hair metal peaked in the late 1980s years before Clinton became president in 1993.

In the early 1990s grunge and alt rock displaced hair metal as the hip genres of choice. By 1993, people were laughing at the Poison and Great White video catalog.

Nonsense - it dominated the first half of the 90's

 

[Uncensored2008]

Now the Hulk!

And #3 is Chuck Mangione - RIP

 

[Sammy Jankis]

Hair metal peaked in the late 1980s years before Clinton became president in 1993.

In the early 1990s grunge and alt rock displaced hair metal as the hip genres of choice. By 1993, people were laughing at the Poison and Great White video catalog.

but nobody ever laughed at black Sabbath.

 

[Sammy Jankis]

Nonsense - it dominated the first half of the 90i

people love hair metal and grunge.

but black Sabbath was more authentic than both.