Intro to Music: Modern Phase

.. in 1997, music begins to deteriorate greatly ... "dark ages".

If you like the dark ages, feel free to download the shit also known as;
Limp Bizkit
Godsmak
Stained
Linkin Park
Tool
And crappy portions of the careers of bands like Rage Against the Machine, Weezer, and Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

That is all there is really to discuss. The music was so awful during this era, that I began listening to a different genre of music (classic aka shitty classic rock). This era featured hit songs by bands like Lit, Blink 182, 3 Doors Down.

Faint highlights of this era include:
Praise You - Fat Boy Slim
Selected Radio Head
Selected Foo Fighters
Many Artists and Bands from 1998-1999.

Overall, the music gets worse and worse from 1997 until 2003, when there is a sudden reemergence of listenable music: the modern phase

After this shit ends, A new age begins. I don't know what to call it. Songs like:
7 nation army (White Stripes)
Bandages (Hot Hot Heat)
Hey Ya! (Outkast)
The Seed (The Roots)
Clocks (Coldplay)

The fronteir developes and expands; shortly after these solid hits, we are ambushed with a high-energy (a la Bandages - Hot Hot Heat) synth/dance-rock style of music;
Float On - Modest Mouse
Somebody Told Me - The Killers
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
Such Great Heights - The Postal Service
Callin' Out - Lyrics Born
Slow Hands - Interpol
Sound of Settling - Death Cab for Cutie

My favorite of these is probably Slow Hands by Interpol (I've listened to Take me Out toooo many times)

The bands listed above paved the way for the future British Dance funk, and rockhop type of music that is present today. Dance funk genre is like Franz Ferdinand, Modest Mouse, Killers, Bravery, type of stuff. Rockhop is kind of a mix of rap/hiphop/rock, like Gorillaz, Lilly Allen, and Gnarlz Barkaley. I wouldn't wiki these terms, b/c I made them up.

Today Emo, is getting popular. Some quasi-emo bands have released some great concept albums (Blvd. of Broken Dreams - Green Day, Black Parade - My Chemical Romance). These two albums are considered "rock operas"; they tell a story.

Some other types of emo bands are (Fallout Boy, AFI, Panic! at the Disco, etc..)These bands are extremely popular with young kids. I would say there is no genre "emo", there are only representations of it. For instance My Chem Romance is like a heavy metal opera, while Panic is like a burlesque musical, and Fallout is a punk(predominantly) versus boy-band (on a few tracks) montage.

Best Emo Songs;
Bat Country - Avenged Sevenfold (prolly not emo)
Miss Murder - AFI
Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
This Ain't A Scene... - Fallout Boy
Thnks Fr Th Mmrs - Fallout Boy
... Good Reason These Tables ... - Panic! at the Disco
Constantly Thank God... - Panic! at the Disco
Build God, Then We'll Talk - Panic! at the Disco
But It's Better If You Do - Panic! at the Disco
Karma Police - Panic! at the Disco

Sorry to get hung up on emo so much, but it deserves its recognition imo. Other music going is the 70's psychedelic sounds of Wolf Mother. This is probably my favorite thing out there in terms of "new" music, it like a reincarnation of a 70's metal band. Also Keizer Cheifs, Arcade Fire, and Modest Mouse are all still going strong, providing us that "dance rock".

Happy Listenings to all.