The Virgin Megastore, the last one is closing this week at Union Square
in New York. Not that I'm going to get up there but last year the
Virgin Megastore had a location at Arizona Mills. I'm guessing not
anymore. Anyway, Rob gives us his thoughts on the subject.
The
problem with BestBuy and Target, is that none of the clerks give a shit.
And lets not forget the fact that every year they decrease the space
devoted to music.
As great as the iPod is, and I have one, it killed
the music store as well as the music industry. Yes, the horrible music
being produced today has something to do with it. But now you don’t need
to rush out to a store to buy a new album, instead you just click a
button and to me that really sucks. No cool artwork to talk about, no
discussing the new album with other fans. It’s horrible.
And
basically that's the problem nowadays, The MP3 and the Internet along
with the major labels and bad radio has killed off music as we know it
today. Certainly Virgin or Tower Records may have had high prices on
most of their inventory but they did have some bargains if you knew
where to find them. And we kept up with the latest music and magazines
too.
It's bizarre to note that in the 7 years of me blogging
online is that I pretty much instead talking bout the development of new
music was in fact documenting the end of music stores as we know them
today. It goes way back to Wherehouse Music, Sam Goody, Relics Records,
Tower, Rockaway and countless others that one after another closed up
shop due to kids nowadays rather downloading a song then buying music.
But then again, this decade haven't given us the bands that could
replaced the classic rock bands I've grew up with and now my best
friends kids are listening to. Rush, Led Zep, The Beatles, Pink Floyd
remain the choice stuff. Seven years of writing about the decline of
music and it's like falling down a mine shaft. When you think you hit
bottom, it caves away and your freefalling all over again.
To the
kids of today, too bad your bands suck. Black music was great back in
the 60s and 70s, today all it is nothing more than rap and whatever they
can do with stolen processed beats. To the kids of today, you got
Black Eyed Peas for your legacy. No wonder the Marion High School class
of 2009 wanted to go with a old Queen song for their graduation number
instead of something today. And that's the sad fact of music today.
The lack of anything memorable. And your stuck with rap music made by
Pengrin Walkers who walk around with the pants down.
Envy us, for
our generation knew a hook and memorable music. And your stuck with
Kanye West and whatever passes for the flavor of the minite on the
radio. How do ya like us now?
