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Black Dog - 26.10.2006, 07:35Radio plagiarism: I think I've heard this before
Radio plagiarism: I think I've heard this before
Josh Mullins
Columnist
Lately about all I've been listening to is the Rolling Stones. As a result of having their song "Rocks Off" stuck in my head for what seemed like an eternity, I've been listening to them pretty much nonstop, much to the chagrin of the passengers in my car. Repeated listening to one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands ever got me thinking - why is it that the genre has been around for more than half a century, yet we haven't strayed too far from the original source material?
Let's face it, the greatest rock bands were the originals. The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and The Who immediately come to mind when I think about the best of the best, and looking at these three bands, one can see where it all began. If you like metal, then you should get up every morning and thank Led Zeppelin for pioneering the subgenre of hard rock/heavy metal. If punk is more your thing, then it's The Who you should be grateful to. And if you just like plain old meat-and-potatoes rock, then the Rolling Stones are probably your bag.
But while these bands laid the foundation for the music that was to come over the next 50 years, it d oesn't seem as if many new bands have strayed too far from the groundbreaking material these bands produced. Sure, there have been more groundbreaking artists over the past 50 years, but they are few and far between. And with the exception of the music of the '80s, with its synthesizers and such, pretty much anything you hear on the radio sounds strikingly similar to what's been on the radio for years.
Look at the biggest acts of the past few years if you need any more proof that originality is gone from rock 'n' roll. The White Stripes, Wolfmother, The Strokes - these are bands with throwback sounds reminiscent of early rock 'n' roll. But the biggest band that is currently rehashing old hits is probably The Killers. Their debut album was huge when it came out a few years ago, thanks to their update of New Order's sound of two decades earlier. Now, with a new album out, The Killers have switched things up a bit, opting to update the epic sounds of artists like Bruce Springsteen and Meatloaf. I guess they saw the bottom falling out of that whole '80s revival.
But music isn't the only medium that is guilty of updating tried-and-true formulas. In fact, it's easier to respect musicians who allow their influences to become a little overbearing, because at least they wrote the material. Such is not the case in the world of movies, where classics from years past, like "Ocean's Eleven" and "Scarface" are dusted off and remade, usually without the viewing public any the wiser. But it has gotten to the point that Hollywood is either so fresh out of ideas or hard up for money that they troll foreign markets for ideas. Movies such as "The Ring," "The Grudge" and even a movie I loved, "The Departed," have all been taken from overseas and remade for American audiences.
So what's with the lack of originality? Is it just too hard to create new music or movies? Or are the record and music industries so profit-driven that they would rather sacrifice originality for guaranteed money? Hell, I know how hard it is to write a column each week, but I would be in serious trouble if I just rehashed someone else's old column; that's called plagiarism, kids. At any rate, there certainly isn't going to be any end in sight for this rampant repackaging of old ideas, certainly not as long as people keep eating it up
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