-Anonymous Youtube commenter
Do you know how Punk died? Or how 'Punk is Dead' came as a catchphrase? It's because the Punk music genre has watered down to give birth to new music genres, making it commercially profitable. That, boys and girls, was how 'Punk is Dead' came to be. Music can never die. As what Lourd de Veyra would put it, 'placed in a freezer. Lourd de Veyra is the frontman for the Radioactive Sago Project which was raised in the post-punk scene in the 1990s. de Veyra laid to his book, Lourd de Veyra's Little Book of Speeches of how his jazz-spoken word band emerged to the Pinoy Rock until they signed to a Record label up to where they cannot compete with the then emerging Pinoy Hip-hop sensations; Salbakutta and Andrew E, and they were 'placed to a freezer. Sago still managed to produce 4 albums within less than two decades.
While our hearts broke when the Juan de la Cruz, Eraserheads, and Rivermaya disbanded, the next cooler bands waltzed into the Pinoy rock scene. Simultaneously, Pinoy bands bumped into each other through the exit/entrance of the music scenes each year during the early 2000s. When a band disbands, another one forms. Damn, those were liberating times when the radio pumps Pinoy rock instead of Jessa Zaragossa's soprano voice. Not that I am complaining, but I was nine. The early 2000s was the generation where rock bands were booming. Rock artists multiplied then quickly fell out as their genre was laced to what the trend of the time is demanding; Pop music. Like the recent genres, Pinoy Pop didn't just waltz in but instead did a break-dance in.
At least Francis Magalona was still there, saving the fainting breath of the OPM. Is OPM dead? No.
Where is OPM? It's just there. It's not Myx's or the Radio's problem, it's on you. You have Youtube, you have SoundCloud, and Spotify. Gone are the days when you spend hours roaming from one record store to the other just looking for that new or even old album. Or desperately waiting for a year for that album to be released just to play a single on repeat. Or letting the radio through your ears unattended until that song pops up. Or going to gigs in music clubs, extending the life of your pricey beer. Oh, right, CD burns, too. Gusto mo itagalog ko pa? Hanapin mo, ah!
You are pissed because someone like *coughs* who barged into a recording studio to make music because he or she can't act, saving what is left of his or her career. Sayang nga din naman kasi 'yung kikitain mula fans niya.
Who wouldn't? But that can be someone's right stroke of music. Even if one of them is seemingly bastardizing a song of one of the legends by reviving it. I know, right? Jeez, an album with one original song and the rest of the others are revivals. That's not the Record Label's fault, partly, yes, but profits speak louder than sentiment choices.
OPM isn't dead, hindi ka lang marunong maghanap.Even when the candy-colored girl groups (Nadine Lustre was one of them!) ruled the radio or the boy bands who are often mistaken as lesbian bands dominated the charts (Chicsers), OPM lived through. Local bands still flourished. Rock artists still prospered. Not as loudly as you would expect but they are whipping their asses and producing good music. While we're at it, we would still go about listening and supporting their music but we don't buy it. Pinipirata din lang naman natin.
OPM is not dead. The 'OPM' that you so expected in yesteryears, they were famous because of contract Record Labels. A friendly reminder, just make sure that if I may come across your playlists, you are not hoarding Myrtle Sarrosa's songs.
Walang komento:
Mag-post ng isang Komento