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Hard2Get
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Posted - 2011/08/05 : 20:29:04
It became mainstream a long time ago, relatively speaking. It will never become fully mainstream because it's not watered down and average enough for it to gain enough interest. It is incredibly watered down compared to Hardcore used to be but not compared to standard pop.
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Edited by - Hard2Get on 2011/08/05 20:31:00 |
Warnman
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Posted - 2011/08/05 : 21:53:51
quote: Originally posted by Hard2Get:
It became mainstream a long time ago, relatively speaking. It will never become fully mainstream because it's not watered down and average enough for it to gain enough interest. It is incredibly watered down compared to Hardcore used to be but not compared to standard pop.
I wouldn't be that harsh. Happy Hardcore was mainstream, when Radio Station and music-TV-stations still were independent. Any kind of EDM was killed 1997, if it was related to the rave scene. Drug abuse and the gain for the wannabe rich bourgeoisie (you know, acting like Paris Hilton) supported club mangers and event-organisers to gain for that stupid boring audience. Just like in football, when the emotional screaming supporter was replaced by families and nerds.
Simply erase the influence of MTV and US-music-industry and things will start to develope naturally.
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treetherealest
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Posted - 2011/08/07 : 15:24:40
Hardcore's peak in America was like 1999/2000. Counter Culture/Mainstream stores like Hot Topic had Happy Hardcore CDs and rave gear. Then it quickly died down, but if the cycle repeats itself, dance music is starting to pick up again here in the U.S. The reason I say that, is most of the modern pop-rap songs have rave/dance influences in their songs because it sells now. It might start making people more interested into other things, so it might have a slight peak again in a few years. I remember dance music being big in 1997/1998, so it took a few years for people to look into hardcore. It was almost as if hardcore was the nail in the coffin and basically hit the "reset button" on what was "cool" Then the whole punk/emo thing came along.
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