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      P.E.1.
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      Underground
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Jon
      DEAGLE
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      seems
      that
      i
      crafted
     
     
      music
      is
      now
      a
      minority.
      It
      could
      be
      that
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _there
      are
      more
      artists
      today
      than
      there
     
    
   
   
    
     
      were
      in
      the
      past
      —
      however
      this
      should
      not
     
    
   
   
    
     
      be
      an
      excuse.
      Today's
      artists
      have
      less
      tal-
     
     
      ent,
      but
      ironically
      make
      more
      money
      than
      _
     
    
   
   
    
     
      artists
      of
      the
      past.
      Of
      course,
      a
      band
      with
     
     
      talent
      can
      be
      respected,
      even
      if
      a
      person
     
     
      doesn't
      like
      their
      music.
      The
      current
      trend
     
     
      seems
      intent
      on
      filling
      the
      music-consum-
     
     
      ing
      community
      with
      untalented
      "upstarts".
     
     
      Besides
      musical
      talent
      these
      newly
      creat-
     
     
      ed
      stars
      lack
      one
      crucial
      feature-the
      ability
     
     
      to
      smile.
     
    

    
     
      Although
      sad
      ae
      have
      been
     
     
      around
      since
      human
      emotions
      were
      con-
     
     
      verted
      to
      music,
      never
      before
      have
      they
     
     
      been
      so
      bleak-sounding.
      The
      idea
      of
      touch-
     
     
      ing
      songs
      about
      lost
      love,
      loneliness,
      etc.
     
     
      used
      to
      be
      commonplace.
      Now,
      the
      line
     
     
      between
      a
      sad
      song
      and
      an
      upbeat
      one
      is
     
     
      blurred
      by
      an
      "angst"-ridden
      melancholy.
     
     
      As
      a
      result,
      there
      are
      no
      "happy"
      songs.
     
     
      They
      have
      been
      replaced
      by
      vapid,
      formu-
     
     
      laic,
      popular
      music.
      As
      it
      turns
      out,
      this
     
     
      "pop
      music"
      is
      worse
      than
      the
      negatively
     
     
      charged
      "angst
      rock"
      of
      today's
      main-
     
     
      stream.
      These
      two
      musical
      genre
      fiascoes
     
     
      have
      simultaneously
      given
      music
      a
      heart
     
     
      extraction
      and
      a
      lobotomy.
     
    

    
     
      If
      these
      two
      styles
      destroyed
     
     
      music's
      heart
      and
      mind,
      rap
      has
      stolen
      its
      .
     
     
      soul.
      Somewhat
      distanced
      from
      the
      other
     
     
      two
      genres,
      yet
      on
      a
      downward
      spiral
      of
      its
     
     
      own,
      rap
      has
      managed
      to
      pollute
      itself
      —
     
     
      with
      repetitive
      message
      of
      sex,
      easy
      living,
     
     
      and
      drugs.
      This
      genre
      has
      potential,
      of
      all
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Bomb
      Shelter
     
    
   
   
    
     
      music
      styles:
      it
      is
      closest
      to
      prose.
     
     
      Although
      most
      of
      its
      power
      is
      defused
      by
     
     
      endless
      references
      to
      senseless
      violence,
     
     
      rap
      music
      maintains
      its
      popularity.
      Its
      fans
     
     
      claim
      that
      rap
      "tells
      it
      like
      it
      is".
      This
      begs
     
     
      the
      question:
      Is
      having
      a
      cynical
      opinion
     
     
      really
      equivalent
      of
      truth?
      Or
      is
      it
      just
     
     
      another
      point
      of
      view,
      opposite
      to
      the
     
     
      much-despised
      "optimistic"
      standpoint?
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Perhaps
      the
      answer
      to
      this
      ques-
     
     
      tion
      lies
      in
      the
      musical
      underground.
     
     
      Ironically,
      the
      term
      describes
      music
      that
      is
     
     
      far
      superior
      to
      "popular"
      music.
      Similar
      to
     
     
      Plato's
      theory
      of
      a
      two-
      levelled
      reality,
     
     
      there
      are
      two
      realms
      of
      musical
      existence.
     
     
      Just
      as
      popular
      music
      signifies
      the
      mun-
     
     
      dane,
      the
      underground
      represents
      the
      sub-
     
     
      lime.
      It
      seems
      there
      are
      refreshingly
      per-
     
     
      fect
      forms
      of
      every
      genre
      within
      the
     
     
      underground:
      rap
      songs
      with
      a
      message,
     
     
      sad
      songs
      without
      pretentious
      brooding,
     
     
      and
      upbeat,
      intelligent
      antitheses
      to
      "pop"
     
     
      music.
      The
      underground
      music
      scene
      is
     
     
      definitely
      a
      haven
      for
      those
      who
      are
     
     
      scored,
      or
      are
      confused
      by,
      the
      main-
     
     
      stream.
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