R.I.P. to a decade of excess

[SField]

Originally Posted by unpainted huffheinz

The worst thing I can possibly think of doing to a musician is to force them to sign with EMI.

You a pistols fan?

 

[unpainted huffheinz]

Originally Posted by SField

You a pistols fan?

They got off easy. I'm thinking about the hundreds of thousands of dollars and pounds EMI owe friends of mine dating back to the 70s.

 

[SField]

Originally Posted by unpainted huffheinz

They got off easy. I'm thinking about the hundreds of thousands of dollars and pounds EMI owe friends of mine dating back to the 70s.

They need to get in line, and EMI is far from the only label to do this.

 

[69clyde]

Originally Posted by Xericx

I have my own theories and it relates to the personification of extreme wealth, gaudy jewelry and a lifestyle of jets, platinum rings from hiphop/rap artists. Couple that with the young urban market desiring and objectifying that ideal, so they try at all lengths to one-up each other (including fakes, huge labels/brand whoring, etc). Then when the rappers see that normal people are getting what they have, they have to one-up it to a more ridiculous level. They always have to be above the consumer. Who had the biggest house, the bigger car, the bigger wheels, the more diamonds in their watch. Started in the mid 90s with the "Mafioso" type of hiphop where all rappers were bragging about Versace. Corporate America jumped on this, coined the term "bling" and marketed it to america...only to attempt to get more and more ridiculous in order for the hordes of consumers to lust after artificially created markets. This bled more and more into american culture as time went on and rap became more mainstream. Add to that the sudden influx of Dot-Com wealth, then Real Estate wealth, who lusted after these lifestyles and material objects...then the huge McMansions of poorly constructed, uniform and compartmentalized lifestyles...you had a lot of Nuevo Riche who thought that buying "X" would buy them some class.
Didn't you mean "nouveau riche"?

 

[Bill Smith]

This being my second recession, I remember how the commentators were saying the decadence of the 1980s would never return during the recession of 1991-93, well it came back in spades in the late 1990s.

So we are in a new period of austerity, this too shall pass.

 

[Bill Smith]

Originally Posted by chrome_dout

All that $$$ people spent to get really expensive goods, only to be fake and shallow on the inside. I wonder how all the gold diggers out there will fare on their own.

I think the the Gold Diggers will be asking, " Would you like the soup or salad with your meal?"

 

[SwedishFish]

Originally Posted by Bill Smith

I think the the Gold Diggers will be asking, " Would you like fries or baby carrots with your meal?"

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