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Originally Posted by MisterPeabody
O MAN do I PRAY you are right! (And that we're both here in 10 years to enjoy this new rock stud. LOL)
My real "problems" with "today's music" (Jeez I sound old) is twofold:
1. Non-distinctive, almost atonal/flat "singers".
2. No style, no charisma, they all look like they should be making my coffee at Starbucks.
Just give me a singer with distinctive pipes - the instant you hear them you know who they are - with some attention to style and some INTENT and "meaning" behind the lyrics. I am asking way too much, I know.
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Okay, so, I'll go indie/alternative again just because I really do think that is a particularly strong genre right now.
If I hear any of the following, I know instantly it is them either through their voice and/or their playing style:
Nate Ruess (Fun.)
Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand..who btw Jack White thinks highly enough to have been at the gig when I saw them last)
Matt Bellamy (Muse)
Win Butler (Arcade Fire)
Brandon Flowers (The Killers)
Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)
Brian Molko (Placebo)
Kele Okereke (Bloc Party)
and that is just off the top of my head.