Rock Music Quality vs. US Oil Production: Interconnected?
The Hubbert Peak Theory of Rock, or, Why We’re All Out of GoodSongs | Overthinking It.
Many rock purists and music snobs (myself included) often lament the quality of most modern pop/rock music. “Music these days is so trite and derivative,” they say. “It’s just been downhill since the 60’s and 70’s. Those were the days.”
A few years ago, Rolling Stone magazine added fuel to the music snobbery fire with its “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” list. Anyone casually paging through the list would notice that the bulk of the list was comprised of songs from the 60’s and 70’s, just like the music snobs always say.
I, however, wasn’t content with the casual analysis. So I punched the list into Excel, crunched some numbers, and found an interesting parallel between the decline of rock music quality and, of all things, the decline in US oil discovery and production:
So the question is…If we start drilling offshore and in Alaska, will the quality of rock music improve?
E the Wise
Andre the Defiant
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thompaine
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Mo K.
Sting the Away
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smitty
November 12, 2009 at 5:19 am
A shout out to the Guru: That’s pretty good.
Dave the Sage
November 12, 2009 at 7:08 am
THIS is the reason to read this blog site. This kind of in-depth analysis on the truly critical issues of the day is to be commended.
Thanks for the post guru.
Sting the Away
November 12, 2009 at 9:16 am
Music may have hit an all time low with DJ Hero. Yes for those of you who are too lazy to chop up and remix music electronically you can now chop up and remix music elctronically. Wait…. what?
thompaine
November 12, 2009 at 10:11 am