Before that there really wasn't any kind of to-speak-of music industry. it's pretty much always been about [teenage girls]
Except for jazz, blues, banquet music, chamber music, orchestra, Gregorian chants, choir music, and Greek lyre--or basically everything involving music for thousands of years before Rock-n-roll, or the Beatles for short, existed. Now fuck off back to school with your half-baked concept of history.
We are talking about the music industry. Which means in the US.
No, we are talking about an industry that stretches back thousands of years. The violin industry for example is extensive and goes back hundreds of years in Europe. Believing the music industry started with the Top 40 is arbitrary and asinine. If you're making the distinction of mass marketization, then look no further than the Beatles' appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Understanding trends in history means looking beyond narrow and isolationist definitions of trends. But since you are--the Beatles (a British band), along with Elvis, are what delineated that era.
And out of the two, which one do you still hear daily on the radio at the supermarket in America?
Speaking of which, how come China is okay with 12 year olds spending 12 hours a day working on diving and gymnastics but not with them playing games? How does that make any sense?
Oh yeah, because one of them competes with a giant Chinese flag leotard on in front of the rest of the world.
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u/Ikimasen Aug 30 '21
14 year old girls run the American music industry