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Not just music stars, Lord Lucan is dead now too.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Only officially, so his son can inherit the title (and the estates, money, ...)
But...would you want to call yourself Lord Lucan these days? 
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OriginalGriff wrote: But...would you want to call yourself Lord Lucan these days?
Who says I don't?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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And not only that! Just the other day, I heard that Leslie Nielsen has died! 
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Well the thing is that after it became easier to record music, more people got famous for it. And now all those people that were famous in the 60's, 70's are going to start dying. And with a lot of people idealizing that era of music, it's only logical that most people will have to say goodbye to a lot of legendary people. Adding the fact that most legendary musicians have a live fast attitude, most won't get to live until they are 80.
But that's the circle of life. Some legends die, others become legends.
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RUs123 wrote: others become legends.
It seems Bieber, Lady Gaga, and Nicki Minaj are becoming those new legends...
On the plus side we won't be very sad in about 50 to 60 years from now 
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But they're not becoming legendary for their music...
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I know this is a late reply, but being in the press and being a legend isn't the same thing. It's a different mentality now anyway - people struggle to be talked about and they don't care if it's bad or good.
But check out Steven Wilson, Dan Swano, Mikael Akerfeldt, Devin Townsend and Tool. They are all involved in so many things that most don't even know about and that's what being a legend is nowadays - at least to me. It's easy to get someone to write about you - hell reporters will take almost anything to write about.
Bieber, Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj are the furthest thing from a legend.
You might have been joking, I can't really tell. 
EDIT: Found a better way to phrase the difference in mentality. The really good celebrities used to be legends, now they are more like rumours.
modified 9-Feb-16 5:34am.
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Same here. Although I've been moving from metal as my primary choice of music towards dance/electronic music
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Ha, interesting. I went the other way. As a kid and in the early teens I was listening mostly to electronic music(Eiffel 65, Dj Bobo stuff like that). Nowadays I still do, but mostly some trance. And not the hardcore stuff. And some drum'n'bass like Pendulum for example.
But I do like mixes of electronic music and metal, if they are done right. Something like Neurotech (I recommend Blue Screen Planet and Antagonist) or Celldweller.
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Back in my early teens I listened to rap mostly (and I sometimes still do)
Trance is really nice, especially the more psychedelic sort.
Drum n bass is really very nice and Pendulum's Still Grey is among my favorite tracks of all time (Slam and Fasten Your Seatbelt are pretty awesome too)!
Neurotech is pretty industrial. I like that from time to time.
By the way, Crossfaith and Beyond All Recognition play metal + dubstep. Really very nice!
What about chill out and trip hop? Got to love the more relaxed electronic music too
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Quote: Neurotech is pretty industrial.
Not all of Neurotech. That's why I mentioned Blue Screen Planet - it really encompasses the two opposites of his music. There are two songs on it - part one is as you said industrial. But part 2 is the relaxed electronic music you mentioned. That song calms me down. And his recent album is also more ambiental. But besides that, movie/videogame music is usually the relaxed type of music I go to. That or classical like Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Tchaikovsky is often on the playlist too and of course Wagner - but I'm getting out of the relaxed territory here.
Not sure what chill out and trip hop are - can you recommend any artists?
I've heard a bit of crossfaith and they are rather interesting, but the clean vocals sometimes put me off. The reason I don't like metalcore(and some newer genres of metal) that much - besides a few bands that can pull off clean vocals. Will check out beyond all recognition.
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RUs123 wrote: But part 2 is the relaxed electronic music you mentioned.
Really very nice!
I can really enjoy some good ambient music.
I'm pretty sure you'd like Vibrasphere[^] and Solar Fields[^] too (I could give them all kinds of labels such as progressive trance, psytrance, chill out, ambient, psychill).
The grandmasters of trip hop are without a doubt Massive Attack. You probably know them as they've had some hits like Karmacoma, Protection, Unfinished Symphony, and their biggest hit Teardrop.
Other cool groups worth checking out are Tricky, Portishead, Morcheeba, and Lamb
Chill out was "invented" by The KLF on their album "Chill Out". Although I never listen to that
One awesome group is Air, who had some hits too. Especially their album Moon Safari (song Ce Matin La!) is awesome!
Others include Boards Of Canada, The Orb, Röyksopp (Only This Moment!), Moby...
The genres have lots of overlap too
Trip hop obviously has its roots in hip hop though, you'll hear a beat and an occasional rap.
I'm also a big fan of movie and game soundtracks. And I also like Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Bach... The classics
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Quote: I can really enjoy some good ambient music.
Me too, so thank you for the recommendations, I will check them out when I get home.
Quote: The grandmasters of trip hop are without a doubt Massive Attack.
Hm, today I found out I like trip hop. Don't know the other groups though.
As for chill out - Röyksopp and Moby are the ones I know a bit better.
I guess I've been more in the mainstream on these genres. haven't delved too deep(yet).
Quote: The genres have lots of overlap too
Yeah this is happening everywhere, which is a good thing in my opinion, just has to be done right. Don't want a mess of different genres in there(although to be fair IGORRR pull this off very well).
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RUs123 wrote: Don't want a mess of different genres in there(although to be fair IGORRR pull this off very well)
Didn't know IGORRR yet. I checked out Tout Petit Moineau and Vegetable Soup and holy crap I have to check out more
It reminded me of Venetian Snares[^] (somewhere halfway the song) at first, but then I heard some Crystal Castles[^] too.
Vegetable Soup is even more eclectic
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It is very sad, but the truth of the matter is that we are noticing how all our heroes are dying out because it is us as well who are growing old...
[Do you think if we old gits all professed a love of JB and LG that they'd pop their clogs yo prove my point?]
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: Do you think if we old gits all professed a love of JB and LG that they'd pop their clogs to prove my point?
The cure is worse than the disease, unfortunately.
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Might be worth a go, maybe not!
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It is like a "bubble syndrom": because you know a lot of musician which are round about 70 you see a lot of passing by.
But passing by in the age roundabout 70 is somehow statistically "normal" for men with the actual life expectations.
I am also sad. So enjoy the "good life" NOW 
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Doesn't the fact that they all lived long enough to be dying now rather work against your theory? If you want to say that music is dangerous now then you'd have to find a clutch of early deaths to compare with Joplin, Hendrix, Bolan, Mercury, Croce, and Denny (to name but a few). Amy Winehouse apart, you'd have to say that music seems to be a lot less dangerous trade now than it used to be once you start that list.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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They're just regular folk man.
Didn't you learn anything from Styx grand illusion?
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Guess I'll put that music career on the back burner!
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FTTFY. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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