Are the noughties the death of popular music?

One thing that this decade may well be defined by is that it marked the end of 50 years of growth in popular music.

I doubt whether this decade will be remembered in future years for having a musical sound and I would be very surprised if today's artists will be reforming for their ageing fans in 2030.

The noughties have seen the crushing of the economic model of recording,selling and distributing content for profit.Bands now have to rely for the most part on live performance and merchantising to get any real financial return on their talents.

Many will blame the internet for these trends but really it must be seen as a shift in society in much the same way that other parts of the media have been hit by the mutltitude of choice that we as consumers have and our short attention spans.

Save for technolgy the noughties will not be missed

A survey by Pew which came out just before Xmas voted the noughties the worst decade in 50 years only helped by the changes in technology that have occurred since the millenium.

Clear majorities see cell phones, the internet and e-mail as changes for the better, and most also view specific changes such as handheld internet devices and online shopping as beneficial trends. There is greater division of opinion, however, over whether social networking sites or internet blogs have been changes for the better or changes for the worse.

But overall the decade is seen as negative

the 9/11 terrorist attacks are seen as the most important event of the decade, with Barack Obama’s election as president a distant second – even among his political supporters.

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Icons of the 1st decade

It's that time.Quite remarkably we are approaching the end of the first decade of the 21st century and cue long rambling reflections on the ten years.

Could it reallt be 10 years since we all worried about the millenium bug?

Intelligent Life has asked what the icons of the first decade will be and amongst its selections,the hoodie,Apple. Instant landmarks,Price tags,Mega pixels,and the iPod.

I am sure that there will be many more but as a first list,not bad.