Rolling Stone takes a shot at EDM

EDM hasn't been around for as long as Rock n Roll's history and Rolling Stone Italia seems to want it to stay that way  

Last week the magazine uploaded a video to its online website that, although seeming satirical, pokes fun at electric dance music.  Rolling Stone claims that that kind of music will die, but guitar solos and rock anthems will not.  The video goes on about how EDM is fake music and that there is nothing like Rock and there will never be anything to beat it so EDM should just stop now. 

Rolling Stone focuses on the drug related aspects of EDM and how it almost always is associated with half naked girls, lollipops and neon lights.  The "bad stuff."  But what about the good? 

Technology has made some intense advances and now artists can pull sounds from anywhere to make a catchy tune.  Of course there are going to be some duds in a world where music is easy to make, but searching for the gold is worth it.  The video targeting EDM most likely is to take a dig at the mainstream dance music people hear.   While, yes, this is what most kids listen to, there is more to EDM than David Guetta and chicks dancing in daisy costumes.  If you truly are a fan, or truly know your stuff, it doesn't seem like dance is going to be going anywhere soon.  

Rock n Roll might still be around, but it's not what is focused on lately.  Is that why the Rolling Stone rockers are mad?  Maybe there will come a time where both rock and dance are both surpassed by something else.  Either way, its likely are both here to stay.  

We can only wonder if Rolling Stone Italia simply wanted to stir things up a bit.  Maybe they don't really hate EDM but rather wanted to see what readers thought about the subject.  Whatever the case, the video has gone viral and will probably be stirring up some debate in the near future.

Watch the video HERE   

By: Tori 

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