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Re:Why Did the Beatles Get So Many Bad Reviews? by tinco on Saturday February 04, 2023 @10:34AM (#34655198)
I'm not saying I agree 100% but there's definitely something there. I was surprised when out of nowhere Justin Bieber coopted into a world wide hit in a genre that was in the clubs when I frequented them a full decade earlier (with Despacito). I'm not sure things like that would happen, it used to be that genres basically went out of style every 10 years or so.

That said, I wouldn't say things are standing still either in club music. I don't pretend to have been to a club in the past 5 years or so, but even though they played roughly the same genres there's definitely a difference in depth between the acts we danced to in the 00s and acts like Major Lazer and The Weeknd.

Maybe the genres are just sticking around longer and go through subtler changes. If you let teenage me hear Despacito I would've liked it but wouldn't be surprised. Major Lazer though would've blown my mind.

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Re:Why Did the Beatles Get So Many Bad Reviews? by IgorPartola on Sunday February 05, 2023 @01:36AM (#34662546)
As someone who was out dancing at a club a few weeks ago, one mostly frequented by people in their early 20s, the playlist consisted entirely (not mostly), but Lil Jon, Lil Wayne, Missy Elliot, Ludacris, Usher, 50 Cent, etc. I knew all the lyrics and so did my date. Not so for any of the rest of the people. This has been my experience in the past 5 years of going out dancing at different clubs in the US Northeast.
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