I think there is a degree of truth here.This scene evolved from a younger generation some with wealthy parents, otherwise they would not have been able to afford to come to those tropical shores in the early 70's and continue onwards the hippie way of life, from which this stems. Check out some documentaries on the busses to India from Europe in the 70's. The accents, I noted, tend not to be not from deprived areas.I have the feeling that a lot of production groups were already people rich with money, and that the music is only an afterthought after they buy whatever they want and need for a paid-for party lifestyle. The music is part of the illusion it seems. Also, I think that's why certain genres have such high sound quality but simultaneously such low musical quailty--rich people just bought it all to go with their party ambitions.
And then they charge people at the door to attend the party.
See what I mean?
Some would say that some of the psychedelic bands have been made up of wealthy public school boys, or by merit of their parents riches and so on. And you only need to know where some artists live to know they are not short of a cash money.
For some individuals this is the case, no doubt about it. Although as this scene has burgeoned it has attracted other people and globally. It is hard to see that they are all rich people.
Also I do not agree with your musical quality suggestion there are subjectively plenty of basic types of music that people can look down on if they want to. I like all music for what it brings to life, some repetitive, some melodic some not, some simple some difficult to make. The world of music is as broad as the world itself.
What was clear was that money did not seem to give satisfaction. Sure, lots of money obviously makes life practically easier and every person needs money in the world we live in.
If you have a lot of money you are still a human being with all the many problems that brings.
I admit to having a similar thought as yourself because if you see yourself outside of society even if your underground scene is built on top of society, which is much closer to being an outsider etc. you need that money blanket as a freedom to do what you want.
If you look into an counter culture if we can call it that you can pick it apart quite easily. It does not devalue the overall contribution to humanity as a whole though. I think we need to be careful about over criticism as we can all end up living very homegenous, restricted, mono cultural, lives if not cautious.
Statistics: Posted by Synthman2000 — Wed Nov 06, 2024 9:22 am