Why no rock music in Star Trek?
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Forget rock music. Why not any rap?
Nice. I had few off the top of my head but nice list. Just going to add Sousa.
Hopefully that’s long gone by then.
Hopefully that’s long gone by then.
And with that you've just answered the question of "Why is there no rock music in Star Trek?"
Not really. I just don’t like rap music.
I think TNG's idea of the future was a little too uptight. Everything couldn't be Shakespeare, classical music and opera. But that's exactly how it came off. As classic as that show is, it was hard to relate to the culture on that show.
Although---Klingon opera does sound kind of cool....
I'm not the biggest fan of Discovery, but it was refreshing to hear disco music and seeing people get a little buzzed and acting like normal people at party.
If Bach survived into the 24th century, then Snoop Dog, Michael Jackson,The Bee Gees, the Beatles, Gaga, Nirvana has to survive too.
Although---Klingon opera does sound kind of cool....
I'm not the biggest fan of Discovery, but it was refreshing to hear disco music and seeing people get a little buzzed and acting like normal people at party.
If Bach survived into the 24th century, then Snoop Dog, Michael Jackson,The Bee Gees, the Beatles, Gaga, Nirvana has to survive too.
To be fair, I suspect the idea was also that works that have already survived the test of time are more likely to remain so in the future, as opposed to trying to predict what more contemporary works will prove enduring. Classical music is seen as more "timeless" than rock or rap or disco or whatever.
The (possibly unintended) effect, alas, is make future seem overly conservative in their tastes, and perhaps even a bit fuddy-duddy-ish.
The (possibly unintended) effect, alas, is make future seem overly conservative in their tastes, and perhaps even a bit fuddy-duddy-ish.
That's a little on the nose, isn't it?
I think in TOS, rock music was too new (less than 15 years old) to say if it would last. By TNG, possibly still so. By the time of Disco and the Kelvin Films, rock's been around for over half a century and it's easier to more credibly say what might and might not still be around a few hundred years from now.
Of course, we won't have a true idea of what the durability of a musical genre is until after the first generation who first liked it has entirely passed on. Has the music truly been handed off to the next generation or do they only think of it as their parents' music?
Of course, we won't have a true idea of what the durability of a musical genre is until after the first generation who first liked it has entirely passed on. Has the music truly been handed off to the next generation or do they only think of it as their parents' music?
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The big question is will dubstep survive?
It's funny. I actually got at least one piece of fan mail complaining about it, and another piece that was thrilled that that I had referenced Gaga in a TREK book. More proof that there are as many opinions as there are Trekkies.
2?
Can be as bad as one....
"Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems"
Back in the early '90's, when I worked for what was, at the time, a major software company (think "WordPerfect") I thought I was the funniest guy in the parking lot because my car sported a parking sticker for Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems. I had one buddy who got the joke. Nobody else had any idea what it was about.
