What's Next - the state of music this time next year ?

Real answer later...but wasn't there a "predictions" thread about 10 months ago? It would be fun to dig it up now & see how people did.

music fashion predictions of Februrary 2001.

Concerning what we will be talking about in one year's time at this same place: Top 5 albums of 2002. :-). Wouldn't mind another indie thread or another taste thread though. And a HUGE Giant Sand thread titled something like "Why did we overlook the greatest genius in modern rock?".

Jay-Z/Nas throwdown

safe bet = new funk.

Breakestra, that Madlib jazz record, Soul Fire recordings, Stark Reality recordings, Soul Destroyers, New Master sounds and hopefully not Jamiroquai...

Long shot = french rap

PM - "les petits chefs" finally acheiving the recognition it deserves. New school french mcs breaking out all over the shop...

Passe = experimental hip hop

People will get very, very sick of Kid 606. Cannibal Ox and El-P disappear up their own arses. The word scientifical will be barred from the lexicon.

People will complain of how much they slept on the J Zone and Beatminers LPs...

I want a damned New Romantic revival, but a good proper one.

That's what I want too! Hooray.

Keyboard SFX masterpieces. Like Ross on "Friends".

*Bark, Bark!*

*moooo.*

* Kabooooooooom.... *

keyboard sfx - busker down at central station[station in centre of r toon - we keep it easy to remember] plays keysfx and douchedoink drummpadz - never makes money aside from yr racer who LURVES his full- on commitment to the shining path ov DIY musik

The way I see it there are 3 possible choices:

1) Blippy, glitchy recordings of 16th century madrigals using samples soley from a Nintendo Entertainment System. Groups decline to actually appear in person for any public event, instead interacting through 48x48 pixel representations of themselves on the internet. One such website pops up, claiming to belong to the ghost of Henry VIII. Feds are unable to track the source.

2) Multiple attempts to wring out every last breath of inspiration from the miniscule career of Joy Division. Picture competing bands taking part in a post-punk/pre-goth pop invasion. Gives way to a flood of Bauhaus tribute records and the LolitaGoth explosion of early 2003. TRL is overrun by 16 year old girls with black makeup and crushes on Robert Smith circa 1986.

3) Multiple attempts to wring out every last breath of inspiration from the miniscule career of My Bloody Valentine (much like what many young Japanese groups have been doing over the entire last decade...). Picture competing bands taking part in a post-post- punk/pre-grunge shoegazer pop invasion. Gives way to inevitable Nirvana-Pearl Jam-Smashing Pumpkins grunge revival of early 2003. Instead of buying whole new wardrobes, people simply wear what they wore a couple years ago.

I didn't realise Ned controlled the future.

Ping Pong Bitches release the best CD of 2002

Nelly records a classic, grimy electronic hiphop album. JayZ and Nas kill each other The Gay Rapper outs himself Kid 606 starts playing guitar and stays away from laptops Michael Jackson tries to make another movie Britney loses virginity - but not to Justin the Strokes split New Nirvana material - no one cares numetal embraces/spawns mutation of hiphop/rawk/techno JZone become big very quickly P Diddy continues to rock J.Lo divorce another exciting new disco revival 80s music debate continues another country is bombed and another is attacked Jesus shall save us

Metal, metal, new wave, metal, Timbaland tries to do something rock & it's crap, only hip-hop/teenpop acts produced by Neptunes sell records.

The new album by The Prodigy is finally released but suffers from 'too predictable too late' syndrome and is politely lauded by critics but shrugged off quickly by all but the most fresh-faced Prodge fans and dumbass metal fans. Liam Howlett is quick to rule out collaborations with anyone under the 'nu-metal' banner and instead marries Natalie Appleton and effectively retires from releasing albums - planning to continue only playing live, Grateful Dead style. Big hairy deal.

Blur release new album, co-produced by Fatboy Slim. Sounds a bit like Gorillaz. Coxon quits the band.

None of the bands hyped this year do anything of note in 2002 except tour the same songs incessantly.

This year's trends:

Stylish pop (Kylie etc.) Boy/girl bands songs chords matching classic rock songs (Hearsay/Oasis, Westlife/George Harrison...) New wave rock/punk - The Hives, Strokes, White Stripes etc. Bootleg/remix culture - The Avalanches, Freelance Hellraiser etc. Calypso/electro rhythms - Neptunes, Britney, Missy, DC, Wyclef etc. Hip rock/metal - Linkin Park etc. Ironic party music - Andrew WK

Next year's trends:

Still no fucking clue!