Nu-Drivetime: C/D S/D

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What? Top 40? There's no 'drivetime' scene. Anytime you are listening to ambivapop radio there's going to be 'choruses that are twice as loud as the verses without a hint of irony'. Sure people listen to it in their cars, but they also listen to it in their offices, walkmen, and kitchens. You have to love how the 'classics' are just completely random stadium pop songs, half of them are from 2002, just so we can see that he's right, and that this year is any different from 2001.

The article already fails at the first hurdle: As teen-pop and rave culture fall on hard times... What hard times? Last time I checked, teen-pop far outnumbered nu-rock in the charts, and outdoor/indoor raves continue to draw millions each weekend (I don't have the figures ready, but I *seriously* doubt that on any given saturday night, rock bands draw such crowds). And what self-respecting "selective music lover" will ever admit getting excited over Creed/Nickelback/System Of A Down/et al? Basically an "hey I noticed three similar songs in the charts, let's fabricate a trend" article. I cannot remember the past five, or ten years lacking in music that sounded great on the road.

Somehow driving songs as such seem to make more sense solely in America on huge open highways like going up the California Central Valley or something. And Linda Perry does not make songs to drive to per se.