Go back in time and save music.

[Latinidiot]

Come now, I never said anyone should be drunk on the job, and I said you were 'misinformed' because I simply yet have to go to a concert where the artists are drunk. It could very well be that I am misinformed. But you made it sound as though Rammstein is a shining beacon off soberness in the murky vomit pits of drunk metalconcerts.

PS: what bands have you been to when they were drunk?

PPS: just for the sake of the argument: musicians can afford to be drunk because the only organ that can do something about it is the public. and as long as they keep coming, the artist can keep doing what he does. On a normal job you get fired by the boss. If you'd stop going to drunk artists, they'd either stop drinking or stop playing music and descend into poverty.

I listen to a lot more punk than people seem to these days (yeah...it died again) and it's very frequent for punk acts to be drunk on stage. It's also my opinion that a couple of members of MSI had been doing something before that gig, cause they were slapdash as fuck and not in the normal MSI way.

I'd say that Rammstein are one of the most overall conscientious bands in the metal scene to be fair, they always seem to be straight up to their customers and they've never cancelled a tour without good reason (the one time they did? the keyboarder had driven a segway into the lead singer's hip and fractured it) Compare that to that gig that Rage cancelled over something or other, they pissed on a lot of people for their "beliefs".

Ah, punk. A scene I am relentlessly unfamiliar with. Also, I tend to listen to prog, death, and doom metal, which aren't the kind of people to show up drunk.

 

[Nadlice]

Come now, I never said anyone should be drunk on the job, and I said you were 'misinformed' because I simply yet have to go to a concert where the artists are drunk. It could very well be that I am misinformed. But you made it sound as though Rammstein is a shining beacon off soberness in the murky vomit pits of drunk metalconcerts.

PS: what bands have you been to when they were drunk?

PPS: just for the sake of the argument: musicians can afford to be drunk because the only organ that can do something about it is the public. and as long as they keep coming, the artist can keep doing what he does. On a normal job you get fired by the boss. If you'd stop going to drunk artists, they'd either stop drinking or stop playing music and descend into poverty.

I listen to a lot more punk than people seem to these days (yeah...it died again) and it's very frequent for punk acts to be drunk on stage. It's also my opinion that a couple of members of MSI had been doing something before that gig, cause they were slapdash as fuck and not in the normal MSI way.

I'd say that Rammstein are one of the most overall conscientious bands in the metal scene to be fair, they always seem to be straight up to their customers and they've never cancelled a tour without good reason (the one time they did? the keyboarder had driven a segway into the lead singer's hip and fractured it) Compare that to that gig that Rage cancelled over something or other, they pissed on a lot of people for their "beliefs".

Ah, punk. A scene I am relentlessly unfamiliar with. Also, I tend to listen to prog, death, and doom metal, which aren't the kind of people to show up drunk.

I got here a bit late, so it seems this misunderstanding has been resolved, but I shall comment nonetheless. Everybody wants my opinion.

The majority of metal musicians take their job and their live performances VERY serious. Metal is generally fairly unpopular, so if a small band shows up drunk and as a result play a horrible set, they will lose the interest of the local metal scene very quickly.

Ramstien is an admirable band for the consistency of their shows apparently though, and as they are quite popular among non metalheads, it's easy to get the idea they are the only ones. They aren't. Bands like Cynic and Opeth play virtually flawlessly night after night, to my knowladge anywho.

EDIT: Oh right, on topic. Music doesn't need saving. It's doing fantastic, and technology is brining to light all kinds of amazing musicians and genres. You just have to dig a bit deeper. Popular music is made to be popular, not to be deep or interesting musically. Accept it.

 

[Aux]

I'm actually quite happy with the way music is. True there have been a few great artists that died during their prime, but what if they were saved and went to put out two or three crap albums?

The fact that people would even think that today's music sucks just goes to show how much your mind is closed, and for that I laugh at you.

 

[Captain Booyah]

Music's in danger? :/

Either way, I must go back in time and save Freddie Mercury. I would've loved to see Queen in concert, and imagine all the hits that band still could have had in them.

 

[Nadlice]

Target:Korn,Slipknot,Pantera,Lamb of God
Task:Assassinate.

Just to see Metal purified.

Good sir, what's you quarrel with Pantera and Lamb of God?

 

[Frequen-Z]

KILL YOKO ONO

Good call. I was torn between killing her or saving John Lennon.

Target:Korn,Slipknot,Pantera,Lamb of God
Task:Assassinate.

Just to see Metal purified.

What's wrong with Pantera? They're absolute classics.

 

[sageoftruth]

I'd got back to the time before that dance beat was created (you know: n ts n ts n ts n ts), beat its inventors to the punch, patent it, and then charge a $10,000,000,000,000,000 copyright fee for its usage in any music. We'd never hear it again.

 

[Something Amyss]

Not really saving music, because music is fine, but I'd patent autotune and then never let anyone use it.

For an encore, I'd have a chat with Freddie Mercury about safe sex and drug abuse.

 

[Get_A_Grip_]

Am I the only one that would go back and kill Maddonna before anyone ever heard of her?

 

[sageoftruth]

Actually, to keep it simple: Take all the musical elements that make up the songs of BrokenNCYDE and make sure they never happen.

 

[emeraldrafael]

Wouldn't change a thing. Maybe the current music scene isn't the best but it could be worse. It always has to be bad before it can get better. Plus who knows what would happen if you changed something. It could cause things to be even worse when you come back.

You know the butterfly effect and all.

Save layne Staley and Kurt Cobain. I know, Kurt has been said alot, but no one thought the vocalist for Alice in Chains was worth saving?

and to comment on the butterfly effect, hey, as long as it bumps off Justin Bieber or That Hannah Montana chick (though she has recently be doing a good job as imploding her own career), I'm happy with it.

 

[AgentNein]

I'd probably go back in time and find some way to assure that the black musicians who were the heart and soul of rock and roll got all of the credit they deserved, instead of it having been co-opted by the mainstream radio friendly safe white folk like Elvis Fuckin' Hack Presley.

Not entirely sure how that would be accomplishable, even with time travel invented.

 

[unoleian]

Id go back in time and stymie any efforts of other time travelers to f*ck up what is a perfectly fine music scene.

 

[Lexodus]

i would do something terrible to the jonas brothers so that none of them could ever touch an instrument without bursting into flames

I love you.

OT: Since a lot of mine have been taken, I'd save Nick Drake and help promote his music.

 

[Lexodus]

KILL YOKO ONO

Good call. I was torn between killing her or saving John Lennon.

Spoiler: Wouldn't that be the same thing?

 

[Dirkie]

Saving Frank Zappa and Freddy Mercury comes to mind.
If you keep innuendo and the miracle in mind, what would the word have been if queen had continued?

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

Assassinate the parents of every rapper, pop artist, and Nu Metal artist.

 

[RedBeta22]

Id go back in time and Stop the Beatles. It seems like after the Beatles everyone was like, Well fuckit we'll never be as good as the Beatles so lets not even bother trying. Plus I just hate their music.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

Let cobain die, let lenin die. But Stop Buddy Holley from getting on that plane and telling The Rev that those will kill him. BOOM saved music

 

[BlackStar42]

I'd assassinate Mr. Cowell and prevent the horror that is the X Factor. God, I hate that show.