Talk:RyansWorld: World beat music

Some Speculation of the Date Accuracy
Perhaps the date settings are a little too inaccurate. Perhaps if the author tagged on an additional 60 or 70 years onto those dates, it would seem more reasonable. Even if people did listen to music in foreign languages, there are a lot of different types of foreign music out there besides world beat, including foreign Rock and foreign Metal.

America Hates Its Self
In Israel we often listen to American music. As many people in America also listen to Israeli music (i.e. Most Goa trance) So this article (like most of your articles)is flawed. What is "World Beat" African drums? Israeli Metal? Indian sitar? It has no definition. Some people still like American music. Not just in America but in almost every country. For instance: Paris Hilton's "Stars Are Blind" was #1 in Hungary. That's because America has a highly developed music scene. I doubt that will stop because a couple of liberal radicals say western culture is evil. And yes, I realize my writing is bad...English is still my 2nd language. --IsraeliDisko 04:33, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Rock is dead?
I really don't think rock and roll is going to go away anytime soon. I still listen to it more than any other form of music and I know plenty of people who still listen to it and enjoy it, both in the United States and abroad. Besides, I must ask, what is world beat music anyway, and if it's destined to become the world's most popular form of music in just about one year from now, then how come nobody has ever heard of it?--Captain Benjamin L. Sisko 05:45, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

As the Who so eloquently sang, "Rock is dead. Rock is dead.  Long live Rock!"

I believe that song was recorded in 1979. Rock, or rock and roll, may fade in importance, but as a musical genre it has influenced more people around the globe than any other form of music, and will probably continue to do so. The only musical genres that have even arguably had worldwide impact besides rock are primarily "latin" forms of music such as the bossa nova, the samba, salsa, and the improvisional jazz.