The rise of pop-stars with faceless backing bands is about as old as the first video game, but most certainly older than the massive recent rise in popularity. I doubt there is really a correlation. Super producers bringing bringing in pretty faces to sing has been going on since the 70s.
Yeah, I agree that time spent doing x versus y may be less, but I was saying the amount of activities is probably still the same. So, kids might be doing individual activities for less time, but those are probably ones they were only vaguely interested in anyway. Kids are fairly spastic and have short attention spans (always have, always will) and do a wide variety of activities day in and day out. Once someone finds something they like, they'll spend more time doing it. If they don't, who cares. Its not like we as a society have lost a great painter if he drops the paintbrush for an xbox. If someone is that distracted by another activity (regardless of activity), then they weren't destined to enjoy it or be good at it anyway.
And yeah, maybe we've lost a few kids that come home and play video games for hours on end and never leave the house, but from what I've seen, that is not the case. Most kids that play video games these days do not solely sit on the couch and play video games.
IMO, video games are just this generations scape goat for a deeper societal problem that has manifested itself in many different ways. Rock and Roll, Skateboards, TV, Swing and Jazz, etc. Blaming the symptom doesn't cure the disease.
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Originally Posted by tysonK
Are you saying that singers are just a face and voice for the band and are not really that important?
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Actually, I do agree with that statement.
Like I said before, most singers get in the way of the music IMO.