"The biggest artists in the world are female artists at this point, and that's because of video games," Rundgren said.

He suggested that the music industry responded by focusing more heavily on young female consumers, citing Swift, Lady Gaga and P!nk among the artists who emerged in the decades that followed.

But Rundgren drew a sharp distinction between Gaga and Swift.

"Lady Gaga, she's a real musician," he said, pointing to her abilities as a piano player. Of Swift, however, Rundgren declared, "She doesn't do anything particularly great except grow hair."

He continued by criticizing Swift as a singer, songwriter and dancer, although he acknowledged the enormous cultural connection she has built with generations of women.

"She's a role model for what was a very young generation of women, and now for those women's daughters as well," Rundgren said, noting that mothers and daughters now attend Swift's concerts together."

"Earlier in the interview, Rundgren discussed the way younger listeners are increasingly discovering music made decades before they were born.

He said he now sees second- and even third-generation fans at his own concerts, including people whose parents or grandparents first introduced them to his music.

"There's a percentage of people in any particular generation who just get tired of listening to what everybody's listening to and want to find something different," he explained.

"You can't travel into the future, so you go to the past."
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I was shocked 20 years ago when my daughter's high school boyfriend and her's song was, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes", circa 1969.

Their friends were already listening to Led Zeppelin and The Who... so, this phenomena has been going on for some time now.

Never really thought about video games garnering more attention than music for kids in the 90's being causal, but well, maybe so.

#8

I liked that last one!

#16

RLR for the, Getting the Point Win!

- pulls up the ladder behind him

In what respect, dummy?

By inventing Call of Duty?

Trolls are bad enough, ignorant trolls are the worst.

He likes Gaga as a musical artist, just not Swift, with which I could agree.

The point he made that I found interesting is that kids, mostly guys, in the 90's were sitting around playing video games, while the kids in the 60's and 70's were sitting around playing, composing, and listening to music.

- I vaguely recognized the name

"Rundgren is considered a pioneer in the fields of electronic music, progressive rock, music videos, computer software, and Internet music delivery.[5]

He organized the first interactive television concert in 1978, designed the first color graphics tablet in 1980, and created the first interactive album, No World Order, in 1993.[2][6]

Additionally, he was one of the first acts to be prominent as both an artist and producer.[4]

His notable production credits include Badfinger's Straight Up (1971), Grand Funk Railroad's We're an American Band (1973), the New York Dolls' New York Dolls (1973), Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell (1977), and XTC's Skylarking (1986).

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021."

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- inability to leave the stage gracefully, always have to be center of attention.

But enough about 1Nut...

- But "legend" is a big stretch, even for a clickbait headline.

About par for the course for clickbait... but again, enough about 1Nut.