The Difference in Music over 40 Years

[Richland123]

The Difference in Music over 40 Years

The Top 10 albums this week April 5, 1970

1. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
2. The Beatles - Hey Jude (which was a greatest hits type collection)
3. Led Zeppelin II
4. The Doors - Morrison Hotel
5. Santana
6. Chicago II
7. The Beatles - Abbey Road
8. The Jackson 5 - Diana Ross Presents The Jacksons
9. Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young - Deja Vu
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy & The Poor Boys

The Top 10 albums this week April 5, 2010

1. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0
2. Monica - Still Standing
3. Various Artists - Wow 33
4. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
5. Justin Bieber - My World (EP)
6. She & Him - Volume Two
7. Ludacris - Battle Of The Sexes
8. Lady Gaga - The Fame
9. Marvin Sapp - Here I Am
10. The Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.

[Joe Nerve]

Lets make this a little more graphic.

Now:

http://www.youtube.com/user/kidrauhl?blend=1&ob=4

Then:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU8op191lCg

[TFunkadelic]

...But you can find great new music so easily.

Just like you can find atrocious old music a plenty....


Nothing to cry over.

[Ste-Prog-Man]

We are lucky enough to get new music and tours from the same people that did those fantastic albumbs back in the 70's (at least, those who are still alive).
Just pass by the "1 album" artists (like imho lady gaga, rihanna, etc...). In 5/10 years we will not even remember their names. It thankfully happened to a lot of crap back in 80's and 90's, so it will happen again

[rydogg_sc2]

Originally Posted by TFunkadelic

...But you can find great new music so easily.

Just like you can find atrocious old music a plenty....


Nothing to cry over.

I think the point of this thread went right over your head.

[JHL]

Hahaha... that top ten from 1970 is just sick. Here's some scary food for thought... what if people 40 years from now look back on Lady Gaga/Justin Bieber/Whoever like we look back on the Beatles etc. I wouldn't wanna hear the pop of that age.

[guitardefector]

Originally Posted by Richland123

The Difference in Music over 40 Years

The Top 10 albums this week April 5, 1970

1. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
2. The Beatles - Hey Jude (which was a greatest hits type collection)
3. Led Zeppelin II
4. The Doors - Morrison Hotel
5. Santana
6. Chicago II
7. The Beatles - Abbey Road
8. The Jackson 5 - Diana Ross Presents The Jacksons
9. Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young - Deja Vu
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy & The Poor Boys

The Top 10 albums this week April 5, 2010

1. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0
2. Monica - Still Standing
3. Various Artists - Wow 33
4. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
5. Justin Bieber - My World (EP)
6. She & Him - Volume Two
7. Ludacris - Battle Of The Sexes
8. Lady Gaga - The Fame
9. Marvin Sapp - Here I Am
10. The Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.

THAT'S SCARY!!! I guess Guitarhero, Garageband and state-of-the-art technology can only take you so far??

[becker4567]

The comparison of top 10's from then to now is sad.

[emblymouse]

Artistry and originality.

Isn't there an app for that now?

[RayO5421]

I'm 17 and agree wholeheartedly. Most of the new music/bands I listen to people haven't even heard of. Its terrible that such great artists and musicians don't get the fame or recognition they deserve today; the music business and mainstream media have almost completely taken over the world.

But still, there are some great bands and musicians who are independent or just not signed to major labels. You need to look for it, but you can still find great music in the world.

[itswac]

The charts mean something different today than they did 40 years ago. Back then, that was the main avenue for finding and spreading quality pop music. Today, listeners don't rely on record stores and record companies to find quality music and at the same time, many musicians don't rely on that system as a means of spreading their work.

[scottbass]

OK, to continue that thought...

I was a teenager in 1970. What about comparing that music to the music that was popular 40 years before that?

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1930.

1 Ben Selvin - Happy Days Are Here Again
2 Harry Richman - Puttin' on the Ritz
3 Fred Astaire - Puttin' on the Ritz
4 Ruth Etting - Ten Cents a Dance
5 Duke Ellington - Three Little Words

Hmm...a couple of what I would call novelty songs, a well-crafted show tune covered by two different artists, and a Duke Ellington gem.

I'm sure my parents thought the Beatles were no match for the musicianship of Duke Ellington.

(yeah, yeah, I know...the version of "Puttin' on the Ritz" I think of is the Gene Wilder/Peter Boyle version, too...)

[St Drogo]

Originally Posted by JHL

Hahaha... that top ten from 1970 is just sick. Here's some scary food for thought... what if people 40 years from now look back on Lady Gaga/Justin Bieber/Whoever like we look back on the Beatles etc. I wouldn't wanna hear the pop of that age.

That's actually what that whole Mayan 2012 thing is about. They predicted that all along and called it the end of civilisation. I do too.

[newbold]

Comparing top ten pop charts now and then illustrates a clear lack of understanding of the differences between now and then.

Then the charts reflected quality acts because that's all the record industry signed and that's all people wanted.

Now the charts reflect popularity because radio & television only wants to keep people tuning in long enough to advertise to them.

With nothing else offered the only choice available is schlock.

[TIMD]

It’s apples and oranges, people listen to a specific genera now where back in the day there were just a hand full of artists from a hand full of record labels putting out music. You had no choice but to listen to one of the few of choices the industry provided. No way to compare then to now, music has not gotten any better or worse, just more specific. Bubble gum pop has always had a huge following mostly by casual listeners but today the serious artists tend to have niche followings.

[bstringkyle]

Wow, That the top ten now!!

Geesh, that is sad.

[Implosion]

The thread is a bit last week but anyways.

Latest top 10 in Finland:

1. Karjalainen J - Polkabilly Rebels (the album title says it all)

2. Mokoma - Sydänjuuret (thrash metal)

3. Poets of the fall - Twilight Theater (alt. rock I guess)

4. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster DLX

5. Baseballs - Strike! (rockabilly versions of the latest hits)

6. Chisu - Vapaa ja yksin (female singer/songwriter)

7. Madonna - The sticky and sweet your

8. Kiuas - Lustdriven (thrash/power metal)

9. Kuorosota - Eri esittäjiä (The album for the finnish version of Clash of the Choirs)

10. Black Sun Aeon - Routa (doom/death metal)


Not as bad as you have it over there, although I only like the numbers one and ten on this chart.

[Atomik Rooster]

Evolution should never be mistaken for progress.

[JimK]

Originally Posted by scottbass

OK, to continue that thought...

I was a teenager in 1970. What about comparing that music to the music that was popular 40 years before that?

I'm sure my parents thought the Beatles were no match for the musicianship of Duke Ellington.

Different experience here...although my parents liked Duke, Glenn Miller, & other Big Band-ish things, they were tuned into that which was Pop in the '60s/early '70s.
The radio in their Rambler routinely played Chicago, Beatles, Motown, Stax, Doors, Santana, Sly, Carpenters, Simon & Garfunkel, Rare Earth, Jackson 5, etc.
That said, they weren't too thrilled when Hard Rock & FM radio became my listening choice...Alice Cooper, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Grand Funk, Steppenwolf, etc. were not their favourites.

Another thing...how is it that stuff from 1970 is still kinda popular? I mean, in 1970, I don't recall stuff from 1930 being kinda popular.

[JimK]

Originally Posted by TFunkadelic

...But you can find great new music so easily.
Just like you can find atrocious old music a plenty...

Key word: "Find".
Richland's list was the Pop mainstream...no "finding" involved. If you did search out foe something non-Mainstream...it woulda been New Thing Jazz (Coltrane, Archie Shepp, Cecil Taylor, et al) or Miles' Bitches Brew...which, at some point, did make it onto the Pop Albums charts.