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10-12-2010, 02:06 PM
| | | | Is music getting worse, or am I getting old?
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DISCLAIMER- I just noticed a thread in the sticky area that says please reconsider posting new threads about modern music... my bad!! Lets just say this post is about getting old  My bad....
So, Im in my mid 30s... and I have to ask... and see if anyone else feels like me..
Why does music now (whether it be country, rock, or pop) pale in comparison to the "old stuff"?
Lets examine todays's pop music first. Today we have Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Justin Beiber, Kesha, Daughtry, and Justin Timberlake.
Take a look back at the 60s (Marvin Gaye, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones), the 70s (Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Eagles), the 80s (Michael Jackson, Madonna, Guns N Roses), the 90s (Nirvana, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Aerosmith (although they could fall under 70s or 80s as well), Sheryl Crow, Oasis)...
Do you get my drift? Nothing good or memorable is being released these days. Ok, sure... all the acts I named up from the 00s and 10s are pop acts, but Ive gone and given bands like Band of Horses a chance... Arade Fire... and while they are better than Justin Beiber or Lady Gaga, they just dont hold a candle to the old stuff either. Wilco either. They were cool back in the 90s.. ironically.
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10-12-2010, 02:07 PM
| | | | Basically I want to find NEW Music that is as good as the old stuff!!! |
10-12-2010, 02:08 PM
| | | | Music getting worse or you getting older? The two need not be mutually exclusive. |
10-12-2010, 02:11 PM
|  | THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER! | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA; Mitchellville, Maryland | | | Lady Gaga is awesome, Katy Perry is hot and kinda awesome, Justin Beiber is the teenie-pop flavor of the week, Kesha is kinda awesome, Daughtry isn't anything special though the guy has a quite voice, and Justin Timberlake is awesome a producer and kinda awesome as an artist.
If you can't find current good music to listen to you're not looking hard enough.
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10-12-2010, 02:11 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Baltimore, MD | | | "Nothing good or memorable is being released these days."
Wow. Talk about generalizations. Let's discuss this topic for the ten millionth time.
The music industry has fundamentally changed. Radio is no longer the only way artists can get exposure.
Just dig a little deeper and you will find more good music being played than at any other time in history.
Consequently, the ease with which musicians can make and share music also means that there will be a lot of "bad" music out there, as well.
Just have to do some searching.
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10-12-2010, 02:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Bristol, UK | | | There's plenty of good stuff, but it's quite obscure.
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10-12-2010, 02:13 PM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | Quote:
Originally Posted by powderfinger Take a look back at the 60s (Marvin Gaye, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones), the 70s (Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Eagles), the 80s (Michael Jackson, Madonna, Guns N Roses), the 90s (Nirvana, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Aerosmith (although they could fall under 70s or 80s as well), Sheryl Crow, Oasis)... | I think the interesting thing here is the bands you listed as good--if you are looking for bands that sound like anything from the beatles to madonna to Marvin Gaye to Nirvana, you are really casting a wide net on what you would consider "good" music. |
10-12-2010, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Kwesi Lady Gaga is awesome, Katy Perry is hot and kinda awesome, Justin Beiber is the teenie-pop flavor of the week, Kesha is kinda awesome, Daughtry isn't anything special though the guy has a quite voice, and Justin Timberlake is awesome a producer and kinda awesome as an artist.
If you can't find current good music to listen to you're not looking hard enough. | I respect your opinion, sir... but cannot disagree more. |
10-12-2010, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by superbassman2000 I think the interesting thing here is the bands you listed as good--if you are looking for bands that sound like anything from the beatles to madonna to Marvin Gaye to Nirvana, you are really casting a wide net on what you would consider "good" music. | Nope, good music is good music.. is there any out there today? Other posters here say its obscure.
Any suggestions? |
10-12-2010, 02:15 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sacramento area | | | The stuff on iTunes, the top 10 specifically is crap. I looked today. The only artists that I recognized and could be interested were the Country crossover acts. That from a guy who does not like Country. |
10-12-2010, 02:15 PM
| | Fueled by chocolate | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Montreal, Canada | | | I've wondered the same thing myself and have come to the following conclusion: both. The record industry has changed a lot in the last fifteen-to-twenty years and the music typically heard on commercial radio in many ways reflects that change. |
10-12-2010, 02:16 PM
| | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | Quote:
Originally Posted by powderfinger Nope, good music is good music.. is there any out there today? Other posters here say its obscure.
Any suggestions? | can you ask a less subjective question?
good music is good music--the people you listed as not liking are considered good by millions of people |
10-12-2010, 02:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dallas | | | your radio is the problem--change the station!
i'm of similar age, and there is so much great music around these days it's silly--it just doesn't all get the attention and promotion you might expect, in part because people are finding it anyway
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10-12-2010, 02:18 PM
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Is one solution to finding good new music. Give it a try |
10-12-2010, 02:20 PM
| | Fueled by chocolate | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Montreal, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Kwesi If you can't find current good music to listen to you're not looking hard enough. | But that's part of the issue - in the "good old days" ( ) you didn't need to look very hard. |
10-12-2010, 02:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Michigan | | | I think the problem is where you are looking for the good music, I have never heard any song from Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake etc. There are many musicians doing great music, a good example is John Mayer, Cake is also a great band, Beck still doing good music, last weekend I found few new good bands (new for me): Aloe Blacc, Breakestra, Maroon 5....
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10-12-2010, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by superbassman2000 can you ask a less subjective question?
good music is good music--the people you listed as not liking are considered good by millions of people | Yes, but millions of people also can't name the Vice President or Speaker of the House.... ever seen a Leno street interview? |
10-12-2010, 02:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: biggleswade | | | black box revelations? kasabian? florence and the machine? paloma faith? i'd say thats good modern music. okay the radio and the top 40's these days aren't great but there sure is a load of a lot of good new music out there.
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10-12-2010, 02:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Here we are... | | There is some decent music out there,but none of it is as great as the song the OP gets his username from. 
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10-12-2010, 02:24 PM
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