That's probably as it should be really. Parents are supposed to hate the music their kids listen to, and vice versa.
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Teenagers and Musical Tastes
- Thread starter GK Growl
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That's probably as it should be really. Parents are supposed to hate the music their kids listen to, and vice versa.
I would agree if the radio was the only way to listen to new music.
There are plenty of awesome current bands that have awesome bassists. It just takes a little bit of searching to find them.
Wow! Your son and the 15 year old me (I'm 22 now) should have started a band! I knew each one of those songs by that age, too. Thinking back on it, I was getting into all those bands by the time I was in middle school, which was at least a good 2-3 years before the first Guitar Hero came out. I think good music is simply good music. Pieces like Fur Elise and Beethoven's 9th are still well-known by many people, and I think that really has to do with the timelessness that really great works of art have. The mundane works will always fade into obscurity, and the great ones will live on.
The funny thing is, none of those bands are all that new, either lol. Rage's first album dropped in (I believe) 1992!
The world of music has expanded VASTLY since around 1960, or so I would think. Folks who were bug fans of genre x wouldn't listen to a whole bunch from genre y. Now we've got tons of music, tons of ways to find that music and tons of ways get to that music. Access has given everyone with an internet connection the ability to familiarize themselves with music from all over the world and from hundreds of years ago.
Personally, I dig a lot of the music my parents listen to. I also dislike a lot of the music they listen to. The same goes for them. Were one big melting pot now, or at least we're getting very close.
Personally, I dig a lot of the music my parents listen to. I also dislike a lot of the music they listen to. The same goes for them. Were one big melting pot now, or at least we're getting very close.
For a guy who hasn't been playing bass all that long you sure have some strong opinions.
For most cases of the biggest selling hits i would have to agree. Compared to decades ago were everything in the charts have great lines like Chic hits 
. even Dead or Alive played synth bass lines more interesting than most new stuff.
There is still really good music being made atm but in terms of popularity its not on the front lines anymore. That saddens me.
. even Dead or Alive played synth bass lines more interesting than most new stuff.There is still really good music being made atm but in terms of popularity its not on the front lines anymore. That saddens me.
Maybe interesting isn't good. "Interesting" basslines have been tried and found wanting. Now, they're living fossils like horseshoe crabs or lungfish, they supposedly survive in some small weird niche that they happen to fill, but those niches are small and weird enough that nobody I know has ever actually seen one in real life.For most cases of the biggest selling hits i would have to agree. Compared to decades ago were everything in the charts have great lines like Chic hits
For most cases of the biggest selling hits i would have to agree. Compared to decades ago were everything in the charts have great lines like Chic hits
There is still really good music being made atm but in terms of popularity its not on the front lines anymore. That saddens me.
True enough. There's certainly good music out there, but it's takes some searching to find it. That wasn't the case in the 60's or 70's. You only have to look at the album charts, and work your way back.
Let's face it, the idea is musical virtuosity is practically frowned upon in most rock circles these days. As for Hip-hop, those clowns just steal other people's bass lines (and drum tracks, and guitar riffs). They don't actually invent anything new (certainly not melody, it doesn't exist). So it's no surprise that any aspiring musician would look back to the days when music was played by musicians, rather than just sounds being programmed into a computer.
Even people on this forum think using electronic drum tracks and a computer program equals "professional quality recording". That's a sad state of affairs, and I'm glad young musicians see through this modern drivel - more power to them.
Even people on this forum think using electronic drum tracks and a computer program equals "professional quality recording". That's a sad state of affairs, and I'm glad young musicians see through this modern drivel - more power to them.
This reminds me of a conversation I was having with a co-worker of mine about how alot of the younger kids we work with hardly knew who Jimi Hendrix was. After some talking he ended up saying, "you can't really blame them, it was before their time," to which I replied, "the guy died in 1970, technically he was before our time!"
I think alot of it has to do with the slow dying of rock n' roll radio. I wouldn't trade my experience of growing up with a great local rock radio station for all the Itunes in the world. Back then, classic bands like Hendrix, Sabbath, The Who, and Creedence, (just to name a few) were still relevant due to still receiving plenty of air time on the radio. Now, with the way that the internet has evened out the playing field musically in a way where the great classic bands and a guy attempting 50 Cent rap covers using his phone for recording may receive the same amount of exposure, those classics are starting to fade.
I'm still not sure how I feel about the internets effect on music. On one hand, its easier to find new music than ever before. On the other hand, it also makes for digging through alot more crap to find those good bands, and harder for those truly great bands to get the recognition they deserve. I think the role of music in our modern culture is going through the biggest musical revolution since the phonograph played it's very first note, and it will be interesting to see where musics role lies in culture in the the near future.
Oh yeah, one last thing...
I've always been very musically centered, and this radio station helped make me who I am today, but is now just another top 40 station.
I think alot of it has to do with the slow dying of rock n' roll radio. I wouldn't trade my experience of growing up with a great local rock radio station for all the Itunes in the world. Back then, classic bands like Hendrix, Sabbath, The Who, and Creedence, (just to name a few) were still relevant due to still receiving plenty of air time on the radio. Now, with the way that the internet has evened out the playing field musically in a way where the great classic bands and a guy attempting 50 Cent rap covers using his phone for recording may receive the same amount of exposure, those classics are starting to fade.
I'm still not sure how I feel about the internets effect on music. On one hand, its easier to find new music than ever before. On the other hand, it also makes for digging through alot more crap to find those good bands, and harder for those truly great bands to get the recognition they deserve. I think the role of music in our modern culture is going through the biggest musical revolution since the phonograph played it's very first note, and it will be interesting to see where musics role lies in culture in the the near future.
Oh yeah, one last thing...
I've always been very musically centered, and this radio station helped make me who I am today, but is now just another top 40 station.
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Sure, that makes sense, but it's also no surprise that any aspiring buggy whip maker would look back to the days before cars.
