why does mordern music suck .. ?
because i'm old ...
because i'm old ...
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The only bigger bands I've been following as of late are sleigh bells and Chicano Batman and I'm not even sure if they're considered outliers or not.
But if you did all of that properly, "the vegetables will respond to you." Especially if you call them by name.
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Album Charts, 1970-
Billboard 200 - 1970 Archive | Billboard Charts Archive
Poseurs bought singles...
The only thing better about the Grammys back then?
They were not sub-sub-sub genre'd ad infinitum.
"hey...rutabaga...bring me a beer..."
Hey, I liked Captain and Tennille! I so wanted to be the Captain. So many years of piano lessons...
Go into any supermarket and listen to what's playing on the piped in music. No, your store hasn't gotten cooler/hipper, you've just gotten older! I was shopping the other day and heard Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" and Fountains of Wayne's "Stacy's Mom" and thought, "Wow this store has great music!" Upon further reflection remembered that "Jeremy" was released 27 years ago and even "Stacy's Mom" is at least 15 years old.
There was a discussion based on this very video just a few months ago.
I guess the first question is "was pop ever actually good?" The creator of this video brings up Sgt. Pepper. Is that really a pop record, or just a famous record from a well known band that had already established its self as a pop band long before? Their "pop" was more like their numerous pre-Rubber Soul releases where they barfed out a dozen 2:30 minute fluff songs. No one talks about the genius of Pleas Please Me.
The next question is "do like I this because it it familiar to me, and don't like this because it is outside my comfort zone?" Familiarity Bias is strong with Boomers, so much so that they have managed to convince much younger listeners that what they thought was cool must still be cool. But is it, or is it because we have been subjected to it so many times, that we are so familiar with it that we develop an attachment to it? Do I like the Doobie Brothers, or do I have a form of nostalgia for something I heard over and over again as a little kid in the back of my mom's car? Is Sgt Pepper great, or have we been told it is great so many times that I think its great?
A third question is one I think is a little more subtle. "Do I hate this because I'm a musician that plays a live instrument, and there are no live instruments in this song." I hate the hell of or electronic music; synths, drum pads, sequencers, autotune, etc. I was drawn to music at the same time as I was drawn to playing an instrument. Music in my mind immediately correlates the two. However, that's my experience. Other listeners that want a beat to dance to or a fun chorus to sing along with, don't care about the instruments. They want to be entertained, and hasn't "pop" music always existed for mass consumption by people that want entertainment?
The one thing this guy brings up that I think is a real shame in radio music today, is that basically 5 people are writing all the top chart hits. That means a serious lack of diversity. So, if I don't like what those 5 middle aged dudes do, I'm SOL. Millions of listeners do like it, so of course pop producers and record companies are going to go where the money is. I like what I like, and there is zero money in it, so media outlets and labels aren't going to give it the time of day. I, and the music like, are essentially marginalizing ourselves into obscurity.
The great thing is I'll be 63 this year. From that standpoint, I can be a doddering curmudgeon for whom this 'newfangled modern music' just doesn't make any sense for me, and I can say really dumb things like 'when I was your age', 'music was better before digital downloads', and so forth. In other words, I'm old enough to where the music has moved on well past my tastes and experience, and I'm happily free to be just like my parents when I was a kid, hopelessly and utterly out of touch with NOW.
There has always been music and the music business. In 'my day', they would intersect more often than I think it does now. Digital downloads (and here I'm talking free / thievery) have wrecked a lot of it. Most people would never dream of walking into a brick and mortar strore, helping themselves to a pile of CD's, and walking right out without even thinking of paying for them, yet they do it online every day. Monies from 'record sales' (which were subject to accounting principles back in the day that would make Mafiosi blush) have utterly disappeared: This is why you see so many acts STAY on the road almost perpetually. The business, whether record companies, radio, etc., has consolidated, if not some sectors outright vanishing. And make no mistake, some of the bloated excess of the old days helped throw dirt in the grave: Stayed in the studio for TWO YEARS to get 10 songs? No brown M&M's? Do you really have to have a Manhattan address AND a place in the Hamptons? Does your dog really have to fly first class?
And certainly, there has always, always been more dreck than the good stuff. That will never change. Because you know what? Civilians don't hear or think about music like we do. Just like the companies, for them it's a product.
That's bought and sold for a profit. Always has been, always will be.
Oh well . . . . . . honey, have you seen my 'Meet the Beatles' ? ?
There has always been music and the music business. In 'my day', they would intersect more often than I think it does now. Digital downloads (and here I'm talking free / thievery) have wrecked a lot of it. Most people would never dream of walking into a brick and mortar strore, helping themselves to a pile of CD's, and walking right out without even thinking of paying for them, yet they do it online every day. Monies from 'record sales' (which were subject to accounting principles back in the day that would make Mafiosi blush) have utterly disappeared: This is why you see so many acts STAY on the road almost perpetually. The business, whether record companies, radio, etc., has consolidated, if not some sectors outright vanishing. And make no mistake, some of the bloated excess of the old days helped throw dirt in the grave: Stayed in the studio for TWO YEARS to get 10 songs? No brown M&M's? Do you really have to have a Manhattan address AND a place in the Hamptons? Does your dog really have to fly first class?
And certainly, there has always, always been more dreck than the good stuff. That will never change. Because you know what? Civilians don't hear or think about music like we do. Just like the companies, for them it's a product.
That's bought and sold for a profit. Always has been, always will be.
Oh well . . . . . . honey, have you seen my 'Meet the Beatles' ? ?
Music is about forming an emotional connection to something. You can't teach that. You are either in the right mind space to like something or not.
Plus, "good" when it comes to art is completely subjective.
Yeah, because before this, money never slept with\dated\married older men because of their money.
Watson is far from an objective or reasonable source of data. Probably not the best place to source information.
There are no genuine Bluesmen left to steal from.......
All the good stuff has already been used.
All the good stuff has already been used.
