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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2016 14:21:36 GMT -5
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Post by 🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀 on May 2, 2016 15:35:51 GMT -5
I think this generation probably has the biggest percentage of young people who don't care for the current music. At least thankfully the people who I know are mostly into non-mainstream modern stuff.
What annoys me is that WHEN today's youngsters go back to older music, it's never further back than the 80's. Even on popular radio stations (not that I listen to radio), they tend to throw in lots of 80's/90's stuff in rotation, but barely any 70's and certainly no 60's outside of the odd Beatles song. The 80's was when music, IMO, was already going downhill fast. But the 80's are just kinda 'in' right now I guess.
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Post by GamerL on May 2, 2016 18:01:45 GMT -5
I think this generation probably has the biggest percentage of young people who don't care for the current music. At least thankfully the people who I know are mostly into non-mainstream modern stuff. What annoys me is that WHEN today's youngsters go back to older music, it's never further back than the 80's. Even on popular radio stations (not that I listen to radio), they tend to throw in lots of 80's/90's stuff in rotation, but barely any 70's and certainly no 60's outside of the odd Beatles song. The 80's was when music, IMO, was already going downhill fast. But the 80's are just kinda 'in' right now I guess. Well, I agree and disagree, the 80's was when pop music really started to reign supreme and any music with real artistic aspirations ala Pink Floyd stated to fall by the wayside in the mainstream. The 80's is the era of one hit wonders, but the thing is so much of that music is catchy as hell and just plain fun, so I can't get too mad at it. I agree though that young people need to go further back than just the 80's though. |
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Post by alphex on May 4, 2016 21:31:46 GMT -5
There's always great music out there, you just gotta look for it. Conditions and I The Mighty are two of my favorite bands, and they are pretty recent (ITM especially, they just released their second album last year). And while retro-ish in nature, the Synthwave genre is also pretty new (5 years maybe?), so there's that.
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Post by toadofsky on May 14, 2016 22:44:42 GMT -5
I think this generation probably has the biggest percentage of young people who don't care for the current music. At least thankfully the people who I know are mostly into non-mainstream modern stuff. What annoys me is that WHEN today's youngsters go back to older music, it's never further back than the 80's. Even on popular radio stations (not that I listen to radio), they tend to throw in lots of 80's/90's stuff in rotation, but barely any 70's and certainly no 60's outside of the odd Beatles song. The 80's was when music, IMO, was already going downhill fast. But the 80's are just kinda 'in' right now I guess. I have lived in several small town areas with radio stations that could only play the same rock songs of the 60's, 70's and what was big. With a few exceptions I can say that I'm sick of most of those songs from the bigger names like Pink Floyd, The Who, Hendrix, and Osbourne. Granted, there are still songs from those artists that I love. In regards to the topic, this also goes back to what I said. In the small towns I've lived in all they could play was the "hits" of those eras, and a very large amount of 90's songs I would be content to never ever hear again. I'd take every single copy of songs/artists like Lou Vega "Mambo Number 5", Tub Thumping, Sex and Candy, "sunny came home", "all I wanna do is have some fun" (Jewel's single? I don't know I hate it) some of Sarah Mcclaglin or however her last name is pronounced, Hanson, Ricky Martin, "I'm blue a ba Dee a ba die", "She likes me for me", and many more and jettison those only remaining copies into the sun, and wipe away everyone's memory of those songs existince just to make sure that they'd never be heard again. |
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Post by dooz on May 14, 2016 23:19:12 GMT -5
Today's music is great, as long as you have the desire to search towards the underground. If you expect the best to be handed to you, then you will surely be either A) Disappointed, or B) Boring.
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Post by Allie on May 14, 2016 23:31:39 GMT -5
I like what I like, but I'm getting old enough to admit that it's not what the brains of the era like.
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Post by Ryzuki on May 15, 2016 0:58:56 GMT -5
Today's music is great, as long as you have the desire to search towards the underground. If you expect the best to be handed to you, then you will surely be either A) Disappointed, or B) Boring. Yup...generally why it literally drives me crazy having to be forced to listen to the radio as I work. Pandora ain't great, but I'd rather not imagine life without it at this point. As for the topic at hand, we've got tons of genres of music these days, (way too many) but generally I don't think much has changed as far as us listeners are concerned. There's always good and bad music being made and I can name countless songs from every generation that make me wanna kill myself, and others that would instantly put a smile on my face. Music is music. If I wasn't forced to listen to whatever bullshit is popular on the radio, I wouldn't ever complain. (Also kids are dumb, so their "opinion" Doesn't matter)  |
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Post by 🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀 on May 15, 2016 7:47:47 GMT -5
I have lived in several small town areas with radio stations that could only play the same rock songs of the 60's, 70's and what was big. With a few exceptions I can say that I'm sick of most of those songs from the bigger names like Pink Floyd, The Who, Hendrix, and Osbourne. Granted, there are still songs from those artists that I love. Well, that's another thing. Even with great artists, they tend to play the same songs the whole time. I love Pink Floyd, the Beatles or Blondie, but it is tiring to only hear Another Brick in the Wall pt. 2, All You Need is Love and Heart of Glass when I know there's so much other stuff by them that's great. Well, that still beats whatever modern stuff they play on the radio. Today's music is great, as long as you have the desire to search towards the underground. If you expect the best to be handed to you, then you will surely be either A) Disappointed, or B) Boring. I'm sure there's enough good stuff these days, but it's just a shame that it's hidden more compared to back in the 60's/70's. I'm sure there was enough crap to go around back then, but at least the big names back then were good, whereas the big names these days mostly suck. And even then, modern stuff never manages to thrill me as much as older stuff. Every time someone goes, "if you like [old artist], you'll like [modern artist supposedly similar to old artist]" it doesn't do much for me, and if I look at the albums of this century that I truly enjoy, they're mostly by older artist. My favorite album from the last 15 years is Everything Must Go by Steely Dan. A great record, but hardly exciting and new. Thankfully I have enough old shit left to try out, so I don't have to go hunting for treasure just yet. |
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Post by salsacaek on Jun 9, 2016 13:33:51 GMT -5
Getting old can suck. I know how my parents were in with the music of their days but as time went on it became outdated with the next generations I assume. I didn't like most of the music cause it lacked a certain feel or sound that my days (the 80's and 90's) had mainly because of the sub-woofer I suspect. Well now we are at about there with our parents and I'm curious what today's generation thinks of 80's and 90's music. "Dadrock" is the disparaging term used for older music these days. Not quite the 90s yet but it's coming. As far as modern music goes, I'm pretty open to it but rarely find something I really enjoy. My favorite recent band is probably Godspeed You Black Emperor, but they are not very well known. Ironically, the latest music I've purchased was the 2015 Elements Tour Box from King Crimson. Robert Fripp's still got it. I just find myself always going back to older artists. Zappa, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, Bowie, Queen, etc. Some of these acts still get new releases, so I've been able to explore new stuff from them. There's been a renewed marketing push for Zappa, so I'm hoping some of his albums get rereleased (really would like the Live at Carnegie Hall CDs...) so I can finally get around to them too. It will be interesting to see if they start releasing David Bowie's vault, too. I've always had the unpopular opinion that The Wall was when Pink Floyd started to decline. I mean, it had some good tracks on it but the rest I felt was "eh". I suppose that's a side effect of a double rock opera album, though. |
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Post by vetus on Jun 9, 2016 17:14:14 GMT -5
Well now we are at about there with our parents and I'm curious what today's generation thinks of 80's and 90's music. When I was listening Michal Jackson on my iPod (which is now dead) and my nieces asked me to give them the headphones to listen, when I asked them if they like him their answer was negative. And I "lectured" their mother (aka my sister) about her kids not having good music education. Strangely enough, many youngsters starting loving this song because of Family Guy: |
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Post by 🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀 on Jun 10, 2016 6:13:01 GMT -5
I've always had the unpopular opinion that The Wall was when Pink Floyd started to decline. I mean, it had some good tracks on it but the rest I felt was "eh". I suppose that's a side effect of a double rock opera album, though. I think The Wall sucks too. And Animals is probably my favorite album ever, so that's really a shame. I've always felt that Roger Waters had a double album worth of story, but not music. It could've been a pretty okay single album. |
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