I just don't get most of the music that comes out these days. So little of it I actually like. The songs I do like however, don't seem to compare to any of the classics from 10 years ago and before that.
From the time I was teenager I've been very conscientious about not turning into what my parents are/were - People who just don't get today's music.
However, inevitably I feel like I've become part of what typically happens to people as they get older - Like my parents, I don't get it anymore. They used to say "today's music is crap" and lately I've been feeling the same way. Although, I've refrained from saying so just because I don't want to be like most people that get older.
Have I become out of touch or is the music these days not nearly as good as in the past?
Music isn't nearly as important as it used to be to me and perhaps that's part of the problem?
Tastes change. I still like everything I listened to in my youth, but have added many different flavors to the pot...so to speak.
I think the difference with the music off the 90s or early 2000s was the influence of Rap and Hip Hop. I dont think many adults want their own children to be influenced by that crap...hence you have moved on.
You tend to get less angry the older you get.
Have I become out of touch or is the music these days not nearly as good as in the past?
In my personal experience, even when I was younger I didn't 'get' a lot of the pop music that was played on the radio. There was still good music being recorded but you really had to go looking for it.
I still don't 'get' today's pop music for the most part - its just not my thing. I no longer put in the effort to go off the beaten track and look for good new tunage but will accept it if someone shows me some. Most new music is garbage but this has always been true.
I remember the days of watching the MuchMusic Countdown and shows like the Edge and that annual Christmas Tree Toss and stuff back in the mid-to-late 90's... that's when MuchMusic was cool.
Much like the OP, I don't have any clue as to what's going on on those channels anymore, and I'm only 25. The music coming out isn't as great, IMO. And do they even play music on those channels anymore, or are they just playing shows like every other channel?
I remember the days of watching the MuchMusic Countdown and shows like the Edge and that annual Christmas Tree Toss and stuff back in the mid-to-late 90's... that's when MuchMusic was cool.
Much Music was playing Backstreet Boys and Spice girls during the mid-to-late 90's. That's NOT when Much Music was cool.
What's the point in worrying about it? The advent of music-sharing and the greater ease in finding music for your personal tastes is easier now more than ever.
Sure the music sucks these days (pop continues it's downward spiral), but we have way more selection now. The crap that the big producers pump out is now only one of many channels to get our music!
Every generation of music has its good stuff, which is about 10%, and the crap - which is about 90%. When we look back at earlier eras, and remember in our minds about how good music was back then, we only remember the good, having forgotten about the bad.
That's how music has always been, the good is good for a long time, the fluff fades away.
Every generation of music has its good stuff, which is about 10%, and the crap - which is about 90%. When we look back at earlier eras, and remember in our minds about how good music was back then, we only remember the good, having forgotten about the bad.
That's how music has always been, the good is good for a long time, the fluff fades away.
Well I believe there is a lot more fluff today.
That is why bands like Led Zeppelin, ACDC, just to name a few, many you would classify as now being "old fogies" are more popular than ever and have great pressure put on them to revive their bands and tour.
Many say there is a "lost generation" today in music. The stuff today is just not fulfilling their needs, so they go back to the groups that put out great music from the past.
I always liked what my parents did, for the most part. They were into Springsteen, Billy Joel (we didn't start the fire was probably my favorite song when I was young), just to name a few...
then I got into metal, see megadeth, metallica, etc and denounced pretty much all other music. Now I like country music... what the hell? Well, not the hokey country music or the mainstream stuff, but if anyone has XM radio, Ch. 12 (progressive country, Xcountry) is amazing...
But having said that, I don't think mainstream pop and rap music, new and old, has ever been good (IMO). This electronicia garbage with people who have 0 ability but can be manipulated via technology to sound good. (Justin Timberlake is the exception here, as much as I hate his music, he can sing).
But going back to sattelite radio, not only do I not have to be subjected to an entire car ride full of advertising, I can listen to whatever the hell I want, when I want and not listen to the same playlist that was on in 1998 (see: CJ92.. seriously... patio lanterns? can we not retire that yet?)
I guess because I've never been a clubber and could count on 2 hands the amount of times I've been to a 'bar' is probably indicitive of how much I hate the music that is played there. Likewise, I'm sure perpetual clubbers love the music and can't wait to get out and boogie to it.
In my opinion, music today represents something different than in the past. It now represents an image, lifestyle or the association with it. Music is no longer about the sound, beat or lyrics. It's something else that I can't figure out, and don't want to.
(All this while John Denver is playing on my iPod at work)... how embarrassing
I feel differently - there is so much music being released today (far more than ever before), my fear is I will never come close to hearing 1% of all the awesome music being made. You have to work harder to find it (it is not on mainstream radio), but there is all kinds of new exciting music.
I feel differently - there is so much music being released today (far more than ever before), my fear is I will never come close to hearing 1% of all the awesome music being made. You have to work harder to find it (it is not on mainstream radio), but there is all kinds of new exciting music.
I totally agree and while I don't share all of your tastes, there are SOOOO many storytellers (thankfully) ducking under the corporate radar screen.
I could list off like 2 dozen right now that make me feel honoured to be able to listen to their stuff. (That's what good music is, by the way) Just buy stuff on a whim, get the old stuff. Just walk into a local record store and buy whatever sparks your interest.
Like trout, I am pretty worried that I'll miss something great just because there is so much out there.
I guess for some reason I associate new music with new 'popular' music, or what's mainstream on all the stations, whereas like Trout said, there is always new music coming out, it just may not be mainstream. I'd agree with that.
All I know is that I turn on Much More music in the morning when I'm getting ready for work because they play retro. And when I get home, I turn on the T.V. in the gym to much more for the countdown.
And yes, I'm become more like my old man, or like a dirty old man, as that stupid Lady Gaga song is practically a stripper anthem/porn ad, and Britney's womanizer features a young naked girl covered in baby oil.
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