re: Why is there no "great" music anymore?

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are you trying to tell me project pat is better than led zeppelin?

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To me, yes. That's exactly what I'm trying to tell you. Art is a relative OPINION. It's like arguing that it's a FACT that blue is the best color.

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FOLLOWED the greats. Think about it. There is NO band today that could make a SONG like "DREAM ON" and it have the impact that IT had.

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No they couldn't but the the reason is sociological more than musical. There are Plenty of songs just as good but not as impact full because of the modern landscape of music

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you can learn whatever instrument easily on the internet

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basically had to teach themselves to play

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Isn't this the same thing? Still takes practice, even if the internet is your teacher.

Give me Motown any day of the week.

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Ok. New question: How many songs from the past 10 or so years, will be remembered in 30 years from now?

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Remembered by who? There are plenty of great bands and great songs worthy of remembering, but they won't be remembered widely because of the points touched on already. Good music is not synonymous with mass appeal these days.

Try and wrap your head around this: popularity has no bearing on the quality of the music.

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Remembered by who? There are plenty of great bands and great songs worthy of remembering, but they won't be remembered widely because of the points touched on already. Good music is not synonymous with mass appeal these days.

Try and wrap your head around this: popularity has no bearing on the quality of the music.

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This.


I can think of hundreds of songs that I will remember in 30 years. I'm sure you can think of hundreds of different songs.

Thats exactly what I was trying to say. The landscape of music has changed to the point that peoples musical tastes are so refined that we will never see another Zeppelin, Beatles, Stones etc because the days of widespread popularity being focused on one or two bands is over. That doesn't mean the music is any worse.

Like I said. That is a sociological issue not a musical one.

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How many songs from the past 10 or so years, will be remembered in 30 years from now?

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a lot

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Why is there no "great" music anymore?

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There is, you just have to look for it. Or go to music festivals.

Off the top of my head:

Black Keys
Jack White/ The White Stripes
RHCP
My Morning Jacket
Back Door Slam
Foo Fighters
The Flaming lips
Joe Bonamassa
Muse

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No one seems to know about the badassery that is Davey knowles and back door slam

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Nope. They are amazing. Its because the next generation of people dont like what we consider "great music." Its out there, you just have to find it.

It's nothing more than a matter of opinion.
I completely understand where you are coming from with this.
In my opinion, 90's music is easily my favorite. It just has a certain sound that works for me. Maybe because it's what I grew up on.
This goes for rock or country (I'm a fan of both). I do realy like and appreciate older forms of each, but not as much. There are some newer songs now and then, that catch my attention, but for the most part, I can't even understand how anyone likes most of the music being made that takes up the airwaves of radio. Thats just my opinion.
To me melody seems to have taken a backseat (or even thrown out all together) to shock lyrics in much of rock music. Songs like Bad Girlfriend and Crazy Bitch and such, rely on young ears that don't have an appreciation for a good sound. But they get requested every day by someone. I don't care too much about the lyrics in music. If the song speaks a good message, great, but to me it should sound good first.