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Why is there no "great" music anymore?
Posted on 5/3/12 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 5/3/12 at 1:54 pm
first of all inb4 "you won't hear good music on the radio", "there was sucky music back then too", etc
I'm sure we've all searched high and low for good new music, and face it, nobody's as good as the beatles, led zeppelin, queen, buck owens, hendrix, waylon jennings, etc etc etc. Sure there's tons of good music out there but nobody these days holds a candle to the greats
Why is there no great music anymore?
I'm sure we've all searched high and low for good new music, and face it, nobody's as good as the beatles, led zeppelin, queen, buck owens, hendrix, waylon jennings, etc etc etc. Sure there's tons of good music out there but nobody these days holds a candle to the greats
Why is there no great music anymore?
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Posted on 5/3/12 at 1:57 pm to el Gaucho
This question is asked every generation. I'm sure my grandfather thought 70's and 80's music was garbage.
Posted on 5/3/12 at 2:02 pm to el Gaucho
I'm gonna put these thoughts in the second post so nobody tl;dr's me
back in the day musicians got together with people they met in town, or guys that answered an ad in the paper, threw a band together, and had to pay an arm and a leg to get recorded and get their music out.
these days, instruments are better and cheaper than they used to be, you can learn whatever instrument easily on the internet, and you have a million ways of finding bandmates. and once you do all that, you can get essentially the same quality of recording equipment the great musicians recorded on for cheap off ebay, record yourself, put your music up so anyone can hear it, and some people might even pay you
these days anybody can learn to play, form a band, record and distribute their music for nearly free.
the great bands of the past had to squeeze together money for instruments, basically had to teach themselves to play or learn from somebody else, form a band with people they pretty much already knew, then pay thousands upon thousands to record and distribute their music. music used to be a full time job and a big chance and sacrifice to make to pursue a career in
these days anybody can make music and be heard, so where is all the great music?
back in the day musicians got together with people they met in town, or guys that answered an ad in the paper, threw a band together, and had to pay an arm and a leg to get recorded and get their music out.
these days, instruments are better and cheaper than they used to be, you can learn whatever instrument easily on the internet, and you have a million ways of finding bandmates. and once you do all that, you can get essentially the same quality of recording equipment the great musicians recorded on for cheap off ebay, record yourself, put your music up so anyone can hear it, and some people might even pay you
these days anybody can learn to play, form a band, record and distribute their music for nearly free.
the great bands of the past had to squeeze together money for instruments, basically had to teach themselves to play or learn from somebody else, form a band with people they pretty much already knew, then pay thousands upon thousands to record and distribute their music. music used to be a full time job and a big chance and sacrifice to make to pursue a career in
these days anybody can make music and be heard, so where is all the great music?
Posted on 5/3/12 at 2:18 pm to el Gaucho
Because the suits took it over.
Posted on 5/3/12 at 2:19 pm to el Gaucho
you're not looking hard enough
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Posted on 5/3/12 at 2:29 pm to el Gaucho
The 1960's were the absolute pinnacle of musical greatness: the Beatles, the Stones, the rest of the British invasion, Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel.
Music back then used to MEAN SOMETHING beyond drinking and fricking and killing the man.
Music back then used to MEAN SOMETHING beyond drinking and fricking and killing the man.
Posted on 5/3/12 at 3:45 pm to el Gaucho
quote:Totally correct. Been saying it for years. Go to any event, wedding, guy with a guitar at a coffeshop, what era of music is it? Probably 60's and 70's. Some 80's. I've noticed this for over 10 years. Stuff from the 70's and 60's was just better.
el Gaucho
Posted on 5/3/12 at 4:12 pm to el Gaucho
There are plenty bands I would consider great.
Widespread Panic will be remembered as great. Phish will be remembered as great. Railroad Earth will eventually get their due also.
However that being said. I don't think anything or anybody will ever match what Zeppelin, Beatles and The Stones did.
Here is Railroad Earth with some great tunes
Widespread Panic will be remembered as great. Phish will be remembered as great. Railroad Earth will eventually get their due also.
However that being said. I don't think anything or anybody will ever match what Zeppelin, Beatles and The Stones did.
Here is Railroad Earth with some great tunes
Posted on 5/3/12 at 5:14 pm to el Gaucho
This is all totally relative. I couldn't give 2 fricks if led Zeppelin (or however you [mis]spell their name) or Simon and Garfunkel had never existed.
How do you think people that listened to Beethoven or Vivaldi or Erik Satie play their own compositions live would feel about the music of the 60's (or 70's, or any other era)?
How do you think people that listened to Beethoven or Vivaldi or Erik Satie play their own compositions live would feel about the music of the 60's (or 70's, or any other era)?
Posted on 5/3/12 at 6:02 pm to el Gaucho
there is great music today. Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes and Gary Clark Jr are all producing great music today.
it appears some people just don't care for new music
it appears some people just don't care for new music
Posted on 5/3/12 at 7:02 pm to el Gaucho
Give me Motown any day of the week. 
Posted on 5/3/12 at 10:15 pm to el Gaucho
quote:
Why is there no "great" music anymore?
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
Posted on 5/4/12 at 8:24 am to el Gaucho
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.
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.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 8:40 am to el Gaucho
I have found only a handful of newer bands that I appreciate.
I like some of Arcade Fire, but do not get the worship that they receive like they're Pink Floyd or something. I like some of their songs...but some just irk me.
Modest Mouse....errr...I tried to get them, but I don't care for them. Don't know why.
I have tried to hear a lot of new stuff, but a lot of it is that "sing like a little girl and then scream through the chorus", with the same overly cooked, trite "heavy" guitar sound. I'm talking about bands that re in the mold of Good Charlotte. I'm not into listening to music about depression and hate and breakups. The days of the 90's sound of rock, where there were actual creative and heavy, mind-blowing riffs (remember the first time you heard Man in the Box by AIC?), have been transformed into hashed up engineer-flooded noise.
Also, the bands who are mimicing the older "shoegaze" outfits like My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Swerevedriver, and Hum (among many more) have turned it into garbage.
Maybe I am my father...maybe I am basically saying "There hasn't been any good music since the 60's." I, however, love music from the 60's through the early part of the 2000's. I guess the last "modern" band that I discovered and dug was in late '97 when I saw Sevendust in concert when they opened up for Coal Chamber. By 2001, I was over them, too.
I would love to discover a new band that I could really dig. Wolf and Cub is one that I am currently experimenting with.
I like some of Arcade Fire, but do not get the worship that they receive like they're Pink Floyd or something. I like some of their songs...but some just irk me.
Modest Mouse....errr...I tried to get them, but I don't care for them. Don't know why.
I have tried to hear a lot of new stuff, but a lot of it is that "sing like a little girl and then scream through the chorus", with the same overly cooked, trite "heavy" guitar sound. I'm talking about bands that re in the mold of Good Charlotte. I'm not into listening to music about depression and hate and breakups. The days of the 90's sound of rock, where there were actual creative and heavy, mind-blowing riffs (remember the first time you heard Man in the Box by AIC?), have been transformed into hashed up engineer-flooded noise.
Also, the bands who are mimicing the older "shoegaze" outfits like My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Swerevedriver, and Hum (among many more) have turned it into garbage.
Maybe I am my father...maybe I am basically saying "There hasn't been any good music since the 60's." I, however, love music from the 60's through the early part of the 2000's. I guess the last "modern" band that I discovered and dug was in late '97 when I saw Sevendust in concert when they opened up for Coal Chamber. By 2001, I was over them, too.
I would love to discover a new band that I could really dig. Wolf and Cub is one that I am currently experimenting with.
This post was edited on 5/4/12 at 8:47 am
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