re: Now That the Culture Seems to Be Shifting, Will We See Music Groups Like The Eagles.....

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Music died in the 90’s.

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Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died

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You're just suffering from the Endowment Effect with "your" music.

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It's also hilarious that it doesn't occur to you that that goes just as easily both ways.

You're just as apt to over value today's music because you fancy yourself to be hip and current now as I am to overvalue older music because it was considered hip and current when I fancied myself to be hip and current back then.

I grew out of that.

Music has changed but there are plenty of successful white artists. It does seem like guitar solos aren't much of a thing anymore but there is a ton of great music out there. I do think it's a bit silly to care about the race of the artists though. I'm more into style and genre regardless of race.

Throw out some fantastic music.

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Your argument from authority (that doesn't address my comments ) is noted.

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Surely you're not so stupid as to realize that the context of that revelation wasn't anything any reasonable person could construe as an argument from authority, but rather was a rebuttal of your (completely unsubstantiated) claim that I had a bias for "my" music.

The point of that comment is that "my" music is today's music. I'm still making it. I'm one of the musicians still making music in 2025.

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Brother, if you were a musician in the 90s, you're old now.

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55 next month. So what? Are you saying that some of today's musicians are not qualified to make the greatest music ever? That's self-contradictory.

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I mean some of their early stuff was literally covers

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Yes, I know exactly what you mean. But claiming that because they recorded some covers they didn't bring any new original ideas to the covers is basically saying, "I don't know anything about music," without saying "I don't know anything about music." Listen to Bob Dylans version of "All Along The Watchtower," then listen to Jimi Hendrix's. If you conclude that Hendrix didn't bring anything new/creative to the mix just by virtue of the fact that he covered Dylan, then you are far too musically illiterate to continue this conversation.

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You're being overly critical of new music as not being original enough while ignoring the same flaws in older music, b/c of the Endowment Effect.

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But again, why would I do that if I'm still releasing music today? Why wouldn't my bias be for what I put out last month?

Your bullshite canned arguments are contradicting each other.

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Imagine how much music today can be utter shite while still out-producing the past in quality. This is a matter of volume and discernment.

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It's a matter of the fact that before cheap computer recording systems and the internet, the music industry had gatekeepers that kept the garbage from making it to the public. If you couldn't play your instrument and write and sing, you didn't get to make recordings because it was really expensive to make them and distribute them and only people with talent and potential got to do it.

Now anybody with $1,000 to buy a computer, Pro Tools, a couple of microphones, and some plug ins can record and release anything they want. Including 55 year old me. (There's that self-contradictory criticism again).

As a result, the internet is a giant wall of noise.

Now your absurd theory is that that means that the odds are that more quality music will be produced due to the sheer volume of music released, ignoring the fact that music used to be high dollar projects overseen by very talented producers and a lot of time and money and energy were spent to make sure they were as good as possible. They spent a solid month on the Rumors album just to build a drum riser that made the drums sound the way they wanted, for example.

I'm sure you think some 15 year old is doing something in their bedroom in the context of 2025 as amazing as the Beatles did with Geoff Emerick and George Martin overseeing their writing and recording in 1967, but they aren't.

As an analogy, imagine that MLB stopped screening players. Instead of playing little league, then high school, then getting a scholarship to college, then being drafted into the pros, anybody who wanted to could step up to the plate and swing away at major league baseball games. No matter their age, no matter their ability, no matter anything.

Your (ridiculous) argument is that due to the sheer volume of additional people taking swings, we would discover far more baseball talent than we were aware of when you actually had to be invited to play by the people who knew the game.

Obviously, that's a retarded conclusion.

Other than the obviously stupid logic employed by you so far, most of this comes down to subjective conclusions.

Except the study I posted. And it agrees with me.

So my work here is done.

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I’m really hoping the hip hop popularity has peaked and in the decline

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Look into the researcher that claims hip hop is a psyop. It is fascinating.

I guess my point is that it will remain popular until it is no longer useful.

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Throw out some fantastic music.

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We all have our different music tastes and there is a music board. If you don't have the capability to find any good music in the last 30 years you're more incompetent than I initially thought.

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The era of great music ended in the 80’s. Most of those musicians are either dead or at least in their 60’s. Most of those bands from that era have few if any original members

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I know. I'm not talking about those old groups getting back together. It would be kind of hard for Glen Frey to make to a show now since he's dead.

I'm talking about the fact that successive generations haven't been able to maintain the quality of the older music. I know the flow of talent didn't stop, but nonetheless the music suddenly went downhill.

In the 1950's what would come to be called "early rock n roll" seemingly came put of nowhere. A decade later, the Beatles changed music again. Then came harder rock, followed by a few different variations of music. BUT THE POINT IS, THE BEST OF EVERY INCARNATION WAS VERY, VERY GOOD.

Somewhere along the way both the creativity and the innovation fell off a cliff.

I wasn't looking for my list.

I was interested in your list from the last 25 years.