WTF HAPPENED TO MUSIC? 60'S, 70'S, 80'S, 90's, 2000's??

Look beyond commercial radio. It's out there.

Hip Hop killed music.

I dont disagree with you, but what changed? if you agree with the assessment that muusic is totally uninspiring these days as compared to the past decades...what happened? is it a direct reflection of subprime mortgages or something reflecting our societal maladities?

why?

wrong why above...meant why to your post that hip hop killed music?

Rival Sons, Taddy Porter, The Virginmarys. Lots of AMAZING music out there. You have to look for it now. Radio is a joke.

Hip Hop is being played instead of good quality music. It is not music but just monotonous noise. That is how music is killed by replacing it with noise/Hip Hop.

Auto tune is another problem...

And the loudness wars...

Last Edited by Rebate on 08/17/2011 09:46 PM

hip hop isnt even played on tv or the radio that is hip pop

wutang clan, mos def, immortal technique, jedi mind tricks
that is hip hop

oh and jbird bitch

[link to soundcloud.com]

ive come up with a plan to take back real hip hop by making what seems like thoughtless bull shit, but read between the lines and you will know what im takin about

who farted
who forgot about real talent, everyone did

my point is...in the past REAL TALENT STOOD OUT..

beatles, stones, led zep, smashing, rem, nirvana, u2,

who is the stand out band today? omfg...talk about devolution...

There's still good music but it's live now, played in pubs, clubs & auditoriums.
Commercial music got ass raped by people like Simon Cowell

Music of today is just as good as that of old....its just your perception that has changed and there is a name for this phenominominominon....reminiscience bump. Wiki explains it best in detail here;

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Personally (Im 49) I listen to the radio a lot and prefer the popular songs...my 6 year old daughter and 19 yr old son play music too....so its catchy. I dont actually like the older stuff much unless alone, inebriated and thinking about my youth.

If I go to a "grab a granny night" and the DJ or bands plays Elvis or any stuff earlier than a few years ago I tend to wince and remove myself from the embarrassing noise.

I also find that I love new versions, remixes or covers of old songs. AT first I used to think HEY! the old song was great how dare they muck about with it BUT after listening to the new version and then the older one....I could see how much better they really are.

Last Edited by Red Red Whine on 08/18/2011 12:35 AM

my point is...in the past REAL TALENT STOOD OUT..

beatles, stones, led zep, smashing, rem, nirvana, u2,

who is the stand out band today? omfg...talk about devolution...


Nirvana? really? Hmmm. Pumpkins? ehhhh-(wiggles hand) REM? Pffft.

These bands had one thing in common- master drummers. Any slob can bash a kit, but a master can turn a madiocre band into a ferocious rock machine. Listen to Nirvana's Bleach (sans Dave)and tell me that is the same band as Nevermind.
As for the Pumpkins, well, Gish is a masterpiece of an album, but once Jimmy became a junkie, that was all she wrote.

You want to hear the scary new thing, check out the drummers. Just to play is a cover band you need mad skillz- the bar has been raised to an intimidating height by kids who grew up on bands like Slayer, Metallica, Maiden, Chilli Peppers and Tool. The jazz greats of yesteryear got nothin on these kids. It is all technique and speed and precision now. Bonham wouldnt stand a chance, and as for Charlie Watts- fuck Charlie Watts, it's embarrassing how lame that guy was. Hendrix and Mitchell? Fucking awesome. Hendrix and Cox? not so much...

Nowadays, drummers are the only guys really working onstage anyway...