New music SUCKS these days-

[snooper2]

NOT!


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Roundtable Rival

Published on Oct 20, 2014

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[alcibiades_mystery]

1. The 2000's into the 2010's have really been a flowering of American music

People who claim all music sucks these days (and I know you're NOT doing that) are really just ignorant and uninformed. There is so much, so much, so much good stuff out there.

[sharp_stick]

13. They're just not looking hard enough

The Billboard Top 100 has always sucked but if you scratch the surface there is a lot of fantastic music available.

[Arugula Latte]

17. Agree wholeheartedly. I actually like new music now better than I did new stuff in the 90s,

when I was early 20s to early 30s. (To me nothing compares with the innovation/change of the early-mid 80s alternative/college radio stuff, but a lot of the new music is right up there.)

Music today is kicking ass and taking names!

[MineralMan]

2. Said Nobody Anywhere...

[snooper2]

4. well

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5196234

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1022251

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x444505

http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4918381

http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4972079

[MineralMan]

7. I was using hypebole, there.

Anyhow the music at the link in your OP has its roots in Irish music from the past, anyhow. It's not really all that new.

[reflection]

3. Very nice find, thank you for sharing it.

[TeamPooka]

5. Someone paid attention at Band Camp. nt

[NightWatcher]

6. and Rock Is Dead

Oh, wait, there's this

Fighting the Foo never sounded so good.

[lunasun]

12. They were on letterman all last week. I was in a hotel so watched some TV .they even did the top 10

[NightWatcher]

14. They're his favorite band

[lunasun]

15. Missed that part but what I caught was good

I may add off topic 57 channels whatever I do not have cable etc. @home and thought I would find some thinginteresting
Didn't watch much anyway yet it seemed I wound up watching free tv channels and pbs etc. when I did look at it. There is a lot of crap cable IMO . Oh not that free TV has much to offer but it was nice to see letterman . I forgot he will be leaving so gotta little in before his end run

[Codeine]

22. Jock rock destined for future beer commercial soundtracks.

Never got the appeal of Foo Fighters. Unfortunately they're my fiancee's favorite band, so I get to hear them an awful lot.

[tabasco]

25. LOL!

I laugh because I agree.

[Tom Ripley]

48. Agreed. I liked Ringo's post Beatle work better than that.

[laundry_queen]

49. Okay

that was great. I haven't had time to keep up with new stuff. Love the foo. Thank you! Off to download...

[Codeine]

57. Ronnie James Dio called. . .

he would like his riff back, thanks.

[NightWatcher]

60. It does have a Holy Diver'ish tone to it

[Cleita]

8. Celtic and Bluegrass updated

That would fit right into Riverdance.

[wandy]

9. That most definitely does NOT suck. Thanks.

[Autumn Colors]

10. Wow!!!

Thank you so much for this. I've never heard of her but will be checking out every video on her YouTube page when I have the time. Already had me with this one you posted, but then saw the covers of the Game of Thrones theme and Star Wars medley. So very talented and creative.

Again, thanks for posting this!

[snooper2]

11. Check out a band called Pentatonix as well, here is a collaboration they did together

Radioactive - Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix (Imagine Dragons Cover)

(it only has 84 million view )

[Adrahil]

32. very nice! NT

[justabob]

45. love Pentatonix!

I don't love all the songs/genres they cover, but they are an amazing group, powerful.

[Bragi]

16. Thanks for that!

She's really good. I love up tempo, rockish, fiddle.

[BeyondGeography]

18. Four-year old performance of a ten-year-old song

I watch this whenever I want a good smile, or a good cry. These kids are beautiful and so is the song:

&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Logical]

19. Nice! nt

[Codeine]

34. I hate Arcade Fire but I respect them.

They're making music, not product.

[BeyondGeography]

35. Believe it or not

I just discovered the song two weeks ago, putting together a playlist for a drive through Canada last week. I listen mostly to classical and stopped listening to popular music when the Talking Heads broke up. I hadn't even heard Constant Cravings before I went through that exercise (I mean, I'm hopeless). But this one has an anthemic quality to it and I really love the crowd response; it's clearly a religious moment for them and they're responding to the lyrics. Any time that happens for kids I'm just happy for them; I know what it meant to me 35 or so years ago.

[Tree-Hugger]

36. Found them in 2005

They were fairly unknown at the time. I happened to be watching a show called "Fashion Rocks." They performed. "Wake Up" with David Bowie. It was amazing. I went out and bought their CD the next day. Never tire of that song.

[Barack_America]

39. Enjoy.

https://m.

Can we go back to this night?

[BeyondGeography]

40. That works!

Looking back, all that happiness was obviously a festering source of pain and misery for many of our opponents. Only makes me fonder of it.

[whatchamacallit]

20. Um... this does suck

Sounds like a Chevy or Jack Daniels commercial, presented like a numb-nuts video game, mastered way too hot... Lame.

[Codeine]

24. Mastering is just terrible across the board nowadays.

The audio quality on everything has gone to shit.

[Warren DeMontague]

30. But it goes to 11!

I agree, man. Everything is mastered so it makes some jackhole's power booster thump the next 5 cars at the stop light.

[tabasco]

26. Major league it sucks

Definitely not my taste.

[LostInAnomie]

58. Hahah... I agree.

Isn't that the background music to Cotton Eyed Joe?

[jtuck004]

21. No, it's just now they fight cartoon figures, instead of in the streets. n/t

[Codeine]

23. The new Bear Hands song is amazing.

That goofy-ass Riverdance-for-Tweens nonsense however? Not so much.

[Adrahil]

31. It's a matter of taste, not absolutes....

I do not like the song you linked AT ALL. But again, it's a matter of taste.

[Codeine]

33. That fiddle song is lowest-common-denominator commercialism

to the point of being a cartoon. At least the indie rock I linked to (which I can totally understand not liking -- as you say it's a matter of taste) has some hint of genuine art to it. That silly Riverdance-meets-Charlie-Daniels thing smacks of focus groups and market research; "Do that stompy thing -- the early-30s female demographic loves that shit!"

[Adrahil]

56. Well, I didn't say I was nuts about the the original linked piece either...

it's a bit too processed for my tastes, though I do like modern Celtic rock. And I do like the "Radioactive" cover linked later.

I'm not crazy about the denigration of "Riverdance." Although not a fan of that show, I do like modern Celtic music (and the traditional stuff too).

I do agree that much modern pop music is junk. But the majority of pop music always is.

[JanMichael]

27. While I am still a 70-80-90's rock, alt rock and grunge guy, I like a few current bands.

Cage the Elephant is one of my favorites now. I don't mind Imagine Dragons and even like the Big Data - Joy Wave song that's out now. Oh even Fitz and the Tantrums are ok.

But I always go back to Nirvana, Soundgarden, AIC, UB40, the English Beat and Squeeze...

[JHB]

28. Ach! Kids today, mit der jazz singink and der cooning...

[thelordofhell]

29. R.I.P. Record Industry.........and good riddance

The Modern Record Industry is doomed........The Frozen Soundtrack is the ONLY album to go platinum this year........More and more artists are finding out that they can sell their own albums/CD without industry support........The support system of the Record Industry that used to nurture artists is almost completely non-existent.......I could go on, but in the end it means that the behemoth record labels of the past are going away.

[Comrade Grumpy]

37. ...said my dad in 1964.

[Jamaal510]

38. Everything that's hot

and on top of the billboard isn't necessarily good (in fact, that's arguably true for most cases). If a person like me wants some hardcore and non-bubblegum rap, I need to continue looking for underground artists. Mainstream rap (and R&B) is trash. It got bad enough to where I'm now also listening to many other genres (like metal and classical music) that I never would've thought of listening to when I was younger!
I guess the musicians themselves can't really be blamed, though. They're just producing what the fans (and record industries) want these days.

[Barack_America]

41. I recommend Blind Pilot to anyone who will listen...

...but I'm pretty into the beardy thing.

Creativity of lyric and instrumentation. Consistency of sound. Plus, they did a multi-state tour on bicycles!

Grab a wool sweater and enjoy.

https://m.

[fadedrose]

42. You musta never heard of

Frank Sinatra, or heard him sing
"Time after Time,"
"It was a Very Good Year,"
"Strangers in the Night,"
"My Way,"
"New York,"
"Chicago,"
"Cycles,"
"Softly as I leave You,"
"Send in the Clowns,"
"Speak Low," "Long Ago and Far Away,"
"I've Got You Under My Skin,"
"Blues in the Night,"
"Nice and Easy,"
"Witchcraft,"
"All the Way,"
"All My Tomorrows,
"What Is This Thing Called Love,"
"In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning,"
"This Love of Mine,"
"I'll be Around,"
"I Get Along Without You Very Well,"
"Mood Indigo,"
"For Once in My Live,"
"My Kind of Town,"
"My Funny Valentine,"
"A Foggy DAy,"
"The Best is Yet to Come,"
"Mack the Knife"
"Luck Be a Lady"
"Bewitched"
"Last Night When We Were Young"
"Something"
"September of My Years"
"Autumn Leaves"
"A Man Alone"
"Love's Been Good To Me,"
"Goin Out Of My Head"
"Blues in the Night,"
"One for My Baby"

These are just a few from 2 or 3 albums on my desk here - Listen to them when you wish someone loved you like this songs make you feel if you're a female, and eat your heart out if you're a male and don't have a way with words like this man did......Mr. Viagra he was in my day....and still is now....

Sorry you folks in GD - When somebody mentions music, I still leave my surroundings and go back, back, to times when beauty was appreciated....

[miyazaki]

43. I even didn't realize that new music was worse than I thought

until i saw that crap. This an advertisement?

[flamingdem]

44. A bit of Jethro Tull

Ok but overproduced video - guess they have to reach the visuals but leaves little space to feel the music

[IDemo]

46. Pretty good...in spots

My Celtic fiddle tastes run closer to Natalie MacMaster.

Virtually all of the pop I hear that has become pervasive on commercials and in retail establishments is as formulaic and unoriginal as country has been for the past 20 years.

[eridani]

47. My friend the witch doctor he taught me what to say

My friend the witch doctor he taught me what to do
I know that you'll be mine when I say this to you
"Oh baby ooh ee ooh ah ah
Ting tang walla walla bing bang
Ooh ee ooh ah ah, ting tang walla walla bing bang

Back in 1958, we had MEANINGFUL songs, I tells ya!

From the standpoint of old farts, the main problem with new music is that there is too damned much of it to keep up with.

[Bluenorthwest]

59. I think 1958 was also the year Steve Allen debuted his 'reading pop lyrics as if they were meant to

be serious in order to convey their inferiority' schtick. He read Be Bop A Loola. He did so to point out the lyrical superiority, one assumes, of "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy."

[laundry_queen]

50. Not bad.

But still partial to Ashley MacIssac:

[ffr]

51. Still my favorite of hers, is a remake video for the Isle of Man TT

Featuring Elements.

[Mojorabbit]

52. I like this one

[MrScorpio]

53. You do know that I have a radio show, right?

Do you think that I would dare to play music that sucks?

http://www.mixcloud.com/Mr_Scorpio/

[yuiyoshida]

54. Personally, I love the ASIAN Invasion ...

So glad some songs and bands are being made available to us..

[davidpdx]

55. Definately different

I like the violin, but prefer it mixed with other things (vocals, guitar, etc). She is very talented. It's not my cup of tea.