Music

[Deja Q]

The 50s introduced rock and roll

The 60s started with the Beatles and ended with Jefferson Airplane

The 70s started with Jefferson Airplane and ended with ABBA and the Bee-Gees.

The 80s started with the New Wave experience and ended with cheap synthy gack

The 90s started with alternative rock and ended with boy/girl bands and other manufactured trash

The 00s... 00 sums it up.


The 50s has a fresh feel to its music.

The 60s has a fresh and even more energetic feel to its music.

The 70s is just plain fun.

The 80s starts out fresh but not only gets stale, it sounds cheaply digitized

The 90s seem bland, apart from REM (before they sold out) and early rap (Public Enemy, Queen Latifah) where there is some originality (didn't last long though)

The 00s - once again, 00 sums it up.


When will music become exciting again? Why must some of us turn to 30~50 year old music for a good beat, and sometimes a good lyric?


Just my 0.0026430 Euros...

[WritingIsMyReligion]

1. I don't know.

I have no shame in loving music far older than me and even my parents, so I don't really think about it. I do wish current music were better, though.

[Deja Q]

2. There's nothing wrong with appreciating the past...

But without something to look forward to, we get stuck in the past...

[WritingIsMyReligion]

5. I don't see jazz as the past, really.

It was made in the past, but it's as fresh today as it was yesterday, and will continue to be fresh tomorrow, as jazz was built upon change and abnormalities and so cannot easily be destroyed by them. I look forward to listening to Kind of Blue tomorrow and drawing out even further insights from it, all the while knowing that I will never be finished with it. That's what good art does, I suppose: it transcends time, and never grows old, never leaves me wanting or stuck in a past that I wasn't around for when it was the present. When I hear Miles play, when I hear Bill Evans, I tend to forget that it was recorded 50 years ago, because it sounds and feels like today and like tomorrow. Really kind of fascinating, actually. :)

[ghostsofgiants]

3. I hate threads like these.

Because there's a lot of good new music out there, but everyone seems too lazy and sanctimonious about the greatness of the music of the past to acknowledge it. x(

[Deja Q]

4. Such as?

:D

Some techno/electronica is actually decent, but given the quantity of musicians out there, the ratio of what's good to what's humdrum is pretty sad.

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Hmmm...

Probably not your kind of music, but...

The (International) Noise Conspiracy
The Lost Patrol
Portugal. The Man
Alexisonfire
Arctic monkeys
Death From Above 1979 (R.I.P.)
Every Time I Die
Cancer Bats
Moneen
The Mars Volta
Sparta
The Blood Brothers
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail Of Dead
Cursive
Murder by Death
Desaparecidos
Bright Eyes (Despite the naysayers.)
Coheed and Cambria
Closet Monster
Protest the Hero
The Dresden Dolls
Head Automatica
Idiot Pilot
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Death Cab For Cutie
The Postal Service
Radio 4

And I could go on.

[Deja Q]

14. Thanks much!!

I will be on the lookout for those bands.

[Okiojira]

12. Have you ever heard Nellie McKay?

She's 22-23yo, she writes these really catchy jazz/pop tunes with occasional hip-hop & reggae overtones and her lyrics are pointed, intelligent, concise and often very snarky (check out her song "Really")! I think she's a fantastic talent and she's only "been around" for a few years.

I'm listening to her new album "Pretty Little Head" as I write...

[leftofthedial]

7. the decline of quality in music

exactly follows the rise of capitalism's control of the music industry

[ghostsofgiants]

8. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Capitalism and art don't mix.

[Deja Q]

15. I think it can mix.

The artists just need the time to fine tune their works to the best possible degree.

Otherwise it's like photoshopping an image, leaving unconvincing rough bits around the edges.

[Bullwinkle925]

9. I could KISS you HT ....

I thought it was 'just me' being a snooty baby-boomer, but I agree with your perceptions.
The past couple of decades are sorely lacking - IMHO -. I'm starting to get into the Jazz genre now and am enjoying it.
I can't seem to get into Rap at all. Techno music leaves me COLD. I used to watch the Grammy Awards every year - but haven't for the past several years. I hardly know anyone in today's music now. It's such a weird feeling because I used to be 'up' on everything musically. Now I feel like I'm wandering around in a wasteland.

[Deja Q]

13. Some people have always called me mature for my age...

:D

I'm 34. Supposed to be an X'er but I don't quite fit in...

Wasteland? Not a Teenage Wasteland, I hope! :7 (sorry, couldn't resist...)

[mvd]

10. I can enjoy a good pop song, but..

there are many suggestions of lesser known artists throughout the Lounge, too. Good music is definitely out there, and I'm always adding to my collection.

[Spider Jerusalem]

11. There's a lot of good music out there now.

And there was a lot of good music in the '90's, too.

You might actually hear some of it if you'd listen to something besides commercial radio (which plays very little that doesn't suck).

[Bassic]

16. When I get my album out

:D


Just kidding, we're not reinventing the wheel or anything ;)