Lately, modern music seems to sound an awful lot like the 90's music I heard growing up.

[Lyric]

Examples:
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
Jordin Sparks - No Air
Rihanna - Take A Bow

This stuff sounds like Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, and every other 90's female "diva" that I can remember. Not that I'm complaining; it's certainly better than endless Britney and Christina atrocities on the radio. But it's still kinda interesting the way that things come back around.

[skooooo]

1. "..it's certainly better than endless Britney and Christina..."

Better, really? Could have fooled me!! Modern pop-rock really sucks bad. The best music is coming out of Japan!

[Lyric]

2. I dunno...I haven't heard any Japanese music that didn't involve

girls in schoolgirl outfits with pink ribbons (or pink hair) singing the kind of stuff I expect to hear on a Saturday morning cartoon--and sometimes do!

:P

[Arugula Latte]

3. There's also a big "neo-80s" movement in music

I'm loving some of these new bands -- takes me back to my college days in the mid-80s. Check out The Killers, The Editors, The Arctic Monkeys, and Interpol.

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Yeah, I'm loving the post-punk influence in indie rock.

:thumbsup:

[Arugula Latte]

5. Yep. ... I've also been digging Vampire Weekend

which kinda sounds like some of the ska-influenced early 80s stuff (English Beat, etc.) and also a bit of Paul Simon circa "Graceland" thrown in (not the vocals, but some of the international beats).

[Reverend_Smitty]

7. The first time I heard them...

my first thought was, "wow these guys swiped a thing or two from The Specials" still not a bad band to listen to while cruising around in the summer

[DarkTirade]

13. Hell, just look at the hairstyles.

Emo hair = Flock of Seagulls hair.

[SoxFan]

18. Spot on

You don't suppose that Interpol has a copy of "Ocean Rain" or "Crocodiles" lying around, do you? And I have a hunch that the guys in Arctic Monkeys stole a copy of their older brother's Jam albums...

[Arugula Latte]

19. Definitely.

If you're gonna flaunt your influences, Echo and the Jam ain't bad, ya know?

[DS1]

6. I saw a kid wearing a "Joe Cool" tshirt the other day

I'm officially old. My childhood is now retro.

http://images.google.com/images?q=joe%20cool

[Phillycat]

12. During the previews before The Dark Knight...

they had a commercial for JCPenny that was Breakfast Club scenes recast with modern kids.

My childhood is being stripped and sold for parts. :cry:

[Shakespeare]

16. GET OFF MY LAWN.

Yup, know the feeling.

[Parche]

8. Leona Lewis

That one is sooooooooooooooooooooo annoying.............:puke: :hi:

[Lyric]

9. I actually like it.

Her voice and style reminds me of a cross between Mariah Carey and Toni Braxton. :)

[mitchum]

10. It's just old whine in new bottles

[jobycom]

15. .

Tres Bien!

:applause:

[kwassa]

11. pop and rock move in endless circles

some of the stuff goes back to '60s music.

[jobycom]

14. How about Linkin Park--Shadow of the Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_eEE12R8Gw

(Sound like anything you've heard before?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEfSnjL0pd8

Old music is popular now. My teen daughter is a rocker. She was showing off in class one day. One of her teachers asked the class who could name all the Beatles. She named them: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Richard Starky, and formerly Pete Best and Stu Suthcliffe. The teacher raised his eyebrows. Next question: Who was John Lennon's wife? My daughter asked "First or second wife?" and proceeded to explain how John dumped Cynthia and Julian for Yoko Ono, thus inspiring Paul to write "Hey Jude..."

Yet she's a borderline pass in all her courses, including history. :eyes:

[sniffa]

17. As a 90's child

I don't recognize any of this shit.

If current rap music is imitating 90's rap, I'll be able to chime in.

"Vanilla Ice'll make ya' jump, jump!"

[Catch22Dem]

20. I didn't listen to that shit in the 90s

For me it was Radiohead, Matchbox, Wallflowers, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, Alice, Beck, Pumpkins, REM, and all that.

[Lyric]

22. I listened to that stuff, too, of course.

Although Nine Inch Nails "Pretty Hate Machine" was the album I obsessed over the most.

Except for certain kinds of rap music (really hard-edged stuff) I like at least a few songs and artists from pretty much all genres. :hi:

[Catch22Dem]

23. That was a good album

Reminds me of some good times

[Kat45]

21. I've been hearing some that sounds like '80s new wave.

:shrug: