So I've been in quite a few discussions where people try to prove to me that one genre of music is inherently better than another. I think this is complete crap. Everything sounds the same these days........But of course you're gonna get your elitists laying their pretentious obscure bands/singers on the table and trying to prove that they are awesome simply because barely anyone has ever heard of them. I don't think there has been any really good music since the late 90s.....
I've got some news for ya: I turned off my radio around 1994 or so, and haven't listened since, except to hear the occasional crapsample that only affirmed my decision was the right one. Corporate radio apparently learned some lesson after the go-go 1980s and put the clamp down on innovation. Now there are no risks taken in corporate music. So, there's no way the late 1990s had anything particularly redeeming on the radio.
Still, we have the Internet, and there are a gazillion bands struggling to get your attention. Even if you're only on dialup, take some time once a week and explore a few bands; d/l 1-2 songs from each of them and start to really explore your options.
Myself, I'm not so inclined, and I take my chances in the real world, which although not including the radio, does contain the occasional visit to the used-CD shop. That's where I discovered Paul van Dyk and the Chemical Brothers. I have a lot of Techno-discovery to look forward to in the coming decade, and I'm content (which I'll have to be, eh?, having long ago turned off the Ear Destroyer Box known as the "radio").
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Anonymous2007-08-13 23:31 ID:d73I+NA4
...Secular choral music and "My Chemical Romance" do not sound the same...
you ultimately become the elitest you condemn by saying there is no good music in today's time.
I could be wrong but, one of my problems is people like my stupid fucken father.
He believes every song needs to have some sort of deeper meaning. FUCK THAT. All songs usually do have some meaning. that doesn't mean it needs to be brought up at every conversation. I enjoy a variety of music and I must say when you are like my father and feel that all your music has to have some sort of deeper meaning.. You really start to miss out on the fun of actually enjoying the music =/.
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Anonymous2007-08-19 14:56 ID:Tl+7ZPT2
only retards and people under 16 think that there is no good music today
If objectively "good music" is a static criteria build by older music you hold in your head, you will always be right. Most chin-strokers standing around saying that no original music is being made today simply aren't accepting anything new.
The forms that artistic merit and aesthetic value come in are always changing. Music evolves - Get over it.
I've always been more into electronic music, but I really like modern hardcore/grindcore bands that aesthetically execute the balance between artsy and ballsy...most rock from the 90's was one or the other. I see more than a fair share of bands that I would say are bleeding energy atm - the energy just isn't expressed in the ways of older rock that have been done to death.
Considering how crooked the industry is, it's hard for a band that is not made up of total tools to even be heard of, so not counting indie/obscure artists is bollocks. Of course pop music and the radio is rubbish. The economics of top artists have been stream-lined and it's full of mere products, developed using the same research and development techniques that go into all consumer products. It is what appeals to the most people, which historically has most often been the lowest common denominator.
There will always be chin-strokers standing around saying that no good new music is being made. There always have been. Stop whining or GTFO.
So I've been in quite a few discussions where people try to prove to me that one genre of butt is inherently better than another. I think this is complete crap. Everything shits the same these days........But of course you're gonna get your elitists laying their pretentious obscure butts/penises on the table and trying to prove that they are awesome simply because barely anyone has ever heard of them. I don't think there has been any really good toiletry since the late 90s.....
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Anonymous2007-08-23 14:15 ID:9ZELden8
Watch "Before the music dies", it's a nice documentary about today's music industry.
I think most of what's released today is commercial crap without any soul to it, but nice ones do sometimes come out of the bunch.
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Anonymous2007-08-23 20:16 ID:IX9/ek/3
Its all relative.
"good" to me means a band is original and has a special something, an X-factor you cant just manufacture. energy, chemistry.
classic rock bands like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden are still going strong with high quality music. Maiden's last album was the one of the most epic I've heard in many years.