Remember when music was good?
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Music is still good.
I think every generation looks back and believes their music was better. My dad always says the 60s had the best music. I think the late 70s through the 80s to the mid 90s produced some great songs. For me, those were the years of my childhood up to early adulthood. Before I had a wife, mortgage and two little mouths to feed. That music reminds me of a much simpler time. I guess it's all about your perspective.
and just to clarify.... disco is not included in my late 70s list. I was mostly referring to stadium rock bands and some of the early metal bands.
Originally Posted By: 97prizm
I wholeheartedly agree that what you grow up with is part of your "generation." I'm a huge fan of grunge like nirvana, candlebox etc, and can't STAND the "music" that the 19 and 20-year-olds that I work with listen to.
Candlebox had an awesome first album. I was lucky enough to see them twice back in the mid 90s. Far Behind is a great song!
I wholeheartedly agree that what you grow up with is part of your "generation." I'm a huge fan of grunge like nirvana, candlebox etc, and can't STAND the "music" that the 19 and 20-year-olds that I work with listen to.
Candlebox had an awesome first album. I was lucky enough to see them twice back in the mid 90s. Far Behind is a great song!
I do! But the 90s ended almost 2 decades ago, so grab Adele on vinyl, and hang with the kids.
straight fire homie
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It's all a matter of opinion. Of course there's a ton of garbage on the radio, but there was also a lot of garbage on the radio 10, 20, 30 etc years ago.
there's a lot of good music out there, you just aren't going to hear it on the radio.
when I look for new music I go on amazon and check out whats recommended because of my recent purchases and then I hit up youtube to check it out.
or even listen to Pandora you'll hear a lot of stuff that you've never heard of before and allows you to branch out on new stuff you like.
when I look for new music I go on amazon and check out whats recommended because of my recent purchases and then I hit up youtube to check it out.
or even listen to Pandora you'll hear a lot of stuff that you've never heard of before and allows you to branch out on new stuff you like.
It was easier to share a common interest in music when we had to buy it in album form, and when it cost record companies significant capital to record, master, and distribute said album.
Customers wouldn't put up with junk and record companies couldn't afford putting it out there with their limited resources. And record stores only had so much shelf space. And radio stations only had so much time, which got worse when 3-minute pop songs turned into 7 minutes of Album-Oriented-Rock.
Yeah you had to be connected and lucky to get your band through the system, which is why you had to give the label practically everything until you hit it big and fulfilled your contract.
I did college radio in the mid-90s when CDs were fairly cheap to master and record companies sent us thousands of terrible bands hoping to get "discovered" and their reps were right in our business begging for airtime. Jewel cases had gimmicks like rubber chicken legs glued to them so they wouldn't get stuck in the stack.
Customers wouldn't put up with junk and record companies couldn't afford putting it out there with their limited resources. And record stores only had so much shelf space. And radio stations only had so much time, which got worse when 3-minute pop songs turned into 7 minutes of Album-Oriented-Rock.
Yeah you had to be connected and lucky to get your band through the system, which is why you had to give the label practically everything until you hit it big and fulfilled your contract.
I did college radio in the mid-90s when CDs were fairly cheap to master and record companies sent us thousands of terrible bands hoping to get "discovered" and their reps were right in our business begging for airtime. Jewel cases had gimmicks like rubber chicken legs glued to them so they wouldn't get stuck in the stack.
Originally Posted By: dishdude
It seems like there isn't a lot of good rock out lately. Rise Against, Chevelle. ..maybe Twenty One Pilots...
Rise Against is one of the best bands of all time. Head and shoulders above their peers.
If you like Rock/Metal it is better now than it has ever been, IMHO.
It seems like there isn't a lot of good rock out lately. Rise Against, Chevelle. ..maybe Twenty One Pilots...
Rise Against is one of the best bands of all time. Head and shoulders above their peers.
If you like Rock/Metal it is better now than it has ever been, IMHO.
'80s had whole albums that you liked front to end, and as many of them available as you could afford...
It's not like that anymore, exepct for the odd really god one.
Last one that I found was Bring me the Horizon, "That's the Spirit".
It's not like that anymore, exepct for the odd really god one.
Last one that I found was Bring me the Horizon, "That's the Spirit".
All I know is that music from the 1970's and early 1980's (37 to 47 years old) is getting strong play on the radio these days (as it has been for the past 37-47 years). Much stronger than the music from the late 1980's through the early 2000's.
Does anyone really think that in another 30 to 40 years anyone will still be listening to Justin Beiber and Katy Perry songs? - get real!
Does anyone really think that in another 30 to 40 years anyone will still be listening to Justin Beiber and Katy Perry songs? - get real!
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They'll both have a song or two each that will get some great nostalgia play in the future, but perhaps not much more than that.
Originally Posted By: Mantooth
I think every generation looks back and believes their music was better. My dad always says the 60s had the best music. I think the late 70s through the 80s to the mid 90s produced some great songs. For me, those were the years of my childhood up to early adulthood. Before I had a wife, mortgage and two little mouths to feed. That music reminds me of a much simpler time. I guess it's all about your perspective.
That is true... in the 90s people thought 80s music was horrible yet now people look back at the 80s with a lot of nostalgia.
I think every generation looks back and believes their music was better. My dad always says the 60s had the best music. I think the late 70s through the 80s to the mid 90s produced some great songs. For me, those were the years of my childhood up to early adulthood. Before I had a wife, mortgage and two little mouths to feed. That music reminds me of a much simpler time. I guess it's all about your perspective.
That is true... in the 90s people thought 80s music was horrible yet now people look back at the 80s with a lot of nostalgia.
Originally Posted By: SeaJay
All I know is that music from the 1970's and early 1980's (37 to 47 years old) is getting strong play on the radio these days (as it has been for the past 37-47 years). Much stronger than the music from the late 1980's through the early 2000's.
Does anyone really think that in another 30 to 40 years anyone will still be listening to Justin Beiber and Katy Perry songs? - get real!
Do you hear "Jessie's Girl" being played these days?
Monster hit from a soap opera actor in 1981 that you could just not get away from. I remember this song and "Crazy Train" being played several times a day on the stations I liked then...the latter eventually grew legs while the former faded away, thankfully.
Most pop hits are fluffy nothings that quickly fade away, possibly to be resurrected on cheap compilations being advertised on TV at 2am. Every era has its quality music (and books, movies, etc.) that will live on even if it was not a huge hit in its own time.
All I know is that music from the 1970's and early 1980's (37 to 47 years old) is getting strong play on the radio these days (as it has been for the past 37-47 years). Much stronger than the music from the late 1980's through the early 2000's.
Does anyone really think that in another 30 to 40 years anyone will still be listening to Justin Beiber and Katy Perry songs? - get real!
Do you hear "Jessie's Girl" being played these days?
Monster hit from a soap opera actor in 1981 that you could just not get away from. I remember this song and "Crazy Train" being played several times a day on the stations I liked then...the latter eventually grew legs while the former faded away, thankfully.
Most pop hits are fluffy nothings that quickly fade away, possibly to be resurrected on cheap compilations being advertised on TV at 2am. Every era has its quality music (and books, movies, etc.) that will live on even if it was not a huge hit in its own time.
I grew up in a house where, almost without fail, "all good music is old music" so I would be predisposed to think that way, but I really like a lot of stuff from Lord Huron, The Lumineers, Adele, and a song or two from plenty of others. However, I was de-stressing while listening to the Eagles' "Take it to the Limit" the other day, and I don't think another group will ever do what they did better. I feel the same about other artists: Bob Seger, John Denver, etc.
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