Is this generation blinded?

[Trackeendy]

That's weird, cause I hear more rock than I hear of anything else.

[Delvoir]

*40 years ago*

I've noticed kids these days are turning to rock instead of jazz and swing! What's wrong with them?

[Liriena]

To each their own...And while people my lose brain cells while listening to Justin Bieber, cumbia villera, reggaeton and One Direction (with all due respect to those five gorgeous young men), I stay comfortable listening to video game soundtracks, Broadway musicals, Tchaikovsky and the occasional Tony Bennett.

[Meryuma]

I've been noticing now that most kids today are ignoring rock and instead turning to Techno and Hip Hop. What do you think?

You just noticed that? You may be more blind than them, sir.

Seriously though, I think that every generation post baby boomer has been blinded.

Lyrics now:

I used to pray like God was listening
I used to make my parents proud
I was the glue that kept my friends together
Now they don't talk and we don't go out
I used to know the name of every person I kissed
Now I've made this bed and I can't fall asleep in it

Lyrics then:

Eager for action, hot for the game
The coming attraction, the drop of a name
They knew all the right people, they took all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties, they paid heavenly bills

I was born in the right generation. Old music is all about sex, drugs, and money.

[North Wiedna]

I was born in the right generation. Old music is all about sex, drugs, and money.

"money get away" - led zeppelin

[Zaras]

I was born in the right generation. Old music is all about sex, drugs, and money.

"money get away" - led zeppelin

"Cash Money Hoes" - The Rolling Stones

[Anollasia]

I've been noticing now that most kids today are ignoring rock and instead turning to Techno and Hip Hop. What do you think?

I'm from generation. Rock is my favourite genre. Most of my friends like rock, too.

[Zaras]

Broadway musicals and the occasional Tony Bennett.

That's odd, I can't listen to those. Huh.

[Israslovakahzerbajan]

Subjectivity is subjective. End. Of. Thread.

[Qazox]

I think the header doesn't make sense, and there fore the thread doesn't make sense.

Re: the question asked: Not really. A bit more techno/club than 15-20 years ago; but in terms of Rap/Rock about the same.

[Bajireyn]

I'm the only one in my entire school that listens to Game OSTs and J-Rock.

Fuck following the crowd.

This but replace J-Rock with Metal.

[Anollasia]

You just noticed that? You may be more blind than them, sir.

Seriously though, I think that every generation post baby boomer has been blinded.

Lyrics now:

I used to pray like God was listening
I used to make my parents proud
I was the glue that kept my friends together
Now they don't talk and we don't go out
I used to know the name of every person I kissed
Now I've made this bed and I can't fall asleep in it

Lyrics then:

Eager for action, hot for the game
The coming attraction, the drop of a name
They knew all the right people, they took all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties, they paid heavenly bills

I was born in the right generation. Old music is all about sex, drugs, and money.

Are you sure?

Lyrics then:

I found love, but it's all slashed and torn.
Why? Whhhhyyyyyyyy?
Insanity is laughing, under pressure we're breaking,
Why can't we just give love one more chance?

Don't generalize.
Today's music isn't all bad, it's just a lot of the popular stuff.

[Communal Ecotopia]

Honestly, I can listen to about anything without having a serious problem... However my favorite genres are classic rock and country music... and furthermore, I will not be touching rap with a mile-long stick.

Why not? Hip-hop is awesome!

For me, the mainstreaming of hip-hop has been the problem. When we had Public Enemy out with "Fight the Power" and some other really meaningful tunes, I had hope. Now, it seems like gangsta rap about sex and violence against women, or, sometimes, party-based hip hop is what dominates. Maybe that's just the mainstream. I know I like the European hip-hop of folks like Alpha Blondy, who almost goes reggae at times, even though my French is good but not fluent. So, it's not style, but a seeming substance problem. I even think Eminem has the talent, but, for the most part, I can't truck with the content.

[Oterro]

Are you sure?

Lyrics then:

I found love, but it's all slashed and torn.
Why? Whhhhyyyyyyyy?
Insanity is laughing, under pressure we're breaking,
Why can't we just give love one more chance?

Don't generalize.
Today's music isn't all bad, it's just a lot of the popular stuff.

that example doesn't come anywhere close to the Brand New one

Hey babe you know you look so fine,
Send shivers up and down my spine,
I don't care about our different ages,
I'm an open book with well thumbed pages,
You're Jailbait, and I just can't wait,
Jailbait baby come on

[Azrael]

Maybe that's just the mainstream.

Mostly. Underground rap isn't completely untouched by that, though, at least not to a shameful degree. And not all mainstream is that bad, as I think Kanye and maybe some others are

Are you sure?

Meryuma's ironically countering a generalization with another generalization, I guess as a form of shaming.

Today's music isn't all bad, it's just a lot of the popular stuff.

Same goes for back then, too.

[Zaras]

Two can play this game!

Lyrics then:

Love, love me do
You know I love you
I'll always be true
So please, love me do
Whoa, love me do

Love, love me do
You know I love you
I'll always be true
So please, love me do
Whoa, love me do

Someone to love
Somebody new
Someone to love
Someone like you

Love, love me do
You know I love you
I'll always be true
So please, love me do
Whoa, love me do

Love, love me do
You know I love you
I'll always be true
So please, love me do
Whoa, love me do
Yeah, love me do
Whoa, oh, love me do

Lyrics now:

Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven
Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven
Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven
Fucking in fucking in fucking in heaven [x13]

[North Wiedna]

[...]

So apparently lyrics went from being terrible to being terrible?

and don't forget lyrics are one part of a song! it's not nice to be instrumentalist, otherwise i couldn't use this as an example of perfection

[Zaras]

[...]

So apparently lyrics went from being terrible to being terrible?

Or from clichéd terrible to Cluster F Bomb terrible.

(I actually like both the Beatles and Fatboy, but I prefer the Beatles' Revolver-Abbey Road run of albums to their early ones. And "Fucking in Heaven" is just fun for karaoke, especially the final part.)

[Oterro]

[...]

So apparently lyrics went from being terrible to being terrible?

and don't forget lyrics are one part of a song! it's not nice to be instrumentalist, otherwise i couldn't use this as an example of perfection

superior

seriously that track is just so perfect

drumming is bombastic
droney hum in the background works in contrast
melody over the top weaves in and out
harpsichord just aaaaaaaaaaaa

beautiful

[Meryuma]

Are you sure?

Lyrics then:

I found love, but it's all slashed and torn.
Why? Whhhhyyyyyyyy?
Insanity is laughing, under pressure we're breaking,
Why can't we just give love one more chance?

Don't generalize.

I don't actually think old music is all bad, I was just pointing out the flaws in that sort of argument.

Also, those lyrics aren't all that great.

So apparently lyrics went from being terrible to being terrible?

and don't forget lyrics are one part of a song! it's not nice to be instrumentalist, otherwise i couldn't use this as an example of perfection

superior

seriously that track is just so perfect

drumming is bombastic
droney hum in the background works in contrast
melody over the top weaves in and out
harpsichord just aaaaaaaaaaaa

beautiful

I should check them out more.

[North Wiedna]

I should check them out more.

That album's probably the best place to start.

They were pretty exciting for me because this was the kind of music I fantasized about and never thought existed.

When it popped up in a torrent I thought they were a one album wonder because they used to be fuckall hard to find.

[Hatsunia]

No, but I think some people are blinded by the Nostalgia Filter.

[Cameroi]

I've been noticing now that most kids today are ignoring rock and instead turning to Techno and Hip Hop. What do you think?

i lol'd.

[Peacelia]

I've been noticing now that most kids today are ignoring rock and instead turning to Techno and Hip Hop. What do you think?

How the fuck does that make us blinded???????

I don't like Rock, so I'm blinded?

Yeah....no.

By blinded i meant not seeing the wider variety of music. Most kids just listen to what's being played on the radio and the top hits and don't really just to look into the other genres like Jazz,classical,folk,rock,blues,etc......

[Peacelia]

No, let me tell you how "this generation" is. There are;

2) pretentious dorks who know nothing about music and think they know everything. warning signs of these people: mislabelling artists, they like their music "to have meaning", they only listen to "classic rock", their favourite artists are led zeppelin, queen, the beatles, rush or pink floyd, they rant about their generation sucking and the absolute key give away, they were born in the wrong generation

you probably have rubbish taste in rock, too.

Actually the bands you listed are no where close near my favorites. you don't know my tastes in rock and i'm not whining about this generation i'm simply saying mainstream techno and rap is just what most kids hear and why aren't they being exposed to a wider variety of music

I'm from generation. Rock is my favourite genre. Most of my friends like rock, too.

Apparently you live in a better place than me.