"Music sucks these days": the ultimate disproof

[North Wiedna]

Personally, I like Hard Rock and Metal, yet, everywhere I go, I cannot for the LIFE of me find a single hard rock/metal radio station.

are you sure? seems like every non-pop or classic rock musical radio station is playing that shit.

Hence, when i moan that "music is shit these days" I don't mean that LITERALLY all music is shit, I'm just bemoaning the fact that no radio station or person ever plays the music I enjoy - making me feel like 'music these days' sucks. The hard rock/metal stuff I listen to is still releasing new albums which I love, but I never get to listen to them.

[Demen 2]

What lyrics do you like?

lyrics that rhyme with words (and occassionally slangs) that I know or heard of and make sense

You've been living awhile in the front of my skull, making orders. You've been writing me rules, shrinking maps, redrawing borders. Ive been repeating your speeches but the audience just doesn't follow. Because I'm leaving out words, punctuation and it sounds pretty hollow. Ive been living in bed because now you tell me to sleep. Ive been hiding my voice and my face and you decide when I eat. In your dreams I'm a criminal, horrible, sleeping around. While you're awake, I'm impossible, constantly letting you down.

Little porcelain figurines, glass bullets you shoot at the wall. Threats of castration for crimes you imagine when I miss your call. With the bite of the teeth of that ring on my finger, I'm bound to your bedside, your eulogy singer. I'd happily take all those bullets inside you and put them inside of my self.

"Some one, oh anyone, Tell me how to stop this. She's screaming, expiring and I'm her only witness. I'm freezing, infected, and rigid in that room beside her. No one's gonna come as long as I lay still in bed beside her."


^Like that?

[Paixao]

Personally, I like Hard Rock and Metal, yet, everywhere I go, I cannot for the LIFE of me find a single hard rock/metal radio station.

are you sure? seems like every non-pop or classic rock musical radio station is playing that shit.

Hence, when i moan that "music is shit these days" I don't mean that LITERALLY all music is shit, I'm just bemoaning the fact that no radio station or person ever plays the music I enjoy - making me feel like 'music these days' sucks. The hard rock/metal stuff I listen to is still releasing new albums which I love, but I never get to listen to them.

Never get to listen to them, on the radio, that is (I apologize, I thought it was implicit). Don't worry, my iPod gets a loooot of use.

Where I live I only get pop, talk/news, traditional music or classical music (the last of which I also enjoy, but most others my age don't ). I'm sure its different in other places.

[Cosmopoles]

I don't see how this is 'disproof'.

Most music these days does suck. I mean there's nothing to compare to the Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, I could go on.

Your theory that people don't like modern music because it's all about "sex, drugs, and money" isn't correct. A ton of old music has elements of those including that song you posted.

People don't like modern music cause it can't compare, doesn't even come close.

You wana disproof that. Find something better.

Felice Brothers and Mumford and Sons

American Folk at its finest

(Yes I consider M&S American Folk. Why? Even though they are British they've taken American Mountain instruments and combined it with Shakespeare and creativity, plus Biblical references to make music that even God would love. Best of American and British Folk)

Or rather, Mumford are some soulless A&R man's idea of what folk music is resulting in what the legendary Mark E Smith described as sounding like "a load of retarded Irish folk singers".

[Meryuma]

Felice Brothers and Mumford and Sons

American Folk at its finest

no, listen to sufjan

ufos, zombies, and someone i'll probably never talk to again

infinite variety, infinite feels

The thing is, when people say 'music sucks these days' they mean the pop music they hear on the radio.

this (with the addition of most hip-hop and rap)

Actually, it's probably a small fraction of the global quantities of hip-hop/rap.

(the last of which I also enjoy, but most others my age don't ).

Please don't develop a complex like that unless the music you listen to is actually weird and obscure. If you're 15 and you like free improvisation then you can go on about being an outsider, but if you're 15 and you like Bach or something that's not all that unusual.

[Paixao]

Please don't develop a complex like that unless the music you listen to is actually weird and obscure. If you're 15 and you like free improvisation then you can go on about being an outsider, but if you're 15 and you like Bach or something that's not all that unusual.

Hey, I'm not complaining, and its no 'outsider complex'. Statistically, of the people I have met, 95% plus are not a fan of classical music. Just a fact... "most of the people I have met" do not like classical music!

Finally, nothing wrong with a bit of free improv!

[Meryuma]

Finally, nothing wrong with a bit of free improv!

damn straight

[TaQud]

lyrics that rhyme with words (and occassionally slangs) that I know or heard of and make sense

You've been living awhile in the front of my skull, making orders. You've been writing me rules, shrinking maps, redrawing borders. Ive been repeating your speeches but the audience just doesn't follow. Because I'm leaving out words, punctuation and it sounds pretty hollow. Ive been living in bed because now you tell me to sleep. Ive been hiding my voice and my face and you decide when I eat. In your dreams I'm a criminal, horrible, sleeping around. While you're awake, I'm impossible, constantly letting you down.

Little porcelain figurines, glass bullets you shoot at the wall. Threats of castration for crimes you imagine when I miss your call. With the bite of the teeth of that ring on my finger, I'm bound to your bedside, your eulogy singer. I'd happily take all those bullets inside you and put them inside of my self.

"Some one, oh anyone, Tell me how to stop this. She's screaming, expiring and I'm her only witness. I'm freezing, infected, and rigid in that room beside her. No one's gonna come as long as I lay still in bed beside her."


^Like that?

Yep

[Post War America]

Every period has crappy music. Every single one, that even includes the era that the "dadrockers" worship. The reason why people complain about the music of their current era more so than the older stuff is that usually after a few years, the crap gets sifted out of common view, leaving the best stuff around. People including the nostalgic older generation, and the younger generation, will generally only encounter the better stuff (the older generation at this point removed the crap out of their collective memory) this then leads to a rose tinted view of music of the past. This joins with the fact that people are listening to both the crap and the good music of the current era. Now, if these people were either completely unexposed to prior music or experienced both the good and bad of the prior, then this would lead to a realistic view. However, as stated previously, the "oldies" still commonly in view is the best. This leads to the complaining about "How modern music is so much worse than the 'oldies'". Every genre, era, and even every group has crap and good stuff. This has always been the case, and it will likely always be the case.

[DRJagon]

Oterro, my post seemed pretty self-explanatory, I'd rather not type out the same exact shit... I mis-quoted you anyways, was mean't for the dunce who likes Nicki Minaj.

Lyrics are very important... especially when the song has lyrics in it.

And if the song is in another language? Magma, Koenji Hyakkei, and sometimes Sigur Rós both have lyrics in a non-existent language, so yeah.

I have never heard of any of those people/bands. I listen to hip hop/rap music/instrumental entirely, so lyrics to me are very important. I also prefer music that is comprehensive to me, which means no screaming in the microphone and speaking in the only language I know.

[Torisakia]

Music does suck these days. I mean seriously, Gangnam Style? What idiot thought of that?

[Meryuma]

Music does suck these days. I mean seriously, Gangnam Style? What idiot thought of that?

Name 5 artists from the 21st century who are not on major labels.

[Oterro]

I have never heard of any of those people/bands. I listen to hip hop/rap music/instrumental entirely, so lyrics to me are very important. I also prefer music that is comprehensive to me, which means no screaming in the microphone and speaking in the only language I know.

go read poetry

[United Koryo]

I want to listen to classical music, since New-Age pop has degraded itself into electronic kitsch.

[Dogapus]

If you've never listened to Nirvana, then yo don't know music, and most music today is dubstep, which sucks

[Meryuma]

I want to listen to classical music, since New-Age pop has degraded itself into electronic kitsch.

New Age pop was always electronic kitsch I'm pretty sure.

If you've never listened to Nirvana, then yo don't know music, and most music today is dubstep, which sucks

Dubstep is a very small fraction of music today.

As for Nirvana, I will admit that In Utero is a great album but I never got super into them.

[Dogapus]

I want to listen to classical music, since New-Age pop has degraded itself into electronic kitsch.

New Age pop was always electronic kitsch I'm pretty sure.

If you've never listened to Nirvana, then yo don't know music, and most music today is dubstep, which sucks

Dubstep is a very small fraction of music today.

As for Nirvana, I will admit that In Utero is a great album but I never got super into them.

All kids listen to these days Is One ERection, Justin Beaver, and dubstep

[Paixao]

New Age pop was always electronic kitsch I'm pretty sure.



Dubstep is a very small fraction of music today.

As for Nirvana, I will admit that In Utero is a great album but I never got super into them.

All kids listen to these days Is One ERection, Justin Beaver, and dubstep

Amen to that, High Priest Dogapus!

ALL BOW!

[Post War America]

Music does suck these days. I mean seriously, Gangnam Style? What idiot thought of that?

Name 5 artists from the 21st century who are not on major labels.

What constitutes a major label? This will have dramatic impact on my answer.

[Oterro]

If you've never listened to Nirvana, then yo don't know music, and most music today is dubstep, which sucks

nirvana are baby's first rock band

most music isn't dubstep you'd have to be stupid to think so

All kids listen to these days Is One ERection, Justin Beaver, and dubstep

So are these kids your big brother? Because you sound like a fucking 12 year old.

Amen to that, High Priest Dogapus!

ALL BOW! :bow:

Don't endorse stupidity and wrongness, thanks.

[Dogapus]

If you've never listened to Nirvana, then yo don't know music, and most music today is dubstep, which sucks

nirvana are baby's first rock band

most music isn't dubstep you'd have to be stupid to think so

All kids listen to these days Is One ERection, Justin Beaver, and dubstep

So are these kids your big brother? Because you sound like a fucking 12 year old.

Amen to that, High Priest Dogapus!

ALL BOW!

Don't endorse stupidity and wrongness, thanks.

For Your Info Nirvana was a Grunge band, not rock, you can not tell me most kids don't ;isten to these things, what do they listen to then, and also, i'm 13, gets your facts right, don't say that i'm stupid and wrong, otherwise I'll tell a mod

And no, my brother is not stupid enough to listen to the c*** they have today, however, most kids at my school love music today, even dubstep, which isn't even music

[The Corparation]

The past had shit music just like the present. The past also had really really good music. I haven't really heard any modern stuff that's as good as previous generations of music however. All in all the amount of crap stuff has really increased and the amount of good stuff has decreased. Honestly I don't think I've heard any album from the last ten years that compares to stuff like Sublime's self titled album, Black Flag's Damaged, anything by the Ramones, the Beatles etc etc. And that's not even going back to, Beethoven, Bach, Mozart or any of the old great composers.

[DRJagon]

I have never heard of any of those people/bands. I listen to hip hop/rap music/instrumental entirely, so lyrics to me are very important. I also prefer music that is comprehensive to me, which means no screaming in the microphone and speaking in the only language I know.

go read poetry

No thanks, I'll get to that point when it's needed.. I prefer the music I listed. Didn't come here for suggestions, sir.

Oterro, must be the all-knowing.

[Meryuma]

Name 5 artists from the 21st century who are not on major labels.

What constitutes a major label? This will have dramatic impact on my answer.

Corporate as opposed to independent.

Honestly I don't think I've heard any album from the last ten years that compares to stuff like Sublime's self titled album, Black Flag's Damaged, anything by the Ramones, the Beatles etc etc.

...have you looked?

nirvana are baby's first rock band

most music isn't dubstep you'd have to be stupid to think so

So are these kids your big brother? Because you sound like a fucking 12 year old.

Don't endorse stupidity and wrongness, thanks.

For Your Info Nirvana was a Grunge band, not rock, you can not tell me most kids don't ;isten to these things, what do they listen to then, and also, i'm 13, gets your facts right, don't say that i'm stupid and wrong, otherwise I'll tell a mod

And no, my brother is not stupid enough to listen to the c*** they have today, however, most kids at my school love music today, even dubstep, which isn't even music

1. Grunge is a type of rock.
2. What most kids listen to doesn't define what music is significant in an era.
3. You can't use the mods as a weapon, IIRC that's punishable.
4. You don't have to censor "crap".
5. Dubstep is music by definition. You can't say it's not good (I'm not particularly into it) but that doesn't effect whether it's music.

[Oterro]

For Your Info Nirvana was a Grunge band,

which, anyway you look at it, is a sub genre of rock

you can not tell me most kids don't ;isten to these things,

they're one of the most popular bands of the past 20 years, good lord

what do they listen to then,

why don't you go ask them

and also, i'm 13,

which is pretty much a child

gets your facts right, don't say that i'm stupid and wrong, otherwise I'll tell a mod

don't make stupid statements

And no, my brother is not stupid enough to listen to the c*** they have today, however, most kids at my school love music today, even dubstep, which isn't even music

why is dubstep not music

Honestly I don't think I've heard any album from the last ten years that compares to stuff like Sublime's self titled album, Black Flag's Damaged,

I've been listening to 'My War' a loooot recently. It's fantastic. I prefer it to Damaged tbh.

No thanks, I'll get to that point when it's needed.. I prefer the music I listed. Didn't come here for suggestions, sir.

Oterro, must be the all-knowing.

oh jeez what is this high school debate club, drop the ''sir'' and the pretentious attitude

this from someone who has the audacity to tell pop fans they should stop listening to music