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Why does most new music suck?

Ok I will have some exclusions to my statement. I'm not talking about classical or jazz. My comment is mostly pointed to rock and pop releases. Don't even get me started on rap.... I don't consider it music. I will admit that I'm an old foggy but come on, where are some talented new groups? I grew up with the Beatles, Who, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix etc. I sample a lot of new music and the recordings are terrible. The engineers should be fired for producing over compressed shrill garbage. The talent seems to be lost or doesn't exist. I have turned to some folk/country or blues music. It really is a sad state of affairs....Oh my god, I'm turning into my parents.
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rja
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Hey Elizabeth, Ah one, ah two, champagne bubbly music. The pride of North Dakota don't yah know. Yah sure, you bet!
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nonoise
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I think the loss of civility is the canary in the coal mine in that it is one of the symptoms of a declining civilization. History is full of the declines of empires from Easter Island to the Roman Empire to the recurring 52 year cyclic reinvention of the Mayans and their eventual unraveling.

Standards of living have been so improved that, short of nuclear annihilation, we won't see our own decline or that of others but rather a gradual realization that we have simply, and irrevocably, taken a turn for the worse.

The music that results from that is a reflection of that trend which seems to annoy us to no end. Because of this slow and bastard form of decline we will always have that tether to the past that allows us look both forward and backward.

Lest the youth aren't made aware of this tether they will continue onward into god knows what, but it won't be for the better. The loss always manifests itself culturally. Better teachers are needed but to blame poor schooling on unions is a bit of a stretch. Unionized teachers of Europe are the contributing factor to their higher achievement levels they hold over us.

All the best,
Nonoise
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Nonoise

You probably need to shake your blues at a local rave. Try something called E. You won't worry about the Mayans again.
csontos
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The canary's in the coal mine alright, but I'm not sure it's civility. Youth have always been aware of the bullshit they're being put through. They don't waste any time pointing it out. Up here, Canada is still struggling to identify it's culture while the teacher's union is one of the richest. Since when has music not been a reflection of current events? Music soothes the savage breast so subject matter is not the issue. How it's put together is. Problem is, there's nothing left to put together.
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mapman
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IS there really less civility or do things like the internet merely allow us to experience more of it along with all the rest?
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