I guess I just don't get it. What I do get is that certain similarity apparent in everything presented so far except the plagiarized one Rok presented. First time I heard Dark Side Of The Moon in 71, it took a few spins to really get it into my blood as with lots of other music as well. But the potential has to be there. Interestingly enough, as all these bands seem to be trying too hard, the effort it demands to like it is commensurate. It's just work. Where's the fun part?
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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"Interestingly enough, as all these bands seem to be trying too hard, the effort it demands to like it is commensurate. It's just work. Where's the fun part? " Csontos, Say what? I understand liking something new might take effort, but where does the inference that the bands are also trying too hard as well accordingly come from? That comment reeks of Narcissism, not an uncommon trait that many of us might share, but worth being aware of if one truly has an interest in keeping an open mind. |
Goose, you can't be blamed for turning into your parents, it happens as a consequence, for many, of adapting to habits and ideology over time. Well I can't say if new music sucks or not because I don't listen to enough of it to make an informed opinion and my mind isn't as much of a "sponge" as it was when I was younger and more receptive, only speaking for myself. I DO believe I am receptive to new music but am generally too lazy to seek it out unless I hear something that captures my attention. What is ALWAYS "way cool" is when I get together with younger folks, namely my neices who are hip to new and my sister who is more in tune because of them. Bottom line is you gotta keep an open mind, you can't generalize a genre that you, on the whole, don't like and you have to seek out lest you won't discover. Mapman when reading through this thread you made a comment that made me LOL, something about "old men" isolated from the world listening by themselves "in their room" paraphrasing a Brian Wilson tune, listening to their favorite tunes and getting either into the music or the sound, who knows! That is EXACTLY my picture of most audiophiles from my experience and encounters. It's a funny picture when you think of it. |
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