Why does most new music suck?

Whoa. It's only hindsight that's 20/20, maybe? The suggestion that complex melodies were being bandied about versus the ones that actually took place is a little overly optimistic don't you think, in retrospect? Seriously.

Rja, and y'all , if ten percent of the groups out there are good or great that would mean there are thousands of good to great bands/ albums to discover. I'm way happy with all the fantastic music being produced today. There are even bands that I like much better than the Beatles and the Stones.

Agree with Toddnkaya

Talent always rises like cream. There are 80,000 to 300,000 bands online. That makes for a big pool.

All the music I listen to is new bands. I love new music. Bored to death with iconic bands. They had their place and time. But the time is now. I could care less for four decades ago. 2013 is where it is at in 2013.

This is just my opinion, at any given time "90% of everything is crap" is true in general but I threw this out specifically as a response to this thread.

Many of us are listening to something from the 10% of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, etc. or the present. I don't believe that more "new music sucks" any more than more "old music" does. In other words, there is definitely new music that's worth hearing but probably about 10% will stand the test of time.

I'd venture that approximately the same percentage holds true for the Baroque or Romantic periods. Not everyone was a Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms or Schubert and there's plenty of obscure, forgotten repertoire in existence.

However, the fact that repertoire is forgotten or obscure may not alone relegate music to the 90%. Other factors, such as geographic isolation or a reclusive composer, could have been responsible. Such music could achieve a place in the 10% upon initial assessment or reassessment at a different time. Conversely many once extremely popular composers are almost unheard of today.

Again, I'm throwing this out to illustrate that the "90%" axiom is not absolute and may change with time, place and new or different perspectives.

Rok, beautiful song, and Oleta Adams has a beautiful voice with a lot of different colors and great phrasing. Music like that is a breath of fresh air in its lack of pretense, as opposed to so many other examples that seem to be trying so hard to be "unique".