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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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csontos
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Subject matter hasn't changed one iota from ancient times to classical to modern. Don't know what you're talking about. Revolutions bring new, but similar subject matter."There is nothing new under the sun", to quote one of the best known phrases in history.
csontos
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Cal, I don't listen to Zeppelin anymore either, but I do put on the Beatles. Doesn't make me feel cool, though. Or nostalgic. They're just good.
csontos
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I should add that if there's a band that's timeless, it's the Beatles.
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tostadosunidos
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I listen to contemporary musicians but find it absurd that I wouldn't listen to artists who have disbanded or died. Geez, my main man is Beethoven and he has been dead for nearly 300 years.

This past weekend I listened to two albums (CD copies) produced in the late 60's and they both just killed me. Now that I have a really good-sounding system I enjoy the old stuff more than ever. It sounds brand new and fresh to my ears--it ain't nostalgia.

Listen to what you feel like hearing. You needn't overthink it or hang inappropriate labels on a natural thing.
toddnkaya
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I just don't see the need for me to revisit these great groups of yesteryear with all of the great current new bands and bands that have been discovering for the past twenty years. Sure, I will listen to the Beatles if I hear them on the radio, but I spend 99% of time exploring new music and listening to bands and music that I find very enjoyable.
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