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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.
goose
duanegoosen
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Previous posters pointed to the fact that right now lots of young people dig records that were made before they were born. That generally wasn't the case in the 70's. Musicians in earlier decades had a smaller inventory of background music floating around in their heads. If you started a band 40 years ago the odds that you'd be stumbling on to something you hadn't heard before were way higher. It shows when bands are hitting something that feels new to them... it can also be apparent when a band is rote or trying not to play something that they heard from Yes, Santana, Led Zeppelin, Zappa, B.O.C., The Doors, David Bowie, King Crimson, Thin Lizzy, Kansas, The Who, Alice Cooper, Genesis, Nirvana, Black Sabbath...In any culture you'll find ebb and flow. It doesn't seem like we're in a period where a lot of people are rushing to the dial for that one new song that really crushes them. Value judgments aside, popular music has become(possibly by statistical necessity) more derivative during the last several decades.
acman3
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjRvAq6K654
goose OP
699 posts
 
Actusreus I made a comment in the original post about the poor recordings being put out today. As an example I was listening to the new Pink CD and the cymbals just about sawed off my ears with a compressed, distorted sound. The engineer and producer should be fired. I'm still waiting for anyone's list of new, well recorded, written and played music...not just one song but an entire CD of good music. I have been listening to Radio Paradise and there is a lot of new stuff, but usually the groups are only good for a song or two.
donjr
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Does anyone own the Eddie Vedder Ekulele album? I think it's sounds fantastic and the music I like even more. I was actually very hesitant to order it but since my wife has the hots for him, I placed my order. IMHO it's an instant classic.
actusreus
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Goose,

Thank you for putting the record straight. I guess after nearly two months and nine pages' worth of posts, the full content of your original post got lost in the discussion. I'm still surprised nobody put their finger on it earlier though. Looks like you answered your own question then, at least partially :)
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