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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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Well, it was a very informative thread I thought regardless.
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"I have fond nostalgic memories of record stores as well"... My now 7 and 9 year old granddaughters talk in nostalgic terms about the great times they use to have when we'd go to Barnes & Noble where they'd dance with the headphones on.
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If I could have my way, I would bring back all the record stores I have frequented over the years and they and the ones still around would all thrive.

But, if I had to chose between how I found and accessed new music years ago to what can be done today, I'm afraid I would have to let the fond memories go and move forward.

There is one thing from the past I have mentioned in older threads that I would bring back. The more I think about it, the more I think it could be a viable business proposition to actually do it now more than ever.

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Here's the current top new CD list on Radio Paradise.

Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
2. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
3. Woodkid - The Golden Age
4. Patty Griffin - American Kid
5. Owiny Sigoma Band - Power Punch
6. Daughter - If You Leave
7. I Am Kloot - Let It All In
8. The Boxer Rebellion - Promises
9. Calexico - Algiers
10. Beth Orton - Sugaring Season
11. Harry Manx - Om Suite Ohm
12. Ludovico Einaudi - In a Time Lapse
13. Sarah Blasko - I Awake
14. Sinkane - Mars
15. Gabrielle Aplin - English Rain
16. Neil Halstead - Palindrome Hunches
17. Vel Indica - Turn Off Your Devices
18. The Spring Standards - Yellow/Gold
19. Caro Emerald - The Shocking Miss Emerald
20. Ben Howard - Every Kingdom
21. Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man
22. Grizzly Bear - Shields
23. thenewno2 - thefearofmissingout
24. Serafina Steer - The Moths Are Real
25. Shook Twins - Window
26. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Specter At The Feast
27. Various Artists - Beautiful Creatures OST
28. The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
29. Night Beds - Country Sleep
30. KT Tunstall - Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon
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And the top classic songs:

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (9.651)
2. The Beatles - A Day In The Life (9.65)
3. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (9.639)
4. Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (9.637)
5. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (9.577)
6. J.S. Bach - Toccata in D minor (9.575)
7. Pink Floyd - Echoes (9.563)
8. Beethoven - Symphony No.5 - Allegro Con Brio (9.556)
9. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (9.55)
10. Vivaldi - The 4 Seasons: Summer (9.531)
11. Pink Floyd - Time (9.525)
12. The Beatles - You Never Give Me/The End (9.518)
13. Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing (9.514)
14. Pink Floyd - Us & Them -> Eclipse (9.508)
15. Mozart - Symphony No. 40 - Molto Allegro (9.468)
16. Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence (9.467)
17. Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing (live) (9.466)
18. The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (9.465)
19. Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (9.447)
20. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (9.435)
21. The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun (9.433)
22. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze (9.43)
23. Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay (9.402)
24. The Beatles - Let It Be (9.394)
25. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (9.393)
26. Beethoven - Für Elise (9.385)
27. Etta James - At Last (9.38)
28. Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (9.377)
29. Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing (9.349)
30. Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (9.326)
31. The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (9.32)
32. Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary (9.312)
33. Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Allegro (9.306)
34. The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (9.295)
35. Rolling Stones - Paint It Black (9.289)
36. Jimi Hendrix - Red House (9.281)
37. The Beatles - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (9.279)
38. John Lennon - Imagine (9.277)
39. Simon & Garfunkel - America (9.275)
40. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (9.27)
41. The Who - Baba O'Riley (9.267)
42. Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky (9.265)
43. Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (9.26)
44. The Beatles - In My Life (9.255)
45. B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone (9.248)
46. The Beatles - Blackbird (9.243)
47. Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Concerto No.4 In E, Adagio (9.235)
48. Antonio Vivaldi - The 4 Seasons - Summer - Allegro Non Molto (9.223)
49. Van Morrison - Into The Mystic (9.222)
50. Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long (9.217)
51. Erik Satie - Gnossienne No1 (9.206)
52. Duke Ellington - Stormy Weather (9.204)
53. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus and Lucy (9.202)
54. Led Zeppelin - Ramble On (9.195)
55. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (9.18)
56. Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack (9.139)
57. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (9.135)
58. Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come (9.13)
59. Patsy Cline - Crazy (9.127)
60. Edvard Grieg - Hall of the Mountain King (9.122)
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