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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Here's one of the few newer songs I ranked a 10 on Radio Paradise. I tend to not do this in general preferring to save 10s for songs that have proved their worth over time as classics, but this is perhaps one of the most beautiful yet chilling and sad tunes ever:

Porcupine Tree - Sentimental
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Track 4 from "Fear of a Blank Planet" (2007)

Never want to be old
And I don't want dependence
It's no fun to be told
That you can't blame your parents anymore

I'm finding it hard
To hang from a star
I don't want to be...
Never want to be old

Sullen and bored the kids stay
And in this way wish away each day
Stoned in the mall the kids play
And in this way wish away each day

I don't really know
If I care what is normal
And I'm not really sure
If the pills I've been taking are helping

I've wasted my life
And I'm hurting inside
I don't really know
And I'm not really sure...

Sullen and bored the kids stay
And in this way wish away each day
Stoned in the mall the kids play
And in this way wish away each day

Sullen and bored the kids stay
And in this way wish away each day
Stoned in the mall the kids play
And in this way wish away each day
Here is my list of top rated songs on Radio Paradise. Anything that I like a lot typically gets a 7 or better.

10 - King Crimson - Epitaph
10 - Traveling Wilburys - End Of The Line
10 - The Beatles - When I'm Sixty-four
10 - The Beatles - In My Life
10 - Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street
10 - The Beatles - You Never Give Me/The End
10 - Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
10 - Grateful Dead - Ripple
10 - Elton John - Rocket Man
10 - Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1
10 - Moody Blues - Gypsy (of a strange and distant time)
10 - Neil Young - Helpless
10 - Ray Charles - I've Got a Woman
10 - Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
10 - John Coltrane - Naima
10 - Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone
10 - Duke Ellington - Sassy
10 - Paul Simon - Late In The Evening
10 - J.S. Bach - Toccata in D minor
10 - King Crimson - One Time
10 - David Bowie - Space Oddity
10 - Porcupine Tree - Sentimental
9 - Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat
9 - Blind Melon - No Rain
9 - Peter Gabriel - Growing Up
9 - Chantays - Pipeline
9 - The Beatles - Hey Bulldog
9 - The Beatles - Revolution 1
9 - The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang (live)
9 - Bob Dylan - Everything is Broken
9 - Doc Watson & David Grisman - Summertime
9 - Moody Blues - Blue World
8 - Porcupine Tree - My Ashes
8 - Rodrigo y Gabriela - Stairway to Heaven
8 - Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
8 - Ozric Tentacles - Iscence
8 - The Church - Reptile
8 - Seal - Crazy
8 - The Who - Bargain
8 - Massive Attack - Teardrop
8 - Sivert Hoyem - Prisoner of the Road
8 - Porcupine Tree - Stars Die
8 - Stevie Wonder - Superstition
8 - Nick Lowe - Cracking Up
8 - Robert Palmer - Johnny and Mary
8 - Crowded House - Private Universe
8 - Radiohead - These Are My Twisted Words
8 - Nat King Cole - (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
8 - Band of Horses - Factory
8 - U2 - New Year's Day
8 - Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly
7 - Shriekback - All Lined Up
7 - Habib Koité & Bamada - Wassiyé
7 - Sonic Youth - Stones
7 - Steely Dan - Deacon Blues
7 - R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth
7 - Natalie Merchant - Nursery Rhyme Of Innocence And Experience
7 - Moby - Look Back In
7 - Papa Wemba - Sala Keba (Be Careful)
7 - Breaks Co-op - The Sound Inside
7 - Thievery Corporation - Forgotten People
7 - PJ Harvey - This Mess We're In (w/ Thom Yorke)
7 - Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up
7 - The Blue Nile - Tomorrow Morning
7 - Gorillaz - Stylo
7 - Eels - Mr E's Beautiful Blues
7 - Squirrel Nut Zippers - Blue Angel
7 - Kathleen Edwards - Goodnight, California
7 - The Doors - Cars Hiss By My Window
7 - Turin Brakes - Sea Change
7 - XTC - Greenman
7 - Joe Satriani - Sleep Walk
A new post reminded me of Goldfrapp. New footage as they prepare to tour. A lot of great video's on youtube. Very good singer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkC13tW5WNM
No Missy Elliot? No Public Enemy? No Outkast? No Roots?
All you audiophiles are just bass shy playing that album oriented rock.
I truly love this:

What Am I Doing Hanging Round

Maybe I'm starting to come around to thinking even that which is shunned at the time by many music lovers and critics really isn't so bad?