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it's full of shit i mean who wants to listen to lady gaga and justin bieber for ffs, there's too much of rubbish music, over the last 10 years there has been good music but lately its just full of nonsense, thanks to the x-factor as well the music industry is going down the gutter and you can all thank simon cowell for that..
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But I loved the music of the late 90s more than that of the early 90s. Maybe in 5 more years musical tastes will align temselves more with mine again.
I'll sit and listen to 'em by myself
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock n' roll
Don't try to take me to a disco
You'll never even get me out on the floor
In ten minutes I'll be late for the door
I like that old time rock n' roll
Still like that old time rock n' roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock n' roll
Won't go to hear them play a tango
I'd rather hear some blues or funky old soul
There's only one sure way to get me to go
Start playing old time rock n' roll
Call me a relic, call me what you will
Say I'm old-fashioned, say I'm over the hill
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock n' roll
Still like old time rock n' roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock n' roll
You don't have to listen to the charts some enjoy it some don't most don't needlessly feel the need to comment on how its ruining music etc so forth ad nauseum.
I disagree about labelling Lady Gaga in this category because she does her best to stamp her personality on her music and inject fun and some drama into her songs which cant be said for most of her chart rivals.
There is lots of music being made that is full of soul (soul as in a 'feeling') and emotion on every level-and stacks of dance, hip hop and RnB tracks as individual genres but because they don't conform to the robot world that is mainstream radio, you have to go looking for them. Same with rock, reggae, etc etc
Judging by this forum, a lot of people listen to todays music.
That's the issue I have with the charts; artists like Flo Rida & Taio were R&B/Hip hop artists until a few years ago - now they've changed to making crap dance records because it's the thing that gets you in the chart at the moment. The same could be said for a lot of other manufactured pop acts
Yeah, that's true. That has annoyed me a lot too.
It's interesting the other way around, how almost every new artist that has emerged since 2007 has been a generic electropop singer. It will be interesting to see what happens to those artists when mainstream music starts steering away from electropop. I'm pretty sure Lady Gaga and Pitbull will stop doing dance music in a few years since it won't be getting them into the charts anymore.
Interesting!
I dont think Gaga did it to conform, and remember she was the biggest electro singer of the times. So its not to do with conformity. She is talented too (songwriting etc). Taio's early stuff was ok but nothing special, even from an R&B perspective. His new material (2nd album) was catchier and better IMO. His debut was ok but lukewarm musically. Pitbull could go into reggaeton, he speaks spanish and there is a big latin market. I think most artists will survive as they have strengths in other areas, be it vocally, or dancing ability/songwriting. Gaga was great on You and I, and being non electro is better for her actually. Beyonce showed she can do whatever and make good music. I think people changed directions, but didnt copy each other.
You have to remember that dance now has become an industry shift, and initially it wouldve been an internal shift. Also they make records at the same time, behind closed doors. Some music made in early 2011 has just come out now/will be out soon, so its not a case of bandwagoning at all. If you listen to guetta v gaga the music is electro but not similar at all.
Guetta is more club style whereas Gaga isnt. Some of her stuff you can dance to but most IMO, you cant.
I think its mainly Guetta to blame. He did start (in terms of dance) this whole feat. DJ business especially with big recording artists and his club records became hits (mainly here, he didnt get many big US hits before) and so people got used to it. Before he was good, but now his stuff is vacuous. He's a good songwriter though.
You have to sometimes listen to the lyrics of songs, most have a point. Electro/dance it doesnt matter, its the lyrical content that is equally as important - ie Poker Face, its a tune but the lyrics are brilliant, a song full of metaphors for a subject that is important in the LGBT scene, be it bisexuality, plus sex and gambling; personal stuff to Gaga. People seem to think Gaga is style and nothing more when she's quite the opposite.
Great post!
Are you in your early to mid twenties? Music never seems quite as good as when we're teenagers.
I don't think its really fair to lump Lady Gaga and Beiber together though.
People today seem to have been beaten into submission. Apathy rules the day. Everyone's happy as long as they have their mobile phones and their 60 crappy TV channels and their Facebook and Twitter accounts.
What the hell has happened to the spirit of rebellion? Where are the angry young men (and women)? The world's going down the pan and all everyone wants to do is switch their brains off and dance. When they got the opportunity to riot did they storm Parliament and overthrow the government? Did they storm down the corridors of power, tearing down the symbols of oppression and tyranny? No, they f***ing went shopping. Bunch of feeble c*nts.
Rebel for goodness' sake! Punk had to happen in '76 because everything was so damn boring. Now the music scene is full of the same boring farts, except they're not the old rock dinosaurs but castrated pretty boy mannequins and vacuous girls concerned about nothing but shoes and lipstick.
Todays music is just as good and as bad as years gone by, only now you can find what you like on the "net".
England and the world is going t*ts up and the only attitude and angst in music today, that I can find is in artists like Tom Waits and PJ Harvey.(relatively old f@rts).
Where's the anger, rebellion and idealism of the brats of today, this is the music I want to hear!
Again?! Seriously there's a thread opened every day about this, can't you just reply to those?
Couldn't have put it better myself, friend. Although the music scene has, in my book, been tosh since 1990.
Well I didn't even have to look at your post count to see you're new to these forums. Someone starts a thread like this seemingly every week. Honestly, I'm surprised that whenever it happens, someone doesn't just link to the version of the thread that came before it.
Personally I have music tastes spanning several decades. There's some music nowadays that I like and other music I don't, same goes for other times.
This post needs a 'like' button.
I hope these guys get big, they could do music the world of good: http://www.youtube.com/user/eastarbor19