This is so embarrassing to me, I don't know who tought grandpa to use youtube, but you're screaming at the clouds. You just can't handle that you're generation is not making any moves any more artistically, rock did what it did and said what it had to say, do you really think there are any more masterpieces left to be made in that genre that aren't entirely derivative? Any kind of revival for past musical styles won't last long as it's just nostalgia, it's a gimmick. Everything changes, everything passes, and it's just embarrassing to me that someone as old as him could not be mature enough to accept that by now, especially Justin Bieber hate, I associate that with teenagers from the early 2010s, not the elderly in 2022. There are things that I don't like about today's top 40 music, but that goes for any generation, and personally I believe that much of what is being put out today is evolving music for the better and some of the best tracks and records ever have been put out in the past decade or so. Like what you like and I encourage people to make whatever makes them happy, but dont talk down or oppress any musical innovations because it wasn't what you fell in love with when you were young.
The same person who taught you to spell the word taught, Jack! You know Jack, It’s not so much that we’re mad that our generation hasn’t made any real moves artistically anymore, as much as it is pure disappointment that YOUR generation hasn’t picked up the torch, brother! Of course things and styles in all art forms change! And there’s good music out there! But most of it doesn’t get the focus that some of these dweebs do! You always have your Renaissance periods, as was true way back in a my ancient youth, when we used to hitch our horses to the hitching post! I’ve said several times that ‘my generation’, (God, I hate it when people need to pigeonhole people by sex, color, sexual orientation, or age, btw!) had it’s horrid excuses for music as well! But you know son (I called him son!), Way back then we used to take those artists and feed them to the first hungry T-Rex we could find! We held them accountable! Pretty soon Helen Reddy wasn’t ready any more! And when Olivia Newton John told us that she honestly loved us, we ended her freakin’ movie career! We sent Debbie Boone back to daddy, and spanked Terry Jacks for his retched little ‘Seasons in the Sun’! But you know Jack, that’s how we did it back before there was electricity for our awaiting electric guitars! Why even YOU say there’s crap out today! But your young and therefore get to have an opinion on things, solely because your a youngster, youngster??? But your whole non-condescending comment was so refreshing, and totally unexpected (NOT!) The only thing missing in your comment was …. ‘OK, Boomer!” But that’s OK, Jack! I’m sure That’s just early-onset Alzheimer’s, not because of actual old age! Still embarrassed, Jack? In the words of Justin Timberlake “Bye, Bye Bye!”
@@camilaisalawliet Oh I know it’s not kosher to take shots at an unarmed man like Branden PS, but I guess I got a mean streak in me left from m’ days inventing the wheel & well, fire!!!
I think MTV was music's downfall. Once MTV became established, it was more about image and much less about music. Then Disney swooped in and placed any young good looking kid behind a microphone and had them sing. Some of whom had no business singing, but thanks to auto-tune, they could manufacture a singer who looks good and will sell based solely upon that. Once that happened, corporate greed took over. Video did indeed kill the radio star. Back in the day, people would buy records solely on the music. In fact, many people didn't even know what artists like Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, or Steely Dan even looked like. They sold strictly on their music.
There's unedited footage of Frank Zappa being interviewed for MTV you can find here on RU-vid where Frank mocks MTV for airing four minute commercials (music videos) all day.
But MTV also gave many small artists like the Beastie Boys and upcoming underground genres like Hardcore a platform (Headbangers Ball), as well as saving metal with Beavis and Butthead. it paved the way for Grunge and New Metal, which influences music up to this day. Without it, many kids wouldn't have the opportunity to discover niche artists like Korn back in the day, since you don't see those bands touring the smallest of backwater towns. First MTV was a transmission medium that tried to air what's fresh, new and cool. Later they were used to manipulate the audience but for me they did way more good than harm. Would blame major labels though, it's easier to create hype and exploit cheap artists than to find the next big thing.
You ever watch Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert, or Burt Sugarman’s Midnight Special? That imagery was still important before MTV ever happened. Let’s face it, rock radio was stagnating at the end of the Seventies, and even the giants like Journey and hot new acts like Van Halen were feeling the slump. BOTH bands benefited from MTV, which came out at exactly the right time! I would sooner blame it on reality television, which has pretty much ruined EVERYTHING (and MTV’s The Real World was among the first, granted). Even something so mundane as cooking or knife making has become a freak show, and it’s why I quit watching television in the first place.
Yep, but there's probably a bit more to it than that, as well. For a number of reasons, there was also a gradual change in the perception of what was/is actually good; artists would be less inclined to make rubbish if it didn't sell and/or wasn't praised to high heaven by the critics. Critics became gradually less inclined to give bad reviews to music they knew was marketable. If the New Wave equivalent of The Beatles at their creative peak arrived late on the scene during the stadium rock era, they probably would have been dismissed as too twee and dated, it wouldn't have been promoted and wouldn't have sold so much. Bands would not have been influenced by them. Quality promotes quality. The opposite is also true and it snowballs. To be controversial, if someone is going to site bands like Metallica as evidence that good music was still being made (despite what was happening) instead of wondering why they weren't still niche, perhaps we have ourselves to blame.
I love watching young people on RU-vid reacting to classic rock and pop music, the look of amazement and joy on their faces as they hear what music can actually be like. There IS a lot of great music being put out today, but it's mostly independent and it's not being given to us, we have to go find it ourselves, and very few people seem to want to hunt for it.
today has no music-its just noise. cancel-culture ZOGonzo-tribe is WHY. among many other things they've ruined in my country. that's right...MY country.
I'm glad you mentioned there is great music out there because there is so much awesome music out there across different genres, it just isn't what is on the charts anymore because of corporate greed.
tons of younger people are into older bands and that's because no matter how much money you throw at the cause some people will always know the difference between a gourmet lasagna and cotton candy.
Why does modern music suck?, simple because the record companies want to push manufactured pop stars (who look good), down our throats rather than genuinely talented musicians.
I'm 61 yrs old. A lot of pop music has sucked throughout the years. There is still an ample amount of musicians playing wonderful music. Musicians aren't to blame. It's the music industry that sucks. My two cents. Be Grateful and God Bless. ✌
I graded HS in '78. I was in an early wave band in HS. I tell people that 72/78 the MASS MOST of music back then bringing in bux but was TOPpop40/RnB/Disco.
Gratitude is lame. Appreciation is much stronger energy. Oh, and what God are you pointing towards? The Bible thug that in the Bible commits a lot of horrible sadistic acts towards humanity and leaves clear instructions of how to enslave people? That's a horrible God. I sure hope you weren't point to that thing. There are plenty of other very cool Gods. Rush was the best..yet he didn't comment about them once.
A lot of what was said is very true. One of the worst thing today is the Korean K-Pop. In Korea Parents send their children to special schools to become a Pop-Star... But thanks God today is also a big scene of independent music, which is not so populär but often brilliant, with real artists and songwriters. For me I am really happy found the dutch band DeWolff two years ago. Absolutely amazing band !!!!
It's the industry and the market... the buying public. We have been technologically dumbed down. My kids spent their leisure time playing computer games, listening to the dumbed-down arcade-type "musical" sounds. Listening to music was something they did when I was playing of or listening. The passion for good music wasn't there... generationally.
I couldn't agree more with everything you've said in your video. These days music sounds all the same. Creativity is gone, innovation is gone, greatness is gone. And the most scary thing is that a whole new generation is praising what must be the worst quality music that humanity ever had.
Do you just wait for radio and major labels to tell you what to like? I don't because if I did I would not have found a lot of great rock and metal bands.
I disagree. There is a lot of talent out there, Today Creativity is gone? innovation? There are recording artists with great vocal talents! Greatness is gone? I doubt that We all have our favorites! There are Many different genres of Music would you say all Opera or Country music sounds the same? Vocalists, Rock singers, Performers... Music is Not relegated to a singular era or time. A child born several years ago, may grow up to be the next musical prodigy.... You're widely assuming that all creativity in Music is gone I disagree
but in other genres it isn't as bad...its mainly pop and thats the only thing you see and hear on tv,radio and cinema...so obviously it will look one sided...
For those who want it, there’s a load of good music out there. I easily live my life without ever listening to any of the mainstream that’s around. It’s easier now than ever before to ignore the music you hate. Yes, it sucks that the majority of people are listening to garbage, but all the good music we’ve ever had still exists, and there’s a lot of it being created now. I think we’ll see a resurgence of good, proper music with actual structure and surprises. People are already seeing how good that all is with the likes of Kate Bush and Metallica making their way back into the charts.
There is a great young female rock trio out of Mexico with great lyrics and musicianship called the "The Warning". Check them out. I'm a old school rock dude that swears by them. They are touring this summer in the US with Halestorm.
@@chasingpsychos889 let me put it like this, music is like food, if you eat junk food you will get a disease sooner or later... same with music if you feed society with junk music you will basically destroy it... this is something to worry about, dude.
The most shocking thing to me is that people have access to the entire catalog of written and recorded music at their fingertips and most people will never explore it. We have access to it all and we’re worse than ungrateful about that, we are completely apathetic to it.
Growing up in the '80s, able to appreciate some of the mainstream music, but truly having a strong preference for the unusual, the unpopular, the underground, the independent types, and genres of music, I had to do my own work in seeking out those artists. The search frequently consisted of me attempting to either stay awake, or the foolish futility of trying to catch a couple hours of sleep, and then wake back up just to listen to a radio show that would likely put me right back to sleep. The work of these musicians, for which I searched, would never grace any corporate radio airwaves, but if fortunate smiled down upon them, their works would occasionally attain some airtime on some college or public radio station, during some obscure show which aired extremely late at night, or more precisely, during the ungodly early morning hours prior to sunrise, when listenership would be at its lowest minimum for any radio station, and this is one main method I had at my disposable for which I could attempt to discover new music I would appreciate. Still I was limited to around three hours of these shows each week, one of which was from such a distant radio station, the reception was awful, and still I would suffer through that unpleasant sound occasionally, gambling upon having a new discovery, if but for only a single band. Additionally, I could discover other bands once in awhile from the liner notes within albums which I already owned, the least productive method, but still a method which produced some results. However, I frequently would discover numerous bands to check out by way of music scene zines, especially ones with record reviews by musicians I could trust, once having a good feeling in regards to their own musical tastes. The final method of discovery was basically word of mouth from the few other obscure music lovers, with whom I was acquainted or who I considered to be my friends, these were people roughly my age, and who possessed a similar taste in music as myself, although I usually had a much broader appreciation than most, for many music fans often limited their music to a single genre, and looked down upon most other types, yet even in the snobbery of their love, they were a source of decent recommendations for bands that definitely deserved a listening by me, and which I likely might not have discovered by any other means . . . or at least until the internet grew too popular for our own good! I never had a world's worth of information wealth which was easily accessible to me via my fingertips when I was developing, and expanding my musical tastes and preferences. I can only imagine the number of bands which would fill my awareness and knowledge. I always had to work to discover music I liked, it was never conveniently delivered to me via a podcast, spotify, social media connections, forum board, nor any other digital recommendation. I had to earn my musical awareness. Although, it came by no easily, convenient way, I appreciated having been turned on to true alternative music of numerous genres, and was happy I had means to discover more and more artists. Yet, appreciation, and gratefulness seem to be lacking amongst today's youth in what they have available to them which previous generations did not. Such a society of convenience must be the perfect breeding ground for selfishness, narcissism, and hyper-sensitivity.
Radio was something everyone could use or access, it was a common place where people could discover new music. Spotify tries to emulate this, but it's detached from culture and just is exclusively accessed by small communities. Music ultimately is somewhat dead right sadly, no one wants to be a artist, when streaming is so much easier to do, the requirements of being a streamer are minimal.
Key bass, Drum machines and autotune are more devices used in the late 90's/early 2000's. (Compression has been around for decades and will always be around). The problem with today's music is more a matter of industry control, a baron creative environment, an emphasis on sounding like the last hit as opposed to sounding new, and a generation of people who grew up on pushing buttons instead of leaning to play an instrument.
Your right about certain aspects and FX being around before the early 2000s, but it was that time period til today that they started using compression etc, in a new way! An example of this is in the new James Bond movie! The whole theme song is drenched in overused compression-used-to-the-point-of-distortion, Nelson!
I would say at least 90 percent of the popular music being put out today has Auto-Tune applied to the vocals. (It has been that way over the past 15 years.) Even remastered classics have it applied to them..... Including Frank Sinatra, Eva Cassidy, and even Black Sabbath. Recording engineers and producers think consumers wouldn't notice it... But it's not difficult to notice, and it always sounds horrid.
@@Music2Die4 I think you're thinking of "pitch -correct." That just "nudges" the pitch closer. That was used, for example" on re-mastered Beatles tunes that were sections were stuck together and they weren't quite in tune with each other. (i.e. the piano at the end of Abby Road). That's different from Auto-Tune which just forces things into A 440 and sounds like a robot.
There's always been horrific industry control in music. I think it's quite the contrary, the accessibility of the Internet is seeing people not even need labels anymore. We're seeing independent artists now reach heights that some could only dream of 20 years ago or so
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine I agree with you on all of your points, michael.. But I would also like to add that the songwriting today lacks the depth/uniqueness that came from the artists' own personal experiences (Ex: 'Mr. Bojangles' (a true story of the songwriters' ACTUAL experience in a jail cell in new orleans), 'Leader of the band' by Dan fogelberg, etc.) and the craftiness of even the professional staff writers in the Brill Building or any from the past (they were masters of the craft, and usually would write the entire song themselves (ex: Do you think Cole Porter would ask another writer to write his chorus for him?) instead today we have 12-15 people writing one song - this destroys the originality of the song, it kills it's uniqueness, and also we have hack writers who are not professionals and these hack writers are learning to write from other terrible writers (ex: the beatles had learned to write songs by listening to the world's greatest songwriters - the writers from Tin Pan Alley - Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Leiber and Stoller, Gershwin - these were the artists the beatles tried to emulate, or at least these are the artists they would have LEARNED how to write songs from - these artists used only PERECT RHYME, the lyrics made SENSE.... Taylor Swift does not write her own songs. She says she does, but she doesn't. What she does is she tells a "songwriter" to write her a song and she gives them a little credit - but she actually only contributes a few words at most... how do I know this? Because I know writers who have written for her. This is commonplace in the industry and always has been for as long as music has been recorded - EXCEPT now you have TERRIBLE writers, because like I said, you have groups of 14 or so writers who are not by any means masters at the craft writing one song together (how many idiots does it take to screw in a lightbulb?).... AND PLUS there is very little competition between songwriters today to actually get good at the craft (except maybe in country music though this is getting less and less as well), the reason being that songwriters can't make make enough money to even put food on the table (thank you spotify) - in order to make any money you have to write the song, produce the album, record the instruments yourself (how can one excel in any one area when they have to do all of this just to get a song out? yes the songs suffer due to this).... I could go on.
Agree with everything you've said, but for me the main reason is the "cultural shift" that happened somewhere down the line. Back in the days music was the main influence on youth culture, nowadays it's social media and music is only one part of that.
Artistic creation as a whole is now a subsidiary of social media. Movies and tv are going the same direction (with several exceptions, but you have to look for the good stuff).
Cultural shift??? Could you specify exactly what that was? Because there was a cultural shift that had a profound impact on music in the 50's and 60's that influenced most of the artists that came after that. And that cultural shift was black people!
@@js0988 Black music was the big bang and broadcasting and recording technology made Blues, R&B, Jazz,... accessable to kids all over the globe which kickstarted the industry (Elvis, Beatles..). But I was talking about what happened afterwards (let's say by the mid 70s). Punk, Hip-Hop, Techno, Disco...> today: not one single shift but incremental steps. The entry level to making music has significantly been lowered for good and for worse- good: more people making music, bad: quantity can out-compete quality. But there's more to the cultural shift than that so i used "" because I don't want to write a book here ;). Marketing, psychology, social studies...there are so many angles on this topic so I feel a comment section discussion just isn't the right format to cover it all.
@@js0988 When the "cultural shift" was happening in the early sixties the producers didn't know what to do. If you played halfway decent and had long hair they gave you a shot, which led to a lot of diversity and creativity. By 75 they had put the genie back in the bottle and were once again churning out three minute formulated songs.
I have been a musician and music fan my entire life and love pretty much all styles of music but modern music is just horrible. Autotune abuse, generic hooks, audio levels pushed to the limit with almost no dynamics, everyone trying to sing like Whitney Houston, lack of instrumentation all make modern music unlistenable. Modern country has become pop music with a FAKE exaggerated country accent. A lot of country is hard to even describe how it is country if it didn't have a thick pretense of southern drawl forced into it. I pretty much only listen to modern obscure artists at this point. There are a couple of exceptions but not many.
I mostly listen to j-pop nowadays (which has its own problems but still miles ahead of much western pop) and there is this project called "The First Take" in which arists record a song in a single take. It's interesting to listen to these songs and compare them to the studio album versions. Edit: If you want an example from the person I consider to be the current best jpop singer, look up: LiSA - homura / THE FIRST TAKE
The way we make music today has changed. Everything is done in computers using DAWs now. We need to get more musicians interacting and jamming with each other again. Also music has to come from the right place e.g. one needs to be inspired, not just made for commercial reasons.
Absolutely...and there are a lot of artists who fit the bill, they just aren't mainstream chart toppers. Brian Fallon and Charley Crockett, Dave Hause, Greta Van Fleet and Sierra Ferrell .
A lot of artists work using DAWless nowadays, not helps them and not slows them down. Problem lies in music industry lacking any market struggle because of monopoly situation.
As a music bohemian I have had the privilege of discovering so many independent artists and musicians who are currently in the scene. Good music is out there waiting for people to appreciate and admire. Avoid the mainstream and you’ll find it.
Exactly. I'm kind of tired of these kinds of videos. They always say the exact same thing. Stop listening to the hot 100 and dig a little bit people Lol.
@@TECfan1 In the 90’s, we didn’t need to dig. Everything was out there on TV, radio, magazines. You could see how these musicians were influencing the masses, fashion, advertising, movies, everything.
I find a lot of great music just by sampling at random bands I've never heard of via RU-vid and Bandcamp. If you don't like a band, just move on to the next one.
So So glad I grew up as a teen in the sixties and seventies. All that is called classic rock now was fresh and new then. Still finding great music from that time on utube.
I was born in ‘64. When I was 5-6 years old my two older aunts were in high school and I would be dropped off at my grandparents house. Down the basement I would go and listen to my aunts records: The Who-Tommy, iron butterfly and steppenwolf. Caught a lot of hell for scratching the vinyl and ruining a needle on the stereo but I would keep on listening. Also, plenty of AM gold in the car with my mom going into the ‘70’s. If I could go back, I wouldn’t change a thing.
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine , please please, you need to discover Japan, they have saved rock, metal, and all variants of it. Not only is it great music, it’s far better than the 70s and 80s from the west
Agree 100% with everything you said. I received Led Zeppelin's "Mothership" CD set for Christmas just after it was released...what a huge disappointment it was. As soon as I heard the first track I knew something was wrong, it sounded awful-horrible-terrible. I ripped the whole set to my computer and looked at the spectrum of each track...every single one was compressed to the point that all the music was squeezed out. So I re-created the whole thing from my existing Led Zeppelin collection with tracks that are minimally compressed...it sounds much better now.
YOU ARE WRONG !!! Today’s great music has simply moved, JAPAN HAS SAVED rock, metal, jazz, ect ect, the music scene in Japan is fantastic, puts all other music to shame
@spinnymathingy3149. Couldn't agree more. Still some wonderful talents in the West, but by and large, Japan leaves most of the west in the dust musically. The list is longer than my arm.✌️❤️🤘
Every generation has wonderful musicians. You mentioned radio which is the biggest payola scheme ever to filter five or so artists in rotation with the same five local commercials. I think everyone thinks their generation had it better than the newer ones. It usually revolves around the individual being young and feeling idealistic. The music industry is a entertainment business. It really isn't about music at all but selling pretty faces, posters, t-shirts, etc.. The pressures of making the next hit usually overrides the artistic privilege of taking a risk.
he's also not understanding that tiktok is giving young artists a way to get an audience, and there's a lot of young ones on their sharing their raw and real music. radio is dead.
I don’t think you really understand the modern music industry. That you’re talking about was the 50s to the 2010s. All was manufactured and fed to the radio stations. Now completely independent musicians can publish their songs and videos to the world
@@spinnymathingy3149 You are right. I am not a musician, and have never worked in the industry. My reference to radio and how things were came from artists in the business. He mentioned how "great" the old way was because of the radio DJ. My only point about radio was how corrupt and limiting that format became. I understand you can release music independently or through modern technology, side step a lot of the headaches of production and produce an artist-to-fan pipeline.
Grew up listing to strictly rap and r&b met my wife she grew up listening to bands like rat, poison, Metallica, Fleetwood mac, the who, David bowie, led zeppelin, Neil young, and so on and I absolutely feel in love again with music again and its awesome
Cool , just like how the Aerosmith comeback happened: hip hop and Rock got married lol 😂 Who knew Walk this way would sound so cool with Run DMC adding some Rap hip hop to that song. We never saw this before an artist covering his own song or better said cHing their songs and re releasing it.
That is so good to hear that, Navneet! You and so many your age rediscover classic rock because there is no ‘classic’ anything left! My opinion doesn’t age me, it’s based on years of disappointment listening to new stuff! I never gave up on music! It gave up on US!
I don't blame you. The 80's also came out with some classic rock too, but today's music is just simply awful. Half the time you can't understand what they're singing-if they are singing. Rap music tops list of awful music as they make it up as they go along and their "songs" go on forever. Nowadays you need an interpreter to listen to that crap. I was brought up on 60's, 70's and 80's music. You have a good taste in music
You guys should have at least given the kid something to listen to! Check out Louisiana Blues from Savoy Brown's Blue Matter CD ( your neighbors will love it)!
With that in mind my I suggest a up and coming band now touring with Halestorm and The Pretty Reckless. They have a classic rock feel in a more modern twist. Their music is very fresh take on hard rock from this younger boomer. They call themselves The Warning. Three sisters from Monterrey Mexico. The released third third album ERROR last month, ru-vid.com. I suggest checking them out
EXCELLENT DUDE! Keep it up. Some years ago I was a custodian in a school district in Illinois. I saw a high school kid walking down the stairs wearing a Kansas t-shirt. Couldn't believe it. Good for him. 1971 was one incredibly phenomenal year for rock. The top 100 is astounding. Compare it to the garbage of today? PLEASE!!
You know , I'm 20 years old and I always listened to old school music from the 70s , 80s and 90s . The main reason for that is the fact that my dad was and still is a big listener of music, passing to me is music taste wich is the biggest heritage I've ever received. Two years ago, during the quarantine I tried to listen to modern music because I felt ashamed of not being able to recognize the artist or the song playing on the radio or even use this information to talk about music with someone. I couldn't do it, and not because the music was bad or something like that, it's just the fact that my brain only feels attracted to music that was produced during the 70s , 80s and 90s because most of the references I had since a little kid to that period were artists from that time . I think this is why older people can't take the modern music. I can agree that nowadays, the music industry is more plastic , that's visible , but the artistic value tends to shape into new generations .
Not all 90s music are good, I agree with that but not all of them suck you know. Westlife is one of those rare exceptional boybands who actually harmonize and sing soulful songs alongside A1.
Michael…..KUDOS, man! You just gave the best talk on the difference of the techniques used “in the old days” versus the past 20 years than anyone else I’ve heard on RU-vid! And I’ve heard several…including Rick Beato! You were so thorough, so knowledgable, well-organized, and spoke with such clarity about your subject, that it was a true pleasure listening to you. I knew you were a musician, but you surprised me with your obviously great familiarity with sound engineering and production. Good job, Michael!! And THANK YOU, man, for putting so much time and care into your presentations. Much appreciated. It’s a pleasure being a sub on your channel!
Wow! Thank you so much for your kind words! Rick Beato is of coarse amazing, and I love his channel! To be mentioned in the same sentence, and in a favorable way is an honor! Thank you!
@@markjastrzebski2065 When today's music is just gangsta rap and porn pop made to appeal to people barely smarter than a amoeba...I think looking into the past for better music becomes natural.
The Japanese invasion is coming… Band Maid, and Nemophila touring the US this year, among others I believe. That’s where great rock music is coming from now.
The very best Rock music today is made overseas and most notably in Japan. The five young women composing Band-Maid are outstandingly talented artists producing amazing Hard Rock music with the passion, energy, drive and raw power that is sorely lacking, as Michael lamented, in American music today. Refreshingly, they don't use autotune as they much prefer to have naturally clean, unadulterated vocals. There are many other extremely talented rock and metal groups from outside the US like Nemophila and The Warning which serious Rock fans should check out, but Band-Maid is still my favorite overall and the best Rock/Metal band I've heard in the last twenty years. Seriously, they are that good.
@@uffdad8211 Band Maid, all things considered, are in my short list of best rock groups ever. It’s because their best material is as good as anyone else’s best, IMO, while they surpass many groups with the sheer number of great songs they have-and literally no bad ones. I can’t say the same for too many other groups!
@@interstellardave I sometimes have the weird thought that the best rock and roll band, in the entire 70ish year history of the genre, may actually consist of five goofy chicks born in the 1990s, who cosplay as maids onstage and whose band leader runs around telling people that she's a pigeon! LOL! 😄🕊️🎸🤘
Today's music does NOT suck! Actually, there are thousands of unknown, unsigned, rock bands on Spotify, playing the classic style. The problem is that the Music Industry does not sign new bands in the classic-rock genre. And unsigned bands don't get radio airplay. However, the old guard (Beatles, Zep. Eagles, etc.) have been on the radio every single day for FIVE DECADES! Not exactly a fair playing-field for newer acts. It's time for the old guard to step aside and let some newer bands get some airtime. Besides, do we really need to hear "Hotel California" again? Or are we just trying to help the Eagles, Beatles, etc. make more money? It's time for the Music Industry give some other groups a shot. Classic-Rock radio has made music stagnant.
“Today’s music sucks” is the excuse of all those boomers who don’t want to take the time to discover new music and who are stuck in the past and nostalgically listen to the same old tunes they grew up with. I’m 59 and I always manage to find something new and original to listen to.
Unfortunately, after the advent of digital media in music, everything went wrong. The young engineers and producers who graduated from the "digital" colleges did not care at all about the quality of reproduction, because they wrote off the past as outdated and anachronistic, without knowing it at all. 30 years later their garbage suffocated us and vinyls became our oxygen again. However, there is another serious reason why there is no good music anymore and the phenomenon is global. It seems that in today's society of abundance, there is no longer any inspiration to create good music or art in general. When young people brought new revolutionary ideas and the world lived under the fear of war, nuclear destruction and hunger, I think it was a great stimulus to inspire artists and gather 300 thousand people who will dance and sing at the concerts . Today no one goes to listen to music, everyone goes to take videos with their cell phone.
Another reason music sucks today is the fact artists are internally degenerates overcompensating with the musical skills because most artists lack substance but have a lot of style. Also to blame are the consumers customer behaviour it creates a feedback loop of the illusion that shit is good. Also the the powers that be using music to push certain ideologies the book media elite goes deep into this
Autotune is the biggest curse ... there's a style of singing in the Middle East that resembles a light autotuning (with a skilled singer), but with the advent autotune Middle Eastern pop has been flooded with the most hellish overuse of autotune... it is absolute garbage!!
yet another glorified "hippie/freedom Rock" dissertation?? gimme a break! You speak of War, Violence, Hunger as if they were "Fun" times!! Young people, back then, just Used the "war" as an excuse to do drugs and have sex! Psychedelic was mostly about Substance Abuse! How many Rock Stars overdosed on hard drugs, back in the day?? You praise this??
You’ve hit the nail on the head. I have pondered this question for years and I agree with everything you raised. Also a big difference is the recording process. In the hay day of musical genius bands would spend months and sometimes longer making albums. This at times created lots of tension between band members and this came out in the recordings. Fleetwood Mac Rumours is an excellent example of this, Pink Floyd the Wall. These days bands are lucky to be in the same room in most cases. Pro tools and similar programs, although if used correctly can be an asset, stuff with band dynamics. Copy and paste is one of those evil tools used. Bands of yesterday year had to do take after take until it was perfect which honed there ability to perform it better live and don’t get me started on auto tune, an abomination. Anyway rant over.
My thoughts is, due of the time period, the pyramids of music popularity is a good point But the going into the nineties, among other things, the proof is there, so much of it was due of promotion hype. Every generation gets the, it's about, the underground movement, type B.S. accompanied with the added BS self appointing experts on the THEM( put names in..the Jelly Manwanks,..sludgecupcakes, Astronomymy my, etc)hooking the young in, and they will, and promoters know it.. the escape from the daily grind, motivation. Listen to your childhood favorites, impartially, with your 40 or 50 something ears. And it's almost a definite you're going to be there saying '.. I use to like, ( if not worship) this gunk..' Of course you like, then, music more. You were a kid. WTF. Hello, new times. We don't throw away our history, but we don't live in it either. HAPPY NOWS to you. Good day.
thinking new music sucks is such a lazy mindset - it’s much easier and quicker to just say you can’t be bothered to listen to anything beyond what’s on the charts. some dude older than you most definitely thought the same about your favourite music in the 80s. you can’t take a quick glance at the current top 50 songs and decide all new music sucks, when there have been amazing releases in the last 2 years alone (wolf alice’s blue weekend, fontaines d.c.’s skinty fia, black country, new road’s ants from up there, to name a few). rather than talk about why today’s music is terrible, maybe try to listen to more music and discover new artists and records, because i promise you there’s bound to be something you enjoy.
I think you left out half of the equation. The audience. I grew up in the 80s when punk/new wave was big and there was a huge following of new cool music. There was an audience for it. There was a scene built around it. It inspired kids to go to shows and better yet to pick up guitars and form bands. Well that's pretty much gone. Nowadays the only music scene (if you can call it that) is rap which is nothing more than someone rhyming to a beat. A little bit of EDM which is just someone playing with a music program on their computer. There's not a demand for cool music. I mean, I honestly don't care cuz there was so much great music from 1960-2000 that I'll never run out of albums to buy. They just won't be from now.
You’re absolutely right regarding the audience, Steve! I’ve covered that aspect in several of my past videos! I just didn’t want to beat that poor old dead horse!😉
While I can understand the argument that mainstream music today is worse than it was in the 80s, it really isn't fair to compare underground music from the 80s with mainstream music of today. It's not like Hüsker Dü and The Replacements ever topped the charts. Compared to bands that are a similar size today, music really doesn't suck. I would argue that bands like Parquet Courts, Black Country New Road, Yard Act, Fontaines DC and Car Seat Headrest are as good as the underground greats of earlier decades.
These days kids learn to play from published books, the internet and much more often than not they practise with machines such as loop machines rather than with other musicians. Rock music was never formally taught in its golden hey day. It was figured out by ear and experimentation and performer's skills were honed by far greater opportunities to play live. Instruction mostly amounted to absorbing folk traditions or using skills picked up from traditional classical music pedagogy. Currently, any kid can source detailed transcriptions of instrumental parts played by a wide range of top classic rock artists. There exists now resources we only dreamed of in the 60s and 70s. But it has killed the music's essential spirit. Learn with a machine and you'll play like a machine.
If you haven't, you should explore the retrowave genre of music here on RU-vid, it's the only contemporary music I've been into for years now. Many of the better tracks rely on the sax heavy style of the 1980s.
Great video, Michael. Couldn't agree more with you about Autotune. Imagine what Elvis would have thought about it. The Voice and American Idol have killed music.
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine I freaking hate Simon Cowell. It’s shameful how so many are taken in by his “brutal honesty” when he takes down the “no talent” people auditioning. The simple fact is that Cowell is one of those super rich jerks that played a part in ruining the music business.
I was at an outside bar the other day with a singer / guitar player. He took requests. Everything this young artist played was more than 30 years old. The modern pop is unplayable in that setting.
Very true; much of what passes as music today could not be played solo on a guitar. If you did it would sound dull beyond believe. Great songs can stand on their own with nothing but a guitar or piano and a voice.
Here’s another thought/ question: is the decline in song quality also related to the fact that most artists in music today are supposedly songwriters, but in reality all they do is come up with generic lyrics and the music is usually provided by a producer or other third party? It’s just a factory putting out music that all sounds the same.
That NEVER happened in the 60’s (bubblegum pop etc) 70’s and 80’s? Or even 90’s ? You lot are kidding yourselves. There’s always been simple lyric, simple arrangement catchy songs by one hit wonders or bigger acts.
Look at the talented multi-instrumentalists we had back then too. Paul McCartney & John Paul Jones just to name 2. JPJ was a quiet guy in the background - but what a MASSIVE talent this guy was! IMO he was the key force in the actual music of LZ.
And they could PLAY, they could SING, They could WRITE, Tiger! These morons have to have their assistants call the assistants to their managers to set up a meeting with some pop writer in Sweden or wherever? In a word__________________NO!
Jack Bruce is another force of nature, he could play violin, cello, double bass, bass, piano, guitar, harmonica and many more. Coincidently all 3 of them were bassist
John Paul Jones was the driving force. Perfect example "In Through The Outdoor" But he insisted on being in the background.it doesn't matter , true Zeppelin fans know better.
You had a great observation about music playing in the stores. I actually turned to my wife the other day while we were shopping and told her I wanted to leave because the song that was playing was driving me insane. I don't consider myself some sort of curmudgeon when it comes to music, but something has gone terribly wrong, especially in the last decade or so. Another example: the other day I watched a show with my daughter and some of the teen girls were singing, or what I like to call urban yodeling. Now it's not all bad, however that same day I played The Great Gig In The Sky for her to give an example of Tier One level extemporaneous singing.
The real reason is the producers, more interested in the nuance than the song, also most of them cant write a melody so they get some young girl in to come up with a song which is normally crap, young artist "I have 1 million hits on spotify" , but 4 hits on facebook ??
@@theend9494 You are clearly talking only about the very lightweight pop stuff, which has ALWAYS been around - some of it pleasant enough, some less so.. You are ignoring huge swathes of more creative stuff. And why the dig at "young girl" songwriters. Sounds pretty sexist - and ageist - to me.
You are not going insane. This is by design. The Kroger I used to shop in played basically 70s AM stuff (Bread, Gordan Lightfoot). Now it is loud rap bullshit. They do not our business any more. And I am happy to oblige.
Computer games have their own music, and it's on movie score level since long time. I think you are forgetting one important thing: algorithms for streaming services. I think most of the popular music is made especially for those algorithms, which results in everything sounding the same. Boring most of the time. I really miss the 80s and 90s in electronic music. What a time this was.
So true!! One more element that is missing today is the lack of musical eduction in schools. When I was a kid (in the 60s) we went to mandatory music class. Everyone had to start with a flutiphone and eventually everyone picked an instrument to learn on. We were taught how to read and play music. Today's kids have none of that. When they grow up with no musical ability, training, or talent, this is the musical end result. They have to rely on digital transformation to create what they call music. I was never musically gifted but that just made me appreciate the ones that were. Every once in a while I will find a band today that plays amazing music, but I really have to search for it and I never hear it on the radio.
I have a Master's degree in music performance and a PhD in musicology...I am here to tell you that you do not need an education to be a musician. What you have to do is figure out a way to make music that people can relate to because it says something worth saying in a sonically interesting way. The problem is not the decline of music, it is the decline of people's ability to listen and try to understand what is happening, mainly due to elitist snobbery...This means you.
@@VioletDeliriums Honestly, music at the end of the day is supposed to be expressing someone's feelings or effort. It's never been easier to make music and that's f***ing awesome! Even if it sucks, it's easy to skip or ignore what I don't like and so much talent can start even if they're beginning with nothing. I hate all of the negativity towards the modernization of music creation.
@@jesseroberts1041 OK...I am not being negative about it. The Boomers and the Boomer-like younger people, who clearly have superior taste and refinement, are being negative.
@@VioletDeliriums Yeah I got that from your comment lol, it’s all good. I cringe when thinking about my younger toxic years though, spewing shit like “ah all music these days suck!” And thinking it was an actual fact lmao. Had like, 300 songs I knew then? Now my Spotify has 1100 (small numbers to some I know.) but every year and month it seems like, I’m finding something different that I like lol. Be it old or new gen.
I really hate to break it to all of you in the comments but the music industry has been like this for a long time now and the only things that are new are stylistic shifts which happen regularly as more music is written and incorporated into the lexicon. There will always be old men saying “music today sucks” been like that since they were saying the same thing about Bird and Diz.
Also people here talking about autotune. Newsflash EVERYTHING uses pitch correction nowdays. Even Broadway cast recordings use it. Also some of the examples of "real music" that people who bash on pitch correction use CAN'T SING.
@@franingegnieri1831 That's not the issue. The thing is, there will always be people complaining about popular music. In all ages and eras, it's just how it is. That doesn't mean that the music indeed sucks or everything is bad, not even close. Get out of your little thought bubble, find something you like, it's easier than ever.
I think you can say the same for all of today’s main stream media, not just music. TV, Film, Video games are all produced with the intention of grabbing your attention, consumed and disposed of quickly, ready for the next thing to be sold. This in turn doesn’t support old school methods and genuine talent and finesse that you talk of. This can be applied then to the writers, sound engineers, producers, etc because that’s not what’s being asked or even demanded from them. With the focus on ship it in, ship it out and onto the next one, it’s the publishers that are controlling the industry and sadly they only know one thing - money! With the current push towards subscription models, the situation is only going to get worse. The saddest thing about this is that the kids today have no idea about what is actually going on, so thank you for your video.
The way I see it, the people who create and push modern media see their viewers similarly to how a prison warden views the prisoners they preside over. They rarely give us things other than barely together slop because, as far as they're concerned, "Why should prisoners (us) deserve any of the finer things?"
Something i think that doesn't get talked about enough is the lack of a push from rock radio stations. There are good bands out there. Only 2 weeks ago I saw a great rock band called Touts. If it weren't actually for streaming services such as Spotify (as bad as they are) you wouldn't be able to hear most of these new bands coming out.
@@jaredsprings5879 Halestorm is amazing in concert. Coheed is my husband's favorite, so we saw them last friday. Great show, even if they aren't my favorite. Hope to see Maneskin in Dec.
Another thing: new artists use the same boring chord progressions over & over again!! What happened to the wonderful chords we heard back in the 60s & 70s? Augmented chords, Diminished chords, Minor 9ths, Major 7 flat 5 etc etc.
Something I was brought up on with the older bands I grew up with was that the music set the tone and soul while the lyrics put words to the music. You could “feel” the music. Today’s generic rubbish doesn’t do that. There is no soul or feeling to the music it’s just generic and repeated. It’s hard to tell the difference between songs. The beat has to match for djs to mix them in clubs.
It was like that during the 80s. Rick Astley's Rickroll Song 1 (Never Gonna Give You Up) and Rickroll Song 2 (Together Forever) just plain sound alike. Oh, you didn't know that already?
Even though I'm a total old schooler, I think the 90s scene was definitely well above sub par. But one could see things fading by '98 or so. These days, music lacks pure innovation. And yes, production will neve be the same.
Please pump the brakes on the whole "no one appreciates real musicians anymore" mantra. Bread's Greatest hits and Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced moved the same number of units. More people own Steve Miller's greatest hits than own Abbey Road. Lots of people just want something they can tap their foot to. Ain't nothing changed in 50 years.
I mean look at what songs were hitting number 1 throughout the 60s and 70s. Just proof that there are fucking garbage songs from every decade and those are what sell. It's nothing new. Pop music is just generally bland and uninspired.
@@garrettwilson9664 it's now ALL garbage. They are all political anthems. P!NK was good until now her music is all about gay and trans. Enough already.
@@garrettwilson9664 there's a difference between that and trying to force perverse lifestyles down your throat. Millennials ARE the stupidest generation. Plus those songs were from what 1968-1972. Not over twenty years of political garbage we have now.
All the mainstream music you hear on the radio is terrible, but it seems like rock music is making a comeback in the underground world. So much good stuff I've discovered on RU-vid like Starcrawler, Dirty Honey, Band-Maid, Lovebites, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard and a bunch more. Amazing bands that you won't hear on the radio and they all have pretty huge followings.
I dont see the point in making any more pop music, we have tons of it already and this new stuff isnt adding anything worthwhile at all so why make it, not worth the electricity to make it?
@@maccagrabme I hear ya man, it just seems that it's what is been so popular with young people for so long now and shows no sign of slowing down so the big record companies go out and look for that type of "artists" because they know for sure it's gonna sell. Which sucks because it just makes young people completely ignorant of real music played by real talented musicians that actually spend time writing music rather than trying to produce a quick hit. But if you dodge the mainstream radio and search you tube or even those rare radio stations that play underground stuff, you'll find alot of new young bands creating good music but sadly it doesn't fit into what's being currently played on the radio. But I must say it does look promising when you notice how popular these bands are from just word of mouth and live shows.
@@evolunacy2 don’t give up so easily, there’s a thousand times more good music available now then there ever was in the 80s or 90s. Back then about the only music you could hear was what was on the radio, or the occasional expensive record purchase. Now days with Spotify or the like there’s the entire words production of music right there just waiting for you to find.
@@spinnymathingy3149 there’s actually a TON of good music that’s not on Spotify at all. It all has to do with record labels, and a lot of labels won’t work with Spotify-especially non-western labels. Ever heard of the Japanese genre called “City Pop?” Probably not. Most artists of the genre are not on Spotify because most Japanese record labels won’t work with Spotify. But it’s too bad because it’s such a great genre of music. What is City Pop, you ask? Well, it’s a Japanese genre of music spanning from the late 70s to early 90s. It takes funk, soul, Jazz, Jazz-fusion, boogie, Disco and 80s synth-pop and puts them all in a blender to create something truly unique, awesome-sounding, and musically complex. So no, Spotify won’t help you find everything. There’s a world of music out there to explore, and you can’t just rely on Spotify to find it.
@@MiMi_MoMo that’s why I mentioned “or the like, meaning similar platforms as well” interesting, please tell where’s the listening platform to find it ? I want to give it a listen
That’s just bs. There has always been bad music and good music, and there will always be. I’ve learned to appreciate what I like, and expand my horizons instead of being that annoying person that keeps whining about todays music being bad. There’s fantastic bands today, there’s pop artists making great pop music like Harry Styles, Adele, there’s fantastic music in rap with Kendrick Lamar, Tyler the creator. Music has to be good for you and only you. I just hate this conversation that todays music suck, it’s just dumb.
I tend to agree with both sides of the coin. Today's music is better than it ever has been, but also the worst. We should expect that to happen when so many more artists have an easy way to share music. More people to share and make their good music accessible and more people to share and make their garbage music accessible.
@@miketheyunggod2534 If only... Then we might get top 40 energetic/soulful ruminations on nature, government & corporate corruption/surveillance, and rebellion. And not quantized complaining about life in the hood.
That was a great video, I'm a big electronic music fan, mainly because I was a Hawkwind fan in the 70's, the problem is that not a lot of people make good electronic music, it's this crap most of them make that has ruined music, the other problem is that people are shallow now, and most stuff is crap now, not just music
When synthesisers and drum machines started appearing, the talented musicians of the time embraced them as extra tools to use as part of their repertoire. They experimented with them a lot more in order to find out what they could achieve, with the result that there was some mind blowing music. The difference is that now they are using electronics to cover up their inadequacies. When you hear a track from today, it seems to me like they ignoring half the potential of what a good synthesiser can do. You hear nothing like the number of different sounds you used to in the early days. I like electronica as much as anything else, but only when it's being used to it's full potential to create something great and different, instead of this dull mediocrity.
Hey every body! Michael here, with a great big thank you to all of you for the many well-wishes I’ve received as I faced surgery and recovery! As I’ve stated elsewhere, I am abso-freakin’-lutely chomping at the bit to get back shooting Tribal related videos! Your words of encouragement have truly been a source of strength that I’ll never forget! Again, thank you so much!👌❤️👍❤️✌️❤️
If you haven't already... you need to listen to a band called The Warning. They're a 3-piece rock band made up of three young sisters from Mexico, ages 22, 20, and 17. They are phenomenal!!! They are currently touring the U.S. with Halestorm and The Pretty Reckless.
Myself blame shows like X Factor and Pop Idol. When ask why he turn down a chance to be a judge Ozzy Osbourne said I'm not going to judge some karaoke singer on some crappy talent show. Well that's the censor version cause you know Ozzy lol
I do agree with you, even today’s artists take an classic song and destroyed with a new twist and the young people really believe it a good thing. Thank you for your point of view about today’s music
@@maxbriceno4004 oh my God shut up. Rap has been around for 50 YEARS!!!!!!!! Sorry 12 bar blues boomer shit isn't popular anymore but my god music has to evolve, if you opened ur damn mind and gave a single shit about artistic evolution, you wouldn't be all "rap bad, I'm racist".
Listen to 60’s and 70’s original pressings, the music is layered beautifully, layers of instruments, little inflections in the mix. When you consider these were recorded on 4 track, 8 track recorders. There was so much to listen for that kept you hooked. Mistakes in music make it real, valve/ tube amps have second harmonic distortion, which is actually nice to listen to.
Thanx, Tony! Even the pop acts then had great stereo masters, played often with The Wrecking Crew, and always offered superior musicianship! Long Live Carol Kaye, btw!
Thanx, Fatt! I love music in general, and loved music past my initial generation several times over! Until they brought out the Mickey Mouse Club Brigade! And of course Lady GAG! Oh, I’m sorry, did I miss an ‘a’ there?
Yep it sounds grey, completely grey like mush. Listen to pop tunes from the 70's....tons of arrangement, tons of colour, a lick here, a lick there.... so much shape and interest.
The thing is, we're living in an era where it's easier than ever to discover new artists, genres and listen to whatever you want. So who cares if the mainstream Top 40 radio stations have a lot of generic garbage. If you truly care about Music, nothing is stopping you from listening to tons of exciting, innovative and interesting artists, they just happen to not be mainstream. It's natural for the mainstream to pander to general audiences with easily digestable sounds and songs, but to make this generalization that "all music sucks now" is pretty silly and short-sighted to me.
The problem is that the mainstream before was infinitely better than what it is now. That's what we're really talking about. And it does matter. If you can find some niche artist that's doing great music, then that's amazing. We are talking about the top-charts here and how commercially viable music has decreased in quality. And it matters to understand why this is the case. You should care about it too because those artists that you like today are not getting the chance to be commercially viable and are thus not given the access to the resources to improve their crafts that good artists before them had. It is a loss for the general audience, and it is a loss for those artists as well. They could be pushing music forward and instead they are just struggling to survived because they don't even have a chance to compete against the mainstream garbage produced today. To think about it in such a way is a very self-centered view of the problem. As long as you can be happy does that mean the rest of the world and of music is allowed to go to the crapper?
well said, for someone like me who is a musician it is a complete slap In the face to us who put years of time effort and love into our craft to be superseded by some talentless lunatic that has their songs written for them with a complete lack of any meaning. it is such a disempowerment to the world of art hopefully people wake up one day and see it
I have practiced guitar for years, under teachers I really respected. I see your point of inferior music superseding quality work, both instrumentally and lyrically. It's a business/Industry that awards mediocrity covered in glitter and navel piercings. That is why I have arrived at the conclusion that I must measure my success by nothing other than personal satisfaction with my craft... As depressing as that sounds, it can feel very liberating, especially when people do not appreciate your hard work.
@@chasingpsychos889 No your right its not my job because its near impossible to make it a job I just do it for the enjoyment which is all you can do these days really
Or in other words, there's so many more people creating songs that it's literally impossible unless you're lucky, that your song is seen. Or you could just pay lots to have your song advertised everywhere and pray people don't skip it or have an ad-block on. But no matter what, whether the "state of music" is good overall or not, the more people there are the harder it'll be to get noticed.
@@kiwiingenuity6666 ......sadly, genuine musicians don’t stand much chance in a world where anyone with a computer can create music. I use the term “music” very loosely. Once, you had to pay big money to access a studio (and then, you’d very probably need a recording contract) but now, with little money and a few computer Apps, it seems every man and his dog is making “music”. Regards your own music, have you enquired at local Pubs, Coffee-Houses etc? I think the return of readily accessible live music (ie; at the local pub/club) would be a massive step in the right direction....
The most annoying bit is that 50s-80s music is somehow sacred. Most of it was TERRIBLE, music is on a completely different level now. I spend 95% of my time listening to kinds of music that didn't exist until this millennium. Of course, they can always cherrypick and compare fleetwood mac or whatever to a generic flavor of the month 2022 summer hit.
I think you articulated exactly what I felt. Quality of music has changed over past decades. Some contributing factors: 1. laziness 2. lack of originality 3. cookie cutter hits 4. lack of depth 5. absence of classical music structure 6 . appearance over skill 7. gimmicks over talent 8. imitation verses uniqueness 9. sensuality over substance 10. lack of any profound message and mystery in the lyrics that speak to deeper issues in our lives and the world 11. acceptance and celebration of mediocracy 12. abandonment and fear of excellence - and the effort and patience to acheive it There has been of course, many extraordinary songs and artists over the past decades, but I do notice a shift of quality, depth and delivery of music from 1950's through 1980 era verses 1980 to current music time frame. The songs and artists beginning in the 1920's through the 30's and 40's were for the most part phenomenal. Why else would that music still exist as "standards" today? This is my personal opinion and perspective, as art and music is largely subjective. But I urge that we as musicians and songwriters pay homage to the great performers and writers of the past and not truncate ourselves from our roots in classical, blues, jazz and popular standards, and early rock and roll. Remember, we would not be here with our varieties of genre if it were not for them and their predecessors.
The problem with today's music - no melody. Once popular music turned corporate they did away with melody - too complex and expensive. You'll never hear melodic craftsmen like Paul McCartney and Freddie Mercury ever again. When Gen Z does hear real music they are shocked. Thanks to Stranger Things, Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill is dominating the streaming apps.
stranger things adds effects to running up that hill making it very effective. i don't like the song much in real life. master of puppets and separate ways are very good songs that stranger things also brought up. also marvel brings the old music back. guardians of the galaxy, thor, iron man especially
Funny that isn’t it. You’ll see a movie, show or… tiktok with actual good and likely old tracks being played, being used to amplify the drama of the scene in front of you. And fuckin all of a sudden these tracks just blow up, their found by larger audiences and many more people are literally discovering them and getting their minds blown at how good they are. Yet it’s just how music should and used to be on a common basis.
It's funny how old songs still hold up, while new modern music dies off in weeks. It's soul less, it's simple as that. It's not about new or old... it's about good and bad, and what's bad is REALLY bad.
Kate Bush sucks. It's funny you're trying to crap on music and melody when Kate's voice is literally Minnie Mouse personified. Placebo covered Running Up That Hill and made it 100000000x better.
Music isn’t getting worst, you just stop exploring and get less open up to new ideas at a certain age. This year alone I’ve heard some incredible albums like Ants From Up There by Black Country New Road, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar, Hellfire by Black Midi, Once Twice Melody by Beach House, Melt My Eyez See Your Future by Denzel Curry, the list could go on. On top of that we have plenty of incredible artists like the ones mentioned above, Frank Ocean, Fleet Foxes, Kanye West, Tame Impala, Phoebe Bridges, Tyler the Creator, Death Grips, Charli XCX, Tame Impala, Spelling, Mac Miller (RIP), Father John Misty, Weyes Blood, Childish Gambino, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, etc. I respect anyones opinion and preferences on older music, but treating it as it’s better as a fact simply isn’t right or fair. You could argue that the radio and pop scene has gotten worst, but there’s still some great acts even there.
It's been going downhill a lot longer than just 20 years ago. I noticed the decline of pop in the late 80s. Good 90s music was pretty rare, and I pretty much had tuned out of new music by 2000.
@@swampcrypt Oh come on....tons and tons of good stuff after that! Mid to end 90's/early 00's was a bit of an odd period maybe, but even then great bands came up.
@@swampcrypt Funny thing...I was into rap/hiphop/dance/electro more at first (80's)....did not like gangstarap and end 80's got into hardrock/metal more due to guns n roses and befriending 2 brothers (one was my boss) who were a bit older and very much 70's/80's rockers who lead me to other bands I might like and from there I never looked back so to speak. Now rap/hiphop is terrible, generally speaking....there are some rare nice things. Same goes for pop music....the top40/50....terrible, with an exception here and there. I assume you're American.....so yeah, rock/hardrock was most popular mid to end 80's/early 90's, looking at the hit lists. It's exactly the moment I started diving in to that music, got mtv and saw/heard it all. Now I'm from overseas.....and that music was definitely not the most popular here. Well it was popular but not on the surface, not played on the radio.....villified, because it was just loud noisy music....just very much disregarded and ignored. Ok, things like Bon Jovi, GnR broke through that and were played, but not Motley crue, Cinderella, Steelheart, Tesla etc. Those were only known by these unpopular metalheads with that long hair. So I guess it was more mainstream over there with you than here. End 90's I was a bit done with it too....not much good stuff coming out. I was burning cd's I rented instead of buying...bit of a weird time. Then amazingly a homegrown Dutch band out of all put me back on track.....I heard a song of theirs I liked, read some backstory on how that song was already a year old but only then getting traction because of a video made for it and I was like wtf, they are from my own country and I never heard of them. On a whim I bought a metal magazine, which I never did before and started reading to see what was going on, checking out bands online I might like from reading about them. New inventions.....maybe not, but back then was the start of more females entering the 'genre' and I must say I liked it, very refreshing. You had that whole 'gothic' thing going on and that really was my cup of tea. You had NU metal.....ok ok, lots of people hated that (not that much I like either).....and hate the female fronted stuff so to speak......but it brought something different, though for a period of time. Also the case was that most of the bands weren't from the USA anymore.....now they were from all over the place and especially the Scandinavian countries of course, Finland in particular. Somehow America got behind.....although there's still good stuff, but there definitely was a shift. Still, one of the best albums ever came out if Portland in 2002....Agalloch - The mantle. But my favorites are from all over.....Alcest from France, Solstafir from Iceland, Kauan from Russia, Nightwish of course from Finland with Dutch singer Floor Jansen for years now......who was virtually unknown in our own country while being the best and most popular on a world scale....changed a coue of years ago thanks to a tv show where people heard her amazing capabilities....that show definitely won some people over to metal. Long story short (I try....I try).....I found out there were boatloads of great music made only never played anywhere (as always) and not on mtv either....which was on its way into obscurity too. I quit burning overnight and started buying cd's again....lots of 'em. It was not that there wasn't good music out there, I had lost contact with 'the scene' and you had to go search for it, I was amazed at how much great music was out there and I still discover new bands.......but wasn't that always the case actually? Which brings us to the point of underground. Maybe this is the best thing to happen to 'rock' music, going underground again. Not being mainstream is a big + in my book. The masses have terrible taste, they just gobble up what is popular.....I like good food and quality....McDonalds vs good food......a fastfood thingie is fun at times but something wholesome is much more satisfactory. Rock 'n roll used to be dangerous and rebellious they say......so now it can be again. They say kids like to rebel against their parents, also with music......that must deliver some crazy people then when their parents listen to that socalled popular crap they try to shove down our throats these days. 🤣 I work with mostly teenage/early 20's people and always laugh when they say it's because I'm old that I don't like rap music........I friggin' grew up on it, was there when it started......it's not new dummies, it's an old people's genre, you're listening to grandpa's invention.....rubbing that in is so funny. 🤣 And I may be 52 but I'm far from an old geezer....up over my head in music, movies, games, anime, manga, comics (not American these days for that is woke garbage).....keep saying I'm old, love it. 😂
People never go back far enough to see where todays musics process came from. Go look at the 50s and early 60s. Pat Boone, Fabian, Rickey Nelson...etc. Pretty faces singing prewritten music by a bunch of songwriters in the Brill Building. The songs were either all the same style with different lyrics or covers of songs written by artist like Chuck Berry watered down for the "Masses". What was it? Background music for the soda shops or high school dances or just stuff blaring out of the cars while you cruised around. Sound familiar? Just swap out Elvis or Eddie Cocharan for Bieber, BTS or whatever flavor is on sale this week and you get the idea. Music stopped being an art form when the people listening to it stopped viewing it as art. I mean even the bands that are still around dont view it as art anymore. They take a handfull of songs, put them out and then forget about them. Try and imagine what a Paul McCartney live show would be now if The Beatles took that stance. Go listen to his last handful of albums and ask yourself if you'd pay the price of admission if THAT was the show. Think about this. The average Beatles concert was 30 mins long. Thats it. No encore, just 30 mins. I would bet the concerts in the 50 were shorter than that. So how much music did you have to have?! Couple of hits and a few filler tunes. Easy. People want 2-4 hour shows now for the money they spend. What do the artists do? Have one hit song and have it rewritten 100 times to fill up 2-4 hours. Imagine Ricky Nelson doing a two hour show. "Hello Mary Lou" "Hiya Ml" "The day me and Mary Lou said Hello" Yes he had other hit songs but thats my point. The BEATLES could have filled up four hours on their OWN in the end with their own material and never had to. Outside of Elvis, 4 hours would have been frightening to most musicians in the 50s. So thats why we have what we have. The older artists just play the hits for 4 hours and the NEW artists just play the same hit song over and over and over with slightly different lyrics, if it matters. I would guess that most concerts for modern artists are just background noise while their "fans" play on their phones.
Some good points, here crc! But just because there were duds in the past don’t mean we as fans need to embrace ‘Dud-City’! For every Pat Boone, you had 10 Chuck Berrys! Where are the 10 Chuck Berrys today! If you name 10, then name another 10 for Fats Domino, and another 10 for Little Richard……
There's a really good modern musician called Voltaire, I love classical music, Opera, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s music. I also love British marching songs, French music, traditional Japanese music, Russian music, Chinese music, medieval music and German folk music.
There is nothing wrong with the music of today unless you decide to listen to that SH=T, called Rap or Hip-Hop. I have mentioned many times I like The OutKasts, The Roots, and to some extent NF. “To Pimp a Butterfly”, by Kendrick Lamar, I listen to this song several times, I have yet to hear a sax, a trumpet, a violin, a vibraphone, a GUITAR, or PIANO, or a Figglehorn, even the bagpipes played on Jazz. In your own words, Madvillainy “He uses a lot of live instruments featuring a lot of jazz arrangements”. I also can really appreciate Madvillainy, I like his “All Caps”, there were a flute, and a piano, and in “Shadows of Tomorrow”, I heard a drum, a GUITAR a mean bass, a piano, which I liked. My point is why isn’t Madvillainy not playing an instrument and only using soundtracks from other TALENTED musicians? I love exceptional-incredible musical solos. I like kick-ass solos, why is that so hard for people to understand? I believe I am not explaining Ordinary Differential Equations, what is the problem? Most Rap or Hip-Hop songs do not have an exceptions solo, whether it be BB King, ripping on Lucille, Oscar Peterson performing double arpeggios in just his left hand, Martha Argerich, the greatest living pianist, playing the Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody #6, and playing octaves better and faster than any human on this planet as ever played it. Then we have George Lynch, the best METAL GUITARIST in the galaxy, playing a double-reverse-inverted sequential ladder rip, most Rapper and Hip-Hoppers wouldn’t even know what I am talking about much less do it, then we have the great Flamenco guitarist, Juan Serrano, performing a "Bulerias en La menor", with such passion and fire, he has more talent in just his RIGHT hand than most of your Rappers and Hip-Hoppers have in their entire body. Can NOT forget, Daniel Clarke Bouchard, a young child prodigy, who also has more talent in just his LEFT hand than all the no-talent musical Rappers and Hip-Hoppers have in their entire bodies. Another problem, NOT ONE person commented on this kid’s playing, you Rap and Hip-Hop lovers can NOT appreciate good music? Every person has a right to their own opinion, but when someone tells me, “I would rather take a Ford Pinto over a Ferrari any day”, I would whether that person is retarded or not. People let’s take this scenario, you are in an auto showroom with dozens of cars, and the curator says Sir or Madame, here is a voucher for ANY car you want, in addition to the vouchers is a voucher for insurance, gas, and maintenance. The Showroom consists of a Ferrari, an Aston Martins, a Maserati, a Lamborghinis, a Bentley, a Rolls-Royce, a Lotus, a Morgan, a Jaguar, a Lancia and a Mercedes Benz. But someone selects the Ford Pinto. The Ford Pinto is Rap or Hip-Hop. The other above-mentioned cars are the REAL MUSIC I listen to; they are: The Blues, Blue Grass, Classical, Country, Flamenco, (Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal), Jazz, The Old Motown Sound, listen to some REAL MUSIC Some Herbie HANCOCK. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bjAdfZp8mWw.html The Temptations. “Get Ready” ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PV97roslmt0.html The Miracles. “Shop Around” ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AQGXa3FiXKM.html Eddie Holland. “Leaving Here” ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pwvB7ru-SmE.html McCoy Tyner. Passion Dance” ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-73VczRfu9Kg.html Baker Street Saxophone solo. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Gc6yrXjMKAY.html and Reggae. Loved Bob Marley, RIP Mr. Marley. Please someone give an honest opinion of this kid. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vtIrd-hz_mA.html A great trumpet solo, you will never hear this from a Rapper or Hip-Hopper. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4viROlgu5Wk.html Let’s see a Rapper or Hip-Hopper perform a drum solo like Buddy Rich. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9esWG6A6g-k.html Here is a four-year girl with talent, in fact, more talent than all your Rappers put together. Aimi Kobayashi 4 years old plays Clementi Sonatina op 36 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--Cv_6WBf3Wg.html You will NEVER hear a Rapper or Hip-Hopper play the organ like Jimmy Smith. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dWFItGF2aHY.html Here is Freddie Hubbard, on the flugelhorn. Just listen to his solo. Let’s see a Rapper or a Hip-Hopper do this. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BCOg8cEm3iE.html Grant Green, was a great Jazz guitarist, ever hear of Grant Green? RIP, Mr., Green. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tlNwprawJIE.html I guess Jesus was correct, when he said in the first half of Matthew 7:6, “Do not give to dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs.” Trying to explain REAL GOOD MUSIC to Rap and Hip-Hop lovers is like trying to explain Ordinary Differential Equations to 5th graders, and If I compared the intelligence of Rap and Hip-Hop lovers to 5th graders, I truly apologize, yes to most of the 5th graders in the world. As I said, there is still good music out there, but don't look for it in Rap or Hip-Hop. My analogy is there is an auto showroom that has a Ferrari, a Maserati, a Lamborghini, an Aston Martin, a Lotus, a Morgan, a Bentley, a Rolls Royce, a Jaguar, and a Lancia; and yet someone selects a Ford Pinto. The Ford Pinto is Rap or Hip-Hop. The other cars are ( a Ferrari, a Maserati, a Lamborghini, an Aston Martin, a Lotus, a Morgan, a Bentley, a Rolls Royce, a Jaguar, and a Lancia), are the Blues, Blue Grass, Classical, Country, Flamenco, (Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal), Jazz, the Old Motown Sound, and Reggae my point is with all the great cars who in their right mind would a Ford Pinto? The same with music, with the great music out there why would people decide to listen to that SH=T, called Rap or Hip-Hop? It is beyond my understanding. Captain Spock would "It is illogical".
i absolutely loved this video, it really highlights my opinion about today's music. like i know there are genuinely good musicians out there in this generation too, but mostly, the music just isnt as good as the 70s/80s/90s. i mean i personally am a teenager, and growing up my parents got me into Led Zep, Queen, Abba and other old classic bands. Then i myself ventured into the metal genre, Metallica, Megadeth, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden etc. etc.
Bieber came out in 2009 at the end of the 2000's and yet to be, he is considered more a 2010s popstar than Timberlake and Spears who started earlier in the 2000s. Which to me certifies them as 2000s popstars
Keep learning! You will be better for it. When we were kids in the 60s went to library and listened to the old stuff. Guess what we learned that Cab Calloway and Jellyroll Morton from 30s n 40s were very hip cats and daring. Each generation learns from previous. Problem now is music has been completely taken over by IT hacks and companies.
There's just something about hearing the little intentional imperfections that give a song its personality, one good example is how you can hear the squeak in Bonham's pedal in a few zeppelin tracks
I have "pet Sounds" on CD. I think it's the greatest album ever made. While the CD has extra tracks including "Hang on to Your Ego" (an early version of "I Know There's an Answer"). My Dad's version on Vinyl however is an aural masterpiece for your reason, Doge Nestris.
I remember when my parents and especially grandparents said they couldn't understand the rock music of the 70s and 80s. I always thought it was because they refused to listen and give it a chance. I found out years later my dad actually did buy a Kiss album and secretly tried listening to understand it. LoL He still hated it, but at least he tried.🤷 Today I know how they felt. I simply do not understand the pure crap they crank out today.
Michael, great video. Really enjoying the fact you are toning down your hand gestures. Really allows the viewer to concentrate on the content. Thanks for the hard work you do!
I’m trying Steve, seriously! It’ll take awhile! If you really want to go nuts, take a look at some of my older videos! They’ll make you run for cover, brother! My hands are everywhere!😉
you clearly just need to dig deeper. music hasn't gotten worse. there was always bad music in the 70's, 80's, 90's, we just don't remember it. listen to bands like black midi and black country, new road and you'll rethink everything you said.
My son and his kids listen to my era - I am an 80's guy, so not all are enslaved. I also recommend Japanese rock. It is fresh, vital and pure kick ass, give Band Maid a listen. Maybe the future trend will emerge from outside the USA or Europe.
Yes, have you heard of Måneskin, I know Beggin' is the popular one over in the US, but most of their other songs are awesome, their Italian songs are amazing, but even their English songs Chosen, For Your Love and Fear for Nobody are great rock songs.
Every word you said is on the money and it's the way I've felt for many years. Having grown up in the 70's and 80's, today's music is something that has been continually frustrating to me. So much so that I hardly don't bother with the radio anymore. I only drop by the station that plays 80's, but even they don't get out of the usual play list specially when the 80's had so much more to offer. Thank goodness the internet came up when it did because I've found not only my old favs, but I've also discovered news ones.
Thanks, Michael for posting this video at this time. Because, oddly enough, today I decided to check out the top 100 Billboard songs for June/July 2022. Everything from song 100 to song numero uno was either hip hop/ RnB or modern country. The only outlier was Kate Bush's song Running Up that Hill from 1985. It was refreshing to actually hear something from 1985 that sounded more original and unique than anything else that I heard from song 100 to 1. Her song was charting at number 8.
30 odd years ago, some Boomers were telling me exactly the same thing about the likes of Prince and Metallica, funnily enough.... There is good music out there, you just aren't going to find it in the mainstream...
@@allenf.5907 you won't find ',cause music have changed". Different musical arrangement, instrumentation etc. Todays pop music have been produced by around 15 music producer who always use the same structures, sounds , rythms etc. That's why nowadays productions sound basically the same. Even good musicians like Ed Sheeran use Autotune that seems to make voices perfect but kills versatility and the individual unique note of a singer. Modern productions can work for all generations like The Weeknd did. They created an authentic '80s sound in "Blinding Lights" and even Boomers liked it. Just sayin'
@@leroyrs There are GREAT artists, songs, sound out there - but it is somehow the wrong music finding the spotlight - more or less what you are saying about "the producers" but I'm not even talking about the Ed Sheeran's of the world - who are just okay. There's something behind all of this putting garbagy music out there. I can give examples of some of the better sounds out there who the general public may not be aware of.
Thanks for mentioning radio, and how it used to be. Stations only needed to air 10 minutes of commercial time to make a profit, but more importantly, the DJ was doing his job of informing us about what we were hearing, who the players were, what was coming up next, who's in town this weekend and will be in the studio with us to chat up their new album. Now we've got streaming, no DJ giving us information about the music. I grew up with Clyde Clifford and Wolfman Jack, thankfully. When asked if I've bought any new music lately, my response is that I'm going backwards, buying recordings from the 50's and early 60's....if that stuff isn't already in my library.
It’s true all modern music from 1990 onwards is bad. After all I can guarantee you bands like the Beatles, Stones, Pink Floyd etc. will still be remembered and listened to in another 50 years time but you mention any band from today’s era in the chats in 50 years times and the kids will just go “Who!”
I genuinely thought this video was a joke when it first appeared on my recommended. This line of thinking is so regurgitated and really annoys me. I'm a musician who has his own personal aspirations, though I'm quite lucky in that I don't necessarily need to focus entirely on music if I want to get by. But there are plenty of people out there who devote their entire being to making it as a musician, and this line of thinking is quite frankly a major barrier to that. How are you supposed to make it as a musician when you have so many people so set in their ways only ever listening to stuff written before they were even born? More to the point, implying that there is no good music today whatsoever, which is utterly absurd. It's no use focusing on the top 40 either; the very mainstream of mainstream is always going to be more of a product as the big record companies are ultimately businesses trying to make a profit. But newsflash, it's always been that way. The mainstream has always focused more on what's marketable and what sells, so looking at that as an indicator of where modern musical expression is at is completely pointless. In fact, there are even examples of modern mainstream artists producing really thought-provoking and musically interesting stuff - To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar is an oft-cited example. It's also easier than ever to find good music nowadays, doesn't require much digging. As an example, Black Midi who are an experimental rock band have just released a new album. I haven't listened to it yet, but I did get the chance to watch them live last week where they were playing songs from said new album, and they were great. They don't even need maximum airplay on the radio either - they have over 400,000 monthly listeners on Spotify and just recently played at Glastonbury in the UK. All this while remaining musically authentic and true to themselves. Today's music does not suck. There is plenty that does suck, but there's also plenty that doesn't. It's childish to think otherwise.
I could attend a week long conference on this topic. Mike, I've been thinking about this for the last 25 years. After my divorce in 2005, i dated women in their 20's and the difference in our music was very interesting. Some of these women didn't even know who Bob Dylan is. These lovely ladies did introduce me to the pop songs and "artists" of the day. I noticed that after 2011 the quality of pop music just took a nose dive. Interesting topic! Thank You
Oh lord Jeffrey! I too dated a woman 11 years my junior, and what she didn’t know could fill a book! I think the Bible called that ‘unevenly yoked’, bruddah!
Thanx Matt! Don’t ever apologize for being older and wiser, my friend! Just because the ‘OK, Boomers’ out there say something, doesn’t mean they actually have something to say!
Always prefered the older music over the stuff from my generation. There are quite a few good things nowadays but nothing compares to the level of music in the 60s, 70s and 80s.
If you think about it, back when jazz was new and popular, the older people said it sucked. And later on the jazz fans said that rock-n-roll sucked, and later rock-n-roll fans said heavy metal sucked, and later on heavy metal fans said that pop music sucked, and later on pop music fans said that rap sucks, and later on rap fans said that mumble rap or trap rap sucked etc etc. Conclusion: every old generation says that the new generation has worse music. You just proved that point.
The 60’s,70’s and the 80’s,were the decades that Music was at it’s best.The Music over the last 20 to 30 years has lost it’s way,it’s flare,Etc.The Bands and Singers of the 60’s to the 80’s,were true Musicians in every way.
@@hitthemoney All the trip hop from Bristol: Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky. Cowboy Junkies, Morphine, Mazzy Star, PJ Harvey, Radiohead. Too many good bands to remember.
So true, but this didn’t just spring up in the last 10 years. The pop charts have always been bland, derivative and prone to bouts of musical bankruptcy. Occasionally a genre breaks through to disrupt things (folk rock, punk, grunge, new wave, gangsta rap etc.) but once it becomes flavour of the month it gets watered down and bastardised. Look at the weekly hot 100 of any bygone year and you’ll notice half the tracks are disposable fluff that is now long forgotten.
Many great points in the discussion here. I would like to mention a couple of things here, myself. There's a reason I don't listen to pop music today, as has been discussed here, because (most of) it sucks. When it takes 60 people and sampling in order to create just one Beyonce album, we've got problems. Beyonce may be a wonderful person, but musically she's a horror show, opting to use computer algorithms to determine which song is going to make her the most money. That being said, it reeeeally pisses me off when I hear some of my friends who grew up in the 60's and 70's saying something like, "Great music died at the stroke of midnight on January 1, 1980," the inference being that only they lived during a time when truly great music was recorded. They say that because they live in a bubble, and won't even lift a finger to experiment with current bands. If you want to find very good or even great music these days, look to bands who were influenced by the masters before them. One of the best ways to do that is to watch full recordings of music festivals like Louder Than Life or Wacken Open Air. I would offer bands like Opeth, Amplifier, Porcupine Tree and Haken. Yes, my affinity for progressive rock/metal is showing, but my point being is that so many great bands are out there. You just need to wade through an ocean of garbage to find them.
I discovered Opeth by Googling for current prog rock. I'm a huge fan of progressive rock since the early 70's. I play Opeth every so often. I'm 63 yo but I like to hear new stuff. Pissed me off the day radio execs took away album oriented rock stations and turned them into "Classic Rock" stations. I found it offensive they made such an assumption about boomers.
Thanks for mentioning the wrecking crew. My father Joe Osborn was a part of it, and I as a young music student went to hundreds of sessions with my dad. Those guys put a lot of effort into everything they did, always giving the song and the producer the best they had. It had to be right going to tape, there wasn't a computer that could fix problems later. There is an honesty in a bunch of people playing together, giving it all you've got... It was human and real. Today it's all been lost, it's plastic rocking chairs instead of wood. Keep doing what you do, good stuff.
@@nickberkin You're welcome, and thank you for the compliment. I know Dad would be happy to hear it. He's on all of the fifth dimension records up to 1974, Bones Howe always got a great sound on the bass. Cheers
