Why Music Sucks Now

[GroverCleveland]

If you could only listen to one decade of music, what would it be?

This is so hard. 70's, probably for me.

1820s, then the 1970s followed by the 60s. Started trailing off in the mid-80s.

 

[woodpusher]

There was a science fiction story some years ago. The point was that there were only finitely many sequences of musical notes. Take Beethoven's 5th, change 3 notes, and you haven't written a new symphony.

Anyway, at some point in the future, every reasonable sequence had been exhausted.

 

[Go aeiou]

I just hate screaming instead of singing.
Here's a good current song:

 

[kiddiedoc]

There was a science fiction story some years ago. The point was that there were only finitely many sequences of musical notes. Take Beethoven's 5th, change 3 notes, and you haven't written a new symphony.

Anyway, at some point in the future, every reasonable sequence had been exhausted.

What if you alter the interval between half notes and create a new musical scale?

 

[woodpusher]

What if you alter the interval between half notes and create a new musical scale?

I'm not an expert on music -- I guess that would work (?)

 

[kiddiedoc]

I'm not an expert on music -- I guess that would work (?)

Google "Eastern music" and "microtones"

 

[NEO]

Doesn't every generation think the new generation's music sucks? I think it's just part of getting older. That being said, todays music sucks.

In the 90s you could find stations playing oldies from 50 to 60s, classic rock station late 60s to early 80s and 80s radio and new music that was in the 90s.

Now once a song is no longer a hit it dies and goes away yet you can still find stations playing 90s and 80s and oldies.

You can’t find anything that plays 2000s and newer. And I mean free radio.

Crap now sucks.

Even my teenage kids and their friends think ur sucks.

And I mean

 

[NEO]

Prime country, tons of good metal, the golden age of rap, and house/trance music was entering its best years...

85 to 95 put out an amazing mixture. In 93 you had GNR, Nirvana, Snoop Dog, AIC, Primus, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks all at the same time on the radio. You had Anthrax doing stuff with Public Enemy. We had it all.

 

[feathersax]

Like everything else, there's good, mediocre & wretched. Opinions are also like natural body openings. That said....

 

[n_huffhines]

In the 90s you could find stations playing oldies from 50 to 60s, classic rock station late 60s to early 80s and 80s radio and new music that was in the 90s.

Now once a song is no longer a hit it dies and goes away yet you can still find stations playing 90s and 80s and oldies.

You can’t find anything that plays 2000s and newer. And I mean free radio.

Crap now sucks.

Even my teenage kids and their friends think ur sucks.

And I mean

What you hear on free radio is not a reflection of the music industry. It's a reflection of the fact that the radio is dead technology. I honestly can't believe anybody listens to the radio. The radio was terrible in the 90s when I came up. Modern stations played the same songs every hour. Oldies stations played the same songs every day. As soon as I could burn a CD, the radio was dead to me.

Why accept what the radio tells you to listen to? We have access to all that's ever been recorded via our phones, and if you're deciding to relegate yourself to the radio, you have forfeited your right to complain about anything

 

[05_never_again]

What you hear on free radio is not a reflection of the music industry. It's a reflection of the fact that the radio is dead technology. I honestly can't believe anybody listens to the radio. The radio was terrible in the 90s when I came up. Modern stations played the same songs every hour. Oldies stations played the same songs every day. As soon as I could burn a CD, the radio was dead to me.

Why accept what the radio tells you to listen to? We have access to all that's ever been recorded via our phones, and if you're deciding to relegate yourself to the radio, you have forfeited your right to complain about anything

I think a lot of people don't want to go through the "work" of discovering new music. My wife is one of those people. When we go somewhere I will pull up Spotify in the car and my wife usually will say something about wanting to listen to the radio because "That's how I find out what the new songs are." I tell her Spotify is perfect for that; it picks stuff based off the songs you select or put in a playlist, and you tell it exactly which ones you like. She says "But it also plays a bunch stuff that I don't like." I tell her there's a skip button, and unlike the radio you don't have to listen to the whole song or switch to a different station. She says "I just like the radio." It's like a security blanket or something.

 

[n_huffhines]

I think a lot of people don't want to go through the "work" of discovering new music. My wife is one of those people. When we go somewhere I will pull up Spotify in the car and my wife usually will say something about wanting to listen to the radio because "That's how I find out what the new songs are." I tell her Spotify is perfect for that; it picks stuff based off the songs you select or put in a playlist, and you tell it exactly which ones you like. She says "But it also plays a bunch stuff that I don't like." I tell her there's a skip button, and unlike the radio you don't have to listen to the whole song or switch to a different station. She says "I just like the radio." It's like a security blanket or something.

I do miss turning on cable TV and flipping channels, even tho today's configuration is much better. So I kinda get it.

 

[05_never_again]

I do miss turning on cable TV and flipping channels, even tho today's configuration is much better. So I kinda get it.

I can't be too hard on my wife - I am "that guy" when it comes to TV.

My cable company started charging monthly for the box, so I broke down and bought a Fire Stick. I still have cable through the cable company, it just streams over their app now, and I don't like it as much. At least there's still a guide. On the non-cable streaming services, I don't like how the channels are displayed like the YouTube home page. It's weird, because I have no problem with how YouTube does their home page

 

[VolsSportsFan]

I’d have to go with the 90’s. Man this would be awesome to discuss in its own separate thread. Great question.

I agree; alternative/grunge, metal, rap, my CD collection from that era had so many different kinds of music. Also stuff like the Judgment Night soundtrack, one of the best movie soundtracks ever.