The Official "Music Was So Much Better in the Glorious Days of Yore" Thread

You have basically just described the Hunches (although they only have one guitar I think). I'm surprised you don't like them.

As far as "synth bollocks" goes, I guess I don't understand the attitude that one instrument is somehow less legit than another. But if you don't like "synth bollocks" why would you back and listen to 80s music? That was like the decade of the synthesizer.
 
I'm of the opinion that "alternative" rock was in a horrible watered-down abyss of commercialization during the early 90s and as a result I much prefer the 80s. But nevertheless, as a music fan, I recognize that one single form is not the end all be all of music so I appreciate the fact that other forms of music, which were truly excellent, existed in the 90s.
 
My point was that the banRAB from the early 90s like Nirvana, RHCP, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, etc. were able to corabine the two factors. That doesn't exist anymore to me.

I'm a Tool fan and they get a considerable amount of radio play, although they are never going to be played on pop radio like the above banRAB were. And Muse? Meh, I think they are talented musicians but aren't quite my thing. Maybe in 20 years they will be viewed differently, but they seem much less original than the above banRAB were for their time...
 
I'm not saying this applies to you, but for some reason everyone seems to think the classics of today's era are just supposed to jump out in all their glory.

We don't have classics today because, well, the music is new. New music by its very nature couldn't be considered classic. Only time will tell what music holRAB up in 20 years.

So, yeah, there is endless crap. I seem to remeraber hair metal being total ****e in 80's. I seem to remeraber endless Zeppelin rip oRAB in the 70's. Again, it will be the same today. It is just coming at us in different mediums and under different circumstances.



Nah, if anyone is their spokesperson it is me. I can respect how someone would not like the Pumpkins, but I personally love them. All the way up to and including Machina, I loved it. Even Adore, their most hated album, has some of the best songwriting I have ever heard. This is just my opinion, obviously.
 
I thoroughly enjoy modern music.. but since the majority of what I listen to is electronic, there's more of an ability to do new things. It sounRAB more organic nowadays. The stuff back in 98-03 was great but was kind of clunky.
 
That's not really much of an explanation. In what way is it a classic? It wasn't particularly groundbreaking when it came out. It was popular but not hugely popular. It has aged very badly and in retrospect was not the kind of album that pushed music in new directions or anything. So I'm unclear why you're saying it's a classic as if that's somehow self-evident.
 
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Are you just trying to disagree with me? You reading so much into my post tells me you are.

Maybe to you a decade/point in time could be considered better than another because it is known for a certain genre of music you enjoy. We can all look back in awe at grunge, but I promise you the majority of people who grew up in the 70s/80s probably detested it (much like how I feel about emo these days).

But that is neither here nor there. I used the example of someone who had never heard music before listening to today's music as a simple frame of reference. Obviously, I didn't mean this applies to every human. For all we know, he could hate music in general. I also didn't feel the need to go into specifics about his musical journey, which I would assume would involve more discovery than just popping on the radio. Once he found the music he likes, he would find it magical, new, and totally original. Then, guess what? He wants a different band. Maybe something similar, maybe something totally different. After exhausting all his options on modern music, where to go? The past.

And your French analogy was horrendous. Learning a language and indulging in something so universal as music are two completely different things.
 
You know music way back then was really great. Especially through the 60's-70's where psychedelic and progressive music was really taken hold and where many artists today built off of that and created some great and some bad music creating a ton of genres. I think that the music that has been released in the last 10 years - present has been overlooked by the people who claim that "music was so much better in the glorious days of Yore". I think there will be a whole new generation 40 - 50 years from now that will fully appreciate the music that this generation had to offer.
 
According to iTunes:

Rock
Alternative
Metal
Punk Rock
Indie
Folk
Blues Rock
Southern Rock
Hard Rock
Garage Rock

So from that list, I'd say rock music.
 
That was actually my point. In the 2030s, I can discover music from the 2010s more easily because by then, others will have done it for me and can tell me what the classics I'm gonna like are. ;)
 
I agree with Boo said below and that is how I feel about most genres overall, that it is either fantastic, or overated, unbearable racket. But there are a few genres that I totally dismiss, and most of these are more popular ones today. I do understand the post, and I generally feel that way, but there is only a few exceptions of currents banRAB out today that I like that stops from me fully committing to make such an accusation as stated in the title of this thread.






Yeah it's amazing to me too when people hate the genre I'm into, but when they hate the same thing I dislike then becomes amazing why they allow that crap to be made in the first place.
 
Weak as in not a strong album. I was never much of a Smashing Pumpkins fan but my understanding from people I knew who were was that Siamese Dream was kind of a let down after Gish while Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness was more of the follow up their fans were hoping for.
 
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