My take: In the 1970s, you could hear Gladys Knight, Led Zeppelin, and Johnny Cash on the same station. We all grew up appreciating a wide variety of music. Today it’s all compartmentalized, you won’t hear anything outside your genre on “your” station.

@mavadelo

8 ай бұрын

This comment should have way more likes than it does. A very valid point.

@lespaul1755

8 ай бұрын

Very true

@HotelierNYC

8 ай бұрын

Quite so. Even in the 80s there was far more aesthetic latitude per station. In Providence, where I grew up, you would hear Stevie Wonder, The Cars, Tina Turner, the Pointer Sisters, The Clash and Metallica in a single, back-to-back sequence. Nowadays we all live in our little musical silos, oblivious.

@alanrprice

8 ай бұрын

It's stultifyingly dull, listening to just one type or genre of music, and causes stagnation, because, if one only has one influence , where are new ideas going to come from?

@HotelierNYC

8 ай бұрын

@@alanrprice It probably doesn't help now that there is a war being waged against "cultural appropriation." Remember when we used to call artists who borrowed from other styles and traditions "progressive?" That open-minded spirit is now disparaged as "colonialist."

Mostly because old music was actually created by musicians and not computers. True talent can never be replaced.

@petethetaper

10 ай бұрын

with lyrical meanings of life's journey and the 'trip' your in.. experiences can't be bought.

@leejankovskis7814

10 ай бұрын

Superb comment

@IanIsrael

10 ай бұрын

All Of This!!

@clairen4584

10 ай бұрын

Music has to have a soul... robots could NEVER write and connect that way. Too artificial, there's shallowness. Now, people 'without' an ear to perceive the real difference might eat it up? But that's like eating candy, and not a nutritious meal. Old English Baroque: 🎶If MUSIC be the 'Food' of Love.. (Henry Purcell) Write on.

@loydkline

10 ай бұрын

❤️ oldie 1960s/ 1970s greatest music era ever

I was a senior in high school in 1976. I cannot begin to tell you how thankful I am for that. My formative years were muscle cars, Rock n Roll, and ungenetically modified cannabis. There was respectful dialog in politics, science was revered, and social tolerance was ascending. When pondering my good fortune, I have come to realize that WHEN I was born is every bit as important as WHERE I was born.

@rossmacdonald3880

9 ай бұрын

Amen to that! Be nice to have some of our cars today from way back than, even with an 8 track or cassette- although digital is a nice feature today.😉

@philovance1940

9 ай бұрын

Very true

@duckduckgoismuchbetter

9 ай бұрын

Was going to upvote your comment...until you had to shoehorn in the superfluous drug abuse promotion propaganda. I downvoted it for that alone.

@mogznwaz

8 ай бұрын

I’m a 71 baby so I grew up surrounded by the best 60s and 70s music which was amazing. The Beatles, The Shadows, Stevie Wonder, Simon & Garfunkel, Roy Orbison, ABBA the Bee Gees, the Carpenters, The Eagjes, glam, even punk. So much variety and amazing songs. Then I remember hearing songs like Heart of Glass, Wuthering Heights, I Feel Love, Cars, Stand and Deliver and Girls On Film for the first time and wow they blew me away. Such variety and energy and creativity !! I am so lucky to have the mid 70s to mid 80s as my formative years. I felt it was special even then but I didn’t realise just how much til years later ❤

@pmscalisi

8 ай бұрын

@@mogznwaz don’t forget the Motown stuff also . “Earth, Wind and Fire”, the Jacksons, the Commodores, and “Kool and the Gang” were in my favorites as well

I was born in 2001 and I do find music from the 70s, 80s and 90s better than today's music by far. I thought that I was just weird but now I see that I am not the only one feeling this way.

@jeremyreid9582

10 ай бұрын

Sad … you have yet to enjoy the music from the 60’s !!! 😉

@Pegasus_Gaming.

9 ай бұрын

Same here am 2001 my music interests start in 1945 - 1998

@davidelliott5843

9 ай бұрын

My 12 years old daughter has the same attitude though there are a few goodies. Adele for example.

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music

9 ай бұрын

It's not just you.

@shawnpa

9 ай бұрын

I started to like basic music of 50s-90s. Pop music drove me there.

Most important sentence in the article: "The problem isn’t a lack of good new music. It’s an institutional failure to discover and nurture it."

@zenothemeano4381

2 жыл бұрын

BASED AND TRUE!

@franksoul

2 жыл бұрын

You are joking right? Pop music has never ever been this bad and apparently the listeners also agree.

@BIGxBOSSxx1

2 жыл бұрын

Rick perpetuates the failure of discovering new music because all of his videos are about “top 10’s” and whatever is most popular. Imagine how much he could help new bands and musicians by making videos about them instead of all the other popular artists? Oh right it’s because making videos about popular artists makes the most money. He doesn’t actually care about the state of music.

@ursula3438

2 жыл бұрын

I just discovered this great Canadian songwriter Andy Shauf, who imo is as talented as a Paul Simon, but because of the state of today's music industry, only some few die-hard indie music nerds know about him, which is a shame.

@ursula3438

2 жыл бұрын

@@BIGxBOSSxx1 Agree. Rick should use his platform to promote young artists, who are worth listening too.

“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.” ― Hunter S. Thompson

@rickkelley4618

2 жыл бұрын

Hunter is an artist, Michael

@nycsym

2 жыл бұрын

I believe Thompson was referring to the TV industry when he made that comment, but both industries have had their share of thieves and pimps in the money trenches. An interesting read on the commerce side of the music industry is Fred Goodman's "Mansion on the Hill."

@victorjones1783

2 жыл бұрын

Whish I could share the H.S.T. quote.

@jamesiyer4937

2 жыл бұрын

Ouch

@sooparticular

2 жыл бұрын

///THOUGHT THE QUOTE WAS "THERES ALSO A DARK SIDE"

Old person here. Years ago we didn't have utubes and auto anythings to garble us. Musicians went into their garages, homes and studios. Through talent, hard work and love of their craft they created some of the best 'contemporary' music they could.

@erin19030

9 ай бұрын

I still play my old 45’s

@dalton3029

6 ай бұрын

People still do that. They just don't make music you prefer. The craft is still alive. People need to stop living in the past and learn to grow. If you love music you love music. Otherwise you probably just love like a handful of bands and couldn't care less about music as a whole

@carolmartin4413

6 ай бұрын

@dalton3029 Hm. Inaccurate assumption. We listen to numerous bands. We still go to concerts. We are fortunate to live close enough to Summerfest so we see wide swathes of music and all genres of music. We have grandchildren that educate us by musical osmosis. We had our share of junk but less access to it. There are definitely more mediums today..which can be good or not. Ultimately it is up to the listener. We do enjoy today's talented musicians and respect the hard work they put into their craft.

@user-ge1ss9se2t

5 ай бұрын

It was the best of times to go to a garage concert 💕

Back in my day we used to share music a lot more. At parties, at the beach, after school, and it was all on the radio and LPs. Now everyone has their own list and listens alone on their earbuds.

@zimmy4868

5 ай бұрын

This is a very good point. Music is just not enjoyed socially as it was a few decades ago.

@jtmassecure4488

2 ай бұрын

Holy you exemplify a boomer with the back in my day and you were being unironic too. I bet your parents said the same thing to you huh?

This is a great sign. Let the “music industry” die. The big labels have forced crappy music on us for decades. They deserve to fail.

@joeseabreeze

2 жыл бұрын

One thing we have going for us is that many people don't listen to the radio anymore and prefer to stream playlists instead. This gives the record industry (and iHeartRadio) less power over what we listen to. Now that anyone can write and record a song in their bedroom and get it up on Spotify, Apple Music, etc for $20 or so, the record industry has way less control. They keep pushing their artists like Bieber, etc, to make big bucks, but this won't last much into the future.

@edbe7385

2 жыл бұрын

I dont think they will fail, they're buying up rights to all the old music, its easier for them keep pushing the oldies than to find and put time and money into new bands.

@Johnny_T779

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah... Let them burn 😝!

@Ricardo-dl4zl

2 жыл бұрын

Labels bought all the old hits

@nitedreamer23

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeseabreeze Terrestrial radio is dying a slow death because they didn't react at all to this changing paradigm, i.e, the streaming services. While I'm for the democratization of the distribution process, there are literally millions of bedroom musicians who are clogging up the streams with, let's face it, stuff that just isn't that good. It makes it more difficult for true quality to get noticed. Not impossible, but just tougher.

Keith Emerson said it all in an interview a few years agi before he passed away, He said that when Emerson, Lake, and Palmer were getting started, you had to be unique and different from everybody else. Now the recording industry only wants you if you sound like everybody else. New and fresh music is out there, but not supported by the record companies.

@steveullrich7737

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on... unfortunate devolution of the music industry.

@jamesmcinnis208

2 жыл бұрын

They should re-introduce "I Want to Marry a Lighthouse Keeper."

@texvanwinkle

2 жыл бұрын

Ward, hear, hear. I've been making this point for years now. You could never confuse the sounds of CCR, Rush, Abba, the Bee Gees, Doobie Brothers, Supertramp, The Cars, Sex Pistols, Blondie, et al. The homogenization didn't begin hitting Top 40 until the late '80s, in my view. And it was because, as you say, it was what was different that stood out. It didn't hurt that up through the 70s at least, DJs themselves could intro new music. The irony, as I pointed out in a comment of my own just now, is that to be "new and fresh" now, because of how so much of new music is constructed-conformed-almost by definition will sound more like music from previous generations.

@texvanwinkle

2 жыл бұрын

@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee Good points, and you're right, it's not as if there wasn't the same impulse to find bands similar to those that had become successful. But there was already then more diversity of sound for those follow-on bands to follow, and far more willingness and ability to allow for experimentation with new bands and, importantly, with new sounds. Pink Floyd didn't sound like the Stones or the Beatles, Aerosmith didn't sound like Pink Floyd, and The Band didn't sound like either. That allowed for a growing diversity of sound even as there was the inevitable "the next [Beatles, etc.]" impulse at the corporate level. That's the process that to me has been reversed in recent decades. There's drastically less experimentation and risk taken both in new artists, certainly in terms of radio play, and in the music itself, which has become increasingly homogenized, especially in pop and country. And the algorithms and, as you point out, industry consolidation, only reinforce all that.

@deirdre108

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmcinnis208 Clockwork Orange!

Old music has soul to it. Real instruments and so many heartfelt song writing. I hope old music rises up again!

@stevenvox6549

7 ай бұрын

They can't appreciate it anymore because most don't have stereos. They have cell phones and social media instead.

@gloriathomas3245

Ай бұрын

very on point

@matthewdennis1739

Ай бұрын

Music with real instruments and heartfelt song writing still exist. Listen to Sierra Ferrell, Brian Fallon/The Gaslight Anthem, The Decemberists, Jason Isbell, Josh Ritter, Dave Hause, Charley Crockett, Lost Dog Street Band, Tyler Childers, Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Florence + The Machine, etc.

I have been curious about this, so I’ve been watching young people reacting to old music to see what’s going on. In terms of trends there are many factors that contribute, but the things young non-musicians are responding to is interesting. They say Why is this so good? They are stunned. As if things like melodies, storytelling, complex musical arrangements or the unadulterated human voice are foreign to them. The bee gees are making young women cry. A whole new crop of Kate Bush fans are in, and the “new” hard rock stations are getting requests for Boston and Ram Jam. It’s hard to generalize with these things but I think a lot of young people are craving passion, innovation and skilled musicianship and they are just not finding it in the corporate pop charts. When there’s nothing new under the sun, it’s time to dust things off we forgot about, I guess.

@fictionmusicproductions

8 ай бұрын

They need to see it on a show, THEN they think its the best thing ever. The music is secondary so seeking it out isn't important. It only becomes important by association.

@matthewdennis1739

Ай бұрын

I understand what you're saying, but I also think it's just easier for them to find older music like the Beatles or Zepplin as an alternative to the pop charts than finding new artists like Brian Fallon, The Decemberists, Sierra Ferrell, or Florence + The Machine that bring that same level of musicianship and passion.

We used to invest in music. We bought a physical product that we could hold and cherish. If a friend walked past with a square record store bag there was the the "what have bought" conversation. You took the LP home and listened to it several times until the songs became familiar, you played along with them or sang, you shared it with your mates. You invested in it - financially and intellectally. Now there is no investment. Pop music has always had an ephemeral quality but now, due to the lack of investment by the listener that ephemerality has become even more fleeting.

@fairfieldmethodist6682

2 жыл бұрын

Great point, MrShockleader. It's a nuanced insight that has helped me understand what I sort of intuitively knew, but hadn't given clarity to.

@VictoriaIndyTV

2 жыл бұрын

This is an important observation MrShockleader. The exchange of earned cash for a physical, palpable thing. For me, it was the Saturday morning ritual of going downtown to the record store, spending time flipping through the vast selection or picking up that special order and then going for lunch at the local. Later, getting home, unpacking, cracking off the cellophane, making a cup of coffee or cracking open a beer and finally putting the new LP(s) onto the turntable and reading the liner notes, production credits and lyrics... it was like a minor religious ceremony. A weekend redemption and possible revelation that helped in blowing off the stink of the past week. I miss those Saturdays but I still have all that vinyl to remind me of those special times.

@LarsRyeJeppesen

2 жыл бұрын

Bingo

@alwaysopen7970

2 жыл бұрын

CDs are still an investment.

@meadow-lark

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent point. Digital has done this to our photographs as well. It has cheapened them to a point that we ever sit down together to look at them.

At the evening party for my daughters wedding last month, the DJ played 80% 70's, 80's and 90's music. The biggest floor fillers were Abba, Queen and Simple Minds. At the moment my 8 year old granddaughters 2 favourite songs are Mr Blue Sky by ELO and Rio by Duran Duran. I've never played those songs for her and neither have her parents. I asked her why she liked them and she said 'I don't know, they just make me feel good'.

@jhardy0786

2 жыл бұрын

She is hearing them in movies all the good movies today have sound tracks from the 70’s and 80’s like all the marvel movies

@mailmusic

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah for your granddaughters.......It may keep us old musicians working for a few more years...LOL

@NEEDSHES

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah Sir) no one can fool a child) they know what is good 😊

@NEEDSHES

2 жыл бұрын

Keith Burns for a few decades at least)))

@mgtowrules1649

2 жыл бұрын

Only the WOKE listens today's noise!

I was a teen in the 70’s. Bee Gees, Styx, Led Zeppelin. All kinds of music that wasn’t manufactured. Musicians paid their dues by playing anywhere they could. There’s a reason the younger generation finds this music and enjoys it. Good music is timeless.

@maurice8824

8 ай бұрын

When all you hear is garbage at your place of employment and its fair to say you are working around toxic workers with no appreciation for real music .

@gregvanpaassen

7 ай бұрын

All these artists had classical training before starting their careers. They knew musical theory. The Zep boys were also exposed to "world music", European, African and from the subcontinent. They had a deep toolkit. Modern artists....don't.

@user-wz2qe2pv6r

7 ай бұрын

@@gregvanpaassen And u know Y? Computers, home publishing and no accountability... ie the internet. Back in the day you had to write melody and writing melody is a massive skill which very few uf us have.

@matthewdennis1739

Ай бұрын

I love all of the those bands...and many more classic artists from Springsteen and Dylan to Nicks and Black Sabbath. I also love Brian Fallon, The Decemberists, Sierra Ferrell, Jason Isbell, Charley Crockett, Greta Van Fleet, Marcus King, Florence + The Machine, The Black Keys, Lost Dog Street Band....etc. If you love music you can love music from different eras.

If good music is being made these days, there is definitely a problem with marketing because I certainly don't hear it. Granted, I'm 46 and relatively out of touch, but the glimpses I do get of new music leaves a lot to be desired. In my opinion the 90s was the last great decade of quality music.

@MnyFrNthng

9 ай бұрын

Exactly what I think. 90s were the last decade.

@GHOSTbirdnatureLOVER

9 ай бұрын

i'm 25 and i cant find it either. somebody please tell me where the fuck it is because it's so depressing to be a music lover in this era

@mattwhite4302

8 ай бұрын

If you can't find good music, that's partially on you, respectfully. It's out there. KZread in particular is a great resource for it. There's also an issue of it not being advertised as much, perhaps.

@GHOSTbirdnatureLOVER

8 ай бұрын

@@mattwhite4302 Just point out a few artists for me then.

@mattwhite4302

8 ай бұрын

@@GHOSTbirdnatureLOVER Right now, for instance, one of my favorite newer artists is Asif Avidan. His voice is unique, and not for everyone (I would compare it to someone like Cohen, whose voice is also different.). But lyrically, and musically I'd consider him top notch. Pomme, from France is another I enjoy..Laura Marling..The Broken Bells (the lead singer is from the Shins), Warpaint is another one . The Revivalists...Kaleo... There's also some older artists still putting out good work, like Nick Cave..heck, even B.O.C. had a pretty decent new album drop. Though they admittedly wouldn't count as 'new' artists.

My 13 year old nephew is always telling me stories about the Stones, an interview he was listening to from John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, etc. Blows my mind. There is hope!

@theshapeexists

2 жыл бұрын

Good for him. At his age he is a super sponge and he seems to be absorbing good music info. Keep giving him recommendations

@frankmarsh1159

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah they know than we did. We had a few magazines like Rolling Stone and we had the radio and a little bit on TV but for the most part we didn't really know a whole lot about our rock stars. I know far more about my favorite bands now than I ever did back when I was listening to them in high school...

@1MIXERPILOT

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankmarsh1159 No kidding. You Tube has taught me so much about bands that I have loved for years.

@mikem668

2 жыл бұрын

It's worth remembering that these guys were listening to a lot of older music to produce the new music. And many of them were self-taught.

@Rocksider2525

2 жыл бұрын

We have 6 boys and girl. They all know and listen to classic rock and have moved through the blues. It's a great thing when they come by and wanna talk music. They bought me a shirt for Christmas. "I may be old but I got to see alot of great bands". Gotta love what music can do.

I’ll admit it that I have become so disenchanted by modern music that I have been deep diving more into older music and classic jazz.

@keisi1574

2 жыл бұрын

I innerstand you doing that. While, at the same time- there is TONS of new great music...in every genre...created every year...Period... Fact.

@Ptpop

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. Been listening to Jazz a lot.

@afridgetoofar1818

2 жыл бұрын

The last year I've been diving into the Blues. The old gritty stuff from 70-80 years ago.

@francoisberkinjr5088

2 жыл бұрын

You're not alone sir!

@MichaelMaddog3584

2 жыл бұрын

@@afridgetoofar1818 Go back 100 years. You won't be disappointed. Early early Dixieland Jazz doesn't suck either. Dive deep and hard and enjoy!

I was in college in the early 80's, Seemed every week i heard something new and amazing. I thought this is the way it would be forever.

I’ve been going through my music collection and highlighting a 70s album every night on Facebook. IMO, the 70s was the single greatest decade for music, especially rock. There are so many amazing bands and albums and I never realized how 50% or more of my music collection is from the decade I was born in. (1973)

@danwilliams4089

Жыл бұрын

My friends and I have been trying to compile the 30 best albums of the 70s. Try it..its tough!!

@prongATO

Жыл бұрын

@@danwilliams4089 oh I know! Things I didn’t realize, Van Halen started in the 70s, Hall & Oats were MUCH better in the 70s, ZZ Top’s best album was released in 1973 and so much more! The best 30 albums.. my word, it would be hard to narrow that down, even if you ONLY did rock and left out every other genre.

@edwallace2828

10 ай бұрын

The period from 1965 to about 1973 was a golden era of music.

@craigwillms61

9 ай бұрын

I agree. Every decade has its great music, the 70's just had so much more.

@jasondonovan1408

9 ай бұрын

70's better than 80's? :P HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

There are thousands of reaction videos on KZread and most of the people reacting are gen X, Y & Z. They are discovering music from the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's etc. and loving it. Great music never dies.

@jmorrisey79

2 жыл бұрын

Know why there are thousands of them? Just like everything else these days.. a single idea gets some exposure and a million copycats jump in to capitalize on the popularity. Look how many dark story/scary channels there are now.. with the creator blatantly ripping off the same stories, topics and "eerie voice" of a creator that did it much better, first. Now, some of those reaction channels are pretty good. I'll admit I had to watch bunch to learn that because I thought the whole premise was lame. I was actually quite surprised that some actually knew what they were talking about and you can learn something from them. However.. just as I suspected.. most aren't concerned about the musical aspect at all and just want to make stupid facial expressions while they talk nonsense.

@matthewdennis1739

Ай бұрын

I'm Gen Y. I grew up on music from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. From Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen to AC/DC and Black Sabbath to John Denver and Jim Croce and everything in between. I asked for best of the 80s and best of the 70s CD collections when I was a kid. Most of the time I end up seeing those reaction videos I'm blown away they didn't know the songs. That is all to say that the music that resonates the most with me, the music that I listen to the most...is all from after 2000. I love the classics, but I also love the music of today, the music just below the plastic veneer the major record labels put up in the form of radio playlists and hot 100 charts. Brian Fallon, The Decemberists, Sierra Ferrell, Florence + The Machine, have all touched me deeply with their music and for me (since music is subjective) they are every bit as great and meaningful as Neil Young, Tom Petty, Dolly Parton, Kate Bush (who are all amazing btw). I don't know why people want to choose one or the other. If you love music you can love music from any time.

To be honest as a seventeen year old, my favourite period of music is between the 60’s and 70’s. That period of music would account for 90% of what I listen to. Simply, old music is raw and honest. New music to me sounds artificial and made to sell, instead of being listened to.

@EuniclaireMaeAnneHerrera

2 жыл бұрын

Raw and honest. You got it on point! Maybe the authenticity is what is missing in today's new music? It is what I value in music. My ears wouldn't love distorted pieces. Sorry for the term but it's how I see it.

@jukip1485

2 жыл бұрын

I like live music.....but properly live. Some new music I can’t imagine it live.....

@terrythekittieful

2 жыл бұрын

January 1, 1965 to December 31, 1974. Ten years, unbeatable, the best five albums from the Beatles, the golden age of the Doors ,CCR, Hendrix, Kinks, Small Faces, the Band, Supremes, Cream, Stevie Wonder. Led Zep's first five albums, the Stones and Dylan at their peak. Bowie, Jethro Tull, T Rex, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Procol Harum all arrive,...it never stops, a phenomenal ten years.

@attackofthetheeyecreatures3472

2 жыл бұрын

That's how I've always felt. Except my favorite eras are 60s to early 70s, and 70s to 90s underground punk and rap, and the early 90s mainstream.

@missingremote4388

2 жыл бұрын

dyn o mite !

Kiss From A Rose - Seal …. I fell in love with it as a 4yo on a long haul flight ✈️, using those dodgy airplane radio stations and corded earplugs. Searched all the stations to hear even a glimpse of it again. Did on the next flight ❤️ About 6 years later at the age of 10 I heard it on the radio and immediately hit RECORD on my 90s radio/cassette player. Fast-Forward a few more years and I could FINALLY identify it enough to purchase the CD for my walkman. 20+ years later it’s as precious to me as ever 🥰 🎶

Due to my influence with my 14 year old son his favourite band is The Beatles. He also likes many other bands but most from the 60s and ending with Grunge. Last summer we went to two concerts, Paul McCartney and Pearl Jam.

@former_dmcrt8614

9 ай бұрын

Ok, I'm going to come out and say it. Say what most people are uncomfortable with saying for fear of being labeled as some ....ist or something. The influence that Hip-Hop has had on pop(ular) music turned out to be more of a curse than a blessing.

@markpalmer8083

9 ай бұрын

McCartney can't sing anymore, unfortunately. Introduce him to Eros Ramazzotti. That is music and singing.

@derkeheath5172

8 ай бұрын

I introduced my daughter to Gorillaz, Flaming Lips, and MGMT and she introduced me to Death Grips. I consider that a fair trade.

@matthewdennis1739

Ай бұрын

@@derkeheath5172 MGMT are so good. My children are just babies really (all under 4) but I'm already acclimating them to good music ;)

great art is timeless, pop trends are not.

@thebeamerdreamer

2 жыл бұрын

Very nicely put.

@embracethesuck1041

2 жыл бұрын

Take disco for example...

@metaspherz

2 жыл бұрын

I don't disagree, but the Beatles were a trendy pop band at one time too. It's all subjective what's considered to be timeless art and what's a pop trend.

@thebeamerdreamer

2 жыл бұрын

@@metaspherz I had the same thought but The Beatles is a rare case imo , they were a good mix of catchy pop music and very creative art at the same time. Not may artists have been like that since. Most of the time, timeless art becomes objective because it stands the test of time like Pink Floyd as compared to "Me" By Taylor Swift in 2019 .

@tulelazule6914

2 жыл бұрын

@@metaspherz not all boys are boyscouts

The loss of great radio stations & djs is another problem. So many bands had great relationships with locals & it helped them get discovered.

@AndyGraceMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Trust me as radio jocks we had to work hard to get those shows on the air. Even in the 1980s but especially from the 90s, radio playlists were all 100% researched with focus groups and call-out testing of 10 second song hooks. No radio programmers wanted those new music shows even back then and they were relegated to after 7pm and outside "at work" listening which relied heavily on familiarity/background appeal.

@eiephants

2 жыл бұрын

Blame the telecommunications act of 1996. It killed the radio... star. 😏

@BackyardRonin

2 жыл бұрын

Independent radio stations I find are now stepping up

@markblanch2905

2 жыл бұрын

@@AndyGraceMedia this. Is why community radio kicks stations like that's a*se Most commercial radio is a complete and utter waste/offense of our time

@Neal_Schier

2 жыл бұрын

@@AndyGraceMedia Interesting thoughts Andy. I came of age in the late '70s and was frustrated in the '80s by how programmed it all felt. I had no data to go by nor did I know anyone in the radio business, but it was certainly noticeable to the listener.

I'm glad to have "discovered" prog rock and prog metal about three years ago. There are amazing songs out there but you will rarely hear them on main stream radio.

@kittenscratchanimeart

Жыл бұрын

What does "prog" mean?

@standrew131

Жыл бұрын

@@kittenscratchanimeart progressive

@kazkylheku1221

Жыл бұрын

@@standrew131 Prague rock; you should really Czech it out! (Punning aside, no really.)

@bassistadisinistra

Жыл бұрын

I listen to the music i want anytime, anywhere. No need for mainstream radio. Glad you discovered the prog rock genre. A lot of great music to discover!

@bassistadisinistra

Жыл бұрын

@@kazkylheku1221 This wins the internet! 😀

I was 17 in 1982... Wow was I lucky :) Music was everything! I was talking with a high school student at our neighborhood BBQ, and I asked what music he listened too? He said that he didn't , He listened to audio books... Yep. I get it.

Starting around the year 2000, when it became relatively easy to listen to old music on your computer for free, I completely stopped listening to modern music and started going backwards in time. After playing out all the greats from the 80s, i moved to the 70s, and on and on. It only took me a few years before I had played it all out and moved on to classical music. For the past 15+ years I only listen to classical and romantic era music and I am still regularly finding great composers that are new to me. There's just so much great classical music, I actually still feel like I've barely scratched the surface!

@blokcomNativeFaces

2 жыл бұрын

It's amazing isn't it. I like classical music, from what I've casually heard, but I have not had the chance to really get into it so my knowledge of classical is extremely limited. I'm not surprised that you are regularly finding new stuff but at the same time I am astonished to hear that because in my mind I have no clue how much classical music there is. Similarly that's how I feel when I regularly find singers, bands and songs that I've never heard before and when I get to the point of "I think I've heard it all..." and then boom! I am constantly amazed and excited to find stuff all the time and in a variety of genres from the old days.

@popoff7808

2 жыл бұрын

My suggestion is to move on to older music from other countries like say Brasil. 60s music in Brasil is just AMAZING. African music in the 70s is funky as all hell. Why limit yourself to just western music in this day and age is what I say to friends. You can access music from all over the planet? Even classical styles that are not western based.

@iggykarpov

2 жыл бұрын

The 40s music is best. 1740s, that is.

@Ifyernotawakeyet

2 жыл бұрын

Aram Khachaturian from Armenia is amazing. Baroque composers, if you understand the period? Very thought provoking!

@efrem1

2 жыл бұрын

Big band is pretty good from 1940s.

My son (19) and I have discussed this and his take is that because of accessibility music has fragmented into hundreds even thousands of different genres and subgenres. There is nothing that keeps everyone in the same place like the radio used to. So everyone is off doing there own thing, identifying with their own tribe. Mainstream music needs everyone listening to it to be relevant and that just ain't going to happen with so many options online today. So music isn't dying just the industry, good riddance.

@orangetoes223

Жыл бұрын

Very well said. I love all the weird new artists that become viral in their own niche communities but never become mainstream.

@ednicholson7839

Жыл бұрын

Actually the Industry is making a comeback. Everyone thought it was dying 10-15 years ago but streaming, increased licensing (eg your favorite 80s hit showing up in Stranger Things), live music (before the pandemic) and the comeback of vinyl has breathed new life into it. But much of that new business is based on the reemergence of the classics.

@billolsen4360

Жыл бұрын

@@orangetoes223 Ahhh, niche, mainstream, genre & subgenre. You've got the music world by the tail, Cultof Cultof Cultof Ian

@billolsen4360

Жыл бұрын

how mundane can you get? you'll be one of the authentic artists, Fred, if can ever get a career off the ground.

@orangetoes223

Жыл бұрын

@@billolsen4360 what point are you actually trying to make?

When I was growing up, every other block had a group of guys banging around in their parent’s garage wanting to be the next rockstar band. It was a natural offshoot of what we experienced in our high school band and choir. We were taught to love the creative process of music. In the years since, music education has been de-emphasized and in many cases eliminated from our culture. I can’t help but think that society’s failure to provide this important training and appreciation of all genres of music has led to a cookie cutter form of music that is uninspiring and frankly, boring. It’s not surprising that so many of us are nostalgic for the music of past decades. There is un-tapped musical talent present today. But I’m afraid our culture doesn’t nurture that talent as we once did.

@erin19030

9 ай бұрын

We sang in the tunnel by the RR Station to get the echo effect.

@j.dragon651

8 ай бұрын

@@erin19030 The bathroom at one place I worked had a reverb to die for.

Your reason for creating this channel is tremendously helpful. I'm thankfully exposed to mostly old music and this channel expanded my love of music. The only thing stopping me physically is I don't have an instrument😅

Maybe we could look at this through a positive lense : finally, FINALLY, people are fed up with the tedious autotuned nursery rhymes they have been fed for the last 10 years! We music lovers have long since turned our back on mainstream soup and went scavenging for new exciting artists on independent mediums. And boy, there ARE new bands and artists, in every genre, who are excellent! They just aren't played on the radio anymore.

@jayt6454

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly Johnnylex. The radio has such a strict format. Either it's a classic rock station or a pop station that plays new music that all sounds the same. Even the rock stations play mostly old rock. It takes some effort to find new music that you like on the internet. Because there are so many unknown bands , it's over saturated

@nitedreamer23

2 жыл бұрын

@@jayt6454 very well put. There are many excellent new bands. The problem is that there are literally millions of bedroom musicians who, quite frankly, aren't very good jamming up the works.

@waynecribb4922

2 жыл бұрын

Nailed it !!!!

@jackcrumling4781

2 жыл бұрын

"Autotuned nursery rhymes" is the best description of modern pop music i think I've ever heard

@HardRockMaster7577

2 жыл бұрын

I'm too lazy to weed through the crap to maybe get to something great. I was a teen of the 70's, when some greatest rock music to be recorded and performed, was delivered to me on a "silver platter." Now, you want me to go and scavenge for great new music?? No... Hell no!!! Instead, I'll scavenge for unheard recordings from the bands and music in the late 60's and 70's.

One way I know OLD MUSIC RULES is the FACT that the old music of my day (70s & 80s) that I wasn't particularly a fan of (80s pop) that I recognize now as exceedingly better than most current music. I've total respect for bands like Duran Duran now.

@icouce

2 жыл бұрын

Talking Heads - Remain In Light, 1980. The rest of the decade was inspired by that incredibly innovative album.

@wwsuwannee7993

2 жыл бұрын

Funny...I wasn't a fan of 80s pop either. But agreed...Most of it leaves Most current stuff in the dirt.

@michaelgreene4816

2 жыл бұрын

An example of this and I agree with you is that song "Waiting for a star to fall." I hated that song when I was 12 but now I love it. Thompson Twins, UB40, Dead or friggin Alive! Simple Minds. I love these bands now.

@thehound5794

2 жыл бұрын

There is really no point in trying to analyze this. New music is not played on the radio because most people don't like it regardless of age. Simply put, new music SUCKS!

@robinsonrom

2 жыл бұрын

There's a phenomenon where people appreciate music a lot more after it's been out for a while. Not sure why that is, maybe it's a nostalgia thing, or maybe we just didn't "get it" when it came out.

Asked my grandson for some bands I may not know; appreciate his response but.......new music is simplistic beyond measure, rarely has a repeatable tune, more episodic, misses the mark that many, many 70s bands nailed. Nailed.

My 16 year old loves ABBA, the Beatles, the Beach Boys and ELO. We live in Australia. Her friends like the old music too.

@matthewdennis1739

Ай бұрын

Since when is liking old music indicative of anything though? I grew up loving old music and current music. I didn't like Black Sabbath, Elton John, Stevie Nicks, and John Denver because I didn't like the music when I grew up (90s). I also loved Matchbox Twenty, Third Eye Blind, Pearl Jam, even Alanis Morrissette and Natalie Merchant..... I liked it all, and liked the variety of mixing things up depending on my mood and the circumstances. All of our children should like old music...and new music. That's part of being a well-rounded person.

That’s great news. People are showing that they are rejecting the cookie cutter highly polished mass produced garbage we mostly hear now. (I know there’s plenty of good new music.) Will this force record company’s to start embracing real musicianship and song writers ?

@kodykindhart5644

2 жыл бұрын

Hard to say Check super secret band out of Pdx while we decipher this brain buster 🤫🤫🤫🤣🤘

@arglbargl

2 жыл бұрын

lol nope they'll just figure out new and more annoying ways to squeeze every last drop of profit off of decades old art

@ericmackrodt9441

2 жыл бұрын

Probably not, that's why they are investing on a lot of legacy artists. Because they don't want to take risks, so their either do the cookie cutter stuff or they push old proven artists.

@northernbrother1258

2 жыл бұрын

There has always been cookie cutter highly polished mass produced garbage…we only remember the good stuff.

@ramspencer5492

2 жыл бұрын

It's not "great" until there are living avenues for new creative music! It's more heavily reinforced bottlenecks!

I think you nailed it when you said that the algorithm is tuned to find songs that are similar to older songs. Computers aren’t creative, they just organize data. They look for a match.

@manlybaker3098

9 ай бұрын

A computer's output is only as good as the program and the input. No room for the "random thought" or "sudden memory" or the "unplanned outside influence", etc. Band names are a good example: Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Marshall Tucker Band, etc.

@ry.0

2 ай бұрын

Computers doesn't have any fault. That is on the person who uses it. Computer is a tool more

Music comes from within and deep inside the heart which no computer can ever generate to the same level. Plus, people were more literate in the 60’s by reading more books and also with less distractions.

@MrJothindra

8 ай бұрын

They knew the power of words. I fell in love with the word,"hush," while listening to Karen Carpenter sing,"there's a kind of hush/all over the world. "

@matthewdennis1739

Ай бұрын

@@MrJothindra They still know the power of words. Can't tell you how many times Jason Isbell, Brian Fallon, Josh Ritter, Taylor Goldsmith, Colin Meloy, etc have moved me with their words.

It’s really interesting, my two sons that were into Rap in middle school, I loving rock from the 70’s and 80’s(Boston, Judas Priest, Def Leppard, Dire Straights, etc). We are exchanging playlists daily, it’s amazing.

I agree!! Autotune and Overproduction is the death nell for post 2010 music

@Drobium77

2 жыл бұрын

the other weird thing is that most people under 25 cannot tell that a song is autotuned and not sung properly, me at my age (44) I can tell a mile off and it sort of belittles the people who use it. Music is about talent not ease

My grandson (21) was working with me the other day, and I asked what he was humming... it was a Schoenberg Choral. One just never knows what is going to grab someone. He also listens to new music, Tom Waites, Dylan, Seal, and a whole host of others. He is trying to become a composer. Wish him luck.

@hermannschaefer4777

2 жыл бұрын

Lucky you, mine was humming Johann Strauss..

@qotsajr

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck!!!

@badcornflakes6374

2 жыл бұрын

Who wishes someone success? Pffft, couldn't be me

@RAkers-tu1ey

2 жыл бұрын

@@hermannschaefer4777 at least I understand Strauss. Maybe we could trade? Maybe not. I do understand Tom waites.

@attackofthetheeyecreatures3472

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck

I remember in the early 80s when I was just a little child my parents would haul us all to the mall to go get the latest new release vinyl record and one that I could remember was Michael Jackson’s off-the-wall. That tradition carried on to us kids in our family and we would anticipate new music to be released on physical media such as a cassette tape and later a CD. I remember how excited it would feel to physically have that item in my hand after purchase and talk about it with my friends who would follow suit Just because it was a cool thing to do. Now everything is easily disposable as digital media. Not only has this practice infected in the music industry but it is also infected other enterprises such as movies video games and even home purchases. If we are all honest we can agree that this is an epidemic to entertainment. Saving a few bucks to not have to put things on physical media has had a negative affect.

My Gen X son's favorite band is Blue Oyster Cult. My daughter waited all day at one stage at the Firefly music festival a few years ago just to see Paul McCartney.

@matthewdennis1739

Ай бұрын

I loved BOC growing up. I feel like restricting yourself as a music lover to a decade or a few decades is silly.

I’m 71 and listen to music from various sources on daily 2 hour walks. There are frequent pleasant moments when new songs catch my ear. The surprise comes when research reveals the song is a couple of years old by artists I don’t recognize. I feel cheated, resent radio, and wonder what else I’ve missed.

Rick, have you ever considered doing a “What makes this song terrible” series. It might help musicians to know what kinds of things to avoid.

@WeeedyMcMeth

2 жыл бұрын

There is a dude already that does “what makes this song stink”. They are pretty funny.

@danteuk8024

2 жыл бұрын

I thought he wraps those up into top ten songs on spotify :D seriously the problem is the majority of 'new music' is that makes radio or spotify lists is it's bland and derivative. New talent and great musicians do exist, just don't expect to find them on a radio or spotify top list!! go out and see live music performed for the love of music.

@jf2176

2 жыл бұрын

@@danteuk8024 Yes!!

@Dagh1

2 жыл бұрын

As someone else mentioned, someone is already doing that, while also referencing Beato in them. I would guess Rick also wants to avoid becoming an "old man yells at clouds" meme.

@gagadeconstructed8748

2 жыл бұрын

Decide that for yourself

As a dj on fm radio, (yes, an actual, on-air fm station) I spend about four hours a week listening to the featured new releases that AllMusic Guide publishes every week. As a life-long music lover, I've always believed that the best music at any given time is the music that is being produced in that time. However, sometimes going through the new releases can be very painful. Literally, I get a headache. It's not that there isn't good music. It's that there is a lack of OUTSTANDING music. AMG publishes about 10 to 20 new releases every week, but every week there are hundreds of new releases that don't make their cut. There is too much product to keep up with! Like Ted Gioia said, music is intangible. To me, it's like breathing. Everyone does it. From zero talent to Bach, if you have a voice, you can make music. It's hard to make money from music just like it would be hard to make money from breathing.

I rate the best music that we have had came from The Beatles, Abba and U2. They wrote it and played it; especially The Beatles, where it mainly came from the song writing of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who have proven to be unmatchable.

@sofly7634

9 ай бұрын

I'll never understand the pope of the bugs Overrated and thrust upon US

@petemac5283

9 ай бұрын

Pls no U2

@ebberman7672

7 ай бұрын

Beatles, yes, and don't forget XTC and Gentle Giant. All three carved out their own style and genre. Originals.

@matthewdennis1739

Ай бұрын

The Beatles are great because of their impact and the fact they were the ones pushing boundaries and innovation. I don't believe they are untouchable as far as songwriting or performing or anything along those lines, what is unmatchable is their impact and pop culture influence.

I interface with kids in their 20s, they're into older hard rock and metal. My nieces got into Heart, started learning how to play. Human beings respond to human beings making music with instruments and their voices. This has been true for thousands of years. Basically people don't like copying and pasting as much.

@jongilbertson2106

2 жыл бұрын

I have heard that the younger generation finds their music identity by choosing which era of old music they listen to. You like the eighties? I like the seventies.

@pritapp788

9 ай бұрын

You are 100% right. I'm someone who is heavily into 80s music and used to find the 70s a bit lacking in diversity and glitz. But when I heard "Magic Man" by Heart", it blew my mind. They are a band with great integrity and ability to work hard.

@matthewdennis1739

Ай бұрын

@@jongilbertson2106 I don't think that's true...or maybe I'm just too old (34). I grew up loving them all. I may have gone through phases where I was into one decade over the others, but overall I'd say my appreciation of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s is about equal, maybe a little stronger for the 70s/80s.....though my absolute favorite artists have been post 2000.

I noticed this phenomenon about 3 years ago in my local guitar store in England. The kids were in there after school and every song they played I knew because they were what I played when I was their age in the late 80s and early 90s when the songs were new.

@formerlyknownasanessential2623

2 жыл бұрын

lol

@leipherd8118

2 жыл бұрын

As a 50 year old, it's frustrating trying to convince my peers that there's as good a set of musicians out there as I've ever experienced, you just have to dig to find them. The music industry seemingly died of bloat at the turn of the Century, but musicians are eternal! Ironically, I spent my 20s thinking Tim Buckley and Neil young were untouchable, but on my 40s have discovered some of my favourite of all time musicians, such as Jessica Lea Mayfield and Big Thief. Its not just the Music Industry, but wider media outlets to promote talent are gone Popular TV shows aimed at kids or at music obsessives are just not there, and culture is so fractured we aren't all experiencing the same picture to allow a band/musician to reach a wide enough audience. The internet should be making it easier, but since you get to self curate the internet experience, it's hard to catch enough ears.

@matthewdennis1739

Ай бұрын

@@leipherd8118 Ever listen to Brian Fallon, Jason Isbell, or The Decemberists?

The thing is for all the bad of the old music industry, the gatekeeping really did overall make the quality of produced music much better.

@matthewdennis1739

Ай бұрын

It certainly kept it a lot more consistent, didn't allow for the flooding of mediocre music into the market in the same way....but right now the major labels are the #1 reason for the state of music.

I think it has something to do with the changed role of radio. None of the young people I know listen to radio the way we used to. It was the soundtrack of our lives. We heard stuff and then bought stuff. But most importantly, there was new stuff all the time. You didn't have to create your own playlists from stuff you knew about. This still works for me because I listen to classical music now. I hear hours of music every day, and every day something that is new to me, some old, some new (I'm lucky to live where there's a good classical music station. Difference is, I still buy it then, by download.

@MrDanjacs

9 ай бұрын

On the money 💰

I've been attending my daughter's high school basketball games for several years now and they are always blasting old school songs to get everyone pumped up! I'm talking Queen, Stones, Bon Jovi. etc. AND the kids sing along too! Never do I hear the top 20 trash that's on the radio or spotify.

@matthewdennis1739

Ай бұрын

Hmmm. Crazy

Being a little older, "Old Music" tends to remind me of better times, and in general told relatable stories...

When I used to live in Cleveland, OH as a youth, the big rock station was WMMS 100.7. It started out kind of like a professional college radio station in the late 60's as I could hear Santana, Miles, Hendrix, Coltrane, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Weather Report and a plethora of different kinds of bands/music. As I came into my [middle/older] teen years there was still a sense of adventure at that station, but as I grew into an older teen I began to notice more formatting in their programming. I remember hearing Stairway to Heaven so often that I can't stand that song to this day. Gone were the jazz tracks and it became more and more a corporate behemoth. Rock itself had also become more of a corporate behemoth as well. While I still listened to WMMS as more of my steady diet of consumer radio, I also discovered real college radio stations locally like WCSU, WRUW, WJCU and alike. I also found real jazz stations as well as public radio with jazz programming and what I called "jazz lite" radio. I was hearing such fresh new sounds of music (e.g., reggae) along with much older tracks of jazz, rock, folk, etcetera that piqued my musical curiosity and had me searching out these various artists and tracks. I was on, what would be for me, a life long quest to find good/great quality new music. As Mr. Beato continued reading from parts of the article it took me back to when, at 17, I began playing out and making money. This is significant because my digestion of corporate rock radio had already began to wane though I still maintained something of an alliance with WMMS, the giant rock radio behemoth of Cleveland. In coming into my 20's I truly was gravitating away from that type of formatted radio - becoming more and more dissatisfied with it (it had begun to remind me of AM top 40 radio). I started turning more and more to the local college radio stations largely BECAUSE of the diversity of programming. As the 80's began this new thing called MTV sprang up on cable TV and yes, I bought into it. I was at least hearing new bands as well as some old establish ones - it was a good mix of rock. It was kind of cool to both see the artist and hear the song. Yes, some of those early videos were crappie but I didn't care about that. This was a new format in which to consume new music. In entering the 80's my level of playing out increased and I was in a quasi-folk rock band, a bona fide rock band, a reggae band and had made my way into a jazz fusion band. Playing, touring, recording was great fun and I was discovering new music in each new city/town from various local, regional or national artists. I was still consuming MTV, the local college stations, etcetera, but my horizons were being expanded with each new record I heard and then of course as CDs came into vogue through that medium as well. That brings me to the present. Through the years I completely turned my ear away from "commercial radio" in favor of MTV, college radio and alike. I began finding more and more great artists out there, and I wondered how could this person/band not be signed by a major label? And ironically enough I also turned my ear away from college radio and alike as I was swapping music with other traveling artists who you've probably never heard of, but they've made some great music. Since the early 90's (circa 93) until now I have discovered new music/new artists from other working musicians. The articles author is correct in his assessment: there IS great new music and artists out there. There always has been. The real question is will any of the 3 major labels allowed them to be heard? There is no longer the real room to grow an artist these days. Geez, it's been that way since the late 90's, in my opinion. So, without the room to grow, mature and develop as an artist, to make great music - that could move units - the landscape will be as the author's article foresees: stagnate, commercially safe, regressive (in some ways), too much of a conformist approach to music. This is truly a sad state of affairs for music. It doesn't even have to be revolutionary - just an artist/a band that's making viable new music that folks might just gravitate toward - and who knows, they might even sell millions of units at some point. I'm glad I've been an independent artist all of my adult life. I've been able to make the type of music I want, have it heard before appreciative folks (large and/or small audiences) and have been to some pretty cool places as a result. Thank you Mr. Beato for your insights, your energy and efforts educationally and the great interviews. It's greatly appreciated by this individual.

Had a job that put me on the road for a number of years. Actually grew tired on the music of my teens, the 80s, so I branched out in both directions. My observations boil down to this; the 70s were incredibly talented with songs telling a story by people who could write, sing and play. The 80s slid a bit, but had a positive go-get 'em attitude still with great talent. The grunge era had some talent, but the slide into a message of depression and half the songs weren't even in tune made for a "why did I even listen to this?. After that its just a hot mess.

@MRK0405

8 ай бұрын

You worded that so well! You put what I was feeling into words. I honestly just thought maybe my taste was getting better with my age, but it really boils down to not knowing what I was missing until it was gone. Music that hits me in my soul can’t be written by something that doesn’t have a soul. It is pleasing to the ears because it follows all the rules, but that’s about all it’s good for is background music.

@matthewdennis1739

Ай бұрын

@@MRK0405 I cannot tell you how many times I've read comments from people about artists like Brian Fallon, or Jason Isbell, or The Decemberists resonating with someone's soul, as if it were written just for them. What you're describing is not limited to earlier generations.

Music doesn't age. Popular trends do but there are always a large groups of people who appreciate music from many different decades

@frankmarsh1159

2 жыл бұрын

It used to change. Just listen to the Beatles in 1963 vs 1970. Music was changing very rapidly between the 50's and 90's.

@epicon6

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankmarsh1159 Yeah music styles and techniques do but a good 1970 Beetle's song is going to be just as great in 2099 as it was in 1970. What i meant was only very recently a mass of people has had a chance to easily dig into the past through well curared playlists on streaming platforms and it should only gain popularity going to the future. Just 5 years ago curated playlists for different genres and decades were far away from the level they are now.

@cheery-hex

2 жыл бұрын

totally agree. the majority of music from any decade the 50's on - if (young) ppl didn't know better - could chart today and be popular

@Arthagnou

2 жыл бұрын

but that is unique to this time...not many teenagers or 20 somethings during the 1960s listened to stuff from 1940s, 1930s, 1920s

@lesliebeacom4567

2 жыл бұрын

@@cheery-hex 2 cases in point: the KZread or Tiktok video of the guy on the skateboard drinking cranberry juice and lip syncing to "Dreams" (Stevie Nicks, in case you missed it), and TwinstheNewTrend reviewing, for the first time, Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight". Both videos went viral and both songs charted immediately in the Top 10 (or something close). Both classic songs that I enjoyed the first time around as well as this time. And I was delighted when 20-somethings started discovering these artists.

I came up during a time when the music you listened to - and especially the music you physically "owned" - was foundational to your social identity, your choice of friends, and even your cultural values. I accumulated thousands of LPs, CDs and cassettes. The idea of "renting" music and streaming makes it more disposable - there is no incentive to dig deep and get value from the money and time commitment devoted to an album when you get it home. Bottom line is, today, the industry is just creating "product" at the expense of something that has cultural significance.

@bmmaaate

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. I still know all the words to the first ten LPs that I bought because I only had ten albums and I had to listen to them. Now I have 4000 LPs and I listen to a new album twice and then file it and forget about it.

@keithferris9574

2 жыл бұрын

It is really sad how meaningless new music is.

@nitedreamer23

2 жыл бұрын

so well put, Michael.

@sanniepstein4835

2 жыл бұрын

I was glad when music ceased to be identity (after adolescence) and just became music. I don't share most of my eclectic tastes with anyone I know, and that's fine with me.

@KManLeos

2 жыл бұрын

I agree completely, streaming and the dissolution of the physical media while having some great advantages has a profound downside as well. I remember buying tapes like Van Halen 1984, AC/DC Highway to Hell, Def Leppard Pyromania, etc and just staring at the covers for hours while flipping the tape from side A to side B over and over again. The limitation of the media actually enhanced the experience, because the frame of what I could see was very small compared to what I couldn’t see, thus my imagination was more engaged and the experience became personal for me.

Just gave my 14 year old nephew my complete music CD collection. Bands from my collection U2, Motley Crue, Whitesnake, The Cars, Bon Jovi, The Cranberries, REM, The B2's, Metalica, Van Halen, Def Leppard, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, The Cure, Savage Garden, Sousie and the Banshees, Brian Adams, The Scorpions, AC/DC, The Doors, The Beatles, and many many more, over 50 Cd's total. He loves the collection I gave him. He said music back then sounded great and interesting and so different. A little music history lesson for him to listen to. He said he loves that type of music but, he loves lots of newer bands too. He also collects vinyl albums.

The 70's marked the peak (or close to it) of tape recording tech and underproduced and imaginative music writing. Doobie Brothers, Pink Floyd, Grand Funk, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Dr Hook, Eagles, Deep Purple, Boston... and many others make it my favorite decade.

This is one of my favorite quotes from maybe 30 years ago written by a Russian music critic " Pop music is the ugly child of an unequal marriage between art and commerce." True then true now.

@twotone3471

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree. Take the Modern incarnation of the Beatles, Imagine Dragons. Pretty good stuff, generally. It is not that modern music is bad, but a combination of factors, like the splintering of music genres, where talented artists play in neglected niches like Bluegrass Revival (The Dead South, Steve N' Seagulls) or are making money catering to a established Genre like Country, which has become stagnant in recent times, not having gotten over the popularity of Garth Brooks. There are plenty of good bands/musicians out there like Gorillaz, or The HU, but one has to find them, discover them, and like Penatonix or the Piano Guys, you just might find something special.

@Spuzzmacher

2 жыл бұрын

And yet, occasionally art makes it through. And then The Machine pounces, & its back into the cycle I guess.

@jkb1O5

2 жыл бұрын

Great One!

@OneOfUsHere

2 жыл бұрын

@@twotone3471 I read that shortly after many bands were ripped off by management. Pete Hamm from Badfinger committed suicide because he went to the suits and asked for money. They told him there wasn't any and I saw the writing on the wall. Yes there are hundreds of talented people making music. But they have to go about being heard in a completely different way. No more A&R men.

@twotone3471

2 жыл бұрын

@@OneOfUsHere I was a DJ 25 years ago, on a live show. We were told to stick to the playlist given to us. Having the right people promoting you meant you made the playlist. Didn't matter who sent me a tape (this was before Internet) as I could not play it on air without losing my job.

My discovery of new music is listening to artists that managed to escape my ears growing up. I never new how great Genesis was with Peter Gabriel, this week I'm listening to Marillion. Corporate radio has to be blamed as well. The death of the DJ on classic rock radio playing the same 5 songs over and over.

@lourenzi8820

2 жыл бұрын

@@gokhanersan8561 I guess it is a matter of personal taste. They were more of a prog rock band with Steve Hackett and Gabriel. The songs were epic, like Supper's Ready.

@hanreality.7266

2 жыл бұрын

I love Marillion, but they are hit and miss! There are some great live tracks on KZread if you want to go down that particular wormhole..

@mgtowrules1649

2 жыл бұрын

It has always been A none musician Fat Cat's Agenda to feed the sheep their crap!

@kristopherloviska9042

2 жыл бұрын

@@gokhanersan8561 Try "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" and their first live album simply called "Genesis Live". Both with Gabriel.

@carlathedestructor2454

2 жыл бұрын

The Silent Sun was their first single and it's so mod and I love it.

All great music a person will ever need has already been written. All new music’s purpose, no matter if they’re good or not, is to create nostalgia timestamps for its listener

@matthewdennis1739

Ай бұрын

I don't know I agree with this. Every person's soul is different and what will resonate with that soul is different. There are artists that literally changed the way I see and experience life when I first experienced them.

I stopped listening to the radio in 2000 and never regretted it!

I mean, it makes sense. We now have to opportunity to listen to exactly what we want, how we want. Which has never been the case previously. "Good" and "persistent" songs are filtered through years and critical look back. Of all music that is coming out nowadays, it's hard to find the good stuff easily, while it is much easier to so for older music that has already been naturally curated. Just my 2 cents.

@kevinchen1339

2 жыл бұрын

good view

@gjg8766

2 жыл бұрын

Very good point.

@glennmaillard5972

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on.

@mightynathaniel5355

2 жыл бұрын

interesting thesis. Could also be some influence of distraction and social media, and other elements of modern technology and lifestyle, which all have an influence on artist and listener alike today.

@franklee1205

2 жыл бұрын

Good point👍... however, 🤔there is a LOT less VARIETY today in music today then their have been in DECADES... ✌️🙄

I have watched a number of "first listen" videos by a younger generation than my own. Many are totally blown away by progressive rock. I think that the length of many of those compositions kept radio stations from playing them at all, let alone regularly. Bohemian Rhapsody and Stairway to Heaven were rare exceptions, but their popularity was the epitome of popular music at the time. Now, people are individually starting their own channels, taking requests and sharing these songs with social media. Genesis ('70-76) and Yes among others are enjoying a new renaissance.

@FatherAndTeacherTV

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm always surprised when I see those reactions videos. Phil Collins had his "In the Air Tonight" get new attention a few months ago by a Reaction Video channel and it made the news.

@lesliebeacom4567

2 жыл бұрын

@@FatherAndTeacherTV Same with Stevie Nicks & "Dreams" being lip synced by the guy on the skateboard.

@SspaceB

2 жыл бұрын

Those videos are boomer bait. They force over the top reactions Bc everyone loves seeing someone hear a song they love for the first time.

@lesliebeacom4567

2 жыл бұрын

@@SspaceB LOL! Of course they are! But they're still a kick!

@attackofthetheeyecreatures3472

2 жыл бұрын

I can appreciate the genius of many of the bands with 20 minute keyboard solos, or 40 minute drum solos, or 60 minute guitar solos, or 80 minute bass solos. But, personally, I check out pretty quickly. I don't blame people for liking it or just not being in to it. The songs you mentioned I can play on repeat though.

I grew up on rock n roll in the 50's, 60's n 70's. Black Sabbath, ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, ACDC, Beatles and Elvis + thousands more.

I usually collect records from many genres of many decades! There's so much older music that it is hard to listen to every song from every genre from every decade starting with, and only if you start with, recorded music! Starting after Thamas Alva Edison 1877 first recording (cylinder) or Emile Beeliners recordings(flat Disc records)… it's just so overwhelming how much music there is!😮😮 I also play guitar, sing and YODEL(Western Style(Hank Williams(Sr))) and I'm currently 46 years old!

Things will change when the joy of writing great melodies which people find themselves singing comes back into fashion.

@Britonbear

10 ай бұрын

When the old greys whistle, you know a tune has passed the test.

@jeffreybomba

10 ай бұрын

No it just young people all bobbing their head to the same beat not matter what the song. Almost like communist brainwashing🧐

As an 80s baby who grew up on grandma’s Golden age country, Uncle’s classic rock, Dad’s Motown favorites, & mom’s 80’s new age/pop… I’m grateful to have received an appreciation for every style and decade of music. I love channels like this that try and give people the education surrounding the best music whether it be 40 years old or 10 years old. Also… LOVE the names Layla and Lennon 💜

@salvadordollyparton666

11 ай бұрын

exactly... i live near nashville, so there used to be good country on the radio, but not after like the mid 90s, it got to be sexy tractor bs and now, ugh... but my dad got me into springstein, the beatles, garth brooks, b.b. king, my mom had all her old pop 45's, but i first got into rock with my uncle's old tapes and records. he died like 2 weeks before i was born in february '84. but that was where i first heard ac/dc, brian setzer, the police, zepplin. then, i found metal and southern rap, west coast stuff. i love all different kinds of music, all different decades. from mozart, to lead belly, hendrix to nirvana, queen, slipknot even though they finally seem to have begun their inevitable down slope, does not matter as long as it's good and has soul. which is what new music is lacking the most, soul and life experience. even if someone if a phenominal singer/musician. if your lyrics are stupid or i don't buy it from you as a person, i'm not gonna get into it. courtney love's a perfect example. even her voice cracks and everything back in the day added to it, because you could feel it and it fit. even though she never was a good singer at all, in the classical sense. but there are people now that can really sing, but they all sound exactly the same, the same little nuances. and they're all auto tuned and everything. it's just too manufactured and synthetic, even if it is "good" and they are really talented. all the singers sing just alike, country in some bastard amalgamation with pop and hip hop. it's just ridiculous.

@salvadordollyparton666

11 ай бұрын

i mean, i know there are great new artists out there, but if i don't find them, they don't exist in my world since i never get to experience them. and that's the thing, the only stuff being pushed by major labels, is mediocre crap. same with movies and everything.

You take a song like Dance Hall Days by Wang Chung. Very much a song of its time, you can feel weight of that song, you can simply FEEL every second of that song throughout your entire body. Pure energy. Then take a song like WAP that was popular for like 2 months then it’s on to the next regurgitated smut. Older music is art. Plain and simple.

@matthewdennis1739

Ай бұрын

A lot of current music is art too...just not the plastic pre-packaged McDonalds you find on the radio.

Music between 1996 and 2010 sounded so much better then music today. Seems like all artist today are making covers from this era.

I’m in my late 50’s. I knew I haven’t listened to much “new music” for many years but just thought it was me turning into my father (so to speak). As rock fades and rap took over… as country started moving into more formula driven sound… I just retreated into the music that gives me comfort and satisfaction. There are a few things that I see new and enjoy, but I tend to settle into classic rock. That’s what I heard growing up. It was the music from my youth.

@orlock20

2 жыл бұрын

I listen to modern music, many of these acts have millions of views on KZread but don't chart and are unknown by most people. I'm also in my 50s.

@attackofthetheeyecreatures3472

2 жыл бұрын

Please check out the underground scene. It isn't all dirty, politically fused insanity. A lot of it is stuff that'll blow you away. I think you'd love it. Try Th' Legendary Shake Shakers and Batmobile.

@attackofthetheeyecreatures3472

2 жыл бұрын

@Still Life Maybe that's true. But my parents only listened to stuff that plays in Walgreens. I didn't think I liked music until my dad put on a Paul Revere and the Raiders CD in the car, and I was like "WHAT IS THIS???" And it just snowballed from there.

@citoante

2 жыл бұрын

Its more like postmodernism has nothing to offer. Even the electronic music is basically the same as 20 years ago.

@off6848

2 жыл бұрын

@@citoante you’ve lost it. Modern EDM is nothing like old rave I wish old school rave and dark trance would come back with a new twist

I’m so happy to watch Rick Beato become a true star. He is such an authentic person.

@billolsen4360

Жыл бұрын

If he's really an authentic person, do not wish stardom on him, then.

One day in the naughts --- I can't remember exactly what year it was but between 2005 and 2010 --- I happened to be visiting a university campus for one reason or another. The walk from the parking lot cut among some of the residence buildings. One second or third floor dorm room window was wide open, and Europe's "Final Countdown" was just blasting out of it. You could hear it down the street. I was smiling to myself.

I went to see Elton John at Giants stadium a year ago. I was shocked to see that the crowd was 80% Under 30. I’m 66. I thought it would be the reverse. It was the one of best concerts I’ve been too, never seen Elton before.

@user-wz2qe2pv6r

7 ай бұрын

Seeing EJ or if it was possible ABBA etc is like going to see Bach...Mozart. They are the classics of our times. Great music rises to the top and there it stays for ever.

@matthewdennis1739

Ай бұрын

Amazingly anyone of any age can appreciate good music...and most people who attend concerts tend to be younger.

The core of the problem isn't even related to music. It's a general cultural decline. You see it in other areas. Films are a sequel of a sequel or a remake of a previous success. Books are a continuation of a lengthy series with the same characters rather than something fresh and new. We're in an incredibly stale period. Historically, such periods are usually the calm before the storm.

@nicholashylton6857

2 жыл бұрын

Personally, I do not mind serialized movies or books if that is exactly how they originally intentioned to be. Very entertaining distractions with little new insight into the human condition, but that is exactly what I eagerly pay for. What annoys me are the writers, producers and executives, who create material which is lackluster at best or blatant cynical cash grabs.

@nicholashylton6857

2 жыл бұрын

@@chazsmith20 Meh... If I want something with more substance I'll throw in "Goodfellas" (and b*tch about why Scorsese was shafted), "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Ghost In The Shell", or the legendary 'documentary' "This is Spinal Tap."

@mastafull

2 жыл бұрын

We're living in a time when anyone can produce a piece of art and release to the world through the internet. There's probably more creativity going on right now than ever before. It just isn't reflected in popular culture like it once was because the market is controlled by a handful of risk-adverse media corporations.

@arevireba

2 жыл бұрын

What's really interesting is that movies and music have been just so boring over the last few years. But television - there's a lot genius on the small screen right now. And that's the medium that so many people have looked down upon since its inception.

@AlexSirota

2 жыл бұрын

People are mostly lazy. Intellectually and culturally. But honestly it’s American culture that’s on decline. The rest of the world continues to innovate. America doesn’t rule what’s popular anymore.

To a degree, I think this is driven by the easy availability of older music through streaming. Bands and subgenres I wanted to explore in the 90s and early 2000s are now easily available -- so I explore them.

@lilgreenmomo

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely agree with this. Back in the day I had very little money that I could afford to allocate to buying music despite liking a lot of what was around, so I only bought what I was really really into at the time. Now I have streaming & an ability to buy more music. I'm buying old vinyl & far smaller 'cottage industry' new artist's releases, some of whom I have discovered through the Spotify algorithm.

@Alkoholic666

2 жыл бұрын

I’m

@pleaserewind295

2 жыл бұрын

It just makes sense you would listen to older music in the era of streaming. For the first time, you can listen to just about everything. Decades don't matter as much anymore when it comes to music.

@jamesp8095

2 жыл бұрын

Often I cant find songs on any streaming service mostly when digging through crates.

My son is a 21 year old college senior. I’m visiting him right now for parents weekend. Every song they play at his fraternity and in his car and at the college bars is 60s, 70s and 80s rock. I tell him and his friends how old these songs are and they say they just love music from my generation….. I told him that most of those songs were popular before I was born or when I was just a kid not listening to the radio. I’m 49.

I still believe that the technology restrictions are what made the music great. The limitations of records and tapes made the best possible music. And, the music culture of the times are forever gone. The internet could never accept such limitations.

I am 60 years old I grew up in the 60s, 70s and 80s. I was building a stand for a fish aquarium with my 20 year old daughter. We were listening to a band Artic Monkey that she likes on her Alexa. At one point I asked her if the band was American or British? She looked at me and said that she doesn't know or care. I realized that was the difference between her generation and mine. I knew everything about the bands that I liked when I was her age.

@matthewdennis1739

Ай бұрын

Arctic Monkeys are British by the way :)

I often attribute not liking or appreciating new pop music to the fact that I'm now in my 40s, but I'm actually glad to hear that it's not just me who finds most new songs to be boring and uninteresting.

@CousinCreepy

2 жыл бұрын

It's also the personality behind the songs. Just watched the Behind the Music for Billy Idol, do have we anything like this guy anymore? Any new larger than life stars? Also saw the biography of the year 1984 - same thing, artists at their peak! Is the era of big stars gone for good?

@paulraphael

2 жыл бұрын

I think previous generations of old cranks complained that the new music was too loud, too brash, too offensive, too weird, etc. Now it's more like too boring. I feel like I've heard it all before, but in a somewhat less dumbed down form. And btw, I assume we're just talking about big pop hits ... the kind of things they play on the radio when I go to the gym. I know there are whole worlds of interesting underground music happening.

@doctornova3015

2 жыл бұрын

Not just boring , etc. But ... Unlistenable.

@kai-leeklymchuk744

2 жыл бұрын

And at the same time, too busy, too high-toned and shrill, esp for women warblers. Also remains extremely shallow and misogynistic. Extremely annoying. When is this phase going to pass? I can't believe how long musical strains that rose in the 80s and 90s are still around, essentially unchanged. Don't really have any high hopes for popular music in the future, when there are such low standards.

@RYOkEkEN

2 жыл бұрын

This could be taken out of an Beatles album review when they first came out

My thirteen your old daughter is now a huge Queenfan and i can tell her everything. And the best is few weeks ago she begann to hear Pink Floyd...yeah

I just created a 60’s playlist- Beatles, Stones, Byrds, Cream, Rascals, Beach Boys, Tommy James…… and listening to these songs they had MELODIES!! I’m 69 years old and don’t live in the past ( old progressive rock man- YES, TULL, ELP, Floyd, Zep, Dream Theater, Steven Wilson etc. My point is it that it is unmistakable-the older songs had great melodies , rich vocals and innovation. All that matters today is money. Way back recording artists had to demonstrate talent to get a contract- not any more.

I don't listen to any genre of new music. I have however, put together a massive CD collection of my favorites that I bought from thrift stores. I can drive around or work in my shop and listen to exactly what makes me feel great and no commercials. What a time to be alive!

@61guitbox

10 ай бұрын

commercials is why I don’t listen to radio !

@JP-ve7or

9 ай бұрын

People laugh, but I prefer physical media I own over streaming services.

I can attest that there is a vibrant underground scene like SoundCloud and Bandcamp where amazing fans just pay us directly and bypass the entire label system

Glad to hear Rick, Music Education. I am a music teacher that finds your stuff pretty incredible!

I go to a Memorial Day gathering at the Frio River in Texas every year.. Without fail, the college-age kids will be hanging out, not paying attention to current songs playing. Then a Journey, Boston, or Zeppelin comes on, and they all stop and start singing at the top of their lungs. It does this old heart good.

A quality produced album is a work of art. I'm sick of albums being compressed to death.

@TheDilligan

10 ай бұрын

Yeah it's funny. I collect vinyl and I know vinyl is technically of inferior quality to CDs or a good highquality lossless file. But people always seem to like the sound of vinyl better and they constantly say that it's "higher quality" when it isn't. And what that misconception/preference comes down to is that you can't over-compress music for vinyl as the lathe won't be able to cut it. So when you listen to vinyl, you get to hear a quieter, more dynamic master, with less low and high frequency hype.

@protoclone138

10 ай бұрын

@@TheDilligan Ah, I did not know that! Thank you!

@rugburnjunky

10 ай бұрын

@@TheDilligan Perfectly stated. It's not the medium it's the mastering. The limitations of vinyl are what often causes more care to go into its production.

@davidgamboa918

10 ай бұрын

​@@TheDilligan😊

@TwoWolves

10 ай бұрын

@TheDilligan. I've always thought vinyl sounded 'warmer' than CDs and digital in general.

My 11 y.o daughters favourite band is The Beatles. She digs Dylan, and Pink Floyd. My nephew is 9, and his favourites are Dire Straits, and Motley Crüe. There is hope people 🤘🎸🥃💙

@jefffudesco9364

2 жыл бұрын

I think the opposite. When I was 9 the LAST thing I wanted to do was hear my father's music.

@rossclifton2621

2 жыл бұрын

I’m 22 and the Beatles have been my favorite for years. My dad is in his late 50’s so we always listened to the Stones, the Beatles, the Eagles, ELO, Fleetwood Mac and Clapton. My heart definitely belongs to the older music

@athathsonty2925

2 жыл бұрын

Hope for what?

@prestwickpioneer3474

2 жыл бұрын

That’s not hope that’s clinging to a past long gone and it’s not supporting new acts. So it’s literally old music killing new music. Why not support bands like Weyes Blood, Haim, Agnes Obel, Eleni Mandell, Jamila Woods, Field Music, Cinematic Orchestra, Clogs, Goat, Hannah Peel, Isotope 217, Jane Weaver, Jan Jelinek, Jenny Lewis, Sigur Ros, Martha Wainwright, Son Lux, Trembling Bells............

When a new song is treated as "a track" , it will just be forgotten fast. But when relevant efforts are put into the lyrics and marketing upon the relevant social backdrop, treat it like an art too, it will be appreciated over time.

im 60 my sisters grandaughter loves ku fu fighting song now thats old i find my own grandkids love the 70s music......they got good taste haha

Hey Rick I am an Aussie. Recently I was in a store where there was a young girl, maybe 18, probably working during the summer break and singing along to The Stones "It's only Rock and Roll" on the radio in the background. When I said I was surprised that she new the words she replied that it was the type of music she likes. I only realised later that the song probably pre-dates even her parents!. 🎸🎸If only she would pick up a guitar.

“We’ve taken care of everything, the words you read, the songs you sing…” Temples of Syrinx…Eerily prophetic in my humble opinion….Great commentary Rick!

Dark side of the moon, 50 years old, still relevant and amazing. Nothing made today has any relevancy longer than a year, at best.

I'm 76 and have been following rock and its derivatives since the late 1950's, when I first saw Joey Dee and The Starlighters at a social club in Hoboken. I went to so many shows at the Brooklyn Paramount and Brooklyn Fox that had the finest music of the era. And it continued through the 60's, 70's, 80's and into the 90's. There were true musicians who worked at their craft, but that has decreased as time went. It all became about canned music and auto-tune and how fast it could be pumped out of a studio. As it went on i ended up just listening to my own playlist and paid no attention to anything on the radio. My interest runs the gamut from rock, pop, jazz/funk, C&W, classical, Latin and pretty much anything in between. Then I struck gold overseas, especially in Asia. The sheer number of impressive artists across genres is amazing. Japan leads the globe in great female bands, which is a welcome thing to see. And they are some of the finest musicians out there today. Korea, which is known mainly for K-pop, has a couple of great rock bands like Rolling Quartz. The K-pop of the past was lightyears better than what comes out today, with 2NE1 at the top of the heap. This year alone there were at least six, and maybe more, Japanese bands touring the US. Baby Metal is just ending their US tour, Band Maid was here twice this year, in addition to their US tour last year, something close to, or more than 50 sellouts in that period. Music in the US has become stagnant because younger artists look to take the easy way and many of them do not even play an instrument. I'm planning a trip to Japan next year to see some of my favorite groups on their home turf. It's just depressing what passes for popular music today in the US.

One thing not mentioned is the decline in local live music, mainly due to COVID. In my case, I used to hang out in clubs featuring live music, but lately have gotten out of the habit. To me live gigs are the forge from which new music evolves, not kids streaming from their bedrooms.

@kamaboko1

2 жыл бұрын

Live music has been dead in my area long before COVID.

@newagain9964

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottakam how much did it cost to see an act play live? Seems the last 10 yrs or so everyone charging at least $20

@joshuawarkentin9199

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, a lot of the venues have shut down because they sold the property to a developer.

@pastureexpectationsfarm6412

2 жыл бұрын

Mainly due to government reactions and shutdowns.

@Ohbubbano

2 жыл бұрын

Its a gift that some of us live in states that stay open, lots of people here in florida still hosting live music events

One of the big marks of loss of identity (in the electronic age) is *nostalgia* -Marshall McLuhan

@Trendyflute

2 жыл бұрын

Nostalgia is literally a fear response to retreat to known comforting things. When society is experiencing mass nostalgia, there's big problems. And one of our big problems is how fast technology is outpacing human empathy. The breakdown of the music industry's validity to the human experience is a symptom of that.

@sethfleishman5346

2 жыл бұрын

McLuhan is the key that picks the lock of our times.

@jefffudesco9364

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent quote. I see fathers in my hood pushing 45 year old meaningless 2 minute ditties down their kids throats and to me it is some kinda death knell.

@michelesmith2620

2 жыл бұрын

Dude is overrated. The best thing he did was a walk on in a line on a classic Woody Allen film.

@sethfleishman5346

2 жыл бұрын

@@michelesmith2620 What is his rating? How is it measured?

There are two big reasons. Quality and packaging. On quality, everything sounds the same (and if not is autotuned until it does), presents raw artists that haven't developed and tosses them aside if they don't sell right away (which is tough as they haven't had time to develop a fan base) and only allows certain messages (could you imagine Oliver Anthony being discovered outside of independent channels and allowed to record any of his songs as is?). Second is packaging. I grew up in the cassette era where once you heard side one the easiest way to here it again was to "rewind" by playing side two. Music was created to a theme and is most beautiful and memorable if allowed to create a mood. It took a while for me to convert to CDs because I rarely listened long enough to hear track 11 or 12 and got bored with the hits before getting that far. Now we live in an era where we don't buy albums, but almost strictly singles. While you can create playlists, you don't have the intimacy with an artist like having listened to "Tapestry" or "Dark Side of the Moon" over and over. Fast food music leaves me wanting. As they release less music on cd they eliminate me as a customer as I listen to the 500 CDs on my shelves that I've grown to love.

Rick, hundreds of reaction channels, led by mostly young people, are not only bringing back the good old stuff but introducing many youngsters to it as well! Look what Twins the New Trend did for Phil Collins and In The Air Tonight! Phil had a complete resurgence of popularity.