Has Music Died?

[Druidus]

Am I missing something, Or has music died (or at least gotten sick) after the late seventies and early to mid eighties? What happened to the music? It seems bands just don't care anymore. They don't really understand anymore. The music is written for money, and nothing else. Go back to Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd. That was good, quality music, almost regardless of who you ask. Almost anyone can appreciate it. But nowadays, all music is the same stuff, spewed from the mouth of the blood-sucking leeches we call the music industry. What do you think?

This isn't to say all music now is bad, only that most is. I like most power metal, but then, most power metal originates in the seventies and eighties. I also like other forms of metal, but then, most of those also originate in the seventies and eighties.

 

[Atheist_Dave]

Black Sabbath, ADDC, Led Zeppelin, Floyd, Hendrix.... compare that music to todays crap and I'd say yes, music has pretty much kealed over and died by the side of the road, you could say its on the "highway to hell". See what I did there?

Peace x

 

[Bangbang]

Yes.....it has certainly gone downhill when you got to go back to the late 60's and 70's to hear something good. However that is a relative statement.......some people like to listen to crap.

 

[mr.guy]

I miss the bass guitar. No-one bothers to learn how to play it anymore.

 

[cardero]

There is good music you just have to search (keep an ear out) for it. Music is like religion. You can accept what the industry serves you (faithfully) or you can go out and discover what is available and personally re-new your love for music. Music is timeless so it is not uncommon to unearth the gems that you have never heard of over the years while you are waiting for the next coming of the sound that will strike you as hard as the legendary bands of yester-year. So yes, anyone who says "where is all the good music" is missing something.

 

[michel]

No, Fortunately.

So they were singing "Bye Bye Miss American Pie................"


Although I felt that nothing could touch 'popular music' after the 1960's, I often find myself enjoying some of the modern popular music. Thhe same can be said about Classical music ; some 'modern classical pieces' are incredible, and may well still be appreciated in years to come.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Watch Korns music video to "Yall want a single" and then you will realize, not all bands are like that. To sum the video up, Korn goes into a music store, tears it up, and little facts about the music industry are revealed. Such as Britney Spears video Costing 1,000,000 to make. Hundreds of songs are realesed each week, but on average, only 4 are make to the average radio playlist. On average, number 1 hits are less than 3:30 long. One corporation owns the top 5 music channels. Last year, the top 5 music labels sold over 25 billion dollars worth of music. 90% of releases to major labes do not profit.Top 40 songs are repeated over 100 times a week. I loved Korn even more when the video flashes "This is a single......Steal this video." Bands that make music because its what they love a rare, but they are out thier.

This isn't to say all music now is bad, only that most is. I like most power metal, but then, most power metal originates in the seventies and eighties. I also like other forms of metal, but then, most of those also originate in the seventies and eighties.

Black Sabbath is pretty much the original metal group.

 

[BucephalusBB]

So you are basing this all on one small music genre???!?!?!

Nope, music isn't dying yet (it will be as music isn't infinite), it just had a turnover to another genre. In the housescene (dance, househardcore, techno, trance) the music is at the top. In the R&B scene there appear to be a lot of good artist (wouldn't know so myself, I don't like that **)
If you love drum 'n bass, like me does , you really really want to live in this era..

 

[Bangbang]

Even my kids eventually started listening to old music rather than the current crap.

 

[Atheist_Dave]

My deepest thoughts are that music died with Ludwig Van Beethoven, but I'm just an obsessive fan so I would say that...

 

[ChrisP]

K so most of you should know by now I love music; It's not dead, but it's close. There's always some bad with the good, but I could count on one hand the number of good bands these days.

If you love drum 'n bass, like me does, you really really want to live in this era..

Sadly that's the only good music now.

Electronica is the way to go if you want modern music that doesn't leave a bad taste in your mouth Druidus . I know it's not the same, but if you keep trying you'll find something you like. If anyone wants some starting points PM me

LOVE THE NEW AVATAR LUKE_WOLF!! :jam:

There is good music you just have to search (keep an ear out) for it. Music is like religion. You can accept what the industry serves you (faithfully) or you can go out and discover what is available and personally re-new your love for music. Music is timeless so it is not uncommon to unearth the gems that you have never heard of over the years while you are waiting for the next coming of the sound that will strike you as hard as the legendary bands of yester-year. So yes, anyone who says "where is all the good music" is missing something.

Best advice anyone could give you young fellas , LISTEN TO THIS MAN!!!

 

[BucephalusBB]

Even my kids eventually started listening to old music rather than the current crap.

So did I and so did my parents :sarcastic Im seeing a pattern there..

 

[Aqualung]

Good music has certainly died, but unfortunately that crap they call music today continues to live on.

 

[Flappycat]

Intelligent people throughout history have said this same thing: "music has died." The thing is, it hasn't. It lives on, just as it always has. Do you think that today's crap is going to be remembered in fifty years? I don't think so. We're going to remember the usually tragic few who actually cared about the art, and our kids will be uttering the same, old chant: "music has died." I tell ya what; no, it hasn't, and it won't. Your generation didn't have a monopoly on virtue, and neither does ours. Similarly, our generation doesn't have a monopoly on greed and ignorance, and neither did yours, pal. Neither did your favorite or least favorite generation. There are and always will be a few out there who actually care about the art, and, as usual, we'll most likely never really appreciate it until long after its makers are gone and wonder, as we always have, what damnable thing possessed us to ignore or even speak spitefully of these wonderful, talented people when they were still there to hear any appreciation that might have been directed at them. We'll wonder why we didn't see the beauty of what they were trying to do before we even fully realized that they existed. It goes on, and it never ends. Greatness is and nearly always has been a thankless task, and, fortunately, great people don't really care.

 

[Fluffy]

2005 has been the worst year of the new millenium that is for sure. But considering the other four years were mind blowing, I think we can excuse that little fact . There is only been three albums this year that were any good unfortunately (that I've heard). Unless you count the Dean Grey "American Edit". 2004 was brimming with decent music .

Music is alive, well and better than ever!

 

[Bishka]

Yes, music has died. Absolutley. I'm 20 and I know that. Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, Beatles, The Who, they were some of the greatest music makers out there!

 

[Faint]

Actually, I think music is getting better. Technology for songwriting and production has created sound possibilities that The Beatles never dreamed of (weeeell, maybe if they were on LSD at the time). There is plenty of good music being made right now. But one of the problems is (as someone else mentioned) that Clear Channel and Viacom control the airwaves, so you're mainly going to hear what THEY want you to hear, and what they want you to hear is based on profit margins and faulty market research. So if your main source for new music is MTV or VHI or KROQ or whatever, of course you're going to be disappointed. I recommend broadening your horizons--tap into the club circuit (if you have one), or music forums, or internet radio, or read some music magazines. I like a lot of old hippy music to be sure, but I have to be in the right mood to listen to it. And overall, it cannot compare with the new IDM, synthpop that I hear in the Hollywood clubs.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Music, for alot of groups is a get rich quick sceme, but some groups don't make a whole lot because there not of a mainstream genre. Some groups sing from thier heart, and some groups change thier sound with every new album they release.
For me, techno is ok once in awhile, but R&B, rap, and the other more mainstream music, IMO, sucks.

I miss the bass guitar. No-one bothers to learn how to play it anymore.

I love first two albums Metallica made. They had a great bassist. Jason Newstead was also pretty good, but leagues away from Cliff Burton. Thier new one isn't that good. Actually, when I went and saw Metallica about a year and a half ago, he spun around alot, and got so dizzy he almost staggered off stage.
I don't like a whole lot of old music. AC DC, Black Sabbath, Led Zeplin, The Who, and KISS are really the only old ones I like. Sadly though, out of all my friends, I'm the only one who likes Jimi Hendrix.

Technology for songwriting and production has created sound possibilities that The Beatles never dreamed of (weeeell, maybe if they were on LSD at the time).

Or were they on LSD?

 

[joeboonda]

Yes, music has died. Absolutley. I'm 20 and I know that. Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, Beatles, The Who, they were some of the greatest music makers out there!

Yeah all those bands of the 60's were what I always liked, too. Now that is what my kids like, and I did not influence that. Guess they need to give out LSD again, lol. Only thing, as much as I like that music, I also dislike certain aspects of it, and it worries me a bit. I'm 40 and I try to listen to music that I hope God would be pleased with. I will not say anything more to that or I know there will be a fight, lol.

 

[Flappycat]

Oh, no! The computer music isn't real! It isn't real music because a computer makes it! It doesn't sound as good because someone didn't make his fingers bleed while making it! Really, this is something for another thread, and I'm in a bark over it. Hold on just ONE minute while I explain thoroughly why my britches are in a bundle.