Why new music sucks.

[Peen Simmons]

Also note, recorded music and recorded music in the home is a newish thing.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

True non-conformity is choosing and doing what is best for the individual in question, not in unity with any generation, or group of any kind, or in opposition to whatever the disliked norm is.

And, of course, all of this is partly a function of how people internalize market segmentation and turn it into a thing and then internalize marketing values as personal beliefs and sources of meaning and identity-making.

Which to me is why it is so hard for a person, myself included, to live by that statement I made above, which came from my 17 year old mind way back when, as I tried to form my own identity independent of the influence of, or independent of reaction to, others. I can say I choose this over that for whatever my stated reason is, but . . . let's just say that that works out imperfectly at best. If we are honest.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Also note, recorded music and recorded music in the home is a newish thing.

That was always there for me. My paternal grandmother played organ in the theaters they owned at night, and in the church they attended on Sundays, and at all family gatherings. My maternal grandparents also played, but less. And Dad was a saxophonist who played swing, some jazz, and show tunes all the time. And we always had some sort of stereo, and radios all over the place.

 

[Peen Simmons]

That was always there for me. My paternal grandmother played organ in the theaters they owned at night, and in the church they attended on Sundays, and at all family gatherings. My maternal grandparents also played, but less. And Dad was a saxophonist who played swing, some jazz, and show tunes all the time. And we always had some sort of stereo, and radios all over the place.

Yeah, but you’re only looking at about 100 years of recorded music in terms of mass consumption. And recorded music overtaking playing music on an instrument in the home or live music as accompaniment to dancing didn’t entirely blow up populist music consumption until about midcentury.

That’s a drop in the bucket vs. the entire history of music in human cultures.

And electronically aided pop music is an even more recent thing. Hell, 2 of the guys who basically invented the idea of a 3-5 person self-contained pop group operating as an autonomous creative collective/cult of personality/gang are still alive. People’s parents (or even some of the ancient Forumites here) can remember back before this kind of pop group was a thing. This way of organizing musical production could easily cease to be.

 

[shoeless]

I don't want to work. I just want to bang on the drum all day.

 

[Modern Saint]

Great article DCF @dodgechargerfan !!!

I know for me that new music does not move me the same way the old music does. So what I did was explore other genres of music like Country and Blues. Country is a great example of the music ever changing as it blends new genres into the general form. FWIW, I like some and don't like others. Regarding mainstream pop and rock, most of it is rehashed/recycled. If lucky, one song out of many may catch my ear causing potential interest.

What I find really interesting is that I played in several tribute bands. Learned and played the music to the point that I do not want to listen to them anymore.

 

[rickenvox]

Y’know, it’s interesting to me how we so easily accept “things have always been this way” narratives.

Less than a century ago, that generational divide in music listening simply didn’t exist. Parents and children listened to the exact same stuff.

The record industry, radio, and film certainly made all of that divide possible, but it still took a couple of decades of it to happen. Everyone listened to Bing Crosby. When the split finally came, it was with Sinatra in the 30s.

Youth culture really isn’t that old.

Here’s a good article on the Lost Generation with some suggestions that it’s nothing new

https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/92dec/9212genx4.htm



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[Bones McHorror]

Here's our national treasure Lizzo killing it on some German TV show back in March.



I'd be interested to hear what the algorithm is for this song. Or how her vocals are fake.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

To no one in particular. I just thought this was timely.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Here's our national treasure Lizzo killing it on some German TV show back in March.



I'd be interested to hear what the algorithm is for this song. Or how her vocals are fake.

I love this, BTW.