Is older music better?

Mainstream popular music has been rolling down the standards slope for years! The slope seems to be never ending, which is why things are getting worse.

There are plenty of modern bands that are really very good, some are even quite popular. I went to see Atlas Sound a few weeks ago which not only sold out but was packed in a decent sized venue!

There are plenty of people out there really making something amazing, mainstream media just doesn't know/care or get enough money out of it to tell everyone. Even when they do hit the mainstream, it gets tainted a little (Beach House's new album sort of shows it a bit).
 
If it's got explicit in the title then it's probably not a good idea to link to it, think about it.

WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP!

Musical greatness.
 
LizardKing said:
Pop music by its definition is whats popular at the moment in time. Your just out of touch ;) :)

Unfortunately Radio will only ever play what brings in the money, we need more people like John Peel!
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Maybe, but do you really think people will be listening to this stuff in 50 years time? Is much stuff that's coming out now really "timeless"? I personally don't think so.

Oasis will probably be listened to in 2052. I'd like to think Pulp would but it's unlikely. Paul Weller will probably still be in some peoples' collections but I reckon the majority of stuff in the charts and even other channels like Dubstep/"R&B" (I deliberately use quotes) won't be remembered.

I'd bet that in 2052, people will still listen to the Stones, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, The Beatles, and many other timeless bands from the past. Bands like the Prodigy and Human League may even get a look in too.
 
Less focus, more noise. Who will make it into the next decade? I can't even name one. I'm not a mainstream music fan anyway. But I must say I did prefer a lot of the commercially successful music of past generations. Motown, Funk, rock, grunge, ... then my interest pretty much stopped there. Really not a fan at all of mainstream hip hop / soul / dance / house besterdisation that they keep churning out these days.
 
No it isn't.

Music doesn't have to be timeless and listened to in 50 years time to be good.
 
PardonTheWait said:
The 'old' music that is still listened to by a significant amount of people is the cream of that particular era and there was tons and tons and tons of bilge that was almost instantly forgotten, just like there is today.
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Makes for a weird view of Top Of The Pops That's for sure. Jesus Christ, were people on drugs or what.

Problem is, what's the defining sound nowadays? You can trace history from the 60's pretty simply. Jazz, Soul, Rock, Heavy Metal, Funk, Disco, Punk, Pop, Hip Hop, House, Grunge, Dance, Trip Hop.

Now I don't know, there seem to be more interest in feeding the public what he wants rather than challenging him.
 
When listening to older music (especially 80's and early 90's stuff), I always get a greater sense of 'soul' and artistry from the sound. The focus seemed to be less on entertainment but more on performing a piece of art and expressing a particular idea - the onus is more on the listener to find enjoyment.

There is obviously a much greater volume and variety of music being produced today, but I honestly believe the proportion of it that is junk is much greater than it was ever before.

Also, there is such a thing as 'bad' music. The quality of music is not completely subjective.
 
88-94 tbh for most of my music tastes

hip hop
rap
electro
dance
house
dnb

seems like in last 10-15 years these are all pop like. dnb is mostly liquid chillout crap . hip hop is little wayne , kanye west :(

yes they're are still groups who do fresh stuff but it seems to be declining as its not worth it financially
 
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Oh don't worry I know better than to try debate anything with people like him. It's the same reason I don't argue with religious people or victims of recent head trauma.

Doing the former just makes you want to join the ranks of the latter.
 
OhEsEcks said:
Can someone explain to me how music IS completely subjective? I have no clue as to how it's subjective or objective.
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It's like any creative medium, if someone went to the trouble of creating it it deserved to be created. Regardless of what the majority think of it.

Take The Room for example, widely considered one of, if not the worst film ever made. Yet regardless of it's critical reception since it's creation it has developed an enormous following.

I would rather everything be made than nothing, regardless of whether I would consider a large majority of it garbage.
 
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