Today's Mainstream Music v. Classic Music

[Kevdude]

also i think OP should realize there was a lot of popular stuffty music back in the 60s, 70s, and 80s too.  We just never hear about them because they suck.  All we hear about is the good stuff.

In 20 years, nobody will be listening to Justin Beiber or Katy Perry, but they will be listening to artists like Daft Punk and Adele.

That's what I've been thinking too

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[KoopaScooper]

Don't forget to mention Nickelback! They're great!

not sure if deaf or just likes nickelback

[-Blok-]

People did listen to classic music "because everyone else does or because the band members look good."  Explain ACDC, Kiss, Pink Floyd, and all hair bands.  Successful bands need to have a unique or appealing thing about them.  ACDC had cannons and a crazy short guy in a school uniform prancing around stage, Kiss... I don't even need to explain them, Pink Floyd had a loving plane crash onto the stage and stuff exploding while playing live, and hair bands grew their hair out because it made them "look good" and because "everyone else" was.

It's difficult to find a popular mainstream music artist that is ugly. Yes, I do agree that there were exceptions about people in classic music. And your examples of concerts that some classic bands had were great. That's why a lot of people went to them. The band was actually playing the music and there were cool effects and things you just can't find easily in concerts nowadays.

And this is to all of those who keep telling me that there are good bands out there nowadays and that I should try listening to them and things similar to that:

I know, this post is mainly about mainstream music, like the artists I have under "Today's Music". I think I can change the title.

Ok, the titles are changed to "Today's Mainstream Music".

[Doomonkey]

also i think OP should realize there was a lot of popular stuffty music back in the 60s, 70s, and 80s too.  We just never hear about them because they suck.  All we hear about is the good stuff.

In 20 years, nobody will be listening to Justin Beiber or Katy Perry, but they will be listening to artists like Daft Punk and Adele.

Except back in the 60s-80s the good artists were at the top of the charts. Now some crappy artists are.

[-Blok-]

Except back in the 60s-80s the good artists were at the top of the charts. Now some crappy artists are.

I agree 100%. People keep saying that there are great bands, but I just have to look. Back in the 60s and 70s, you didn't have to look because they were the most popular. The most popular bands now are followed for reasons opposite of why classic bands were followed.

Maybe it's those who listen to mainstream bands' fault for making the bad artists the most popular, not the artists themselves.

[Fracture]

Except back in the 60s-80s the good artists were at the top of the charts. Now some crappy artists are.

Funny enough, they're at the top of the charts because people like them.
Just because you dont, doesnt mean they are crappy artists.

This whole music debate is loving handicapped. We all like different things, but everyone seems to get pissed off when someone else likes something they dont like.

[dkamm65]

Except back in the 60s-80s the good artists were at the top of the charts. Now some crappy artists are.

Except the generations before thought the top of the chart music was terrible. It's the same trend every generation. The previous generation hates the music from the next.

And people that grew up in the 80s said the same thing about the 90s.

And 70s about 80s.

And 60s about 70s.

And 50s about 60s.

And 40s about 50s.

And when will people see this trend has repeated and will repeat for eternity.

[Dusty12]

I like that older music is more subtle about it's meaning. There are a lot of older songs that deal with love (Rhapsody in the Rain, for example, which was banned for being too suggestive in the 60s) and drugs and all things risque. But it's not up in your face, it's subtle, and it feels like it has a deeper meaning.

I've always listed to older music and I can't really stand anything else from today. I like a few modern artists and a select few songs but my heart will always be with Doo Wop and crooners, and most of the music from the 20s to the 80s.

[Doomonkey]

Except the generations before thought the top of the chart music was terrible. It's the same trend every generation. The previous generation hates the music from the next.

I wasn't saying anything to the contrary.

Someone said, that they had crappy artists then but no one knows about them now. And they have good artists now, but no one knows about them. They listed some "good artists". I was telling them that the difference between now and then  is that back then the "good artists" (according to his theory) were at the top of the charts and the "good artists" now are not, or less frequently. Which suggests that people are moving away from good music, but that is only if his definitions of good artists are correct.

My statement was essentially, "What you are saying contradicts your point."

[-Blok-]

Except the generations before thought the top of the chart music was terrible. It's the same trend every generation. The previous generation hates the music from the next.

Basically everyone back then listened to the top bands, like the Beatles, The Who or Bruce Springsteen. There were very few (mostly old people that hated it because kids listened to it) that didn't like the top artists back then. My dad and everyone I know of that is or was his friend listens to the same music. Except one guy, he listens to like Genesis or something weird. And these people all agreed that the music was great and they all agreed that today's music is bad, like me. They didn't listen to the music back then just because their friends did.

And if you say "Well there you go, your dad made you listen to that old music and now you like it!"

He made me listen to the Beatles (and he didn't really force me, he had me listen to a few songs and then I said that I wanted to hear more). That was it. The rest I explored myself. He just introduced bands to me that I might like, like Nektar and Ten Years After that I have never heard of.

My mom listens to today's mainstream music. She makes me listen to it sometimes. I hate it. I actually don't like it. And I was introduced to both types of music at around the same time. As I listened to classic music more and more, I understood more and more why I don't like today's mainstream music.

And I would love for you guys to give me some names of current bands that are similar to bands from classic music. And I don't really like heavy rock like ACDC or 80s rock. I like music that is more like The Beatles, Yes, The Who, The Eagles, Wings, The Rolling Stones, and Steve Miller band. They were rock, just not hard rock.

[Planr]

Modern music is garbage and the people who make it, like Lady GaGa and Nicki Minajj are just idiotic love dolls in ridiculous suits who live materialistic lives of reliance on their fame to survive. They have no real talent. Autotune and computers deserve more of the credit than the actual musicians themselves these days. Hollywood and the music and celebrity music industries are things full of sadness and worldly emptiness.

[Planr]

Baraq Obama probably has a better singing voice than any of the modern artists. And he doesn't even sing.

[-Blok-]

So does anyone here actually like today's mainstream music that we can argue with? It seems like most of the people here like lesser known bands nowadays rather than Justin Bieber and Katy Perry.

Baraq Obama probably has a better singing voice than any of the modern artists. And he doesn't even sing.

Lol.

[Katadeus]

not sure if deaf or just likes nickelback

Synonyms.

[Fracture]

Modern music is garbage and the people who make it, like Lady GaGa and Nicki Minajj are just idiotic love dolls in ridiculous suits who live materialistic lives of reliance on their fame to survive. They have no real talent. Autotune and computers deserve more of the credit than the actual musicians themselves these days. Hollywood and the music and celebrity music industries are things full of sadness and worldly emptiness.

Im about to say something that may piss a few people off.
I think people who dwell on the past, and only listen to music from the 80s or below, are loving stupid. They constantly say that todays music is stuff, but how would they know? They're too busy bullstuffting themselves into thinking their music is the best to even consider listening to music of today.

Planr, your argument is loving stupid. Yes, everyone has heard of Lady gaga or nicki minaj, but no one is forcing you to listen to them. I, personally, like to listen to a lot of metal/death metal, and guess how often I ever hear them? Never. There are people like Lady Gaga in every generation, believe it or not.