Author Topic: Today's Mainstream Music v. Classic Music  (Read 13036 times)

Are there any bands that actually have a guitarist, a bassist, a lead singer, and a drummer that doesn't sound like crap and isn't hard rock or metal?
The Drums
Smashing Pumpkins(Basically an old band but new album)
Title Fight
Echo Lake
Silversun Pickups
Yuck
M83
The Wombats

>Madeon was too, hard rock for me. I didn't really like the few songs I listened to by them.
>Above and Beyond, again, too hard rock and too many effects. It all songs computerized, I don't know why.
>Daft Punk was too computerish, the few songs I heard sounded all the same to me.
>Swedish House Mafia, again, you can tell that most of it was done by computers. I need to be able to hear the guitarist, hear the drummer and hear the bass. All I hear is beats and weird sounds.
>Pegboard Nerds, same thing as most of the above stuff.
>Same with Porter Robinson.

I want to be able to hear people playing instruments. I don't like things that are done by machines. They all sounded the same to me. I need something that sticks out, like the singer has a unique voice, or there is a good guitar player or you notice the drums throughout the song.
Yes that was all EDM, ELECTRONIC dance music

also i'm baffled that you just said that Above & Beyond sounds like Pegboard Nerds

guise, it hs compotrs in it, es bad.

loving classic rock was one of the pioneers of synth in music. Baba O'Riley anyone?

guise, it hs compotrs in it, es bad.

loving classic rock was one of the pioneers of synth in music. Baba O'Riley anyone?

Dark Side of the Moon, too. That album was revolutionary in terms of computer editing.

Dark Side of the Moon, too. That album was revolutionary in terms of computer editing.
Dat Time

Dark Side of the Moon, too. That album was revolutionary in terms of computer editing.
Well Who's Next was released first and it was just the use of a synthesizer. The Dark Side of Moon was a lot of different stuff

The Drums - It was ok.
Smashing Pumpkins(Basically an old band but new album) - I have heard some of these guys' songs. They're pretty good.
Title Fight - I didn't really like this one. Singer was weird and the drums and guitar were too dominant throughout the whole song.
Echo Lake - Didn't really like this one either.
Silversun Pickups - Singer was a little weird and it was too hard rock, I think.
Yuck - I liked everything in this song, except the singing. I couldn't hear it.
M83 - This one was weird.
The Wombats - This one was pretty good.

guise, it hs compotrs in it, es bad.

loving classic rock was one of the pioneers of synth in music. Baba O'Riley anyone?
That was just a keyboard, the guy was actually playing the keyboard. I think that the keyboard is one of the good instruments like the guitar. As long as someone is actually playing it and it can be noticed.

I liked Smashing Pumpkin's 1979.

Ironic lol.




For the songs you couldn't hear the vocals(except Title Fight,) they were shoegazing songs. The vocals are just treated like any other instrument and are meant to be distant and dreamy.

Not ironic
I just thought it was funny that one of the very few modern songs I like is called 1979.

For the songs you couldn't hear the vocals(except Title Fight,) they were shoegazing songs. The vocals are just treated like any other instrument and are meant to be distant and dreamy.
Well, I like to hear the lyrics. The lyrics should be the #1 thing you listen to, the instruments behind also need to be noticeable, jut not overpowering the singing.

I just thought it was funny that one of the very few modern songs I like is called 1979.
1979 is over 15 years old, I avoided their 90's stuff to show you something considered new

That was just a keyboard, the guy was actually playing the keyboard. I think that the keyboard is one of the good instruments like the guitar. As long as someone is actually playing it and it can be noticed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTx3G6h2xyA