My only thought is this. Somehow God came down and mass blessed many of the musicians in the late 60s through the 80s. And he hasn’t been back to do that so the artists tried to make it on their own but every one of them failed miserably. If you listen closely to the blessed music you will hear what heaven sounds like. All they could do after that sounded like hell. That’s the only explanation I can come up with. Your soul will verify the truth in it when it is immersed in those beautiful sounds.
Ever heard the expression “95% of everything is crap”? That was true back then as well.
I’m also guessing there’s a pretty huge dose of “Music was better in MY youth.” going on here too.
This is a video posted today of a live performance. Tell me this isn’t good.
Moderating:
As there is no debate clearly framed here and this discussion seems better suited to Cafe Society, I’m moving the thread there.
We’ve got satellite radio and on long trips I like to turn it to one of the 80s stations. Very often they’ll play the top 40 songs from a particular month or year, and I’m always surprised by how many of them I don’t recognize. I’m sure I heard them, but I don’t remember them at all. They sound like generic 80s music you might hear in a cheesy 80s movie. Like if the protagonist go to a club or something, that’s the music you’d hear the band playing.
Sometimes I wonder about musical scores for motion pictures. I can scarcely think of many that have been memorable in the last 25 years or so. Harry Potter is the theme I find most memorable and I’m not really a fan of the franchise. Next would be The Avengers, but I think it’s kind of boring.
“I don’t like newer music, so it must be because of God withholding blessings to newer musicians.”
OK, then. Certainly a much more likely explanation than, “music has changed, my tastes haven’t.”
For your listening pleasure, one of the mass blessed musicians from the late 60s,
One of my favorite bands of all time!
Music doesn’t have to have mass appeal anymore thanks to less expensive production and distribution costs. That’s liberating for artists and listeners alike. They still make music like they did 40 years ago, it’s just not 100% of the total anymore and doesn’t necessarily appeal to people who weren’t listening to it when their tastes were formulated.
Chuck Berry they ain’t.
I’m not going to argue music is better or worse now. However, there are styles I dislike a lot that are very popular now; I find much of pop and hip hop grating.
I’ve been told that there aren’t bands much anymore ‘cause it’s cheaper to produce single artists. Whatever the reason, I miss bands, and I miss rock, and driving blues. I’m sure they’re still around, but they aren’t big news or heavily played anymore.