Non-Urban Music Don't you miss hearing good love songs?

[masta247]

I mean these emotional love songs of the 70s, 80s, 90s. Maybe it's just me but they had something amazing in them that no modern songs have. Imo everything's been replaced by singing about sex and crazy parties, drained of all emotions and "spirituality?".
I still remember the times when songs sparked teenagers to do cool things. Run away for their own adventures and stuff. I actually regret not being able to be a teenager in late 80s/early 90s. They had the best music there was and it was actually touching. Still sends chills down my spine. I consider these songs to be so different from everything else that it's barely "just music" to me.
They have that emotional substance. Not necessarily lyrics which usually were silly. What other modern songs sound like this?

Listening to a song like this after a break up with your girlfriend opened up gates to a whole new level of sensations. Now everything is so dull and.. casual. Drained of any substance.

Heck, I could listen to a Bon Jovi album that would put me in a mood no modern album could. I'm bringing this up because Da Funk came up with a spot on comparison - that decade or two ago Bon Jovi was to rock music what 50 cent/soulja boy are to hip-hop right now. Hell, give me Bon Jovi over Soulja boy anytime.

Opinions? Favorites?

 

[2Pax]

I agree.

It seems to be the major consensus that music from the 80's / 90's was of a high quality. Let's not be too harsh, there are some really good musicians and bands in recent times, but for me, nothing beats and can even compare to the music pre-2000. A major factor for this in my opinion is nostalgia, I grew up in them decades and had the most mischevious yet amazingly good times. Then there is the fact that I can relate many songs to different periods / events in my life, for example, I remember my 'School Disco' and they played all the 90's dance tracks which are nowadays considered classics.

 

[EDouble]

edit :interpreted the post incorrectly

 

[Da_Funk]

I mean these emotional love songs of the 70s, 80s, 90s. Maybe it's just me but they had something amazing in them that no modern songs have. Imo everything's been replaced by singing about sex and crazy parties, drained of all emotions and "spirituality?".
I still remember the times when songs sparked teenagers to do cool things. Run away for their own adventures and stuff. I actually regret not being able to be a teenager in late 80s/early 90s. They had the best music there was and it was actually touching. Still sends chills down my spine. I consider these songs to be so different from everything else that it's barely "just music" to me.
They have that emotional substance. Not necessarily lyrics which usually were silly. What other modern songs sound like this?


Listening to a song like this after a break up with your girlfriend opened up gates to a whole new level of sensations. Now everything is so dull and.. casual. Drained of any substance.

Heck, I could listen to a Bon Jovi album that would put me in a mood no modern album could. I'm bringing this up because Da Funk came up with a spot on comparison - that decade or two ago Bon Jovi was to rock music what 50 cent/soulja boy are to hip-hop right now. Hell, give me Bon Jovi over Soulja boy anytime.

Opinions? Favorites?

Dude you are such a hypocrite, its funny. There are no words to describe how terrible Bon Jovi is was and always will be. In my opinion, 80's music was nothing special, actually I think most of it sucked. I mean, it was dominated by fucking hair metal like Poison, White Snake, and Bon Jovi. In fact thatgenre of music is one of the most fake and plastic genres that has ever existed. There were like 3 real bands during that era: GNR, Motley Crue and Van Halen. The early 90s was one of the best times ever in music, the grunge and gangster rap movements brought real music back and destroyed a lot of the terribleness of the 80s. And I'm going to be honest with you, your attitude about todays music being void of substance and emotion is total bullshit.

 

[Shadows]

90's music was best. Just as Da Funk put it.

However, death reached and killed it.
Nirvana, Tupac, Biggie...etc.

Masta, try listening to NEW music and giving it a chance.

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This is the newest music I've heard recently that you may be describing. Talking about love and limits sex talk.

 

[2Pax]

Poison, Bon Jovi and especially Whitesnake are awesome.

 

[masta247]

Dude you are such a hypocrite, its funny. There are no words to describe how terrible Bon Jovi is was and always will be. In my opinion, 80's music was nothing special, actually I think most of it sucked.

Hypocrite? I don't recall ever saying that music from that time wasn't good. Actually I always thought that it was great.
Your taste in music is very strange. Bon Jovi had very nice songs. Sentimental and emotional. Like 2Pax said, Poison and Whitesnake were also great. Whenever I hear their songs on the radio they make my day.
None of these that you posted could compete in this matter. As a matter of fact I don't know why you even posted them.

There were like 3 real bands during that era: GNR, Motley Crue and Van Halen. The early 90s was one of the best times ever in music, the grunge and gangster rap movements brought real music back and destroyed a lot of the terribleness of the 80s. And I'm going to be honest with you, your attitude about todays music being void of substance and emotion is total bullshit.

I wasn't ever a fan of these 3 bands. I agree that early 90s had great music which was also my original point. But I guess we're looking at totally different artists. It's definitely not because of Gangsta Rap and saying that it's more real than the music in the 80s is silly. Personally I consider gangsta rap to be the most fake genre of music from the 90s.
Singing about your deepest emotions and feelings seem way more real than rapping about things you've never seen or did.
And since we're talking about love songs now mentioning gangsta rap seems just wrong.
While I really enjoy listening to a good Gangsta rap song, with all due respect to rappers from that era their tracks can't compare to good songs from the 80s in this matter. Even those that seem cheesy now. It's not only about being "real" or having good lyrics. These 80s/early 90s pop/rock songs just had something in them. Music evolved and yes, I think it's dumbed down and drained of substance and emotion because people demand different things from their music now.
There are these songs that send chills down my spine and none of the latest songs did it for me and yes, I learned to enjoy them. I can even listen to a Lady Gaga song and have fun these days. There are good modern songs but they are good in a different way. They no longer do what these older songs did for me. And to me they were touching, spiritual, emotional on a much higher level.
If those songs that you posted were meant to prove otherwise then I'm even more convinced that I'm right.

 

[Sebastian]

Yeah Iiiiiiiiii, will loooove youuuu, babyyy....aaaaaaaalwaaaaaaaays.....

"Always" is a beautiful song. Thumbs up for Bon Jovi.

 

[Da_Funk]

Hypocrite? I don't recall ever saying that music from that time wasn't good. Actually I always thought that it was great.
Your taste in music is very strange. Bon Jovi had very nice songs. Sentimental and emotional. Like 2Pax said, Poison and Whitesnake were also great. Whenever I hear their songs on the radio they make my day.
None of these that you posted could compete in this matter. As a matter of fact I don't know why you even posted them.

The reason I call you a hypocrite is because you hate on souljah boy, 50 cent, jeezy etc for jumping on a bandwagon, i.e. they were nothing but industry produced fakes. Well, that is exactly what Bon Jovi, White Snake, Poison, Warrant and all the rest of the 80s hair bands were. Back in 84 or 85 Motley Crue released Home Sweet Home, which was the first power ballad and it sold like crazy making them superstars. After that, record labels put together bands like Poison, White Snake, Warrant, Firehouse to cash in on the popularity of power ballads. None of that shit you hear is "heart felt" "emotional" or "sentimental", its industry manufactured music made to cash in on peoples love dovey side. Shit, I'm sure Bon Jovi has been quoted as saying he made those songs because he knew they were cash cows, or something to that extent.

I posted those songs to show you music isn't void of emotion or substance. I'm not trying to hate on you, I just think its funny you buy into the exact bullshit you hate another genre for. You know how people say rap is dead these days? Thats exactly what they said when trash like Poison, WhiteSnake and Bon Jovi ruled the air waves.

IIf those songs that you posted were meant to prove otherwise then I'm even more convinced that I'm right.

If this is true all I can say is stop being such a negative nancy. You are like an old man who refuses to accept anything knew and just lives in the past. Grow up.

Here are more songs with that emotional substance that you so desperately seek

 

[Duke]

edit :interpreted the post incorrectly

I thanked this purely because you managed to not make a single spelling error.

 

[masta247]

The reason I call you a hypocrite is because you hate on souljah boy, 50 cent, jeezy etc for jumping on a bandwagon, i.e. they were nothing but industry produced fakes. Well, that is exactly what Bon Jovi, White Snake, Poison, Warrant and all the rest of the 80s hair bands were. Back in 84 or 85 Motley Crue released Home Sweet Home, which was the first power ballad and it sold like crazy making them superstars. After that, record labels put together bands like Poison, White Snake, Warrant, Firehouse to cash in on the popularity of power ballads. None of that shit you hear is "heart felt" "emotional" or "sentimental", its industry manufactured music made to cash in on peoples love dovey side. Shit, I'm sure Bon Jovi has been quoted as saying he made those songs because he knew they were cash cows, or something to that extent.

I posted those songs to show you music isn't void of emotion or substance. I'm not trying to hate on you, I just think its funny you buy into the exact bullshit you hate another genre for. You know how people say rap is dead these days? Thats exactly what they said when trash like Poison, WhiteSnake and Bon Jovi ruled the air waves.

Yes, I exactly remember rock fans saying how rock was dead. I wasn't a rock fan back then and I thought that some of these artists that were "killing" rock were very good back then.

Your conclusion about me hating another genre for the same thing is wrong.
The point is that I'm not hating on Soulja Boy or 50 cent because they are just plain cash-makers. It isn't an ideology thing for me anymore, I grew out of it. I just think that their music sucks, plain and simple.
Lil Wayne has the most annoying voice ever in my opinion, followed by 50 cent and Soulja Boy is as talentless as a brick wall. The fact that they're being shown on TV and that people actually like them just makes me dislike them a bit more.

People these days want a specific type of music that sucks in my opinion. So if an artists decides to make songs to fit in just to sell more albums I know that his album will most probably suck - not because of the fact that he's a sellout but because he will start making the typical "appeal to the masses" type of music. And there's a significant difference between the type of music that appeals to the masses right now and the one that did in the 80s or 90s.
It was the type of music that appealed to me also. New generations want different things from their music and I don't like what they want.
That's the reason why I think that most modern "industry produced fakes" suck - it's not because they're making music just for the biggest profit but because I just don't like that music.
I don't dislike modern music per se because there are really many modern artists that I actually like. Most of them aren't in the mainstream, some are though.

Even if some of those bands that you mentioned were "industry produced fakes" of the 80s or 90s, if they made music for the money I don't even care. Personally I like that music and loved their songs.
It had that substance for me, no matter what was behind those tracks it sounded very real.
That music had that unique vibe. There are songs these days that are also good, I'm not saying that music these days sucks all along. It's just that I miss that vibe that these older songs had. They do what no modern song does for me.
And I don't care about artists performing them in this case.
Even if these artists of the 80s, 90s did what they did just for the biggest gain I still think that they made great music. Sorry but I can't appreciate Soulja Boy or Lil Wayne for their music. It just sucks to me. However I can appreciate Pink or Lady Gaga, despite the fact that the latter often annoys me with her image. I can appreciate Bon Jovi or Aerosmith even more because they made music that meant more to me and personally I liked it more.