Is it me, or music is becoming worse with every day

[PuffnScruff]

yeah but masta (i think its him that started the thread) pointed out that he liked the classics of his time when he was younger while you're saying that the kids of today will not like what we could call classics of THEIR time. (okay i hate putting the word classic there but i guess thats what they consider it) the music of today doesnt have the same feel it had before. take the genre of rap, before the beats were better, the lyrics better but even the mainstream rappers of that time could make sense while now.. most mainstream is shit and the underground rappers are so underground that we don't take the time to find them. i could play old rap songs anytime without getting fed up of them while todays rap i get easily fed up of it. but that goes not only with rap but with all genres of music. all the beats are the same. nothing original. and when it is most of the time it doesnt sell.

now i wont reread myself. but hopefully what i wrote made some sense.

what you are saying makes sense, and i can agree with what you are saying, but again it wasn't me that said the youth of today wont be listening to rap music when they get into their adult years, say their 30s or 40s, it was an opinion by an older man who was our age during the 60s and was making a comparision. i wish i saved the article.

to be honest i really can not see myself enjoying some of tupacs songs when i turn 40. i dont see myself listening to songs like "how do you want it" when i get that age. i will probably still listen to some songs by nas or masta ace, de la, or others i love but there are many songs in my collection now i dont see myself enjoying or even listening too 20 years from now.

take devin the dude for instance. i love devins music but i dont see myself, at that age, sitting around listening to songs about getting high, sitting in front of the ride dranking and smoking weed while checking out the bitches.

and sofi i agree some of the best music i have ever heard is on movie soundtracks. i have been building up my movie soundtrack collection more over the past year.

 

[_carmi]

what you are saying makes sense, and i can agree with what you are saying, but again it wasn't me that said the youth of today wont be listening to rap music when they get into their adult years, say their 30s or 40s, it was an opinion by an older man who was our age during the 60s and was making a comparision. i wish i saved the article.

to be honest i really can not see myself enjoying some of tupacs songs when i turn 40. i dont see myself listening to songs like "how do you want it" when i get that age. i will probably still listen to some songs by nas or masta ace, de la, or others i love but there are many songs in my collection now i dont see myself enjoying or even listening too 20 years from now.

take devin the dude for instance. i love devins music but i dont see myself, at that age, sitting around listening to songs about getting high, sitting in front of the ride dranking and smoking weed while checking out the bitches.

and sofi i agree some of the best music i have ever heard is on movie soundtracks. i have been building up my movie soundtrack collection more over the past year.

lmao its true. its true. depends. i know for a fact i wont be remembering or wont be listening to club bangers when i'll be that age.

 

[Devious]

yeah, a lot of it is all about getting older. think about it, who are the ones saying today's music is crap? the older heads like us, the 25-30+ crowd. and it's not only this generation that feels that way. ask your parents what they thought about the changing of music as they got older. music is something that has more or less always been aimed at the younger generation, and more often than not, the people leaving their youth and maturing are the ones who talk about music not being any good anymore.

for example, a lot of the people who grew up listening to Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Little Richard couldn't stand the hippie movement music of the 60s. the hippies hated the wave of heavy metal started by bands like Black Sabbath in the early 70s. the people who grew up on that stuff detested the disco and pop eras of the late 70's and early to mid 80's. and the people who grew up on that couldn't stand the emergence of hip hop and hair metal bands in the late 80s and early 90s. and we grew up on that stuff, so we hate the new wave of music. it's kind of like a cycle, the last generation never understands the next. or maybe we just can't stand the fact that we're getting older, but the music business stays the same age, a perpetual teenager.

the best way i can put it is like this: music is like that one inevitable friend we all have. you know, the one you grew up with, kicked it with, shared a lot of memories with. but as you get older and start to mature, your friend seems unwilling to grow up and mature with you. sometimes you feel embarassed to be around them because they act immature, and at some point you realize that you have to cut that friend out of your life and move on. it's sad to see them go, but at the same time you know it's probably for the best. at least that's how i feel about it.

 

[Rahim]

yeah im not too happy with the direction music is going these days..lets bring back the 80's!

 

[_carmi]

yeah, a lot of it is all about getting older. think about it, who are the ones saying today's music is crap? the older heads like us, the 25-30+ crowd. and it's not only this generation that feels that way. ask your parents what they thought about the changing of music as they got older. music is something that has more or less always been aimed at the younger generation, and more often than not, the people leaving their youth and maturing are the ones who talk about music not being any good anymore.

for example, a lot of the people who grew up listening to Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Little Richard couldn't stand the hippie movement music of the 60s. the hippies hated the wave of heavy metal started by bands like Black Sabbath in the early 70s. the people who grew up on that stuff detested the disco and pop eras of the late 70's and early to mid 80's. and the people who grew up on that couldn't stand the emergence of hip hop and hair metal bands in the late 80s and early 90s. and we grew up on that stuff, so we hate the new wave of music. it's kind of like a cycle, the last generation never understands the next. or maybe we just can't stand the fact that we're getting older, but the music business stays the same age, a perpetual teenager.

the best way i can put it is like this: music is like that one inevitable friend we all have. you know, the one you grew up with, kicked it with, shared a lot of memories with. but as you get older and start to mature, your friend seems unwilling to grow up and mature with you. sometimes you feel embarassed to be around them because they act immature, and at some point you realize that you have to cut that friend out of your life and move on. it's sad to see them go, but at the same time you know it's probably for the best. at least that's how i feel about it.

yeah but even younger people like me get fed up easily of songs. one day i'll like this song but the next day i'll be fed pu fo it while older stuff i'll never get fed up of it.

 

[Da_Funk]

yeah, a lot of it is all about getting older. think about it, who are the ones saying today's music is crap? the older heads like us, the 25-30+ crowd. and it's not only this generation that feels that way. ask your parents what they thought about the changing of music as they got older. music is something that has more or less always been aimed at the younger generation, and more often than not, the people leaving their youth and maturing are the ones who talk about music not being any good anymore.

for example, a lot of the people who grew up listening to Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Little Richard couldn't stand the hippie movement music of the 60s. the hippies hated the wave of heavy metal started by bands like Black Sabbath in the early 70s. the people who grew up on that stuff detested the disco and pop eras of the late 70's and early to mid 80's. and the people who grew up on that couldn't stand the emergence of hip hop and hair metal bands in the late 80s and early 90s. and we grew up on that stuff, so we hate the new wave of music. it's kind of like a cycle, the last generation never understands the next. or maybe we just can't stand the fact that we're getting older, but the music business stays the same age, a perpetual teenager.

the best way i can put it is like this: music is like that one inevitable friend we all have. you know, the one you grew up with, kicked it with, shared a lot of memories with. but as you get older and start to mature, your friend seems unwilling to grow up and mature with you. sometimes you feel embarassed to be around them because they act immature, and at some point you realize that you have to cut that friend out of your life and move on. it's sad to see them go, but at the same time you know it's probably for the best. at least that's how i feel about it.

You could say that but to be honest I as a teenager growing up in the 2000's can say that our music absolutley sucks. It has no dept no substance no nothing, I cannot fucking stand 95% of the music being released today. I cannot say that about the 90's music. The rap, the rock, even some of the terrible pop songs shit on everything being released today. Music from the 90's simply has emotion depth and meaning to it, something today's music is missing.

 

[Devious]

well it was only my opinion of it, but i think my example still stands, because people like you guys (Da Funk, Carmi) seem to be in the minority, judging by what sells nowadays. plus there are always people who prefer the classics to the music of "now", regardless of when "now" is. to be honest, i think it's more of a generational thing than an age thing, but i think it's some of both.

however, with all that said, i tend to agree with most of you that the music made these days just doesn't have any heart or soul, it's just "money music" if you will. there have always been some musicians who are only in it for the money, but not too long ago, what the music was about took precedence over the amount of money it could make, and that no longer seems to be the case. but even so, i'm reminded of Bob Seger saying the same thing back in the 70's. "today's music ain't got the same soul, i want that old time rock and roll" sounds kinda like what we're saying now, doesn't it? so i still think it has a lot to do with generational changes and age.

 

[PELLA]

i dont even listen to new shit anymore. Ive been stuck on Redman's Dare iz a darkside album for WEEKS now. TONS BETTER than ANYTHING current imo, like fuck..no contest