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Post by reno on Apr 24, 2006 16:30:44 GMT
What I think huh... The pop side of things now isn't as good as it used to be, if I be honest the only pop group I like is Girls Aloud. I like a load of rock & indy bands from the 80's to now. I listen to bands like Franz Ferdinand, Blur & Kaiser Cheifs quite alot as they are awesome. I'm not really into rap music very much as most rap artists are overated like Eminem (IMO), and I really hate thrash music by bands like Slipknot, Murderdolls & In Flames as I don't really class it as someone singging but as a person shouting down a microphone. I like some dance music and some of the remixes that are done by Filp 'N Fill as I have a lot of remixed Girls Aloud tracks (they are on the singles I buy), I even listen to some of the remixed tracks that someone did of music from Final Fantasy game from this website www.radioff.com some of them are quite good. For the indy, rock & dance side of things it is still quite good but pop music could be a lot better & get rid of thrash as it is utter rubbish.
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Post by percyluvsemily on Apr 27, 2006 22:06:30 GMT
Not all of the new stuff is bad. Anyone know about "Be Your Own Pet"? They're incredible!
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Post by jw24 on Aug 12, 2006 1:53:26 GMT
I never had a thing for country or hip-hop, but I strongly dislike rap music, at all except for MC Hammer's Can't Touch This. In general, I like Green Day, Queen and Aly & AJ. People think I'm weird for listening to a respectable classic rock band, a popular band that is disliked and a duo that people have never even heard of. But still, I say to them, "They float in my music boat, all right? Now names like Shakira, Jay-Z, Beyonce and Nick Lachey might float in your boat but it doesn't in mine and I control my own boat, not you. "
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Post by patrick on Aug 22, 2006 17:51:50 GMT
Modern Music? I think a quote from Sir Handel in Old Bean's Mountain Engines dubs comes to mind: "Rubbish, rubbish, just a lot of rubbish, rubbish!" A lot of today's music is either a) silly, b) repetitive, c) boring, d) commercial, e) depressing or f) just no good. It seems the times of a band playing music for the music are almost gone, and that's a shame. The music from the 70s and 80s is timeless - when will anyone forget We Are the Champions? Is 'Wish You Well' by Bernard Fanning or any of the infinite blonde-doll songs by your Britney, Christina et al going to be as longlasting? I think not. And that's a big shame. My thoughts exactly, I prefer stuff from the 60s, 70s and 80s with odd bits from the 50s, 90s and today
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Post by quofan16 on Aug 22, 2006 20:11:13 GMT
To be honest, I'm not a great fan of modern music, but I will listen to most genres , but a few times a year, an artist releases music that one instantly likes (I highlight Corrine Bailey Rea, The Zutons, The Dixie Chicks, Bon Jovi and the Black Eyed Peas)
However, I still feel that you cannot beat music from that era between 1955 and 1990. Artists like Status Quo, Queen, Guns n Roses, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen have released songs that will be remembered forever, whereas some of todays artists are forgotten within a few years.
And on the subject of rap and modern street music, can i just say that I find it repetitive and is not something I would seen buying!!!
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Post by driveus on Apr 26, 2008 0:31:48 GMT
Most of my iPod has nothing but modern music. I try to make it at least 4 or 5 years old max. The oldest song I like is a tie between Nearer My God to Thee and Alexander's Ragtime Band. Then again, I wasn't around when most of the "hits" that a lot of people on this forum like were made. Unlike everyone else, I'm a fan of rap. Not all, especially not retro rap from the 80's, but rather ones with a fast beat and swearing, lol. Like G-Unit, Timbaland and Dr.Dre. I just don't like most of the oldies. To me, they all have an awfully slow beat that match the speed of a snail, except for The Beatles, Wierd Al' Yankovic and The Bees Gees. So basicly, my view on modern music is, that it rocks!
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Post by QJ on Apr 26, 2008 1:18:01 GMT
This line is a perfect description for modern music. With the exception of dance and urban music, almost everything that's popular is pure garbage to me. There seems to be more songs I'd be inclined to hate now than ten years ago. Most pop, in particular, makes no sense whatsoever and is excriciating to listen to. "I wish I was a piunk rocker, with flowers in my hair." What the crap? That song was even No. 1 in the A.R.I.A. 2006 End of Year chart, AND IT MAKES NO DAMN SENSE!!! But I keep my sanity with house. I like both old-school 90's house and modern electro house. It's all about the house music, and it always will be! 'All About House Music' by Noir
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Post by douglas on Apr 26, 2008 3:20:21 GMT
Well... there's some good that comes out of every new genre du jour in popular music. I have to say I despise with a passion most new music; most of it is just overproduced garbage consisting or 1 or 2, maybe 3 singles and 75-80% filler. There hasn't been an album since American Idiot that's been a true album; American Idiot is the only album of the past five years that I'd even consider buying.
The Big Three (I don't consider EMI evil because they do iTunes Plus) are driving up CD prices because of digital downloads, and playing hardball with Apple by partnering up with Amazon to provide cheaper, DRM-free downloads while refusing to do so with iTunes. They realize they're losing, and their actions are those of a soldier who realizes he is about to die, wanting to take as many enemies with him as he can. Personally, I think Amazon's way of doing things is clunky and unintuitive, while iTunes is simple and smooth. I still download the "protected" versions of songs from iTunes even if they're available on Amazon, while I only use the latter for songs that aren't on iTuens or are "album only" deals. I will stay with iTunes until the day it dies (because all things eventually do end, whether it will be in a year or five, ten or a hundred.)
So there's my rant. Like it or not, they're my views and it's my freedom of speech.
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Post by Granpuff on May 10, 2008 14:59:45 GMT
agreed, every genre produces a few good tunes. I got excited when hip hop got political and eclectic, but it didn't last. More enduring is the laid back sounds emanating from Bristol and LA, called "trip hop" "gothic" or "industrial" (labels confuse; while some is good, lots of it is just awful) I'm looking forward to 2008 LPs from Portishead and the kidneythieves. Guitar rock is still in good shape with bands like the White Stripes. What's missing in my view is a Zeitgeist. From the 50s on, genres defined a musical era, an arc something like rock n roll -> rhythm n blues 60s beat -> psychedelic -> prog, heavy metal and glam -> punk -> post punk, goth, new romantic -> rave, dance music, grunge, britpop, err.. after which it fizzles out as bands go their own ways with this huge mish-mash of styles laid down as "classics" to play with, I'd add the intelligent hip-hop/trip hop as the last big innovative step forward.
Trying to tap a zeitgeist of the 00s, it looks like girls - Amy Winehouse, despite the cliche she's become, is a timeless singer.
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Post by AwdryEngine on Jun 14, 2008 18:40:43 GMT
My opinion on popular modern day music:
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Post by Rusty Red Scrap Iron on Sept 23, 2008 22:29:26 GMT
Well... what can I say? I'm sicking of hearing about Amy Winehouse, the Woman looks like she's forty, off her head on drugs and can't sing (Metal bands back in the day were off their heads on drugs, some died from it and some still live to tell their tale about drugs).
I think Heavy Metal is rawing back into the groove of being the most dominant genre in the music industry, it's still going strong and alot of bands from the 70s and 80s are still showing that they've lost nothing.
And this is what p***es me off, Metal still doesn't get played on the radio (from what I know off, as I don't listen to the radio) and back in the day it was always blamed for causing suicides and violence; which was a load of trash and yet alot of Hip-Hop and Rap music talks about Knifes and Guns.
Heavy Metal deserves alot of respect and credit, but it's gets sod all.
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Post by Cruiseshipz on Sept 24, 2008 2:28:06 GMT
Well, I do like music, only from the 1980's & the 1990's. I'm like old school fan, but some other music today, bleh!! Not my favorite hobby!! I really hate Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus, & other music stars I hate listening to but I don't remember that. About Hilary Duff, I personally like to listen to her songs, & my favorite is Why Not, which is what I don't have problems with. So what can I say, I only enjoy the 80's & the 90's music, especially to Hilary Duff, they're my only favorites that I can listen to!!
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Post by Jim Prower on Sept 25, 2008 0:43:28 GMT
You know, Lately I've been listening to music from the East: J-Rock and J-Pop. Being a lover of automobiles in general led me to the Anime Initial-D, and it's high-charged Eurobeat, it's beautiful arias...I honestly don't care that it's in Japanese, because it sounds so great.
I've also got a couple of Naruto openings, "GO!!!" ("Fighting Dreamers") and "Blue Bird," on the Lappy, and some of the BGM by Yuzo Koshiro, for the arcade game "Wangan MidNight: Maximum Tune." Oh, and "Moon Over the Castle" from Gran Turismo.
So basically, for modern stuff, I've outsorced to Japan. But, hey, Judas Priest, Van Halen, Aerosmith, Limozeen, (yes, I know the latter's fake,) you guys still rock.
I do like modern country, as well. While I had a falling out with it in the '90s, I'm starting to listen again...its' a bit more meaningful, now, as I'm a country boy m'self, raised Blue Collar. I honestly can't relate to the more urban music, particularly Rap, and much of the modern super-hard rock...agh. It's like there's a guy with an auger slowly drilling my brains out.
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Post by Cläy on May 10, 2009 2:53:44 GMT
On reflection, and doing a little exploring rather than the blinkered mentality I've previously had when it comes to new music, there are some good bands out there producing good music. The probalem is much more with the media and the general mentality towards the poppy, bubblegum, bland stuff that gets put out. It's simply a matter of knowing where to look beyond the popular dreck.
A few bands that I've come to appreciate now that I'm giving new stuff a chance are The Answer, Airbourne, Electric Mary and Million Dollar Reload. Yes, they are all rock bands in every sense of the word, but that's why I like them - no oversynthed overproduced rubbish that doesn't reflect the band's talents, but actual music.
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Post by Richard on May 10, 2009 4:46:45 GMT
I really have no problem with modern music. Do I listen to it, no, but I do respect the artists who produce the music. All generations have to have their own unique genre of music. In the 50's, it was Rock and Roll And Swing, in the 60's, it was Pop, in the 70's, it was Rock and Disco, and so on and so forth. Rap and Hip-Hop is just the new thing, and we have to deal with it. I'm sure back in the 1950's some were not becoming to the new Rock and Roll; It's just the same today. You may not like it, but you just have to let history take it's course.
Rap is an interesting topic. Rap is not exactly what I call "great music", and we all know it consists of heavy bass and beats and the occasional string or synthesizer, but look at it from their perspective. It's easy to produce, and it doesn't cost much to make. It may not be Led Zeppelin or The Byrds, but I'll quote Ray Charles by saying "if it keeps the kids dancin', I'm all for it."
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Post by Revolver on May 10, 2009 5:14:38 GMT
With all due respect everyone, I'll have to defend rap.
Skarloey123, rap is actually pretty old, it started getting popular in the 80's, now I know most of you have a personal vandetta againts rap, but please believe me when I say there are hidden messages and important topics in it's golden age (late 80's to 00'). Sure there may be a lot of cursing and violence in most of the older songs, but like what Skarloey123 said about looking at it from their perspecive, most rapper's don't come from the best neighborhood's and some know gang violence first hand. Now I have no problem with anyone's veiws here, and I respect all of your opinions, but I completely hate it when everyone see's rap as a bad thing or generalizes it as one thing. Has anyone, not directed at you guys, bothered to try to understand some of rap's deeper songs? I can guarantee that there are songs that will absolutely move you.
If it's modern rap you guys are talking about, then I'll join you since these new songs are garbage, but the Old-school is completely diffrent, and this ends my two-cents.
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Post by Richard on May 10, 2009 21:22:24 GMT
I didn't mean it was new solely to this decade; I meant it is what kids predominantly listen to today.
Now COUNTRY on the other hand, that's where I draw the line...
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Post by gallopingsausage on Apr 1, 2012 13:54:51 GMT
In modern music, I love the underground stuff. But in mainstream I believe the rock industry has lost was it tried to fight for and won in the 60s... leeway. Bands these days seem so contractually bound that it is hard to find a song that doesn't have the keywords: LOVE GIRLFRIEND BREAKUP MISS YOU LIPS GIRL OH YEAH We've been sent back to the 50's... at least the bad side of the 50s Underground however seems to control themselves instead being forced by a big corporate investor! Check out Eden: Guilty Pleasure(s) this june. A friend of mine is actually the lead guitarist. talk about a double guitar attack!
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Post by Little Engine on Apr 3, 2012 21:27:45 GMT
I never honestly saw the appeal in artists like Taylor Swift. I just feel like she's been singing the same song over and over again. It's no wonder if someone asked me the lyrics to any of her songs I might jumble a few different ones up. Almost all, scratch that all of the songs I've heard by her seem to be these "Y U NO SEE I PERFECT 4 U?!!" songs and it gets annoying when they play them over and over again.
Rap, these days it seems like it's little more basically just talking with a musical beat behind you and then maybe adding a few Autotune-y sounds or something. The only rapper I think is kinda okayish is Eminem, otherwise I don't pay too much mind to it
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Post by edwardblue on Apr 26, 2012 5:06:37 GMT
Since originally posting in this thread a few years ago, my views have somewhat changed in regards to today's music. True I still prefer the music of yesteryear, but I'm actually finding myself listening to a few new acts, notably the likes of Katy Perry and Lady Gaga (Hot N' Cold and Born This Way anyone?)
Also, some songs from the past few years also deserve to be mentioned like Beyonce's 'Irreplaceable' and Rob Thomas' 'Streetcorner Symphony' are ones I've warmed up to.
As for Adele, at first I REALLY disliked her largely because I compared her singing voice to Mariah Carey with a head cold. Now though, I'm kinda in the grey. I'll have to see where I go with her act.
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