todays music sucks

[Madnis]

surely you haven't heard all the new music either.

but seriously how many people actually study music though? just by listening to some songs you can get a wider appreciation for music in general, example being if a sample is used, knowing where the sample is from and how it's used to form the new song, gives you appreciation on the producer's talent as well as widen your knowledge on music in general. studying the tempo, rhythm. watching live music and seeing how they perform on stage, studying their stage presence, just gives you a wider understanding and more credence when you actually talk about music amongst your peers.

on the topic of actual instruments vs synthesized... call me old fashioned but nothing beats a live instrument. If you ever go to a live band concert it just feels more alive compared to a synthesized track.

i mean granted you can make awesome music with anything. STOMP is a testament to that. still, I would give it to live instruments.

but good music is good music. Don't skim through it.. Listen.

 

[sheppard]

I can't stand of the music here in Turkey for last 5 or more years. All uninspired, wortless, jarring noices. Not only that, all of them makes me feel so sick, sometimes I felt like my insides filled with black pitch. Good musics are so rare to find in here, you guys should be thankful :D

 

[Yubashiri]

Todays dance scene music sucks. It is literally only about getting wasted, having sex, and hoes, especially hoes. I dont wanna fucking dance to that shit. Grinding is retarded, and that is the only thing people do now and it pisses me off cause its not dancing at all.

We need real party music. Daft Punk should be played more in the USA, i wish i was in France where they are gods.
And music you can actually DANCE to, not fake dancing. Some Stroke songs actually work pretty well, and theres probably a bunch of other stuff that works good too that i dont know about.

 

[sheppard]

Todays dance scene music sucks. It is literally only about getting wasted, having sex, and hoes, especially hoes. I dont wanna fucking dance to that shit. Grinding is retarded, and that is the only thing people do now and it pisses me off cause its not dancing at all.

We need real party music. Daft Punk should be played more in the USA, i wish i was in France where they are gods.
And music you can actually DANCE to, not fake dancing. Some Stroke songs actually work pretty well, and theres probably a bunch of other stuff that works good too that i dont know about.

You should see how people dance in my country,here ;

 

[The Landslide]

I love this discussion. First of all, music back in the day was just as derivative and stupid as it is today, more people simply have access to the ability to produce nowadays and there is a bit of a glut. It's easier to hear more people, so obviously you will hear more crap. My hope is that some of the artists of today who's souls are currently being owned by record labels (Jonas Bros., Beiber) grow up like the Beatles, do some goofy stuff now, and end up being artistic and awesome once they get more freedom.

In the way back, it was also easier to steal someone else's music. That lick you love from 'Smoke on the Water?' Theft. This could be said for a lot of tracks. Also, each generation has the power of hindsight to help filter out the garbage the last generation spat out. The youth of today barely even remember half the awful music that came out three years ago that they used to like, forget about five to 10 years ago. Eventually it all goes through the great filter, and we get some of the good stuff left.

Nostalgia goggles also helps.

Also, the alternative or 'underground' scenes are full of the same derivative styles that sludge up mainstream. The entire heavy metal genre currently consists of 100 bands each ripping off the exact writing and playing styles of one or two ground-breaking acts. Indie rock is going through a similar phase at the moment. And musicians have got this new thing going on where they think if they add a few electronic elements then suddenly they are this bizarre new creation that the world has never seen. Hopefully that goes away soon.

The tendency for artists to rip each other off is so extreme that I have barely five or six groups of pretty much any genre on my Zune, as any more than that makes me wonder who I'm even listening to -- the great band that ripped of Neurosis in 2007 or the great band that ripped off Neurosis in 2009?

So basically, 90% of everything is crap, has been crap, and will always be crap. Get to digging for the good stuff, and it can be found both main stream and elsewhere.

EDIT: And falling back on classic rock as saying it was the best doesn't work. Back then, not only was Led Zeppelin blasted by critics but they also didn't have as many fans as much dumber groups. People were saying the same thing that the OP is saying now, except they would be talking about how Jazz was the greatest age of music. And you would be one of those people.