Does Contemporary Music Suck?

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Re: Does Contemporary Music Suck?

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Marky Dread wrote:
25 Jul 2022, 5:44pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
25 Jul 2022, 5:08pm
Marky Dread wrote:
25 Jul 2022, 4:57pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
25 Jul 2022, 4:15pm
Marky Dread wrote:
25 Jul 2022, 3:53pm
The only music that's good is the stuff I like and the stuff you like.
What if the stuff "you" like is, I dunno, Kajagoogoo or Dynasty? Asking for a friend.
That's the point. To me it's great becuase it's what I like (I don't).

We make our own choices through what we are fed. If you are happy with generic pop music then fair enough. If want music to challenge you (Swans) then fair enough.
Watch out—you're opening the door for Heston to say you love Dynasty.
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BostonBeaneater wrote:
25 Jul 2022, 4:20pm
I like WAP way more than Yesterday.
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Kory wrote:
25 Jul 2022, 11:38pm
revbob wrote:
25 Jul 2022, 1:41pm
If you want to be spoon fed music then dont complain about what you're fed.
Great quote. I’d also like to co-sign Matey’s takedown. There’s even good new music that’s popular at the moment, the only thing happening now is a rehash of “disco sucks.”
I agree with both of these posts.
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JennyB wrote:
26 Jul 2022, 10:52am
BostonBeaneater wrote:
25 Jul 2022, 4:20pm
I like WAP way more than Yesterday.
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Kory wrote:
25 Jul 2022, 11:38pm
revbob wrote:
25 Jul 2022, 1:41pm
If you want to be spoon fed music then dont complain about what you're fed.
Great quote.
I missed this first time around, but that is a great quote.
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Hello,

This touches upon current music to a limited extent:

https://www.ft.com/content/827295d2-849 ... 57621fffd8

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Re: Does Contemporary Music Suck?

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Does it suck? Yeah it does.

The mainstream is really bad. It can't just be me getting old, it's just objectively really shit.

There's a reasons kids are resonating with the sound track to Stranger Things so much. They're just desperate for anything that isn't mumble rap or some female 'artist' talking about how wet her pussy is (lol).

That said, genre music is still decent and always will be. It's just sort of funny when it's like a revival movement. It's an homage but will it ever be the same as when it was fresh and in its own way was pop music or challenging pop music? I dunno but probably not.

Whether it's music or movies or whatever else, we're in a derivative era where the best stuff is just a copy and paste of the best stuff from the past, including previously overlooked stuff that's for some reason fresh again.

The TV shows are close to being written by algorithms and music probably is too and it'll only get worse.

Music is best when it's participatory and that will never go away. And it's gotta be 2-way, dancing at the back of a stadium doesn't count.

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Mark^Bastard wrote:
01 Aug 2022, 1:32am
The mainstream is really bad. It can't just be me getting old, it's just objectively really shit.
You spelled "subjectively" wrong.
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Kory wrote:
01 Aug 2022, 4:24pm
Mark^Bastard wrote:
01 Aug 2022, 1:32am
The mainstream is really bad. It can't just be me getting old, it's just objectively really shit.
You spelled "subjectively" wrong.
Nah I didn't

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I've been thinking about it, and contemporary music - since the creation of recorded music - has all been logically and indelibly leading to its apotheosis: third wave ska. Since the end of third wave as a charting concern, we have been straying further and further from god's light and along a path of accelerating, and I fear unstoppable, degeneration. Sad!
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Flex wrote:
01 Aug 2022, 9:50pm
I've been thinking about it, and contemporary music - since the creation of recorded music - has all been logically and indelibly leading to its apotheosis: third wave ska. Since the end of third wave as a charting concern, we have been straying further and further from god's light and along a path of accelerating, and I fear unstoppable, degeneration. Sad!
Third wave was the one in the 90s right? If so I guess I got your back on this.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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matedog wrote:
02 Aug 2022, 12:42am
Third wave was the one in the 90s right? If so I guess I got your back on this.
Correct, and :cool:
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Moments like these confirm that revbob is the only person in the room whom I can trust.
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Marky Dread wrote:
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The only music that's good is the stuff I like and the stuff you like.
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Re: Does Contemporary Music Suck?

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Spiff wrote:
02 Aug 2022, 10:46am
Marky Dread wrote:
25 Jul 2022, 3:53pm
The only music that's good is the stuff I like and the stuff you like.
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