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Does the music of this decade suck?

There's some good music in this decade:
The Shins
The Bravery
The White Stripes
The Feeling
The Strokes
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Franz Ferdinand
Modest Mouse
Coldplay
The Sounds

The White Stripes? I'll take.

Everything else? I'll pass.
 
so because one guy doesn't like something, that means it's bad for everyone?

No, I just don't like it. If you like it, fine by me. I just feel that none of the music from this decade, be it mainstream or underground has impressed me.

As for U2, they're past their prime. I think they peaked with Achtung Baby. Everything after that was solid, but I thought How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb was a mixed bag, with the best tracks being the singles. And don't get me started on that atrocious Green Day collaboration.
 
No, I just don't like it. If you like it, fine by me. I just feel that none of the music from this decade, be it mainstream or underground has impressed me.

As for U2, they're past their prime. I think they peaked with Achtung Baby. Everything after that was solid, but I thought How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb was a mixed bag, with the best tracks being the singles. And don't get me started on that atrocious Green Day collaboration.

you're missing my point.

how can you like/dislike new music if you haven't heard it? there's a lot of music out there. if you've somehow figured out a way to listen to all of it, please let me know.
 
No, I just don't like it. If you like it, fine by me. I just feel that none of the music from this decade, be it mainstream or underground has impressed me.

Well, again. That depends on the genre of music you listen to.

For me, two of the best hip hop albums ever produced (The Blueprint and Speakerboxxx/Love Below) came out of this decade. I've found plenty to impress me within the genres I listen to. And apparently for you, that hasn't been the case within the genres you listen to.

It doesn't necessarily mean that music in general sucks in this decade, it just means the style of music you like sucks.
 
I've searched youtube and I also talked to my cousin who's had experience in the music industry (he wrote songs for Journey on their last album), and I ask him if there's any underground bands he can recommend me, because in the past he often gave me albums by bands who had not been discovered yet. He said that he isn't impressed by the latest output most bands are putting out.

I wouldn't go around willingly disclosing that.
 
I wouldn't go around willingly disclosing that.

He did it as a favor to the lead singer (not Perry). He's been a struggling musician and songwriter for over 20 years, so he takes what he can get, I guess.
 
Well, again. That depends on the genre of music you listen to.

For me, two of the best hip hop albums ever produced (The Blueprint and Speakerboxxx/Love Below) came out of this decade. I've found plenty to impress me within the genres I listen to. And apparently for you, that hasn't been the case within the genres you listen to.

It doesn't necessarily mean that music in general sucks in this decade, it just means the style of music you like sucks.

Yeah, I had Speakerboxx / Love Below. My dad played it in his car all the time. I hated it then, and I still do today. Once the fad of "Hey Ya" wore off, I becam succeptible to how bad I thought it was. And I refuse to ever listen to a Jay-Z album the whole way through. For me, he's laid The Blueprint for what modern day rap has become: the ultimate promotion if the stereotypical black lifestyle, one that portrays women as little more than mere sex objects and that protrays the African AMerican cluture as nothing more cop hatin, ho promoitng "gangstas". Jay-Z may not be the biggest offender, but he did lay the foundation. The rap industry has fallen far more than most genres.
 
Yeah, I had Speakerboxx / Love Below. My dad played it in his car all the time. I hated it then, and I still do today. Once the fad of "Hey Ya" wore off, I becam succeptible to how bad I thought it was. And I refuse to ever listen to a Jay-Z album the whole way through. For me, he's laid The Blueprint for what modern day rap has become: the ultimate promotion if the stereotypical black lifestyle, one that portrays women as little more than mere sex objects and that protrays the African AMerican cluture as nothing more cop hatin, ho promoitng "gangstas". Jay-Z may not be the biggest offender, but he did lay the foundation. The rap industry has fallen far more than most genres.

again, you're not looking in the right places or you're not looking at all.
 
Well, I've browsed through Itunes and Youtube and I'v looked some underground bands, nothing really impressive. Nothing memorable. The best bands out there today are the ones that are mainstream but at the same time don't fit in with most mainstream pop radio, like The White Stripes for example. They're incredibly popular, yet I rarely hear them on the radio. What is good these days is not getting enough exposure.


That´s you, it doesn´t prove anything. You were saying underground is hard to locate, you yourself located it with ease.
 
again, you're not looking in the right places or you're not looking at all.

Well, personally, I kind of had a natural hatred towards rap music ing eneral, so I have no interest in looking for good rap anyway. Something about rap always annoyed me. The spit rhymes and beats get annoying to me after awhile. Nothing against the artists, since they're etalnted, but it's never been my cup of tea.

Though in recent years, my mere disliek fro rap has developed into hatred.
 
That´s you, it doesn´t prove anything.

Exactly. Like I said, I'm not speaking for everyone, though I hace spokent o a great dela of people be it out in the real world or online, who are dissatisfied with the current music scene. Personally, I tried some of the undeground and I'm still not impressed.
 
Exactly. Like I said, I'm not speaking for everyone, though I hace spokent o a great dela of people be it out in the real world or online, who are dissatisfied with the current music scene. Personally, I tried some of the undeground and I'm still not impressed.

now i'm jusy curious as to what you deem "underground"? tell me, what were you listening to that was all bad?
 
Exactly. Like I said, I'm not speaking for everyone, though I hace spokent o a great dela of people be it out in the real world or online, who are dissatisfied with the current music scene. Personally, I tried some of the undeground and I'm still not impressed.

Okay, to say something nice, it´s usually people with the same state of mind as you that come up with the good music. It´s usually the young people who´re unhappy with the current music scenario that end up making the great bands and stuff. But they go on and do something about it, not just complain.
 
I wish I had the balls to sing in front of people.
I really don't know if my voice is any good or not.
 
Okay, to say something nice, it´s usually people with the same state of mind as you that come up with the good music. It´s usually the young people who´re unhappy with the current music scenario that end up making the great bands and stuff. But they go on and do something about it, not just complain.

Well, I actually have attmepted to be a songwriter, and spent nights and nights trying to come up with something. I gave up.
 
Well, I actually have attmepted to be a songwriter, and spent nights and nights trying to come up with something. I gave up.

So as you can see, it´s hard as hell. Try not to be so harsh...:woot:
 
It doesn't suck, but the trends that are being started and followed are really bad compared to the 90s. It seemed like every few years some new sound would come around. That's not quite the case now.
 
now i'm jusy curious as to what you deem "underground"? tell me, what were you listening to that was all bad?

I deem underground music is basically music that has not been picked up by any major producers or radio stations, and whose following is only made up by a small but devoted number of people.

I don't remember much of what I listened to or the names, but I recall not bieng impressed. Nothing fascinates me about today's music. I'm far more fascinated with older generations and what they had to offer. Not to mention where I live isn't exactly the best outlet for struggling artists, nor is it a great place to discover new music.
 
It doesn't suck, but the trends that are being started and followed are really bad compared to the 90s. It seemed like every few years some new sound would come around. That's not quite the case now.

I was never crazy about the trends from the nineties... Grunge to me was nothing but a pale imitation of punk.
 
I deem underground music is basically music that has not been picked up by any major producers or radio stations, and whose following is only made up by a small but devoted number of people.

I don't remember much of what I listened to or the names, but I recall not bieng impressed. Nothing fascinates me about today's music. I'm far more fascinated with older generations and what they had to offer. Not to mention where I live isn't exactly the best outlet for struggling artists, nor is it a great place to discover new music.

just for ****s and giggles, write up a list of "older generation" bands/artists that you do like. i wanna see if i can be of service in the recommendation department.
 
U2 are pretty damn good.
I also like:

Metallica
Iron Maiden
Hammerfall
R.E.M
G&R

I used to dig the Killers but they're newest album sucks and they've become to mainstream.

Some guys drove passed me the other day listening to Dance Music. It was all like do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do *30mins later* do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do
 

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