I used to be one of those kids that thought my parents were lame for not "getting" my music. They weren't so far off. VERY rarely am I blown away by new music anymore.
Lately, I've realized that as you get older, music gets worse. Most of the "great, new" music released each year is actually a slightly worse version of already existing material.
Don't buy music.
Save your money, learn an instrument, and teach yourself to do something different.
Now, please commence with the obligatory "Screw you, Bill, you just don't know. (Overrated derivative rocking teen combo of the month) ROCKS!"
Oh, and here's an Onion story that deals with this subject.
Posted by colrus at July 29, 2004 02:17 AM | TrackBackas an avid (and somewhat aging) music fan I'll agree, what pop culture want to feed you as music is getting worse and worse but there are many amazing musicians living under the rocks, my advice turn off the TV and even yes the college radio (they suck to) and look for music that you never thought of listening to.
Also rock is dead avoid all bands that use guitars.
I heartily agree, Bill.
I believe that the music industry has absconded with much of homespun musical creativity by spewing forth such a vast quantity of crap as to be beyond reckoning.
When we choose to amuse ourselves with this worthless market-targeted drivel, we fail to generate new ideas -- preferring, instead, to wallow in the cesspool of sameness. Not that everything available is garbage, mind you. Many recordings are quite good.
What I'm muttering about is the loss of authentic culture to the machine-pressed, bubble-wrapped faux culture that the industry doles out. Far too often we trade reality for illusion. We'll let someone else make our music for us, and we'll sing along. Culturally, we've become bystanders.
Instead, we should create our own music...
Posted by: hugo at July 29, 2004 08:55 AMThank goodness! I thought I was alone in this...I haven't gotten excited about an album since The Frames put out "Setlist" last year!
Posted by: rueyn at July 29, 2004 11:18 AMI used to have a theory that there hasn't been a great song writen since 1978. I've softened a bit on that, but not by much.
Posted by: podge at July 29, 2004 11:37 AM