Registered: Aug 2000
Location: baton rouge, la
Posts: 4101

i think i'm just getting old

i've become quite picky with new music. i haven't been impressed by anyone new in a long time, since system of a down, i believe. is it possible to be this jaded this early? or does music just plain suck now, and i'm the only one that noticed.

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: the heart of an awl
Posts: 3692

The last five years or so have been pretty unimpressive (to me at least) as far as harder music is concerned.

Cibo Matto / Butter08 is one of the few newer acts i've heard that I really liked.

Thankfully, there are decades of other music that I just haven't heard yet, a lot of stuff that's been overlooked.

And there's always jazz...

Maybe it is old age. Food starts to taste stale and rancid, too. Nothing is as good as it was. Except for Andy Griffith. He's still got it, I tell ya!

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
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I've noticed that there is a lot of shit being produced. I think the amount of good stuff is pretty much constant. The sheer quantity of music that they spit out now simply means that increasing percentages of that music is total shit. Worthless. It means you just have to dig deeper to find the worthwhile stuff... and it also means that much of the talent doesn't get heard, while a lot of the garbage does. Put a little more effort into it, listen to some local bands and other bands nobody's heard of.

It's kind of depressing, actually. I gave up watching MTV long ago, since they play for the masses, which all apparently worship the manufactured music, or (c)rap (can't even call it music).

Oh well... just find what you do like and stick with that. And quit bitching about it. If you don't like the music they're making, shut the fuck up and make your own fucking music.

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: baton rouge, la
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i am making my own music, and i am living vicariously through several prior musical eras, but i look around and see people who insist that Linkin Park is the greatest band ever and after constant pounding of that opinion i have to start to wonder if the problem is with them or me. i can't turn around without running into a sea of slipknot shirts, and i simply can't get into a band who's claim to fame is a man who can yell really loud and a technically profficient drummer (or three, i've heard tell that they just have a bunch of them to cover up a lack of innovation). i simply can't engage anyone around me in conversation about music now because noone listens to anything i do anymore. i'll talk about The Dismemberment Plan and get wierd looks and Papa Roach references. now i know how my parents feel.

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
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Like I said, the masses just eat up all the shit. Even the non-pop musicians generate more shit than good music. I've heard one song by slipknot that was halfway decent, and it would have been better, IMO, if he hadn't gone into a screaming fit.

I honestly haven't heard (of) linkin park or the dismemberment plan, but I do know the "nobody listens to my sort of music" feeling. I've slowly expanded what I actually like, but I avoid listening to the radio most of the time mostly because 99.5% of it sucks ass. Over thanksgiving, Morgana made me watch mtv for about an hour or so, and it reinforced my belief that I hate most music that's out there.

Well.. I take it you like this dismemberment plan.. any songs to recommend?

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: sydney
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two years back i went to a concert because i was bored and the name of the band was somehow interessting. from the first chord on they had me. powerful rock music like i had never heard it before. today they are becoming famous and they deserve it. do you really care about the shitty stuff along the way ? i mean what was the name of the band that played that macarena song ? see, no one remembers them but the name of the band i saw back then will live on ... SURROGAT !!!

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: baton rouge, la
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Originally posted by Roshigoth:

Well.. I take it you like this dismemberment plan.. any songs to recommend?

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