www.smithsonianmag.com
Now get off my lawn.Science Proves: Pop Music Has Actually Gotten Worse
Science confirms what you've always suspected: music these days is worse than it used to be
Plus the algorithm analyzed melodies and tempos killing off any human element bring on that uncanny valley effect which is actually repulsive to anyone with any artistic sense.
Ol' Chet and his sort took country music in a direction that left me way behind. Very little of the "Nashville Sound" appeals to me, very, very little. So I feel a bit of empathy for you three.
A middle aged male pipe smoker. Yep, that's the target audience for modern pop.I'm feeling you guys aren't part of the target audience of today's sound.
Guess you didn't read the article? It's talking about pop. I've been in the industry for a few decades myself when you say underground I'm truly interested in what's going on in the underground currently that in more varied, innovative and groundbreaking than ABBA or any interesting 70's band. Been going to basement shows for years and everything has sounded pretty much the same since the early 2000s and if it doesn't it's a shout out of the past or a remix everything is about genre and sub genre The White Album could not be made today. But here and there again 20 years ago there was some really good stuff. I'm not arguing I am actually interested, point me to the In the Aeroplane Over The Sea of this or last year because that was one of the last truly breakthrough albums. I'm all ears.
doth protest too muchA middle aged male pipe smoker. Yep, that's the target audience for modern pop.
I have nothing to add because most of the new stuff I hear is just okay and nothing mind blowing. That said Aeroplane over the sea is an amazing album. My wife and I got to see him play at an old church in Baltimore years ago and it was such a great experience. Feels like not many albums like that come along anymore.
I did read the article and disagreed with it...shocking, I know. Keep going with your assumptions and ignore professionals in the industry since there is obviously no argument that can beat yours. Varied, groundbreaking? I'd argue hackneyed and derivative.
I'll agree completely with the first sentence.Pop has always been blah and every generation has said that the newer generations pop has sucked. That's why I just stick with the classics like Cannibal Corpse and Chet Baker
Thats all I'm getting at , breakthroughs are few and far between these days. As always if people cant tell that things have gotten worse there is plenty of more room in the pot for more frogs, incremental heat is a B@#ch.
