[james130]

I answered no.
That's not to say I don't like music from this era.
I just much preferred previous ones.

[Joelle.]

Not sure how to answer this. In terms of the chart stuff, the trash these days has nothing on what was popular in the 70s/80s for example. But in terms of stuff that's not popular or overexposed, there's just as much good music being released now as there ever has been, so I'll vote yes. The good stuff is there if you look for it, but music today gets an unfairly bad reputation, mainly due to the likes of Pitbull and his many crimes.

[arista]

On in around 10mins

[Z]

...what

[MTVN]

How have you managed to confuse this with the Question Time thread arista

[Josy]

Had me scratching my head there Arista

[Jordan.]

Originally Posted by arista

On in around 10mins

missed the show now cause you posted this in the wrong thread :/

[Ryan57]

On Question Time they're debating today's music vs old? Boy George vs 50 Cent?

May tune in.

[cheeky_monkey]

Originally Posted by Josy

I tend to dislike most of the stuff that gets released these days, don't get me wrong there is songs that I like and I wouldn't deny that there is some really good artists out there with amazing talents releasing stuff so it's not really me just being 'stuck in my ways' or anything like that, I just think older music is so much better to listen to than what we have now, there's more meaning behind the lyrics and it's not as repetitive.

Discuss

Same.

[Stu]

Warning : I'm totally going to parody myself here and give a very general argument on a very general section of music. Just to ward off the inevitable "but you can look someone better up".

It's obvious great music is always being made and that it is easier than ever to find it. So I always take questions like this to mean what do you think of the current zeitgeist or, say, representation of itself the music industry gives in which case no I generally don't like 'current' music.

I don't buy into the idea either that the charts in years gone by were some golden force benchmark for quality. They've always been filled with rubbish but great, unexpected stuff always broke in to them. Now it's generally wall to wall hip-hop/EDM/folk United Genres Of Benetton that is filling up charts, clubs, TV shows and radio stations. That's 'the' sound today. Whatever that means.

Odd smattering of blippy bloppy oddities fronted by cute girls for those of the year round festival mentality where people who stroke goatees can rub shoulders with platinum blondes because this is trending music and we're all in this together, a reminder every now and then from tragically reductive guitar noise acts like Arctic Monkeys to let us know rock aint dead, and that's basically it.

Then of course the aesthetic the industry wraps itself up in is at it's lowest point ever. The romanticism of music as material produce is all but dead and say what you want about the easier access afforded by the internet - never something I would trade - but that is a slight shame.

It's also caused us all to consume music differently. Think about it. A kid who buys a record in the 1980s goes back to his room, gathers some friends and they listen to the thing. They might talk about it afterwards. Nowadays more and more people digest music as a kind of utility. The Killers are nice but they're just nice really. And you know deep down inside they're really not that good.

Does anybody listen to a fucking Killers album? Who cares? They're not that good. They're for putting on your iPOD when you want to go for a jog, or to get a party started. You wouldn't spend your whole night with Brandon Flowers. He's a fifteen minute man.

So I prefer the way it was before. In general. I can look up what I want now but I definitely much preferred what I passively heard around me in years gone by. I know that for sure.

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