Ok, i'm a thirty-something, and I suppose this is a familiar moan throughout the ages of people in their thirties.

But is it just me, or has this decade been exceptionally uninspired, musically? Of course, there's a handful of good tunes. But:

Rock music is in a slump. The guitar sound of the moment is that early eighties glacial U2/Joy Division thing (Coldplay, Interpol, Editors, etc etc) or a Strokes identikit scrappiness (libertines, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Arctic Monkeys, Rapture etc). Pretty much excitement free.

Hip-hop is a bloated, lazy, sedated gorilla

Dance has hit a wall of non progression and sameiness.

Soul has become a cult concern

And where o where are the tunes?

If I had to sum up the 00's in one act, it would be the Black Eyed Peas. Yeah, it's that bad.

can anyone convince me otherwise?

LittleSmedley said:

I can´t, cause I feel the same.

I think the music industry as a whole is the reason that a lot of good music hasn't come to the forefront. But there have been some really good releases over the past 7 years.

Just a few...

Beck - Sea Change
Any White Stripes
Any Peaches
OutKast - Lovebelow/Speakerboxx
Lovers Rock - Sade
Bjork - Vespertine
Mike - Life in Cartoon World
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

The is also a lot of Electronic Music that has come out that's been really good, like Shpongle.

the only good albums of this decade were made by artists that have been recording since the past decades.

But then tere are those who are not the norm like Arcade Fire, Amy Winehouse, White Stripes...

superspaceboy said:

let me add some more good stuff to your list

Arcade Fire - any stuff they made
Björk - Volta
Pet Shop Boys - Fundamental
Scissor Sisters - any album they did
Kate Bush - Aerial

LittleSmedley said:

I'm 32 and I could not agree with you more. Someone asked on here what are the Top albums of the decade so far and I had to think alot about that. Few artists this decade have been inspiring...the artists I truly love came from decades past. Alot of it also has to do with the lack of artist development and longevity of some of these artists who are not given the chance to grow....and fall under tremendous pressure from the powers that be to just write a hit song.

I could be wrong but that's how I feel...having said that I do enjoy..

Coldplay (who technically came out in the late 90's in the UK)
Ryan Adams (who technically came out of the 90's with his band Whiskeytown)
John Legend
KT Tunstall
Amy Winehouse
White Stripes (again from the late 90's)

peace

superspaceboy said:

theodore said:

Mika. Sorry.

superspaceboy said:

and it's Life in Cartoon Motion

theodore said:

Yes...I can't believe I got both of those wrong...Musta not had enough coffee this morning.

superspaceboy said:

You were thinking about a certain Mike that posts here

superspaceboy said:

I'm waiting for you to post on that new Siouxsie video thread. It sounds nothing like Creatures.

MikeMatronik said:

MikeMatronik said:[quote]the only good albums of this decade were made by artists that have been recording since the past decades.

Agreed

superspaceboy said: