babybugz said:

Timmy84 said:

I'm about to see about The Weeknd....

Thanks but I’m not sure if you will like him.

If it's not cliche type of stuff, I'll dig it...and so far I'm liking it.

On the fifth track right now, why do every R&B artist always gotta flirt with trying to be hip-hop?

[Edited 5/16/11 17:39pm]

As I've mentioned before, music isn't rocket science people know what they like and what they don't like. Vainandy and Harle have already expressed viewpoints that I'm in total agreement with.

Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts.

So Paul Simon said. And it's true.

And because most pop-culture folk fall in love with music when they are in their teens (during which the world is changing for them and their soundtrack to their life has greater meaning). Then as life goes on, things change and disposable time listening to music gets filled with other stuff. Thus they remain stuck buying back catalogue music and falling out of favour with where new music is going.

I see it with the people I hang with who haven't bought or downloaded new music in years. I hope I never get to a stage where my cd collection stops growing and I say - yep that's it, all new music from here on out doesn't exist.

I'd rather be dead than not listen to something new.

Swa said:

I'd rather be dead than not listen to something new.

Awesome statement!

Timmy84 said:

babybugz said:

Thanks but I’m not sure if you will like him.

If it's not cliche type of stuff, I'll dig it...and so far I'm liking it.

On the fifth track right now, why do every R&B artist always gotta flirt with trying to be hip-hop?

[Edited 5/16/11 17:39pm]

Lol he’s associated with Drake so that could be.

babybugz said:

Timmy84 said:

If it's not cliche type of stuff, I'll dig it...and so far I'm liking it.

On the fifth track right now, why do every R&B artist always gotta flirt with trying to be hip-hop?

[Edited 5/16/11 17:39pm]

Lol he’s associated with Drake so that could be.

Yes that's it.

mjscarousal said:

Curtwill1975 said:

Hell no. You're wrong. Give me the 20s-40s, and the 50s for the matter, everyday of the week before the music of the 60s-80s. They were singing about that in the 1920-40s-50s too. Nothing new under the sun, my friend. Not to mention, in terms of overall committment to musicianship, 60s-80s have nothing, and I mean, nothing over the 20-40s.

But the only difference is the baby boomers are the older generation and the music of that time speaks "their language" and therefore relates to their music. That's it. That period had good, every period or generation does, but it's far from the greatest.

I think it was. Maybe not the 80's which I obviously didnt put much emphasis on anyway but definitly the 60's and 70s.

IVE ALSO listened to music from the ,20, 30, 40's 50's etc. I think the 60's and 70's were a much better time for popular music but like you said there is good music in every generation but speaking on this generation the good music is not playing on the radio. Thats pretty much the overall point.

Whether the 60's 70's is the best eras of music in most peoples eyes is true or not.. it produced MUCH BETTER MAINSTREAM music then the crap they have today.

Well, from an overall sense yeah but there are songs from this generation, mainstream, that I actually prefer over the some of the 60s/70s. Not everything from that period was great so...

That's my thing, I have an open mind when it comes to music and if I like it, I like it. I am not even a Rihanna fan, but I think Don't Stop the Music is great. Or I actually love Look At Me Now, from Chris Brown. And I like Judas from Gaga and not where near a fan of hers.

Curtwill1975 said:

mjscarousal said:

I think it was. Maybe not the 80's which I obviously didnt put much emphasis on anyway but definitly the 60's and 70s.

IVE ALSO listened to music from the ,20, 30, 40's 50's etc. I think the 60's and 70's were a much better time for popular music but like you said there is good music in every generation but speaking on this generation the good music is not playing on the radio. Thats pretty much the overall point.

Whether the 60's 70's is the best eras of music in most peoples eyes is true or not.. it produced MUCH BETTER MAINSTREAM music then the crap they have today.

Well, from an overall sense yeah but there are songs from this generation, mainstream, that I actually prefer over the some of the 60s/70s. Not everything from that period was great so...

That's my thing, I have an open mind when it comes to music and if I like it, I like it. I am not even a Rihanna fan, but I think Don't Stop the Music is great. Or I actually love Look At Me Now, from Chris Brown. And I like Judas from Gaga and not where near a fan of hers.

I agree

I'm very open minded as well and there is good music in this era but it is not playing on the radio. Being open minded also means listening to different genres and artists that are not popular Im not saying you dont do that but that IS all apart of being open minded musically because there are OTHER artists out there.

Most of the artists and music you mention play on current RADIO and its not that good BUT hey if thats what YOU like then thats what you like. However, OVERALL its just trash compared to the 60's and 70's which once again was my primary point. There is good/bad music in EVERY era even the best of eras of music BUT none of those past eras are nearly as horrible as this generation of pop music because the music industry is designed much differently.

I think it is mainly an emotion connection issue. I think that from our teens until our early 30's we are going through the most challenging and changing of events. The music from that time period becomes the soundtrack to those pivotal memories. It doesn't have to be music current to that time period. For instance, I am 45 and was a young man in the 80's and the music that is my "soundtrack" is made up of Prince, MJ, Depeche Mode, etc but it is also made up of a lot of much older music like Elvis, Jimi, Otis, James Brown, and Marvin Gaye. What they all have in common is that I associate them to my memories.

Now that I have settled into marriage, work, etc and have become the man I am, music is more of just entertainment. I am sure however that as soon as new emotional turmoil enters my life, I will find new (or old) music to get me through.