All the GOOD music is in the PAST

I must be getting old, because I have found myself thinking that the only good music is all in the past. I cannot think of a single band from the last two years that I have found interesting. There have a been a few songs here and there that I have liked, but no great CD's like those from years before.

Do you agree that the music that is out right now is awful, or do you disagree?

If you think music is great now, what are some CD's that you love?

Be prepared for a good argument from me. 🙂

Have to agree with you on that one, although i love Bad Religions : Process of Belief which is a fairly recent CD release, i find myself going back to alot of my older stuff (i.e. Iron Maiden, REM, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and alot of sixties stuff).

Yeah part of me agrees but notable exceptions are the white stripes, kings of leon and possibly the strokes. One could argue that the two former are simply re-hashing old blues numbers and the strokes are ripping off blondie and the stooges etc but bands like led zep ripped off old tunes and made them their own and nobody complained. I suppose there are only so many mathematical formulaes for a good song and the barrel may be getting near the bottom.

I think, personally.that the music you grow up with stays with you for a very long time. I tend to think that most of the really BAD music was also from yesteryear. I must admit I also think that most classic bands are from over 10 years ago. But i'm getting older now, so what the hell am I doing judging the music of today?

Originally posted by johnny_rotten
I think, personally.that the music you grow up with stays with you for a very long time.

👆 Agreed

i dont listen to rock/punk etc etc but for hip hop old school is better. Example artists like Rakim, Run DMC, Poor Rightous Teachers etc etc...

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Originally posted by johnny_rotten
I think, personally.that the music you grow up with stays with you for a very long time. I tend to think that most of the really BAD music was also from yesteryear. I must admit I also think that most classic bands are from over 10 years ago. But i'm getting older now, so what the hell am I doing judging the music of today?

agreed, i think everyone loves the music they grew up with, and the best time period of music for me was from about 1998-late 2001, i went crazy with the music i listened to, bought a shitload of cd's and enjoyed mostly all of them and still do now...now i'm not as into it as i used to be, but some bands i still do find interesting...and i don't believe in judging other peoples music, so someone else will probably find the music of now suits them perfectly

[i]...and i don't believe in judging other peoples music, so someone else will probably find the music of now suits them perfectly [/B]

I think that statement sums it all up to be honest..

id have to agree with you quite a bit. but thats what happens and it sucks. when i listen to all my cds, their first cd is always the best one. thats how it works out with almost everything, the first one's always the best. and older music is a lotttt better than what the radio is throwing out nowadays

and its the truth i agree......

nowadays bands that can compare to the greats like Led Zeppelin and The Who are rare, but they do exist.

Try searching for new, not well known music, and then you might find the greatest artists you've ever heard!

I'm pretty young, but I have to agree most of my cd collection is from around 10 years ago, eg, Nirvana, Hole, Smashing Pumpkins, Iron Maiden, Metallica, etc. There are some really good band s around today, like Jack Off Jill, Lacuna Coil, The Distillers, Kittie (this is just my opinion), but my favourite bands are mainly pretty hold. But I feel I should maybe point out that a lot of bands out today have'ne yet had a chance to become 'legends', and maybe in a few years and after a few brilliant cd's we'll look back and go, 'yeah, they were really good!' (if that makes any sense at all!)

its a bit of a flawed idea - obviously there is a lot of great music from the past but there is also great new stuff being made (as long as you can see past all the crap)

in the past the well known mainstream music was good..nowdays most of the mainstream stuff is pure simple.commerciallized.crap

like bad boy said look for some unknown music underground or less mainstream and you will find some good bands..there is also a few good mainstreram bands nowdays " lost propherts " i got thier new album yesterday..a great follow up to thier dubet!

nowadays bands that can compare to the greats like Led Zeppelin and The Who are rare, but they do exist.

Originally posted by total metalhead
nowadays bands that can compare to the greats like Led Zeppelin and The Who are rare, but they do exist.

Your forgetting possibly the greatest rock band ever (IMO)...Iron Maiden .

Maiden is cool, but cant compare with the mighty Zeppelin

thats right, except Maiden aren't and never were, and hopefully never will be cool.

Iron Maiden are without a doubt one of the greatest British rock bands ever, you cant beat songs like Flight of the Icarus, Trooper, Run to the Hills and The Wicker Man and unlike other bands (i.e. Metallica and KoRn) there recent album outputs have been pretty damn good.