We just recently lost Brian Wilson and Sly Stone this past week. Sly Stone does it get any more 70's than Sly Stone. youtube.com
And I mean Brian Wilson, what he did in the 1960's in my opinion is one of the greatest accomplishments any American has ever done. I grew up to the Beach Boys but then again who the hell didn't? Anytime I'm near a California beach, or really any beach, the Beach Boys are playing in my vehicle, period. I admit, I cried like a little bitch when I heard the news. He really was a genius.
But you know what it got me thinking like there's just nobody coming up to replace guys. It's not having nostalgic glasses on either, I'm totally open minded but just there's nothing exciting coming up. No live act under age 40 I'd say is interesting to me. It's every genre too. Look at what happened to rap. Look at what happened to Country/Western. Is Rock even a thing anymore? Jazz is dead. Blues is dead. What's exciting coming out on the radio?
Like when you say this, somebody always your just not listening to right stuff man but I don't know I don't have a billion hours everyday to listen to everything. Maybe it's out there but it's just not getting to me. I have to always go back. Who's the next Marty Robbins, Johnny Cash, Prince, David Bowie, Elvis, Merle Haggard, Allman Brothers etc. we can go for days with this. It's just not there man. It's all autotune, tweenybop bullshit it's all on out in these strip clubs and I tune out to these animal noises.
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last commentThat is because it was become too easy to make music. One no longer needs a combination of true talent and stage presence to become a star. Autotune, digital mastering, and computers replacing bands and instruments jave created a flood where true star power is drowned out in a sea of chaff.
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The 60s and 70s were the golden age of popular music. Sort of like the Italian renaissance was for art.
The creativity and energy of the music industry then attracted great artists and innovators. Plus they could be signed to a record deal and be rich overnight. That is much less the case now.
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Tyler Childers and Sturgill Simpson are very talented, creative, off-mainstream Country stars, but they’re not really going to have mass appeal because they don’t care about it.
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I don’t know that I agree with the premise, we had our time, the young people will get more recognition as time passes and their influential artists replace the older group, there’s quite a few big names out there, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, John Legend, Garth Brooks, it’s really impossible to compare to past generations, my parents had Sinatra, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong.
My opinion is it evolves to match the trends of the times.
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Music today caters to the massive amount of ignorant people in the land. Without software there'd be no new music.
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What are we talking about? We now have Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, Tits McRae, Charli XCX, Dua Lipa, Chappell Roan, Billie Eilish. Fylly replaceable, interchangeable girlie pop sung by (generally) hot young babes! ;-)
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^ add " talentless" and "ignorant" to the descriptors and I'd agree.
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Re: Steve Sutton’s post. I’ve only heard of Taylor Swift and Billie Ellish from that list and I wouldn’t recognize one of their songs if it hits me in head.
I won’t be around in the 2080’s but I can’t believe we will be listening to Billie Ellish on the radio. But we were listening to Brian Wilson even before his death
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I never liked The Beatles or Elvis and today I hate any rap. But I do have over 5,000 music files on my computer and have 1 USB stick to play in my car with 1007 songs on it.
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Agree 100% with the OP. I’m an old fart, and have an open mind to new and alternative genres, but the creativity just isn’t there today. There are some new artists that I really enjoy, but too much today is driven by formula, as if written by AI.
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Here's the problem with Rock/Pop music. There's a finite number of major amd minor chord progressions in the world, and pretty much, we've used most of them already.
It's like impossible to write a catchy new song that doesn't sound like someone else's song.
IMHO, that's why genres like Trap and Reggaeton are so popular today. The instrumentation is more minimal and the hooks in the songs are all lyrical, and there's an infinite amount of fresh lyrics to create.
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^Fewer words make it easier for the stupid to follow along. Fresh lyrics roflmao. How about some to start with.
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As my kids would say “such a boomer”. I agree with the OP, however there are some very talented current artists out there. They’re just hard to find. Brandi Carlisle comes to mind as a current pop artist that I enjoy listening to.
I agree with the comment that the 70s were the golden era for rock music, with a small renaissance in the 90s. But nothing noteworthy since.
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Its people who make artists popular. Welcome to Idiocracy
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I would cheerfully put the artists of Pentatonix, either as a group, singles. Or doubles act, their covers or original works up against any of the artists of the last 70 - 80 years.
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^^Said the stupidest person on Tuscl.
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I notice today that so many songs have lyrics that are so repetitive. I don't know if they are written by AI, or what. But it's like somebody is high and thinks they found a phrase that is so cool... but nobody else gets it.
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Satellite radio will expose you to some variety at least, and you might find some new music that you like. I resist the rut of thinking the music of my youth is the only good stuff. But it is hard to beat those classics.
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Technology ruined music in the same way that espn ruined sports.
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Nathaniel Rateliff is a pretty good musician in the present, though.
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Shadowcat - you didn’t like the Beatles or Elvis?
Also - best rock doc I ever saw is on Netflix right now - Becoming Led Zeppelin. Surprised to learn they Jimmy Page and JP Jones were already successful in-demand studio musicians when they were teenagers.
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Google the Spencer Davis Group. Listen to gimme some loving. The vocalist with the incredible voice? Steve Winwood. Age 18.
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I attempted to reply to this thread shortly after it was started… I typed out a paragraph, hit the post button, and…nothing! My post wasn’t created, but it also deleted everything I had just typed…ugh Since I was running out of steam, I didn’t attempt to retype it at the time, and I’d be a bit late to the party now… Just to be safe, I’ll copy to the clipboard before hitting the post button next time.
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