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[deleted] OP t1_je3krtf wrote

Reply to comment by Mahotmoves_Ghandi in I am really tired of rap and most popular music by [deleted]

You reeeaaally want to compare the private lives and arrest records of rap stars versus old rock stars? I don't think that's an argument that will go very far in your favor. Even putting aside sexual abuse, there is a rapper related shooting nearly every time I look at the news and you never had the old English Invasion dudes gunning each other down.

"Get off my lawn"? How am I actually WRONG though? Are you seriously going to pretend modern music has not gone down in quality overall?

Are you going to pretend that things like file sharing that started with Napster has not changed the music industry and caused it to become more profit driven and risk averse? There are no A&R execs out scouting new talent anymore, they take whatever is safe, trendy and profitable and get it down to a formula so that anything you hear on the radio today doesn't sound much different than anything else.

Just look at the music itself, in the 60s and 70s bands took chances and did things that were never heard before. The timbre of music, which is the texture, color, and quality peaked in the 60s-70s and has been declining ever since. Hardly anyone is experimenting with new instrumentation or recording techniques, the vast majority of pop music today is a a keyboard, drum machine, sampler and computer software that's engineered to be as safe as possible (as in not challenging the listener musically) and designed or our low attention span, tik tok culture.

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randomthrowaway23321 t1_je4u223 wrote

Please don't try to argue this, you'll just make a fool of yourself. Musicians from pre 2000s did some of the most disgusting things. The victims would be told to keep quiet and it's unlikely people would've listened to them back then anyway. The Police literally made 'Every Breath You Take' which was in the 80s, no?

Music quality has gone down? That's definitely a tunnel-visioned opinion. What do you want? These 80s bands to make more music? Listen to Bon Jovi, Metallica, Def Leppard, etc, and compare their new stuff to their old stuff. Music evolves.

Modern music doesn't take chances? It's just the genre which is popular on the radio at the moment. So many artists from the 80s used samples and loops so that argument is rubbish. The music you hear might contain a more minimal texture, but there are thousands of artists making an extremely wide variety of music. A few examples:

Wet Leg
Nothing But Thieves
Sam Fender
The Technicolors
Mt. Joy
Sir Sly

And these are all reasonably popular artists. Go on spotify and look for good music instead of whining that we didn't receive 93 renditions of an overrated 'Stairway to Heaven'

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[deleted] OP t1_je5c01n wrote

I am talking about what is popular, that most people listen to. The stuff that you are forced to listen to if you are out in public. I'm sure there is plenty of obscure things that are very good. Take random songs off the top 40 from the 70s and 80s compared to now and the point you just made makes you look ridiculous.

You are the one making an utter fool of yourself. Most artists in the 80s actually played their own instruments, wrote their own music and could sing without auto-tune.

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Mahotmoves_Ghandi t1_je509mb wrote

>The timbre of music, which is the texture, color, and quality peaked in the 60s-70s and has been declining ever since.

You're so absolutely wrong here and excluding the 80s and 90s just makes you sound ridiculous. Do you know how much further the sonic colour palette expanded as the tech grew over that 30-40 years?

Like have you even listened to Radiohead? I feel so bad for you man. Your brain is frozen in amber.

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[deleted] OP t1_je5b4n2 wrote

I am talking about what is popular and what most people listen to currently. There is no comparison at all. You are completely and utterly wrong.

You are either being obtuse or a troll.

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Mahotmoves_Ghandi t1_je5djp6 wrote

I mean you're clearly the troll here. Your other latest post is "I hate selfies".

Get offf my lawwwwn, kids!

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[deleted] OP t1_je5dt7s wrote

Ah yeah, nothing like trolling through someone's post history because you are functionally incapable of engaging in a debate otherwise. I notice you haven't refuted any of my points either.

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