46-50, M
I agree to a degree, there does seem to be a generic sound that the youth today love, and while it all sounds the same to us, didn't our parents say that about the music we loved? Maybe it's an age thing. I'm listening to Simon and Garfunkels Greatest Hits on vinyl as I type. I bought it at a car boot sale yesterday. I don't think there's anything currently in the charts that compares.
Not my favourite era, the seventies, but at least most of the tunes were original and each band had their own sound.
Not my favourite era, the seventies, but at least most of the tunes were original and each band had their own sound.
Octopud · 18-21, F
Even while I was born almost closer to 2010 than 2000 I think this is kind of true but idk if it's a good or bad thing.
It's maybe because everything was full of gatekeeping, like studios are expensive to hire, you had to have a label, radio then mtv was king, so things got locked down in a style for a period of time. And now you have none of that plus digital sound tools. And the internet means anyone can share their music, and you get lots of little niches of things people like rather than something a bit more universal.
OTOH, eg whether you like Billie Eilish or not I don't think her sound belongs any time other than right now.
It's maybe because everything was full of gatekeeping, like studios are expensive to hire, you had to have a label, radio then mtv was king, so things got locked down in a style for a period of time. And now you have none of that plus digital sound tools. And the internet means anyone can share their music, and you get lots of little niches of things people like rather than something a bit more universal.
OTOH, eg whether you like Billie Eilish or not I don't think her sound belongs any time other than right now.
Picklebobble2 · 61-69, M
I gave up listening to popular music back in the early 90's. But by then I was in my mid 20's.
I think popular music is supposed to define your youth.
If you imagine teens back in the 50's you can understand rock and roll as something rebellious that the old'uns disaproved of, probably why it was popular.
60's music is often regarded as counter culture.
Either 'poppy' or certainly jukebox'y thanks to the explosion of radio stations around the world.
Some 'legal' playing official chart music, others 'illegal playing whatever they liked on the pirate stations.
I think popular music is supposed to define your youth.
If you imagine teens back in the 50's you can understand rock and roll as something rebellious that the old'uns disaproved of, probably why it was popular.
60's music is often regarded as counter culture.
Either 'poppy' or certainly jukebox'y thanks to the explosion of radio stations around the world.
Some 'legal' playing official chart music, others 'illegal playing whatever they liked on the pirate stations.
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
It has changed. There are styles that are very typical for early 2000s and whoever uses it now, people say it reminds them of those times. It's especially in samples or mixing that was popular at the time.
Also, there's something about the basses and the clarity in music after 2010, or maybe 2015 I haven't heard before.
Also, there's something about the basses and the clarity in music after 2010, or maybe 2015 I haven't heard before.
Zonuss · 46-50, M
It has changed dramatically over the decades. Now it's just so watered down and lacking in quality.