What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
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What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
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I'm trying to imagine classic rock/pop stations twenty five years from now, what will it sound like? I don't see enough great songs out their today worthy of the status classic. Will they st
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What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
posted at 10/6/2009 10:27 AM EDT
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I'm trying to imagine classic rock/pop stations twenty five years from now, what will it sound like? I don't see enough great songs out their today worthy of the status classic. Will they still be playing the same classic songs we hear today? Will it be the same songs with a few from today's era thrown in? I just can't see a radio station making it solely on the music of the last 10 years. I can't see any program manager taking that gamble. Any thoughts on where the great classic songs are? To me this is the first decade that has no identity, the prior decades of the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's even 90's had a sound that labled the time frame. A lost decade in music, any thoughts? |
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Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
posted at 10/7/2009 10:03 AM EDT
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There is one glaring difference from this decade over the others, "the internet". With most young people getting their music by down loading and listening to their mp3's and ipods, there is a vast range of music on these devices and not a lot people listening to the same songs. I have seen polls where most of the younger generation rarely if ever even listens to the radio. |
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Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
posted at 10/8/2009 8:05 AM EDT
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Do they really call that rap stuff music??? It's not music unless they are doing cartwheels on stage??? YUK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Repeating one line over and over is music?? Since when??? All of the REAL artists must be rolling over in their graves!! PUHLEEZE!!! |
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Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
posted at 10/8/2009 1:36 PM EDT
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The reason why there even is classic rock is because of disc jockeys from the '70's who were allowed more freedoms to air some experimental music that would never have been played if the radio execs had their way. Today's radio is fueled by the advertising and is mostly "background" music. Some people want familiar, non-threatening, homogenized music. That's why we hear alot of Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Cheryl Crow, and Tom Petty. I used to hear groups like Pink Floyd, The Scorpions, AC/DC, Blue Oyster Cult, Jethro Tull and King Crimson on the radio. They play little or none of that music anymore.
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But, this wasn't it."- Groucho Marx
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Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
posted at 10/8/2009 1:51 PM EDT
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I'm trying to think of good current music. I think the Black Crowes have put out 2 terrific albums this decade, "Warpaint" and the new one. There's a band called Cage the Elephant I like alot (on Jive Records!) - at least the single "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked." But really, the good stuff is few and far between and generally does not get airplay, if that even matters anymore. It's sad that I'm getting so old. I just cannot understand how the crapola on Kiss108 gets to be hits. What's wrong with kids these days? |
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Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
posted at 10/8/2009 4:40 PM EDT
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In Response to Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?: Zillagod likes Blue Oyster Cult? Who woulda guessed? Posted by schmangell No , I don't "like" BOC. I freakin' worship at their alter!!!
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But, this wasn't it."- Groucho Marx
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Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
posted at 10/8/2009 4:42 PM EDT
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In Response to Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?: I'm trying to think of good current music. I think the Black Crowes have put out 2 terrific albums this decade, "Warpaint" and the new one. There's a band called Cage the Elephant I like alot (on Jive Records!) - at least the single "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked." But really, the good stuff is few and far between and generally does not get airplay, if that even matters anymore. It's sad that I'm getting so old. I just cannot understand how the crapola on Kiss108 gets to be hits. What's wrong with kids these days? Sorry, kids. I really believe music from the 50s 60s and 70s was the apex of popular music. There was a lot of crapola then, too, but a much higher percentage of really, really good stuff. What's wrong with the word c*r*a*p? Posted by schmangell The last really good newer music I liked was Godsmack, but you stand darn little chance of ever hearing them played on your radio or in the shopping center.
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But, this wasn't it."- Groucho Marx
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Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
posted at 10/8/2009 4:54 PM EDT
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Although I'm a little older and grew up with Deep Purple,Rolling Stones ,Beatles,Doors,the Archies,etc.I think there's still some interesting music today.I like Red Hot Chili Peppers,Offspring,Black-eyed Peas,Oasis to name a few
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Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
posted at 10/8/2009 6:00 PM EDT
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In Response to Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?: Although I'm a little older and grew up with Deep Purple,Rolling Stones ,Beatles,Doors,the Archies,etc.I think there's still some interesting music today.I like Red Hot Chili Peppers,Offspring,Black-eyed Peas,Oasis to name a few Posted by mrmojo1120 I find renewed hope for the civilized world when I read your posts. Deep Purple, The Doors, Beatles, Stones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Offspring. This is great music, especially the Doors and Deep Purple...these two groups never played a song I didn't like. Purple LP'S ' In Rock' , ' Machine Head', ' Fireball' ,' Burn' all time classics. Every Doors album was just awesome. I could add a few hundred artists to the list, but it would be too time consuming. Today's music suffers from lack of sales as too many younger people don't understand that illegally downloading the music they like is killing the music industry. How would you like to work and not get paid?
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But, this wasn't it."- Groucho Marx
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Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
posted at 10/8/2009 7:12 PM EDT
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In Response to Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?: In Response to Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation? : I find renewed hope for the civilized world when I read your posts. Deep Purple, The Doors, Beatles, Stones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Offspring. This is great music, especially the Doors and Deep Purple...these two groups never played a song I didn't like. Purple LP'S ' In Rock' , ' Machine Head', ' Fireball' ,' Burn' all time classics. Every Doors album was just awesome. I could add a few hundred artists to the list, but it would be too time consuming. Today's music suffers from lack of sales as too many younger people don't understand that illegally downloading the music they like is killing the music industry. How would you like to work and not get paid? Posted by ZILLAGOD As you can probably tell by my name,I'm a big Doors fan and Deep Purple (with Nazareth) was my first concert.But like you say,there's hundreds that could be added to the list of great groups and artists.I noticed you left the Archie's off the list.I hope you know I was joking about that.
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Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
posted at 10/9/2009 11:12 AM EDT
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See how easy it is to get off track, there are plenty of great artists and music from the previous decades we know that. But, where are the great artists of today and why are their no great, great songs coming from these artists? I also blame the industry and the control they have as to what gets put out their and what gets played. The creativity now come's from within the industry and not from the artists direct. An example, Bono quoted a couple years back at the Rockin Roll Hall Of Fame show that "a band like U2 would not have even made it the way the industry is run today". So you can take from that their must be talent (obviously) that is out their, but cannot get through and heard in the same way bands before them did. |
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Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
posted at 10/9/2009 4:08 PM EDT
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There are PLENTY of great bands and albums still being made these days, but you have to understand how the market has changed. You act as if back in the day all they did was play amazing rock on the radio all the time, but you clearly forget about the hay day of disco, and the teen bands that were popular from the 60's to the present. The difference now is that cellestial radio is out of touch and out of date. They don't venture out like they used to, so the ability for solid bands to broke out of the pack back as they did in the early days is gone. But this isn't a bad thing. it just means there are more outlets these days for artists to reach the public. So even when you have an incredible band with a million fans, it isn't as noticeable as it once was, because it isn't inundating the airwaves. instead it inundates the internet, satellite radio, etc. I'm 29, so yes I'm young, but I see plenty of great bands and live acts out there to rival the old. A few examples: Wilco, Flaming Lips, Black Keys, My Morning Jacket, Arcade Fire....and believe me, there are more. just venture out there. Forget your radio. Radio is dead. |
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Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
posted at 10/9/2009 4:32 PM EDT
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In Response to Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?: There are PLENTY of great bands and albums still being made these days, but you have to understand how the market has changed. You act as if back in the day all they did was play amazing rock on the radio all the time, but you clearly forget about the hay day of disco, and the teen bands that were popular from the 60's to the present. The difference now is that cellestial radio is out of touch and out of date. They don't venture out like they used to, so the ability for solid bands to broke out of the pack back as they did in the early days is gone. But this isn't a bad thing. it just means there are more outlets these days for artists to reach the public. So even when you have an incredible band with a million fans, it isn't as noticeable as it once was, because it isn't inundating the airwaves. instead it inundates the internet, satellite radio, etc. I'm 29, so yes I'm young, but I see plenty of great bands and live acts out there to rival the old. A few examples: Wilco, Flaming Lips, Black Keys, My Morning Jacket, Arcade Fire....and believe me, there are more. just venture out there. Forget your radio. Radio is dead. Posted by ding79 I agree with you. Radio has been dead for years. It's pretty sad really, at 29 you are too young to remember how cool it was to listen to a station like WAAF in Worcester or WBRU in Providence and hear artists like Robin Trower, Johnny Guitar Watson, Traffic, the Tubes, Greg Kihn, Asia, and a whole list of artists that weren't being played on the so-called "Top 40" radio stations.
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But, this wasn't it."- Groucho Marx
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Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
posted at 10/13/2009 11:26 AM EDT
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I agree, and have stated that the way music is marketed and heard today is the one glaring difference from the previous decades. But going back to my original post, the decade dosen't seem to have a particular sound or feel like the previous five. Maybe the pevious decades will be unique and that's over, the internet has changed things, and a new era has begun. But I did make an observation this past holiday weekend that feeds in to this topic. 92.9FM played nothing but songs from the 90's for three days strait, and it was pretty cool lots of good songs from that decade. I just can't see ten years from now any radio, satellite or other wise playing three strait days from this decade, just not enough material available that the majority of listeners all know. |
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Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
posted at 10/15/2009 3:10 PM EDT
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In Response to Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?: I agree, and have stated that the way music is marketed and heard today is the one glaring difference from the previous decades. But going back to my original post, the decade dosen't seem to have a particular sound or feel like the previous five. Maybe the pevious decades will be unique and that's over, the internet has changed things, and a new era has begun. But I did make an observation this past holiday weekend that feeds in to this topic. 92.9FM played nothing but songs from the 90's for three days strait, and it was pretty cool lots of good songs from that decade. I just can't see ten years from now any radio, satellite or other wise playing three strait days from this decade, just not enough material available that the majority of listeners all know. Posted by newman09 Younger people will disagree, and I admit I am biased, but... The time period in music between 1965 (or about the time when Beatlemania was at it's peak) and around 1982 ( about the time MTV was picking up steam) was a golden age in modern music and may never be duplicated. Recording techniques, equipment , marketing and live shows were all very innovative. Most artists from this time period had a unique sound that was unmistakable and easily recognized. Jethro Tull, David Bowie,the Doors, Ted Nugent, Traffic, Yes, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, the list goes on and on. I really think the Beatles were the major factor in groups looking to expand the horizons of Rock music. Songs like Eleanor Rigby,Got to Get You into my Life, She's Leaving Home, and most of the Sgt. Pepper's and White albums showed you could deviate from the basic rock ensemble of guitars, keyboards and drums and use strings and brass along with synthesizer, flute and various other instruments in the rock genre. Thus you get prog rock and jazz rock and countless other sub genres of rock music.
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But, this wasn't it."- Groucho Marx
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Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
posted at 10/16/2009 1:48 PM EDT
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Modest mouse, the shins, wilco,the strokes, wezzer, Radiohead and pearl jam jeff buckley, nirvana, tool, NIN, (from the '90s) this is just the tip of the iceberg. There is a lot of great music out there, it just is not on the radio and is not as easy to find as it once was. I'm never listening to the radio it's always the net or my Ipod. And I grew up in the golden age of rock radio (wbcn, wcoz; I'm 50 ) if you want new good music you just have to know how to look for it |
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Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
posted at 10/16/2009 2:28 PM EDT
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A lot of those bands you named are from the 90's and I loved the 90's as mentioned in previous posts. It's too bad that so much effort has to made to find music that you like, before it was effortless. I have been and will be searching for these great bands and songs on my ipod, do I have a choice? I hope free radio makes a come back to some extent, I know it's time has past but something is missing in the music world, and it's felt that way for too long now. |
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Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?
posted at 10/19/2009 10:43 AM EDT
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In Response to Re: What happened, where are the great songs of this generation?: A lot of those bands you named are from the 90's and I loved the 90's as mentioned in previous posts. It's too bad that so much effort has to made to find music that you like, before it was effortless. I have been and will be searching for these great bands and songs on my ipod, do I have a choice? I hope free radio makes a come back to some extent, I know it's time has past but something is missing in the music world, and it's felt that way for too long now. Posted by newman09 I think there were many creative and talented acts in the 90's , most were in the altertnative rock genre. Many of these bands were never taken seriously enough by any but a small group who listened to radio stations that actually played this music (WBRU, for one). These bands never got much more than a cult following. The Pixies, Cracker, Hoodoo Gurus, Sonic Youth, Too Much Joy, Morrissey, Bob Mould , etc. These people made some great music...but most of the world ingored it. Radio is not played in stores anymore , they use satellite feeds to insure they get the right mix of tunes that serve as background for the shopper. No loud, boisterous or exciting music, mainly old mellow Bob Seger, Fleetwood Mac, Don Henley , Tom Petty and Journey tunes. Good music doesn't find you anymore, you have to search for it. In 1972 , you wouldn't have to go far to hear something different and new. There wasn't the glut of 'oldies' stations back then like there is today.
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But, this wasn't it."- Groucho Marx
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