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My 12 year old son comes to me the other day in a disappointed state, he says "Dad, there isn't any good music anymore". After thinking about it, I have to agree, music lately is pretty sad. What has happened to all the bands that could actually play their instruments and write music? I have been very fortunate to see many awesome live concerts of big bands, the talent pool is definitely thinning, and aging. Remember when you could put on a record and play the whole thing!!!! I hope to be able to take my boys to a big concert in the next few years. The remaining bands of senior citizens can still whale on it harder than the majority of young musicians today. Even the boys from Metallica are not spring chickens any longer. I saw them in Edmonton a few years back, sounded better than when I saw them in 95, and 96.

One exception to this I have come across lately is the Black Keys, some pretty solid talent there IMO.

The greatest album of all time , The Who, Who's Next!!! If this is your kind of music, go onto YouTube and look up live Who stuff from 70-77, they were absolutely explosive live. That kind of vibe and energy is non existent today.
 
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Today's music isn't music at all......it's noise!! Most of the time you can't even hear/understand what the singer is saying. I use the term "singer" very loosely!!
 
Today its an act. They get the prettiest young face and then engineer a voice for it. If he or she can't hit the notes, no prob...autotune it! Back it with some canned beats and synth, and a record company that will push it out to "No.1" (yeah right) and you got yourself a new star that will crash and burn in 2-5 years. My boys both like urban rap (not gangster) and I asked if someone covers this song would it sound the same? They said no. I said it all sounds the same to me (lots of synth voice too) and one said they all follow the same beat structure. They said my early techno stuff (89-95) all sounded the same....perhaps? But talent has shifted from the performer to the producer now.
 
Classic rock rocks! It's all I listen to. I put the Who in my top ten. I also like Dire Straits and the Alan Parsons project. Add in War, Elton John and the Beach boys with the Doobie Brothers, CSNY, Billy Joel and the Rolling Stones. I'm sure I am missing someone.
 
cpearce said:
My 12 year old son comes to me the other day in a disappointed state, he says "Dad, there isn't any good music anymore". After thinking about it, I have to agree, music lately is pretty sad. What has happened to all the bands that could actually play their instruments and write music? I have been very fortunate to see many awesome live concerts of big bands, the talent pool is definitely thinning, and aging. Remember when you could put on a record and play the whole thing!!!! I hope to be able to take my boys to a big concert in the next few years. The remaining bands of senior citizens can still whale on it harder than the majority of young musicians today. Even the boys from Metallica are not spring chickens any longer. I saw them in Edmonton a few years back, sounded better than when I saw them in 95, and 96.

One exception to this I have come across lately is the Black Keys, some pretty solid talent there IMO.

The greatest album of all time , The Who, Who's Next!!! If this is your kind of music, go onto YouTube and look up live Who stuff from 70-77, they were absolutely explosive live. That kind of vibe and energy is non existent today.
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12. Year's old. Prime age to developed skills and start a band.
 
I remember, as a teen, when my dad would yell at us to turn our rock n roll down or off. I'd wonder, when I got to my fathers age, what music kids would be listening to that I couldn't stand. I got my answer with C-rap.
 
There's lots of good music today. You just won't find it with most labels or mainstream "music" outlets. It's cheaper to push a poptart down your throat than to find the truly unique musicians.

Find local singer/songwriter outlets and support those musicians. They're everywhere, and many are pretty damn amazing.
 
I much prefer the era before autotune. You know, when people were actually talented?
 
I listened to Jennifer Hudson sing Nessun Dorma last night in a live televised concert and she knocked it out of the park.
Presently im enjoying a Australian cover band who go by the name HSCC
Generally speaking I don't care for what the younger crowd seems to enjoy but than again history tells us the same negative thing was said about Elvis
 
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I listened to Jennifer Hudson sing Nessun Dorma last night in a live televised concert and she knocked it out of the park.
Presently im enjoying a Australian cover band who go by the name HSCC
Generally speaking I don't care for what the younger crowd seems to enjoy but than again history tells us the same negative thing was said about Elvis
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Did you see where she sang The Jefferson's theme? She did knock that outta the park. That girl can sing!

 
I just call it 'sound'
But there still is good music to be found.
I was watching the Little League World Series today and one of the kids favorite bands was AC/DC LOL!
 
Only new music I can listen to is Christian and Country. Luckily I have 6 decades of music I have collected over those years. 1,000 plus, scrubbed, can listen to all week long songs.
 
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I think a lot of the problem is the death of the youth powered garage bands that EVERY town was once loaded with. Lack if talent moving up the line.

When I went to a small college (at the time in 1975), there was live music at 4 local bars almost every night - want to guess where George Strait got his start?

College beer parties frequently had talented musicians jam away.

I have zero musical talent - can’t even play music on the radio (I wind up with talk radio). But I knew the local bands, bars and dancehalls. I wish kids today could have that experience.
 
That's because a 12 year old isn't allowed in a Electronic dance festival or concert rave which is about one of the best times to be had these days.

Its because a 12 year old doesn't have a bass pumping system in his ride yet, until then, it's baby shark only.

Soon enough he will be a teenager and discover the fresh good stuff and not want that old beat to death geriatric vietnam guitar jam ****. LoL
 
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That's because a 12 year old isn't allowed in a Electronic dance festival or concert rave which is about one of the best times to be had these days.

Its because a 12 year old doesn't have a bass pumping system in his ride yet, until then, it's baby shark only.

Soon enough he will be a teenager and discover the fresh good stuff and not want that old beat to death geriatric vietnam guitar jam ****. LoL
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Lol, actually he is fairly proficient on guitar right now. He gravitates towards classic rock all on his own.
 
Princess Valiant said:
That's because a 12 year old isn't allowed in a Electronic dance festival or concert rave which is about one of the best times to be had these days.

Its because a 12 year old doesn't have a bass pumping system in his ride yet, until then, it's baby shark only.

Soon enough he will be a teenager and discover the fresh good stuff and not want that old beat to death geriatric vietnam guitar jam ****. LoL
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Who you call'n geriatric???
 
Princess Valiant said:
That's because a 12 year old isn't allowed in a Electronic dance festival or concert rave which is about one of the best times to be had these days.

Its because a 12 year old doesn't have a bass pumping system in his ride yet, until then, it's baby shark only.

Soon enough he will be a teenager and discover the fresh good stuff and not want that old beat to death geriatric vietnam guitar jam ****. LoL
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Opinions vary and that's not mine.
 
cpearce said:
Lol, actually he is fairly proficient on guitar right now. He gravitates towards classic rock all on his own.[/QUOTE
Princess Valiant said:
That's because a 12 year old isn't allowed in a Electronic dance festival or concert rave which is about one of the best times to be had these days.

Its because a 12 year old doesn't have a bass pumping system in his ride yet, until then, it's baby shark only.

Soon enough he will be a teenager and discover the fresh good stuff and not want that old beat to death geriatric vietnam guitar jam ****. LoL
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I ain't no millionaire's son!!!!!!

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cpearce said:
Lol, actually he is fairly proficient on guitar right now. He gravitates towards classic rock all on his own.
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Then don't let him have any friends in high school and college and lie to him that alcohol is a fairy tale and doesn't exist and you'll have your classic rocker forever. LOL
 
I know this isn't country specific but Hank Williams III said it best in his tune "dick in dixie"
 
Just seen All That Remains last night kicked ***! Still great music it's just underground not that force fed radio trash.
 
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