kaut
05-11-2005, 08:17 PM
Could sound ludacris to some of you... seeing as in 97' you were between 6 and 11 but I seriously can't get into any band that came after this. This was around a music shift (some of these dates are way off)
the late 80's... great alternative songs being made... was a good time
the early 90's were the Seattle sounding bands
around 94-95 after Kurt killed himself came the Nirvana wannabes (Bush, Silverchair, Green Day (with a Clash twist)) and the music was dulled down a bit
96-97 was pretty much the last of the alternative sound but I did like some of the mainstream bands like Garbage, The Wallflowers and No Doubt
after 97 came the bubble gum pop explosion which luckily has ran it's course
around 2001 the White Stripes finally broke through... but also came the pop-punk of Blink 182 and Good Charlotte which dilluted the music of Green Day which was pretty much dumbed down anyway
then emo... ugh... although I do like some Bright Eyes and Azure Ray songs
and now we're going through a sort of pop-punk + emo mixture... I can't wait til this whole pop-punk and emo thing runs it's course as well.
the mainstream rock scene has put out some really bad bands like Nickleback, Limp Bizkit, Puddle of Mudd that I just can't get into... I call it a failed attempt to return to the sound of the early 90's.
and I don't listen to rap post 96 as it just doesn't feel the same as the NWA/Biggie/Tupac days. Although Eminem's first two albums (actually 2nd, and 3rd albums if you count Infinity as an album... he doesn't) were entertaining enough.
So uhm... what I'm asking here as an aging grumpy old man... what do you see in the music you listen to and why? I've tried, I really have... but there's no meaning in most of the music being put out in the past 8 years other than just get famous and be on TV to me... there's nothing original being put out and all the songs sound the same. At least when all of the Seattle bands had the distorted tuned down guitar sound you could tell their songs and them apart.
the late 80's... great alternative songs being made... was a good time
the early 90's were the Seattle sounding bands
around 94-95 after Kurt killed himself came the Nirvana wannabes (Bush, Silverchair, Green Day (with a Clash twist)) and the music was dulled down a bit
96-97 was pretty much the last of the alternative sound but I did like some of the mainstream bands like Garbage, The Wallflowers and No Doubt
after 97 came the bubble gum pop explosion which luckily has ran it's course
around 2001 the White Stripes finally broke through... but also came the pop-punk of Blink 182 and Good Charlotte which dilluted the music of Green Day which was pretty much dumbed down anyway
then emo... ugh... although I do like some Bright Eyes and Azure Ray songs
and now we're going through a sort of pop-punk + emo mixture... I can't wait til this whole pop-punk and emo thing runs it's course as well.
the mainstream rock scene has put out some really bad bands like Nickleback, Limp Bizkit, Puddle of Mudd that I just can't get into... I call it a failed attempt to return to the sound of the early 90's.
and I don't listen to rap post 96 as it just doesn't feel the same as the NWA/Biggie/Tupac days. Although Eminem's first two albums (actually 2nd, and 3rd albums if you count Infinity as an album... he doesn't) were entertaining enough.
So uhm... what I'm asking here as an aging grumpy old man... what do you see in the music you listen to and why? I've tried, I really have... but there's no meaning in most of the music being put out in the past 8 years other than just get famous and be on TV to me... there's nothing original being put out and all the songs sound the same. At least when all of the Seattle bands had the distorted tuned down guitar sound you could tell their songs and them apart.