Will music ever become great again?

[Earthquake]

I just wanted to ask what is your opinion on the Music of today in the mainstream top 40, for some reason it just seems to be either club music full of kitchens being smashed up noises, or cut your wrist sad quiet music with no music background? I mean like, will music ever become real and tasteful again?

[lemons]

it is great

the times have changed

[Earthquake]

The music is false and has hardly any credibility in terms of art.

[Kyle]

I read an interview with snoop the other day and he talked about how nowadays rather than paying tribute to older songs and artists people just duplicate the style and pass it off as their own. The man's a pioneer and has always had his own style but musicians today can't afford to take the risks he has so just reproduce what's hot to get paid. There are plenty of great artists about though, what kind of music do you mean when you say 'real and tasteful'?

[FlyingJesus]

There's loads of good music about now, just like in "the old days" there was loads of utter crap. The only reason it may appear that older music has more integrity is because we didn't hold on to so much of the rubbish, for obvious reasons.

[The Don]

I think this is the best period for music. I mean there's more choice in music now than ever before with free services such as Spotify and Youtube providing mediums for upcoming or just generally obscure artists. If you want to listen to some Ethiopian hand jazz then i'm sure you could probably find some on youtube or something. Whether the top 40 is good or not is another argument but access to music is so easy and cheap there's something out there for everybody's taste.

[Plebings]

to be honest i reckon today the top 40 seems more 'authentic', loads of unknown artists getting huge singles rather than the manufactured acts of the late 90s/early 00s. with the use of spotify/itunes/youtube songs can blow up in seconds, you don't need a singles campaign or a distributer (though they certainly help). we aren't as controlled by tv and radio anymore.

just wait in 10 years you'll hear cheerleader and get nostalgic.

[CaptainKilt]

I think this is the best period for music. I mean there's more choice in music now than ever before with free services such as Spotify and Youtube providing mediums for upcoming or just generally obscure artists.

THIS!

Even services like Soundcloud which allow and foster such incredible music communities! I find most of my new music from sites like Sound and Mixcloud. You get a mix of more famous artists but a lot of up and coming or hobby artists.

[Paracme]

The top 40 doesn't represent music as a whole, just like the cover of a book doesn't represent the quality inside. Can't imagine Run the Jewels would be as accessible in the 1920s bruh.

[Johannes]

The music is false and has hardly any credibility in terms of art.

true dat

i listen to the beatles a lot, the doors, queen & metallica, all really good bands from the 60s, 70s & 80s respectively.
this generations music (sadly, my generation aswell), just doesn't have the same thought put into the lyrics and melody..

[Subject]

The music is false and has hardly any credibility in terms of art.

"Art" is very much relative and means something different to everyone. I think that there is nothing wrong with music today, and the tastes that we have have been shaped by the music we have listened to in the past. Yes, it seems to get very repetitive, but music has always been like that, it's just that we weren't around 30 or 40 years ago to hear every song that was on the radio, so it has been filtered for us.

[Yawn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjW8wmF5VWc

love this hymn. sorry wat was that u saying about there being no 'art' any more? :S

[j0rd]

yeah when bradtheladlong; drops his mixtape [emoji91][emoji91][emoji91]

[Nick]

true dat

i listen to the beatles a lot, the doors, queen & metallica, all really good bands from the 60s, 70s & 80s respectively.
this generations music (sadly, my generation aswell), just doesn't have the same thought put into the lyrics and melody..

i listened to metallica as a kid and it opened up a whole range of music to me it was great

[Johannes]

i listened to metallica as a kid and it opened up a whole range of music to me it was great

metallica is an amazing band, lots of great songs, and they're still making hits today

[Nick]

metallica is an amazing band, lots of great songs, and they're still making hits today

yeah i think they are recording/recorded a new album so im keen for that

[Hannah]

To answer your question of music today in the mainstream top 40, sometimes there's a few songs in there you can enjoy. Most of the time it's similar stuff - but it is what a lot of people enjoy listening to so of course it's going to be in the top 40 mainstream.

I think the issue you're facing is that you haven't explored deep enough into the music that isn't plastered on top 40 charts, or mainstream. There are plenty of options as mentioned before this to discover new artists and genres - not the typical copy and paste you find in the top 40s. There's a reason they call it mainstream. ;)

[Cxir]

House music is booming like the 90s, sorry if that's not your scene (top 40 isn't mine, par a few, e.g. david zowie) but underground/techno everything to do with house is getting good
Rap music is starting to get good, Dr D.R.E new album has dropped, amazing.

[peteyt]

to be honest i reckon today the top 40 seems more 'authentic', loads of unknown artists getting huge singles rather than the manufactured acts of the late 90s/early 00s. with the use of spotify/itunes/youtube songs can blow up in seconds, you don't need a singles campaign or a distributer (though they certainly help). we aren't as controlled by tv and radio anymore.

just wait in 10 years you'll hear cheerleader and get nostalgic.


true dat

i listen to the beatles a lot, the doors, queen & metallica, all really good bands from the 60s, 70s & 80s respectively.
this generations music (sadly, my generation aswell), just doesn't have the same thought put into the lyrics and melody..

I agree with Plebings to some extent - with spotify plays now being included into the chart and with lots of new services for listening to music, it's a lot easier for bands to get heard and played. The industry has changed and is a lot less private now compared with the past.

However you have to consider the chart is generally going to have only mainstream artists - because it's more mainstream and less specific more people will buy it. Notice how heavy metal for example which is popular doesn't really get in the charts because while they may have lots of fans generally the mainstream stuff will have a bigger audience.