I don't feel all musical eras are equally talent-laden and, from listening intently to lots of new stuff, I think it's falling off both in quality and quantity compared to past years.
Yes, there are many, many bands and performers with "good" songs but, like those of five years ago, they'll be forgotten by next year, too.
I can just see guys responding with hundreds of bands and artists I haven't heard of and pretty much no one else has, either. Why? Because they appeal to a teenie segment of listeners unlike, say, a Santana, Sex Pistols, or... Galaxie 500.
The medium seems to be close to exhaustion. When one hears a new band, for instance, notice how it's easy to say, "Hmmm, sounds like a Crazy Horse/VU/Lucinda Williams mix (I know, no one could).
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Topic - Would anyone argue we're in a Golden Age? - tinear 04:32:36 03/03/07 (27)
- Re: Would anyone argue we're in a Golden Age? - dazpix 02:08:16 03/07/07 (0)
- "Golden Age" doesn't matter to me really - tunenut 19:58:27 03/05/07 (0)
- There's plenty of fine music out there... - musetap 12:55:10 03/03/07 (5)
- Re: There's plenty of fine music out there... - Todd Krieger 05:22:51 03/04/07 (4)
- Re: There's plenty of fine music out there... - musetap 10:56:44 03/04/07 (2)
- Re: There's plenty of fine music out there... - Todd Krieger 18:03:37 03/04/07 (1)
- Re: There's plenty of fine music out there... - musetap 18:30:03 03/04/07 (0)
- I Just Realized..... - Todd Krieger 05:48:22 03/04/07 (0)
- I'm happier with what's available now than in a very long time. - Ogsarg 12:45:02 03/03/07 (0)
- these days its more like a golden shower... - dave c 12:31:05 03/03/07 (7)
- Sufjen has what I'd describe as the new, - tinear 13:17:10 03/03/07 (6)
- White Stripes all the same? - nobody 06:40:48 03/04/07 (0)
- so you want continual novelty? - dave c 14:30:39 03/03/07 (4)
- Well, I think a true artist grows and doesn't reproduce the same thing - tinear 14:51:30 03/03/07 (3)
- Re: Well, I think a true artist grows and doesn't reproduce the same thing - Todd Krieger 07:40:28 03/04/07 (0)
- I suspect... - dave c 15:02:38 03/03/07 (1)
- I hope you don't like painting! Early Picasso, Pollock, or who - tinear 07:40:29 03/04/07 (0)
- The Club is Getting Bigger..... - Todd Krieger 11:15:01 03/03/07 (0)
- Trends and movements are needed - Scholl 08:27:41 03/03/07 (1)
- Re: Trends and movements are needed - Todd Krieger 11:22:53 03/03/07 (0)
- Beck would. nt - Duilawyer 07:54:47 03/03/07 (0)
- Back in the day - LWR 07:50:18 03/03/07 (3)
- I dunno. The Stones, Beatles, Santana, Led Zep, B Sab, Quicksilver, - tinear 08:55:30 03/03/07 (2)
- The first string - LWR 09:19:35 03/03/07 (1)
- The collapse, and this is my unstudied opinion just from observation, - tinear 12:44:41 03/03/07 (0)
- Originality is not what the “suits†want - dwill123 07:39:08 03/03/07 (0)
- Re: Would anyone argue we're in a Golden Age? - CQ DX 07:15:47 03/03/07 (0)