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In Reply to: Re: There's plenty of fine music out there... posted by musetap on March 4, 2007 at 10:56:44:
"Peruse some old Top 40 - 100 radio station lists from 20-35-50 years ago and you'll see MUCH crap, pop songs that were inane then and haven't improved over the insuing decades."I cannot speak for others, but when I listen to "oldies" stations, I hear a lot Four Tops, Supremes, Beatles, Queen, etc.. It's the kind of station I'm tuned into quite often..... The stuff I don't care for is more an individual style (like Frankie Valli, the Stray Cats, Springsteen) than an "across-the-board void" like today. And none of that "sameness" and "generic" character I hear all the time today. And of course those lesser known artists like Booker T and the MGs, Tommy James and the Shondells, the Animals, etc. ....
"I didn't hear any of the production shenanigans you mention on the new Ry Cooder, the new Lucinda Williams, the recent Los Lobos, the recent Dixie Chicks, etc. Mind you those aren't Top 40 artists, but the music on ' a mainstream pop station' is not generated for my particular demographic, so there is really NO point in my listening to one. Doing so would just make me miserable. But, I'll bet the audience it's geared for loves it."
Note the station I heard was playing rock as well. Recall tunes by Korn and System of a Down. But basically the same thing plugged into rock. Higher energy behind the generic presentation.
Ry Cooder is more like Ian Thomas and Eric Clapton. And the type of artist who I think has put out most of the decent stuff today. I'm personally referring to artists who originally came out since 1990. What you're referring to are mostly holdovers from "classic" rock and pop that was more the norm before 1985.
And take the Dixie Chicks, one of few good acts of recent time. They're just another group who has fallen into the trap of vocal pitch correction (Clark Johnsen gets credit for my awareness of this), and it's permeated the country music scene as well. They too sound more "generic" than before.
I always thought Los Lobos was decent. That band's kind of a "tweener".... I think they came out in the late 1970s or early 1980s. I think I'll look more-closely here.
"Then again, Ry Cooder's new CD sounds for the most part like it could have been recorded 30 years ago, so maybe I'm just living in the past in some regards."
Maybe true, but then again, he actually did so 30 years ago....
Take the song, "Te Sone" by Aleks Syntek. People tell me they thought it was likely a remake or cover of a classic 1960s song. I told them no, it originally came out in 2003, penned by Syntek himself.... An artist who entered the music scene around 1990. (I'm thrilled he's around, but I just wish there were others.... The song "Duele El Amor" is starting to attain that "timeless" status that I just don't see occurring much anymore. There are already about four cover performances on YouTube, and even a "Weird Al-style" parody as well.)
"There is plenty of new and exciting music, I buy about one new release a week. That covers almost all genres of music."
I've been doing likewise. I trumpet the few good ones I come across. The latest was a fabulous CD called "Endless Wire" by the Who. But still, yet another band that's been around forever.
The top two CDs and four of the top five I cited from 2006 were by artists that originally came out at or before 1980. The previous year, I had a top 10, and half of them were by such artists. The perspective is complete when you realize the tiny percentage of releases overall. (And the tiny percentage of the releases I purchased.)
"Plus I'm still discovering new to me older recordings, most recently 'classical'. There is good and new music out there. I just put some effort into it and am thankful I'm not dependant on radio to lead me to lt."
Now that I agree with you wholeheartedly. But even there, aside from Charles Dutoit, there aren't many conductors or orchestras today that excite me.
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- 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)
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