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Why does most new music suck?

Ok I will have some exclusions to my statement. I'm not talking about classical or jazz. My comment is mostly pointed to rock and pop releases. Don't even get me started on rap.... I don't consider it music. I will admit that I'm an old foggy but come on, where are some talented new groups? I grew up with the Beatles, Who, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix etc. I sample a lot of new music and the recordings are terrible. The engineers should be fired for producing over compressed shrill garbage. The talent seems to be lost or doesn't exist. I have turned to some folk/country or blues music. It really is a sad state of affairs....Oh my god, I'm turning into my parents.
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raks
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Yesterday I had one of those “just kill me now” moments when I caught the tail-end of Phil Collins being interviewed on public radio where-in he talked about performing a piano duet WITH A MONKEY. Need I say more?
frogman
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****44 years from now they'll be saying the same thing. ****

I'm not so sure. Throughout history, there have been particularly great periods of creativity in the arts; and also particularly stagnant periods.
bongofury
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I doubt any of the haters on this chain have actually: a) stepped into a record store that champions new music (Burger Records in Fullerton, CA has a stable of great young bands and regularly sells cassettes of these), b) attended a club performance, c)preview music on online sources like Spotify.

I can name a dozen bands I am grooving on from each of these three sources. And the kids are not buying into your argument.

Having attended the last three years of the SHOW in Newport, what I see in the audiophile world is a demographic one foot away from the grave. Too many OEMs chasing too few monied and aged consumers.

In the meantime, I see millions of kids enjoying music on their portable devices. Internet radio now accounts for 5 hours in a day of active listening.

So to the haters: the world will grow new a day at a time,
and no one will likely care about your experience.
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rok2id
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****So to the haters: the world will grow new a day at a time,and no one will likely care about your experience.****

The feeling is mutual.

Cheers
csontos
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Bongo. Seriously? Haters of what? Those who say they like lousy music? That's a pretty revealing expletive, don't you think? It's interesting to note those on your side of the fence(which btw was erected by those on your side)never refer to those on the other side as haters of good music, but only haters of "The New Music". That's also pretty revealing isn't it. There isn't a person in this whole world, never mind on this site that hates good music regardless of when it was perceived. You've shown there definitely is a line between one and the other.
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