Why is Modern Music so Awful?

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Комментарии • 116 тыс.

  • @saraa3155
    @saraa3155 3 года назад +16370

    "Music was better when ugly people were allowed to sing"
    -some random from twitter

    • @ShingoShojiCoolVibrations
      @ShingoShojiCoolVibrations 3 года назад +346

      Bruh

    • @am33x
      @am33x 3 года назад +1795

      For some reason only pretty people are allowed in entertainment now. As if beauty comes bundled with talent. Musicians, actors, what's next? Only models can make standup comedy ?

    • @JamesSmith-nj2ot
      @JamesSmith-nj2ot 3 года назад +223

      Sounds like something I could have written...

    • @TempoChannel5
      @TempoChannel5 3 года назад +42

      Bruhh

    • @jonnyblue5874
      @jonnyblue5874 3 года назад +218

      Well it is kinda true

  • @mornepretorius7481
    @mornepretorius7481 4 года назад +9053

    What is really sad is that there are musicians that are talented but are being kept in the dark

    • @JeterSwisherFan88
      @JeterSwisherFan88 4 года назад +402

      Yeah. I fear the worst for folks like Adele; she may be the most popular talented artist since 2008, but still hasn't gotten as much attention lately as J. Lo or Kim Kardashian. Maybe because Adele's music isn't “hard bubblegum pop-techno” like the latter two. Nor is the music of Japan's Mika Nakashima, the most underrated pop singer I've heard.

    • @mornepretorius7481
      @mornepretorius7481 4 года назад +290

      Well it has more to do with the looks now than the voice

    • @imeakdo7
      @imeakdo7 4 года назад +55

      i'd say that it's luck

    • @mornepretorius7481
      @mornepretorius7481 4 года назад +45

      @@imeakdo7 and depends if you have talent

    • @MLGsniper-oo8xp
      @MLGsniper-oo8xp 4 года назад +6

      *kept

  • @milicabosiljcic5576
    @milicabosiljcic5576 Год назад +209

    This is basically why i listen to smaller music creators a lot , they tend to be more original and creative with the wording, melody, tempo...

    • @SERP3NTER
      @SERP3NTER Год назад +5

      Its "basically'' :)

    • @milicabosiljcic5576
      @milicabosiljcic5576 Год назад +2

      @@SERP3NTER thanks

    • @SERP3NTER
      @SERP3NTER Год назад +2

      @@milicabosiljcic5576 no problem

    • @Hmmm777
      @Hmmm777 10 месяцев назад +11

      @@milicabosiljcic5576 Can you give me an example of smaller music creator you like to listen that is original, creative with the wording, melody, and tempo?

    • @ripchain19
      @ripchain19 6 месяцев назад

      Great idea sir. I'll listen to small artists too

  • @sushi_tech35
    @sushi_tech35 Год назад +53

    what happens when music producers feel forced to make music as fast as possible by creating deadlines in order to please the people? They get lazy and repetitive...(just one of the many possible reasons for this)

    • @26yz
      @26yz 9 месяцев назад +1

      I think a very likely reason is that it's either out of unwillingness to put in effort or lack of intent, where the melody and harmony aspect of the music aren't well thought out. The ability to compose well and in a timely fashion is another story, where a composer has put in significant effort to train the understanding of tonal music, that kind of speed is impressive. But this music production situation here is from lack of effort, thus composing repetitive and hollow sounding results

  • @analog9768
    @analog9768 3 года назад +5067

    "We are in a golden age of music. There will be a time when technology becomes so advanced that we'll rely on it to make music rather than talent. Music will lose its soul."
    -Freddie Mercury

    • @thecoppernickels
      @thecoppernickels 3 года назад +363

      And wow was he right (and that was 30+ years ago)

    • @griftegrd
      @griftegrd 3 года назад +679

      "Don't believe everything you read on the internet"
      -Abraham Lincoln

    • @analog9768
      @analog9768 3 года назад +535

      "Why don't you suck a fart out of my ass."
      -Winston Churchill

    • @techman9945
      @techman9945 3 года назад +275

      “I used to be an adventurer like you, until I took an arrow to the knee.”

    • @furosukki1301
      @furosukki1301 3 года назад +254

      "I only poopoo farted for the good of humanity"
      -Samuel Hayden

  • @samforier8323
    @samforier8323 3 года назад +6666

    Good music isn't dead, it's just considered underground these days

    • @indratapa
      @indratapa 3 года назад +381

      Exactly. One has to have good taste and uncover good music. For the rest, the cookie-cutter shit is good enough

    • @dannycollier1715
      @dannycollier1715 2 года назад +221

      Therefore I shall stay underground forever. I. Just. Can’t. Stand. The. Radio!!!

    • @MichaelJ44
      @MichaelJ44 2 года назад +98

      It’s more or less mainstream music. Of course there is good music still being produced, but Modern Mainstream music 60 years ago consisted of Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, you get the point.

    • @ill4mz54
      @ill4mz54 2 года назад +53

      Exactly. Big studios put out fluff b.s. and the true artists are independents

    • @jatinshilen
      @jatinshilen 2 года назад +14

      Could you share some names?

  • @Jcon4002
    @Jcon4002 Год назад +301

    Modern music is just about trends rather than longevity , so many popular songs from even 5 to 10 years ago are forgotten because they lack substance but many songs from the 70s,80s,90s, are still remembered to this day

    • @mc_mc_music
      @mc_mc_music Год назад +7

      Screw Ed Sheeran, we need to bring back Styx!

    • @soulfulfool
      @soulfulfool 11 месяцев назад +5

      legends never die but only wise men knows them, stupid people listen to radio only

    • @mc_mc_music
      @mc_mc_music 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@soulfulfool Except the classic rock station 🎶

    • @andygotthebass6525
      @andygotthebass6525 10 месяцев назад +2

      Good kid maad city

    • @awemetesh
      @awemetesh 10 месяцев назад +5

      @@soulfulfool I'm stupid, but that isn't the reason I listen to the radio. The stations I listen to play lot's of music from the '50s to the '80s 😊

  • @thomasjamison2050
    @thomasjamison2050 11 месяцев назад +41

    I think that schools dropping music education also played a role. Odds are that someone hearing Sgt Pepper for the first time had at least one music appreciation course in high school. As I understand it now, most don't.

    • @Garroh
      @Garroh 3 месяца назад

      Nobody on the planet has ever had a music appreciation course in high school lol

    • @thomasjamison2050
      @thomasjamison2050 3 месяца назад

      @@Garroh Maybe. I know I had a couple in junior high school. When my mother went to high school, one of the graduation requirements was being able to read and sing solfege. I suppose you probably don't know what that is.....

    • @SexycuteStudios
      @SexycuteStudios 3 месяца назад +1

      @@Garroh no, I didn't have one in high school. It was in 7th grade. In the same class, where the teacher broke down The Beatles' first hit and why the opening riff to The Beach Boys' California Girls appeals to schoolgirls..... we learned how to play guitar. We were all asked what song we should learn first. At that time I appreciated the simple, bright-sounding guitar in Bob Seger songs and so I raised my hand and said "can we learn Night Moves?" It's simple and kinda fun to play. I was 12 and I will never forget that for 45 minutes each day I got to sit in a chair and strum a guitar while talking about music. It wasn't something I chose; it was mandatory curriculum. It was just as important as English class, Algebra and Chemistry.

  • @facemcshooty6602
    @facemcshooty6602 3 года назад +3774

    "why is modern MAINSTREAM music so bad?" would be a more accurate title

    • @thepoofster2251
      @thepoofster2251 3 года назад +30

      Yyyyeeeeeesssssssssssssssss

    • @Baxtab13
      @Baxtab13 3 года назад +162

      Right? I honestly hate how people use that term "modern music". It's like, there's more out there then what's on Bill Board? People be talking about how bad music is now but then will never leave their house to see the local shows.

    • @joelmiller3218
      @joelmiller3218 3 года назад +66

      @Just a nether with some cool shaders JJBA music is sooo good. and you're right. I mainly listen to Japanese music now and they're much better than western mainstream music

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 3 года назад +1

      I agree,Face McShooty,you've put your finger on the problem there.

    • @simpsbelongtothegulags3702
      @simpsbelongtothegulags3702 3 года назад +5

      @Just a nether with some cool shaders yes so
      STAND PROUD

  • @dumbfuk7701
    @dumbfuk7701 3 года назад +8491

    I’m guessing this is why I have gravitated towards smaller artists, because they actually treat music like an art

    • @kindledmetaphor
      @kindledmetaphor 3 года назад +120

      Point...

    • @beng2984
      @beng2984 3 года назад +8

      ruclips.net/video/VfNdps0daF8/видео.html

    • @beng2984
      @beng2984 3 года назад +4

      ruclips.net/video/VfNdps0daF8/видео.html

    • @animationspace8550
      @animationspace8550 3 года назад +267

      just like smaller stores and smaller some games and visual artists and so on

    • @realbonix5302
      @realbonix5302 3 года назад +41

      I'd recommend Elisha eagles, will wood or shawn james

  • @Ruddigore
    @Ruddigore Год назад +184

    I'm so glad my teenage years were during the 1960s, it's almost impossible to convey just how much pop music dominated culture in those years, I'm just thankful I was a part of it.

    • @D-ei1pc
      @D-ei1pc Год назад +11

      The 60s music wasn't as good at the 50's music and that 50's music wasn't good as 40's music. In fact, none of 20th century music was as good as 19th century music and so on.

    • @anonim9042
      @anonim9042 Год назад +2

      20's will always have the best music.

    • @yutehube4468
      @yutehube4468 Год назад +3

      Every song was different and its own unique thing.

    • @salvadoran_uwu
      @salvadoran_uwu 9 месяцев назад +5

      And as a boy born in 2002, I would recommend music that is not mainstream because I know where the quality is hidden, hint: Not in Spotify.

    • @mollusckscramp4124
      @mollusckscramp4124 7 месяцев назад

      "back in my day-"

  • @darracqboy
    @darracqboy 11 месяцев назад +12

    This is why I don’t listen to modern music

  • @parasiticangel8330
    @parasiticangel8330 4 года назад +18720

    Modern pop music is temporary, but minecraft background music is forever.

    • @patzuki8918
      @patzuki8918 4 года назад +484

      Track 11 is a banger

    • @tiger550
      @tiger550 4 года назад +135

      Parasitic a have you thought of contributing to minecraft? they need your input, today.

    • @abdalabo8820
      @abdalabo8820 4 года назад +31

      اغاني شعبية

    • @fumducks2073
      @fumducks2073 4 года назад +30

      That's from warframe lol

    • @krkrbbr
      @krkrbbr 4 года назад +36

      Wise talking

  • @5010karlos
    @5010karlos 3 года назад +12640

    When miley cirus licks a hammer its "art" and "music" when i do it im "drunk" and "have to leave the hardware store"

  • @silencedogood7297
    @silencedogood7297 4 месяца назад +8

    Every generation asks the same question. Pop culture reflects the people and the rebellion of youth. The Beatles infuriated the crooner-WWII generation, Jimi Hendrix offended the Beatles lovers, etc. I imagine the same happened 4000 years ago and will happen forever. Lyrics reflect the education and vocabulary of the youth at the time. Today. kids do not read, do not read poetry, have brief attention spans, use text instead of long phone calls and conversations. Today, the opportunity for breakthroughs in music are limited to what makes a buck. Listen to guitarist Mancuso today. He is trying to breakthough. He is different, new.

    • @lolliii5477
      @lolliii5477 27 дней назад

      Fascinating... is all I could say.

  • @rommelrivera1186
    @rommelrivera1186 Год назад +254

    As a musician and music fan, about 95% of the songs that inspire me and entertain me came out of the 60s, 70s and 80s. After that, it's become much harder for me to find original material that I like. Thank goodness, here's the proof as to why. Thank you.

    • @jarrahtree5130
      @jarrahtree5130 Год назад +31

      The reason you're inspired by older works is just because they're more to your taste. Music is subjective, and thus it's impossible to claim that it has gotten worse over time.
      Unfortunately, the study Thoughty2 is referencing is actually intensely flawed and none of its researchers had any grounding in musicology. It was put together to assess how broad elements of music have changed in a narrow range of genres over a 50 year period by people based in AI, complex systems modelling, physics, and music technology. None of the information gathered has any ground on which to stand to claim that there has been a change of quality of music.
      Timbre, which Thoughty2 claims is the clear indicator of what is high quality music, is unfortunately not anything like what he explains it to be. Timbre is the way something sounds. It is the difference in sound between a piano, trumpet, and electric guitar. It is as indicative of quality of music as pitch, rhythm, or tempo. At the end of the day, it is just a miniscule puzzle piece in a mosaic of elements that can be put together to create new music.
      Hope this helped :)
      If you want more information, there's a critique of this video made by the youtuber "Tantacrul" that goes into further detail.

    • @RAY-bg2po
      @RAY-bg2po Год назад +5

      Many 70s, 80s music made my brain release endorphins, but not music after 2000s.

    • @BerylLx
      @BerylLx Год назад +3

      @@jarrahtree5130 You tried, bro. But unlike how music taste is subjective, this comment section is filled to the brim with us oldies lovers.

    • @jarrahtree5130
      @jarrahtree5130 Год назад +4

      @@BerylLx Anything to justify music is worse now haha

    • @hugolloyd2707
      @hugolloyd2707 Год назад +10

      @@BerylLx I like old music too, but I also like new music. What Jarrah said is true. The honest truth is just that you haven't FOUND a modern musician/group that clicks with you.
      People want to talk about how "Older music was better" and they pull up examples of artists like Freddy Mercury, or Jimmy Hendrix; immensely skilled people who even non-music lovers know were insanely talented and creative. Yet when they bring up new music, they always bring up pop stars. News flash: Pop stars are not musical geniuses. They're rarely even musicians! They're a false persona made to sell a product, that product being music made by people who's name you've never heard of, who make music solely for the purpose of getting rich, and not specifically NOT to make art.
      Sometimes the poster-child of the music actually is the artist, like Lady Gaga. In those cases, a lot of the time it's a mixture of real talent and selling an image. But artists like these make their music a certain way because that's HOW you make music that many people listen to. Music that appeals to everyone HAS to be generic. Some people might love a song that's in 12/8 time, in F# Locrian, in strophic form, with heavy metal vocals on top of a flute. Done right, this could sound amazing, and some people would foam at the mouth every time it's played.
      ...but most people would hate it, and it wouldn't sell.
      To make a song that a lot of people want to listen to, the rules are:
      4/4 Time, or 3/4 Time
      Simple rhythm
      I IV V chord progression or similar; played in basic triads or inversions, or sometimes power chords for rock. Maaaaaaaybe a dominant 7th if you want to get "spicy" (hurk)
      A simple, diatonic melody for the chorus, that a person who has never touched an instrument can play. You may pull one (1) note out of key for the chorus, and no more.
      Use a well established timbre; that is, don't experiment with the instruments too much or you'll alienate people.
      Verse A, Verse B, Lift, Chorus, Repeat. You may change one of these if you want to make it more interesting, but you will half your sales.
      KEY CHANGE UP A HALF STEP AT THE LAST CHORUS! REPEAT! KEY CHANGE UP A HALF STEP AT THE LAST CHORUS!
      So that's how all the big names in the latest years make their music, and that's WHY they're millionaires. But have you tried... Not listening to the big names? Like, that's an option, you know. You don't HAVE to listen to Justin Beiber. No one's FORCING you to listen to Katy Perry. You have spotify, you have youtube. Why complain about stores only selling plain white bread if you never bothered to walk down the isle? It's only in front because the majority basically kinda likes it, and their interests deviate as you go down the isle. There are thousands of artists out there making GORGEOUS music RIGHT NOW.
      Just look for 2 seconds and you'll be blown away.

  • @brutalriff1053
    @brutalriff1053 5 лет назад +9975

    Music was better when "ugly" people were allowed to make it

  • @aguywith5names362
    @aguywith5names362 3 года назад +10664

    Replace "modern" with "mainstream" and you got an accurate title.

    • @smallzebra19
      @smallzebra19 3 года назад +176

      Yea

    • @itscorvid358
      @itscorvid358 3 года назад +31

      @RubberChuken shut up

    • @user-tt6kp4ze7b
      @user-tt6kp4ze7b 3 года назад +26

      @RubberChuken shutup

    • @ocnarf40
      @ocnarf40 3 года назад +419

      Queen, The Beatles and Michael Jackson are mainstream tho, no matter how cliché or took for granted they are nowadays

    • @gaffer2602
      @gaffer2602 3 года назад +117

      And add normally before so awful. Because every once in a while, there is a mainstream song that is really good, like "You Need Me, I Don't Need You", a massive middle finger to the music industry.

  • @crikxouba
    @crikxouba Год назад +111

    America and Europe: "We mass produce our music for profit!"
    Korea: "Hold my beer"

    • @PKOB2
      @PKOB2 11 месяцев назад

      Korean music is meh.

    • @ehhvalami7320
      @ehhvalami7320 11 месяцев назад +7

      They are doing the same

    • @crikxouba
      @crikxouba 11 месяцев назад +23

      @@ehhvalami7320 Yeah, that was my point, Koreans have the most agressively mass produced music industry that I have ever seen in my life.

    • @guitar11diary
      @guitar11diary 11 месяцев назад +3

      Im Korean born in 1970s in South Korea. We ALSO have our own bob dylan, joni mitchell, Nina Simone, beatles and Queen in 1970~1980 korean pop music scene. U just dont know that.

    • @billiswillis8293
      @billiswillis8293 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@guitar11diary And you won't let us know their names, right? Who are your Moody Blues? Dae Won Moon?

  • @trifortay
    @trifortay Год назад +73

    I'm 20 years old and I hate modern music, there's some good bands. But that's the thing. It's the bands that are actually trying to make good music. They are the good ones. I LOVE Led Zeppelin, I love Metallica, I even like Tenacious D. But they care about the music. I like music that's triple my age. They sound actually good. Also rock and roll for life 🤘

    • @metallizard88
      @metallizard88 11 месяцев назад +3

      Same man. I'm 17 and I feel like I was born a generation too late. I wish I was a teen in the 80s so I could experience bands like Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slayer and etc at their primes.

    • @jcatkins5536
      @jcatkins5536 9 месяцев назад +1

      @rocknrollmachine2289 I just listened to "Open Your Eyes," at your suggestion. Good sound, good writing, good singing, really good drumming. They lost me with the speed-demon guitar solo. It stole all of the soul from the song and abruptly ended what was a promising musical experience for me. Afterward, until the end of the song, I never got that feeling back. Unfortunate. "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should" applies here. But thanks for the suggestion.

    • @gr8scott198
      @gr8scott198 9 месяцев назад +2

      Me too. If I had to pick one band, it is Led Zeppelin. I used to be able to play a lot of their songs on guitar, but gout and other arthritis has taken that mostly away from me. Don't forget, "Appetite For Destruction" It's in my top 5 albums of all time. TY for sharing. BTW, I was born in '68. Which may have been the year of Zeppelins' first album. I didn't mean....to blow your mind....🎇🎸😊

    • @Michael-vc1ky
      @Michael-vc1ky 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@metallizard88also Guns n Roses

  • @dayseyenavajo3925
    @dayseyenavajo3925 Год назад +2221

    "We are in a golden age of music. There will be a time when technology becomes so advanced that we'll rely on it to make music rather than talent. Music will lose its soul”
    ~ Freddy Mercury

    • @thepubknight6144
      @thepubknight6144 Год назад +99

      He was right and this is the only video I watched that explained why music nowadays isn't as artist as it was years prior , and why we don't hear Max Martin or Dr Luke's name unless they're being sued
      Its like what Chris Rock said when he said he can debate why Run DMC, Krs one, Rakim, NWA, Ll Cool j and other early hip hop was art because it had a message and how he can't defend the over sexualized hip hip of the mid to late 2000s

    • @vaporeos8173
      @vaporeos8173 Год назад +44

      “We are in the golden age of music” -Freddy Mercury
      Some of the most accurate words ive ever heard about music

    • @rafaelgomez1200
      @rafaelgomez1200 Год назад +22

      Dosent everyone say that i see people in my gen that 2000 to 2013 was the golden age and the whole "i feel bad for kids these days" i honestly find it cringe since our parents were saying the same about us

    • @gamerg7204
      @gamerg7204 Год назад +9

      @@thepubknight6144 agreed. Dua Lipa ruined Elton John's music with Cold Heart. Such a dumb song. Has no taste and no fucking sense. Music video was all cheap.

    • @brandonvandelden7972
      @brandonvandelden7972 Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/Qj5f21MQ37Y/видео.html
      Joe’s gotta go

  • @martinjeffery3590
    @martinjeffery3590 4 года назад +1944

    Its so bad because its not about music ,its about selling an image

    • @bangerbfc2612
      @bangerbfc2612 4 года назад +59

      It seems to be all about the image but it’s not even a good image most of the time in the mainstream it’s soulless and empty

    • @alexandriawallacew9327
      @alexandriawallacew9327 4 года назад +10

      Wel it’s not as though the Beatles weren’t selling an image- Let’s be honest

    • @bangerbfc2612
      @bangerbfc2612 4 года назад +31

      Alexa Wallace your completely right but atleast they were making good music as well

    • @vifcole
      @vifcole 4 года назад +15

      @@alexandriawallacew9327 All mainstream music throughout the ages has been about selling an image. It's not nearly as common to find mainstream music from any era that actually values itself as a piece of art rather than just being a medium for partying and making nasty music videos lol

    • @dyskr
      @dyskr 4 года назад +6

      And? It’s called being an entertainer. As an artist; you should be intriguing, interesting and entertaining.

  • @Razamusiconline
    @Razamusiconline 11 месяцев назад +13

    Well explained what is going in the music industry. I call it fast music just like fast food, it will do it's damage just like fast food does. Part of the reason so many people have a hard time connecting to their inner self and are lost.

    • @Angelvitog7
      @Angelvitog7 5 месяцев назад +1

      This is exactly what I wanted to say. Thank you so much for writing this. I am a 17 year old musician. I wtite music inspired by the beatles, Zeppelin, pink Floyd etc. And I think it's not only the music it's the whole thing of those bands the aura that they have it's something magical and it's connected to the thing that you said about the inner self the thing I've been thinking a lot the last 2 years and reading some comments on RUclips or Instagram makes me really discouraged because people think they know everything and they are always in that "defensive position" For some reason it's the dunning kruger effect and I really don't want to be sucked into all of this.

    • @Razamusiconline
      @Razamusiconline 5 месяцев назад

      @@Angelvitog7 Searching for the answers is crucial, which requires time, effort and a lot of questions and answering. That opens up doors to connecting within yourself. Music speaks from our soul, if you are connected to it well, you will be able to write from that depth. But a lot can be said about this, I just keep things straight forward and simple. I have stopped saying much online for that very reason that people misunderstand.

    • @Angelvitog7
      @Angelvitog7 5 месяцев назад

      @@Razamusiconline Exactly... The things you are saying right now are the things I've been trying to translate to my self in words and the things I feel. I have read the most insane, dumb, non logical things online and I have noticed people are getting dumber day by day. The thing is I didnt use to take them seriously but I see that they are taking themselves way too seriously and other people as well, so that was the thing that made me anxious but I think I have put myself in something pointless really...

  • @user-lk8ge8ni6h
    @user-lk8ge8ni6h 11 месяцев назад +5

    I hate how most music nowadays is lazily synthesized at a computer in the artist’s mom’s basement

  • @_marshP
    @_marshP 3 года назад +1417

    "Why are all the songs about love"
    "You'll understand when you're older"
    *gets older*
    "Ok now I know that it's also about sex but I still don't know why"

    • @yaboinbt
      @yaboinbt 3 года назад +35

      same. I prefer songs like 1D. Pretty diverse and the songs are pretty different. Apart from all being about love or a crush.

    • @lastukemperor1901
      @lastukemperor1901 3 года назад +93

      Can people not sing about their hobbies? "Ooh everyone can relate to love, so I'll sing about it!" That's fine, but pick another topic PLEASE! I am in love but it's a FUCKING CURSE!

    • @azurplex
      @azurplex 3 года назад +7

      You’ll understand when you get laid.

    • @revcanon5744
      @revcanon5744 3 года назад +11

      Because it is the most relatable thing to make a song about

    • @segmentsAndCurves
      @segmentsAndCurves 3 года назад +29

      Everything is about s*x. Even opera. Trust me.

  • @fartsmeller9574
    @fartsmeller9574 3 года назад +2556

    The music of yesterday was crafted, the music of today is manufactured.

    • @TheHeroRobertELee
      @TheHeroRobertELee 3 года назад +142

      Perfect analogy. Its all assembly line chinese sweatshop cheap trash.

    • @NS-ln7tf
      @NS-ln7tf 3 года назад +22

      No

    • @fartsmeller9574
      @fartsmeller9574 3 года назад +87

      @@NS-ln7tf YES

    • @joshualee9540
      @joshualee9540 3 года назад +71

      To some extent, yes and no. Of course, everything now is electronically made, but I think a lot of us forget the bad music of the past and highlight the good music of a certain era, and rightfully so. 10-years from now, I'll be listening to Kendrick Lamar or Kanye West and not some forgettable bland trap artist. People of the late 80s and early 90s would remember Nirvana and numerous iconic grunge acts rather than the hair metal acts that dominated in the past.

    • @beng2984
      @beng2984 3 года назад +48

      The Beatles would have jumped on today's technology. Don't forget that your parents thought the same back then.

  • @marcomiranda6574
    @marcomiranda6574 11 месяцев назад +5

    An old friend once said, "The light of a candle is alive, it's a living light. In the other hand, the light of a bulb is dead, it's a dead light". The same can be said about music.

  • @woodybattle4906
    @woodybattle4906 11 месяцев назад +7

    In the 1960s and 70s, many music labels were controlled by or at least heavily influenced by musicians. By the 1990s, the musicians were forced out of almost all decision making positions within the big labels. The MBAs and CPAs that now run the labels have no idea what constitutes good music or how you market music in general. So instead of good musicians, the labels pick artists that have some gimmick/hook that is easy to market.

  • @sahildahal5523
    @sahildahal5523 3 года назад +723

    "The Beatles just happened to make music in a time period where women were allowed to be horny".
    -Some guy on the Internet

    • @Davis...
      @Davis... 3 года назад +27

      Best music vs worst music with horny things, who would win?

    • @cg8939
      @cg8939 3 года назад +10

      Ever heard of WAP?

    • @niveknanorc7316
      @niveknanorc7316 3 года назад +6

      @red leader's fav dude nah,,it,s Want A Pee?

    • @galshir-ran636
      @galshir-ran636 3 года назад +1

      Lol

    • @Naldo4real
      @Naldo4real 3 года назад +1

      410 likes in two weeks

  • @mrdavisdance
    @mrdavisdance 2 года назад +2245

    The music industry really said "we're just gonna play 3 chords and talk about cash/mating for every song on the radio from now on" and people still bought into it

    • @redwanahmedratul4212
      @redwanahmedratul4212 2 года назад +23

      true

    • @shmalfie8674
      @shmalfie8674 2 года назад +43

      thank god you're here so there is hope left for humanity

    • @jude4614
      @jude4614 2 года назад +29

      @@redwanahmedratul4212 not true there is so much more than the "mainstream" songs that pop up semi regularly and the three chords point is kind of dumb because it's generally 4-8 and this has been a constant in rock and pop since the 60s

    • @aerpods
      @aerpods 2 года назад +55

      bro said mating

    • @lenardgarma7324
      @lenardgarma7324 2 года назад +17

      @@jude4614 yah, ikr. And the ''mating/cash'' is literally has been since in the 50's with elvis presley and the beatles earlier albums.

  • @richardguevara8879
    @richardguevara8879 11 месяцев назад +21

    I have, for decades, described new pop music as factory music. Very rarely do I turn on the radio and when I do it is usually short lived ( unless what is called oldies is on air). I recall over a decade ago purchasing cd versions of a few albums that were years old at the time. Later that day someone asked me why I purchased 'old music'. I laughed and responded: "Good music never gets old." I do listen to and enjoy a lot of new music today none of which are played on the radio. I also listen to and enjoy music from as far back as the 1920's. I have been shocked at how many song I thought were modern original and since discovered were actually written in the 50's, 40's, 30's and even 20's. GOOD MUSIC NEVER GROWS OLD.

  • @user-xx9sn2cl8c
    @user-xx9sn2cl8c Год назад +6

    Music these days is just empty
    It's just a sound without soul

    • @felixomari1294
      @felixomari1294 11 месяцев назад +1

      I totally agree with you. Recently I found myself listening to The Queen Is Dead by the Smiths and reflected that there is no modern pop music out there that is as filled with hidden meaning and emotion as that album. Nothing even comes close.

  • @lukitsu8258
    @lukitsu8258 3 года назад +884

    Solution: don't listen to the radio, find artists that you like and stick to them

    • @LannasMissingLink
      @LannasMissingLink 3 года назад +78

      But thats the thing, he's complaining about radio hits but kids these days don't listen to the radio. Also there's so many more genres these days than pop and contemporary. I do this his complaints about pop are correct, but saying all music is dead because of this is wrong

    • @alienjack6375
      @alienjack6375 3 года назад +51

      @@LannasMissingLink I know. I'm fourteen and basically nobody in my year likes radio. Not many people even listen radio in general. People need to realise that our generation doesn't listen to trash like Justin Beiber and Lil Pump.

    • @_M_a_r_t_i_n_M
      @_M_a_r_t_i_n_M 3 года назад +8

      @@alienjack6375 THERE IS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF MANKIND YET! I applaud you and your generation at less than half my age for realizing the stupidity of my own peer group. BTW, I am very much a black sheep amongst everyone within 10 years of my age, above and below. You actually fall out of that range, and seem quite intelligent compared to my generation at the same age.. I cannot speak for everyone, humans are inherently unique and that uniqueness, the subtle differences, are what both distinguishes people and makes them beautiful. But for the most part, I felt as if I was growing up with cave men when I was your age. I can list many who are similar in that aspect, and many who fall into my sweeping generalizations at the same time... The people who mindlessly listen to modern pop seem like damn zombies when they just turn on the radio and listen to the same (I counted them) 12 songs which THE RADIO STATIONS play on repeat 24 hours per day (Yes, I have been awake for long enough periods to notice this, don't ask.. and it was not my choice of music when in a crowd of females). BTW, I love the zombie genre of fiction, no offense against actual zombies..

    • @alienjack6375
      @alienjack6375 3 года назад +19

      Martin Meisenbacher I think what’s good about my generation is that radio doesn’t restrict me from finding music thanks to the internet and streaming platforms. That might be why my mates music taste is just better in general compared to previous generations.

    • @modtec1209
      @modtec1209 3 года назад +15

      @@alienjack6375 Lil' Pump's and Bieber's success has to stem from somewhere tho...
      I get what you are saying tho. I'm 24 and i have not voluntarily listened to a cumulative 4 hours of radio in the last decade.

  • @darfitzjam
    @darfitzjam Год назад +989

    Modern pop is actually really good if you have the volume at 0

  • @LucianoAlighieri1
    @LucianoAlighieri1 9 месяцев назад +3

    6:59 "What if I also told you that the vast majority of chart-topping music in the past 20 years was written by just two people. [...] And you wondered why everything sounds the same."

  • @Topnikko
    @Topnikko 9 месяцев назад +13

    How bad are things? When Taylor Swift can fill stadiums you know music is dead.

    • @MarkJones-du3yf
      @MarkJones-du3yf 14 дней назад

      What really hurts me she is becoming more famous and successful than extremely talented bands like Alter Bridge Shinedown Breaking Benjamin sevendust What's wrong with people today 😢😢😢😢

  • @kingplo1
    @kingplo1 3 года назад +887

    "...Justin Bieber released his hit single, Baby.
    ...This was generally seen, as a bad move." - The best quote.

    • @hexed8749
      @hexed8749 3 года назад +17

      ....Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Intro quote? hehe

    • @SiliconBong
      @SiliconBong 3 года назад +7

      Beiber? I'll just listen my QUAKE[1] cd again.

    • @jonsey3645
      @jonsey3645 3 года назад +3

      Justin is NOD.

    • @SiliconBong
      @SiliconBong 3 года назад

      @Munray Greighton hey, yeah; never thought about it that way

    • @benconway9010
      @benconway9010 3 года назад

      Loooooooool who said that. That was funny I laughed at your comment

  • @Thedrabzombie
    @Thedrabzombie 3 года назад +1380

    "The more we hear sounds, the more we enjoy them"
    Ringtones:

    • @americansoviet9908
      @americansoviet9908 3 года назад +62

      Alarm clocks

    • @ej22_gc86
      @ej22_gc86 3 года назад +17

      Of course, my alarm clock is my own guitar track

    • @sirnicholas528
      @sirnicholas528 3 года назад +20

      @@ej22_gc86 So that you will eventually like it?

    • @TheBronf
      @TheBronf 3 года назад +12

      i set my ring tone / alarm as boss music that gave me a hard time. latterly making me panic when i hear them XD

    • @thetoastedbread8012
      @thetoastedbread8012 3 года назад

      Even better ruclips.net/video/WS8lswuDueY/видео.html

  • @rftracy
    @rftracy 3 месяца назад +3

    Thank you for covering this! I used to song write and slowly gave it up because what I continually heard was not how my music sounded. The music machine is a bully, but this video is really inspiring and freeing. Love your channel!

  • @a.s.raiyan2003-4
    @a.s.raiyan2003-4 Год назад +10

    I'd pick video game musics and soundtrack over mainstream music any day. Music from Sonic, Mario, Zelda, Minecraft etc will be infinite times better than Billboard top 100.

  • @jedizombiekiller9065
    @jedizombiekiller9065 4 года назад +809

    How to make a DJ Kaled song:
    1. Get another singer to feat (aka sing most of the song).
    2. Yell one of the following:
    a. DJ KALED
    b. WE THE BEST MUSIC
    c. ANOTHER ONE
    3. Add some royalty free drum loops, chords, insturments.

  • @blueboy7837
    @blueboy7837 3 года назад +2304

    U know that music has hit rock bottom when u see Cardi b as a role model for a 13 year old girl

    • @reothomas7624
      @reothomas7624 3 года назад +41

      Yup

    • @fischboi2148
      @fischboi2148 3 года назад +106

      You also forgot to mention lizzo

    • @reyesfreudenthalpablo8457
      @reyesfreudenthalpablo8457 3 года назад +59

      Bro, music hasn’t hit rock bottom, and it never will as long as humans exist. I think you’re missing out on a lot of modern music.

    • @blueboy7837
      @blueboy7837 3 года назад +145

      @@reyesfreudenthalpablo8457 i listen to good modern music
      Im just saying when the generation around me is listening to music with no substance; like mummble rap , i can see its not going anywhere good.

    • @predatoreusfilms9992
      @predatoreusfilms9992 3 года назад +129

      @@blueboy7837 most popular rap music resembles the sound of diarrhea, most scientists agree. Just take 6ix9ine as an example.

  • @horndogjr
    @horndogjr Год назад +53

    This is why I love Metal and EDM. They are still very complex instrumentals.

    • @leruty
      @leruty Год назад

      I also love EDM

    • @m.m.4062
      @m.m.4062 10 месяцев назад

      Can you name me a complex EDM track please ? I’m curious coz I find them painstakingly basic and copy cat like. Did I listen to the wrong stuff?

    • @horndogjr
      @horndogjr 10 месяцев назад

      @m.m.4062 Not everyone can hear it or find it. I am very picky about what music I choose. I go for EDM with a more cinematic theme. It's hard to think of a track that just screams complexity.

    • @m.m.4062
      @m.m.4062 9 месяцев назад

      @@horndogjr Yes, you already communicated that you like complex instrumentals. I asked you for specific examples, names of interesting songs/artists who do EDM that have complex instrumentals. Can you name any?

    • @agamaz5650
      @agamaz5650 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@m.m.4062voljum - dayscapes ep

  • @carlgabel79
    @carlgabel79 Год назад +13

    Max Martin sounds like the IKEA of pop. I don't think music hasn't gotten worse, POP music is just more generic and less expressive than ever. Delve into any genre outside of pop and I think you'll find that music is just as good as ever.

  • @Dokattak
    @Dokattak 2 года назад +3148

    It’s so freaking hard to find a decent song nowadays. Thank God for the small artists who create better music than half the popular music industry.

    • @eituottavuutta9034
      @eituottavuutta9034 2 года назад +174

      Bruh yeah, that's the issue. The songs analysed here are all mainstream music and sure as hell do not represent "all of modern music" lmaooo
      This video is so flawed in this aspect, it does not at all cover for all the artists that don't create pop, rock and country. And that's the overwhelming majority. Some people are just ignorant enough to generalise an entire generation worth of music 😐

    • @TitanRGB390
      @TitanRGB390 2 года назад +13

      yep thats what i always looked at, small artists. i lean in the rock genre, and there are some new big artists there that are really good and stand out from each other.

    • @TitanRGB390
      @TitanRGB390 2 года назад +8

      @@eituottavuutta9034 this generation of rock music really hits different, and very good but still often times i find it similar and end up skipping over to the ones that are different

    • @matthewatwood8641
      @matthewatwood8641 2 года назад +2

      All

    • @andiershad6285
      @andiershad6285 2 года назад +14

      Thats why I fell in love with indie music and also garage rock bands lmao

  • @oneofthelastsurvivingdoges8832
    @oneofthelastsurvivingdoges8832 6 лет назад +1824

    *Mainstream* (edited from modern) music:
    Repetitive screamy synth
    Shitty trap beats
    Girl robot voices that sound like they're dying from Ebola
    People who mumble about how rich they are
    But, most importantly...
    The autotune.
    EDIT: yo holy shit this got 700 likes

    • @layzah568
      @layzah568 6 лет назад +25

      >implying autotune is a bad thing
      >implying trap beats are bad
      >implying all mumble rap is bad

    • @oneofthelastsurvivingdoges8832
      @oneofthelastsurvivingdoges8832 6 лет назад +78

      That is because it is. When musicians overdose on autotune they sound like some freaking alien, when people mumble rap you wouldn't hear what they said if it wasn't for the fact that they rap about the same things every time and the brain fills in the words automatically since it has heard the words before and don't even get me started on trap beats...
      but this is just my opinion tho, and sorry for bad grammar

    • @layzah568
      @layzah568 6 лет назад +19

      Sam GW when it's done right, it sounds really good and makes the music more interesting. for example, when rappers like future or sahbabii use autotune, it sounds incredible and adds a layer of depth to the sound of the music. however when a rapper like t-wayne (and sometimes lil uzi vert) uses it, it sounds obnoxious and awful

    • @truedarklander
      @truedarklander 6 лет назад +29

      Autotune is never good. Dont support it.

    • @TheBigSlugger
      @TheBigSlugger 6 лет назад +5

      Filesmasher Pro ikr

  • @Irish_Potato_egg
    @Irish_Potato_egg 11 месяцев назад +3

    Bro one of the first major moments I heard a song I liked in the media is when I saw the Mario movie and they used No Sleep Till Brooklyn by the Beastie Boys in the movie, and I flipped out, since they are my favorite music group. Then, weeks later, I go see Gaurdians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3, and the trailer for some Captain Marvel sequel had Intergalactic by them in the trailer, and I flipped out again. THEN, towards the end of the movie in one of the final fight scenes, Star Lord played, you guessed it, No Sleep Till Brooklyn. Those were some of the best experiences I had in movies, because my musoc taste rarely has songs in movies, so that was a big first for me.

    • @Sandi_shores_lands_fish
      @Sandi_shores_lands_fish 11 месяцев назад +1

      Yes, I like metal and when I saw Resident Evil the credits at the end blew my mind
      Ramnstein, slipknot, crystal method, Marylin Manson
      Like no pop at all
      👌

  • @redheadedanimations9368
    @redheadedanimations9368 Год назад +3

    Back before the 21st century, music actually mattered and was meant to make you feel something. It was real, organic. Nowadays it’s just a bunch of corporate, feel-good, disgusting, meaningless bullshit that the so called “artists” didn’t even write, just so some 13 year-old girl can shake her ass to it. I’m looking at you, Taylor Swift, Miley Sirus, Justin Bieber, ALL OF K-POP, etc. air all sounds exactly the same, and 90% of the music is some trap beat, no real guitars, drums, or bass. Even a lot of rap and hip hop (which I think is way more poetic and cool) is similar to an extent, because you can’t really say to yourself “hey, I wonder who played piano, or drums”. Of course, there is great genuine talent out there, like ren, for example, but it’s hard for real artists to get any recognition or finance off of the music industry, because of the trend right now of plastic, manufactured pop. Anyway, it really was better in the old days, well, at least for music.

  • @DM-wu5hn
    @DM-wu5hn 2 года назад +472

    Most of it is designed to drag you down. You will notice how good you feel when you finally hear something that is designed to make you feel good.

    • @proactiveomnipresentvessel6569
      @proactiveomnipresentvessel6569 2 года назад +11

      That definitely explains my taste in songs I.E the old ones my parents love

    • @thedictationofallah
      @thedictationofallah 2 года назад +9

      Show a 69 Tekashi fan "Highland Laddie", Prinz Von Eugen (fife and drum), Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Queen, Lilliburlero, Throat singing, and British military songs. They will say 3 things "Yo this is so much better", "Not cool lyrics" or "Old school". It just shows how rotten is modern stuff. You go against culture and call it modern. For example normalise gays and call it "Modern". Change drinking age and call it "modern". Make shitty music and so much more

    • @omarionspratling174
      @omarionspratling174 2 года назад +2

      That’s mostly where EDM comes in

    • @elda7153
      @elda7153 Год назад +9

      @@thedictationofallah WHERE DID HOMOPHOBIA COME INTO THIS WHAT??? I love me some classic alt as much as the next guy but I'm happy being gay is normalised. Mask off.

    • @antoniotrivelloni8191
      @antoniotrivelloni8191 Год назад +2

      First thing that popped into my head reading this was the Doom soundtrack, especially the newer games. Those tracks, while maybe not being real "songs" per se, are designed to make you feel like a GOD, and they do a damn good job of it.

  • @tomneedham1937
    @tomneedham1937 2 года назад +5136

    I find today's pop music very educating. Every time I hear it, I go into the other room and read a book.

  • @rileywallace4886
    @rileywallace4886 Год назад +9

    I hate modern music

  • @Neellohit
    @Neellohit Год назад +6

    I’m not sure whether music as a whole was actually better or if we’re only remembering the timeless ones. Just because a song is popular at a given time doesn’t mean it won’t disappear into obscurity in the future.

  • @marinhoeh3406
    @marinhoeh3406 3 года назад +426

    It’s the record companies, not the musicians. The music business has become so corrupted and money hungry that record companies simply do not except songs with actual instruments.

    • @hudsonweaver130
      @hudsonweaver130 3 года назад +12

      Yes the music industry is very corrupt, but there’s also little craps running around making terrible music. Here’s some names: T69 (I don’t understand his name), Ariana Grande, Beyoncé, Shakira the Superbowl Wh*re, and many other popular chart rappers that are a step away from being in a gang. Also I think I know what I’m taking about, because I play 7 instruments from covers to playing in a classic band with my favorite instrument: the Bb Trumpet.

    • @DrDroogkloot
      @DrDroogkloot 3 года назад +13

      I myself like electronic music but yes... the music industry is poison. Even for my own favourite style is is shown that the popular sound is everywhere and the great tracks have less room in it. You have to search really well to find something great now.
      That is also one of the reasons i find the 90’s a better period. There was more diversaty in sounds.
      Back then it was about being different than the mainstream industry and it sounded often obscure and agressive.
      Now it sounds like edm with a hard kick.
      Edm is also something. Some years ago a martin garrix, afro jack or tiesto song was easy to recognise. Nowadays the all sound alike. I hate it.

    • @marinhoeh3406
      @marinhoeh3406 3 года назад +2

      Hudson Weaver Well yes of course there is terrible musicians, I just mean that they are the only kind of people that record companies like.

    • @pressaltf4forfreevbucks179
      @pressaltf4forfreevbucks179 3 года назад +5

      Ohh fck. Its herobrine. He is gonna destroy my world

    • @shreihals9314
      @shreihals9314 3 года назад

      @@pressaltf4forfreevbucks179 ha. ha. ha.

  • @drewhello2590
    @drewhello2590 3 года назад +821

    “We are evolving just backwards”

  • @ericsahagun5344
    @ericsahagun5344 11 месяцев назад +7

    3 minutes and 34 seconds into this video I have to agree.
    I've been watching videos of millennials, checking out music of the 50s, 60s and 70s.
    And they love the music but one of the things that I noticed that the men and women. Listening to these songs will get Goosebumps. When there are horns strings, chello's in violence playing. And they stop and go, what is this? What's happening to me? Why am I getting Goosebumps? And it is because of the nuances of classical instruments in pop music. And with song sung by Tom Jones and bill mildly and Bobby Hatfield of the righteous brothers, the women are saying. Why don't we have songs like these today? Romance is dead as well as the music ... today!

    • @HannahSCHAITELFunTIME
      @HannahSCHAITELFunTIME 8 месяцев назад +1

      This might explain why I'm 18 and I like Percy Faith.

    • @DavidWilliams-qr5yj
      @DavidWilliams-qr5yj 6 месяцев назад

      An incredibly insightful comment. The best of Classical ,Jazz, Blues, and the singer song wrighter erra. Will not be bested by this new stuff some are calling music . It's just noise. EVEN THOUGH IM 70 YEARS I STILL LOVE TO GO TO A NIGHT CLUB. But nowadays it's difficult to find a bar with great music 🎶 :(

  • @dimebagdirty
    @dimebagdirty Год назад +5

    Just add auto tune and you've got a top 40 hit.

  • @emreonderoglu5284
    @emreonderoglu5284 2 года назад +1731

    As a wise man said, "Everyone can make music, very few can make art.".
    Edit: I don't know who that wise man is. This quote just came to my mind and i felt like i saw something similar somewhere else.

    • @ashborn844
      @ashborn844 2 года назад +55

      @toby wong art is a form of expression modern music is not an expression of themselves or other people it is just a copy of other people expressing themselves.

    • @heh9392
      @heh9392 2 года назад +7

      True with modern painting art XD

    • @ashborn844
      @ashborn844 2 года назад +3

      @toby wong and those are not art.

    • @ashborn844
      @ashborn844 2 года назад

      @toby wong describe me what art is

    • @martinmnagell2894
      @martinmnagell2894 Год назад +3

      This is the same message as in ratatouille where "anyone can cook."

  • @ErickFooty
    @ErickFooty 6 лет назад +710

    *mainstream* music is bad. People who think *all* modern music is bad, they are only scratching the surface. They aren't trying hard enough. And that is sad bc there are a lot of REALLY talented artists out there.

    • @Zen-rw2fz
      @Zen-rw2fz 6 лет назад +3

      adele considered one of the good musicians?

    • @jonmart2036
      @jonmart2036 6 лет назад +8

      Read the title man. It says pop music. Not mainstream.

    • @juanzubieta5080
      @juanzubieta5080 6 лет назад +28

      Jon Mart pop music is usually mainstream. I think he's just pointing out that not all pop music is bad just all or most mainstream music is bad or getting worse.

    • @itsethansalsbury
      @itsethansalsbury 6 лет назад

      Atmosphere

    • @LegendofLegaia929
      @LegendofLegaia929 6 лет назад +11

      Zen Adele is fucking terrible lmao

  • @AniGaAG
    @AniGaAG 8 месяцев назад +2

    It's not even "modern music" that's bad - just "modern pop/mainstream music". There is tons of awesome modern music, be it by conventional bands, by circles, from games, from movies, from shows - the world over, be it east or west. It's just the darn pop/mainstream music that's become distilled to an exact science of marketability so darn much that it's turned awful in the process.

  • @overseri
    @overseri 8 месяцев назад +3

    This video was launched in 2017? Six years later and the situation has gotten even worse (and counting): we went from Britney Spears to... to...

  • @teipkep
    @teipkep 3 года назад +418

    My dad told me the first time he heard Nothing Else Matters with Metallica. He heard it on the speakers inside a music shop. He walked in and told the person behind the counter: I want this song. He got the black album on a cassette.
    That proves that songs can be historical good the first time you hear them.

    • @michaelskory7188
      @michaelskory7188 3 года назад +31

      Metallica and all of the rock bands at that time, in my opinion, are the final generation of music that is actually good. Since then music has just gone down hill.

    • @demianstohr2422
      @demianstohr2422 3 года назад +10

      @@michaelskory7188 no, thats not true! Is is true, that on average music has gotten worse, but there are alot of musicians whose music is art today! Just listen to Dream Theater and Death!

    • @michaelskory7188
      @michaelskory7188 3 года назад +3

      @@demianstohr2422 yeah, but look at the mainstream and what is common now, it all sucks. Sure your example is there, but I would say it is few in numbers and harder to find now. Back then, during the time frame I had, it was easier to find better music that is not considered bad.

    • @alixmadnessitsme4853
      @alixmadnessitsme4853 3 года назад +7

      @@michaelskory7188 yeah honestly it's mostly mainstream stuff that sucks, the usual ones especially; (pop, rap, etc.) there are still passionate musicians doing their best and really good songs still but honestly most of the current stuff is Not worth listening, even less so praising. The mainstream buiseness went soul-less and many songs are principally made for relevancy or cash grab, most don't have a message no more and none seem to have "that thing" that makes music enjoyable.

    • @charlesmartiniii1405
      @charlesmartiniii1405 3 года назад +4

      Lol. I once said the black album was metallicas best album in a vinyl shot (joking). The shop owner thought i was serious and almost lectured my ass till I explained the in justice for all was my fav

  • @jamesyoung_photoghraphy1015
    @jamesyoung_photoghraphy1015 6 лет назад +402

    No shit. Gucci gang Gucci gang Gucci gang repeated for 2 minutes tells you we went wrong

  • @darrenbent7601
    @darrenbent7601 6 месяцев назад +2

    I find most modern music utterly forgettable. For example, there is a song by Harry Styles called 'Satellite'. The music video is highly emotional, brings me to tears. But the song itself, ... gone. I wouldn't know it without the accompanying video. And there is another song by Lewis Capaldi, with the video about an old man and a dog. I don't even know the name of the song, I'll have to look it up, ... ... ... It is called 'Wish You The Best'. Again, video awesome, song,... what song?
    There is one artist that I really do remember though, Courtney Hadwin. She has a highly emotional song called 'Call Me Back'. She pours her heart and soul into her vocals. With lyrics like "I used to call you up at 4am, just to hear the sound of your voice", and "I'm never going to lose your number, just so that I can hear your voice" or words to that effect.
    Another emotional one is called 'Breakable', with lyrics like ""I'm strong enough to tell you I'm feeling weak", and "I don't want to love you and lose myself again, because I'm Breakable, and it takes too long to heal". Powerful lyrics.
    Even her fun, high energy songs, 'That Girl Don't Live Here' is filled with metaphors about growing up from the girl she was on AGT, to the young woman she is now. And her latest song for Halloween 'Monsters', even though it is a fun, Rock song, it is about mental disorders, schizophrenia, multi-personality disorder,... and the like, with lyrics like "I’m a little bit lonely but I’m never alone, surrounded by myself when there’s nobody home" and "I’m afraid of myself every time I see the face in the mirror staring back at me, I don’t care how long it takes I gotta keep the monsters away".
    There are some other new songs that I can remember by other artists, but it is very few, and far between. Most of them are just to generic and bland to be memorable.

  • @Charmeleon64letsplayer
    @Charmeleon64letsplayer 7 месяцев назад +3

    And that’s why I listen to alt rock and metal. There are some good bands in that circle.

  • @javelinmaster2
    @javelinmaster2 2 года назад +1834

    It feels like the current industry is more interested in marketing artists then making art.
    BUT
    The music in other industries has actually not gotten worse, heck Video game music has only gotten better because it embraces orchestral music.

    • @busdriver428
      @busdriver428 2 года назад +49

      They don't care about the songs or the artists, just money.

    • @upisntdownsilly
      @upisntdownsilly 2 года назад +43

      heck yeah have you seen the deltarune chapter 2 soundtrack? toby fox gonna take over the music used in gaming videos although he alr did when he released undertale

    • @UserUser-ww2nj
      @UserUser-ww2nj 2 года назад +13

      You are right about the ''marketing artists '', it seems that its not based on the quality of the music now , more based on how much flesh are you prepared to show

    • @SparkOfCuriosity
      @SparkOfCuriosity 2 года назад +11

      i hear ya with game music i LOVE genshins music but regular rinse and repeat pop is so annoying

    • @Viper-ft3tk
      @Viper-ft3tk 2 года назад +5

      If you haven't listened to the soundtrack to Ace Combat, then you're missing out.

  • @Argh10
    @Argh10 7 месяцев назад +4

    I'd recommend listening to A-capella musik. This is a very underestimated genre in my opinion. Pentatonix with their Daft Punk medley was amazing. Voiceplay is an amazing experimental a- capella musik with a very supportive Patreon community. They covers from " Haul of the Mountain King" to " Nothing else matters" are amazing. The diversity of vocals from a nice bass voice to a an amazing rock voice in one song is amazing. The Beatboxing in those groups has evolved in a lot in the last two decades.

  • @biwrdy
    @biwrdy 4 месяца назад +1

    That’s why i like metal music, no bs, no ‘attention seeking’, have many unique and catchy melodies that sound different with every song that you listen to, and have actual deep and meaningful lyrics. Most modern mainstream songs just don’t have those today unfortunately 😢

  • @kian8382
    @kian8382 4 года назад +1429

    The so called pop music we have today is actually a sex industry, I'm sure they prefer stripping over singing.

  • @ariadnegmusdaedaloximo708
    @ariadnegmusdaedaloximo708 3 года назад +794

    If you think it was bad 3 years back, we really gotta talk about now.

    • @hrama17
      @hrama17 3 года назад +6

      better wbk stream good days

    • @MinecraftSebsPro
      @MinecraftSebsPro 3 года назад +8

      i think now we are better

    • @FoxTrot63
      @FoxTrot63 3 года назад +84

      @@MinecraftSebsPro music today is shit

    • @glitchy1281
      @glitchy1281 3 года назад +55

      @@MinecraftSebsPro yeah no, i think the wap song is worse than anything back then ☹

    • @Nobody-Ever
      @Nobody-Ever 3 года назад +7

      @terra That's why I gave up on mainstream music. It's been weeks since I last heard this modern shiße

  • @kenteel2944
    @kenteel2944 Год назад +1

    This is a great video. He has lots of good points and good history. One thing that I would add is that just because the public decides that they like a song, doesn't necessarily mean that the song is good. When the audiences were making the choices back in the 60s and 70s, through record sales, of what they liked, there was some pretty inane stuff that sold, sometimes. Remember, the public, generally, know very little about music. They can identify tempo of a song, style, speedy playing, and mood, They don't know anything about musical structure, generally. So, yes the public did decide through record sales, back then, but, as you point out, the record companies were also putting out a lot of different music (throwing it up, and seeing what stuck.) The executives, a lot of times, back then, were musicians, themselves (Herb Alpert, Mitch Miller, Phil Spector, etc.) So, the executives, and their knowledge of music, were acting as significant contributors by selecting musical talent. When they let the accountants and sales people (instead of people with musical backgroudns), run the biz, that's when the quality started to really suffer.

  • @Halalhogan_2.0
    @Halalhogan_2.0 11 месяцев назад +2

    Times change. Industries nowadays push who's ever popular because those are the people who will make them the more money versus back, then where, as the more talented musicians made you the more money.

  • @appledrawss1353
    @appledrawss1353 3 года назад +1275

    no one:
    justin bieber: yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy
    grammys: THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL

    • @AlexP4563
      @AlexP4563 3 года назад +87

      Exactly and garmmys ignored the weekend and polo g who actually make their own songs who have good and meaningful lyrics

    • @crazycockatoo5816
      @crazycockatoo5816 3 года назад +67

      Yummy is literally "Baby 2".
      Yummy makes Baby look like Bohemian Rhapsody.

    • @saoirsecameron
      @saoirsecameron 3 года назад +20

      No one:
      Shirley temple: LOLIPOP, LOLIPOP, LOLI-LOLI-LOLIPOP

    • @hrama17
      @hrama17 3 года назад +15

      grammy didn't represent thre musical landscape of now

    • @appledrawss1353
      @appledrawss1353 3 года назад +17

      @@hrama17 ik, theyre run by money, it was just a little joke thats all

  • @Raven_Karasu_
    @Raven_Karasu_ 3 года назад +870

    "Music gets worse every year" yeah it does.

    • @homelessman6662
      @homelessman6662 3 года назад +19

      Can't agree with you more on that. I listen to starset and otherwise, and then i compare even their songs that were not popular, compare them to "todays hottest hits' and the difference is like comparing an ant mound to a mountain.

    • @Raven_Karasu_
      @Raven_Karasu_ 3 года назад +4

      @@homelessman6662 that's litteratly me but with anime openings lmao.

    • @kausthita11
      @kausthita11 3 года назад +2

      @@Raven_Karasu_ what do you think about anime openings? Are they getting better or worse?

    • @kausthita11
      @kausthita11 3 года назад +16

      WAP is a disappointment. Why do people enjoy it, I don't understand

    • @Raven_Karasu_
      @Raven_Karasu_ 3 года назад +3

      @@kausthita11 they are the only thing i enjpy at this point. But i can't really say anything about them getting worse considering i have been watching anime since last year.

  • @TobyOliverHenryFan
    @TobyOliverHenryFan Год назад +2

    17:45 I think I may be immune to this, because the more and more I hear something I didn't originally like, the more & more I grow to HATE it. I also don't like pop music and I'm under 18.

  • @seaah
    @seaah 10 месяцев назад

    your last point really struck with me. there are many popular songs I didn't like "Bloody Mary" but I keep hearing it everywhere! as for a song called "Sweet Talk" by Saint Motel, I loved it as soon as I heard it!

  • @thalloutboy
    @thalloutboy 2 года назад +1306

    This is certainly true of modern _mainstream_ music. There’s still plenty of musicians out there who treat music as what it is: an art. Unfortunately, music also happens to be a big business, and so the stuff that sells is the stuff that is manufactured to sell, not the stuff that is composed to sound good.

    • @naterace7
      @naterace7 2 года назад +1

      Exactly

    • @nguyenthanhnam6322
      @nguyenthanhnam6322 2 года назад

      @@naterace7 ruclips.net/video/Yy5cKX4jBkQ/видео.html

    • @anna_in_aotearoa3166
      @anna_in_aotearoa3166 2 года назад +5

      That's always been the case though, as far as I can tell? Huge chunks of The Beatles' music sounds very same-y to me, but it sold well at the time because they were marketed extremely hard.

    • @YorkyOne
      @YorkyOne 2 года назад +4

      @@anna_in_aotearoa3166
      If that's the case then you really need to wash your ears out.

    • @kingofgeese4904
      @kingofgeese4904 2 года назад +2

      Yeah there’s still so many under the radar musicians who actually sound really good. The first I can think of is Sturgill Simpson, but he is starting to gain some popularity after winning a handful of awards.

  • @hackingenious7
    @hackingenious7 6 лет назад +2280

    That is why I only listen to 14th century Gregorian monk chants

    • @PumpkinPails
      @PumpkinPails 6 лет назад +246

      hackingenious7 Oh, man! Me too! Have you heard the one that goes "HWWWWOOOOAAAHHHH OHHHHMMMMM HHHHOOOOOOAAAGGHHH"? Such a banger.

    • @leechurchill1965
      @leechurchill1965 6 лет назад +74

      That's very soulful music ;)

    • @katiemacfarlane5205
      @katiemacfarlane5205 6 лет назад +10

      Me too. Me too.

    • @anastasiyakvit9871
      @anastasiyakvit9871 6 лет назад +126

      Eh, those youngsters don't know how to make music. I only listen to caveman growls.

    • @TheRockindio
      @TheRockindio 6 лет назад +4

      OMMM MONNAA PADME HUMM.

  • @yepitszochy
    @yepitszochy Год назад +3

    5 years later and people can’t even come up with their own songs. I’ve heard like 13 different covers of dream on. Also tips for making music is to download samples of different riffs and such. Also vocals are just dead. Forget trying to sing well, just have the producer add “some” auto-tune, and the vocals are perfect.

  • @pixbo9133
    @pixbo9133 Год назад +3

    Along came TikTok, and everything went even worse

  • @joshvanv5281
    @joshvanv5281 2 года назад +1391

    To be honest, this is tragic. Great musical people with great ideas will never be recognized by the major record labels. I guess this is where social media can help, giving these people the attention they deserve

    • @jjham6780
      @jjham6780 2 года назад +3

      dude one of my all time favorite bands royal blood is a great example the band is so good (i guess its more of a duo) but they need more recognition

    • @tund_101_hd9
      @tund_101_hd9 2 года назад +14

      It's also pretty sad, that PoP is basically the only music that you can hear in radio. It's really rare that you hear rock. And talking about other music, like jazz, Bass, Electro and more has no chance or only specific "channels" where you can actually listen to it in public radio.
      If you don't want to listen to Pop yoilu mostly have to search things up by yourself specifically, which makes it even harder for those artists

    • @BattleBunnyAshe
      @BattleBunnyAshe 2 года назад +7

      Makes me feel really hopeless sometimes... Like the only thing I'm good at in life is music. I know I'm talented. I've released songs in my own little circles, not in public, and people have really enjoyed them, including my most brutally honest friends.
      I feel like I stand no chance sometimes. Im not 80lbs, I'm not the prettiest girl in the world, and I don't want to make boring old pop music all the time.
      Im just venting really but this hopelessness is a big contributing factor to many young artists ending their lives, or even worse, giving up music forever.

    • @bulletant880
      @bulletant880 Год назад +5

      @@BattleBunnyAshe Don't give up, keep singing, keep playing, if it brings you joy play because it makes you happy and eventually you will be noticed.

    • @bulletant880
      @bulletant880 Год назад +1

      Not just Social media, record labels are just marketing agencies for bands nowadays, what I can suggest to smaller bands and musicians, depending on where you are sign up for America's got talent or Britain's got talent or even idols, you don't need the record labels anymore all they are good for is signing contracts.

  • @Femaiden
    @Femaiden 3 года назад +1603

    19'th century parents : "the music these kids listen to today is trash"
    Roaring Twenties Parents : "oh these kids today, listening to such awful musics"
    Baby Boomers parents : "the crap these kids listen to these days. . ."
    60's parents : "oh these kids and the music they listen to"
    .
    .
    .
    .
    Today's Parents : "we're going to prove scientifically, using modern computers, that what our kids are listening to is indeed crap. . ."

    • @molhemalaa1252
      @molhemalaa1252 3 года назад +117

      It's true music lost more and more aura with every generation tho, Until one day it's gonna be like Rick and Morty's Bleep Bloop: Human Music

    • @molhemalaa1252
      @molhemalaa1252 3 года назад +46

      I as a 27 years old man wouldn't be so salty if every music maker gets the same chance as the others to make it big, But the problem is with the music industry gurus and record labels who cheat and rig the system for their own gains, They even scam most of their own artists who feel like a wheel in a machine, Unacceptable don't you think ?

    • @Luffy-un5du
      @Luffy-un5du 3 года назад +2

      lol true.

    • @lameducky
      @lameducky 3 года назад +44

      As a kid I can say my peers taste in music is terrible

    • @gigantycznejabko9362
      @gigantycznejabko9362 3 года назад +12

      Welcome to the Machine. Have a Cigar.

  • @gewinnste
    @gewinnste 6 месяцев назад +3

    Some of this is true, a lot of it is not. E.g. I almost never like songs that I didn't like in the beginning more when I'm exposed to them all the time. The opposite is true and it's caused by a well-studied and omniprevalent psychological mechanism called "reactance".
    Another important point is that we, the people, indeed judge and select the music we like the most but that's a process! It takes time and only after many years the best pieces are "preserved" - they get played even after decades. So there is sort of a magnifying glass through which we look/hear at contemporary music, which is still in the process of being selected and there's a lot of mediocrity still around. But it won't be in 20, 40, 60 years! Conversely, presently we only listen to, _and remember_ (!), only the best, most highly selected music pieces of e.g. the 1960's. Like in any time period, there was a lot of garbage around back then and if you'd be played an unselected flood of 60's tracks, you'd after a while notice how everything sounds the same and a lot of it is just badly written and composed.

  • @googoogjoobgoogoogjoob
    @googoogjoobgoogoogjoob 11 месяцев назад +2

    The crossing photo was Abbey Rd 1969, not Sgt Pepper's 1967.

  • @williamjohnson7247
    @williamjohnson7247 6 лет назад +2751

    Waiting for "I was born in the wrong generation" comments

    • @simonsemchenko3056
      @simonsemchenko3056 6 лет назад +171

      William Johnson I know right? So many edgy snowflakes who think that they're on a whole new level of music taste

    • @kipp2419
      @kipp2419 6 лет назад +150

      You can find any song for considerably less than whatever old-timey price it used to be. I'd be rather be in this generation simply because even if I dislike popular genres it takes me five minutes to find whatever I want.

    • @droopy6372
      @droopy6372 6 лет назад +7

      William Johnson already like 50 i saw

    • @haloborn6785
      @haloborn6785 6 лет назад +78

      I was born in the wrong generation

    • @DarthNicky
      @DarthNicky 6 лет назад +108

      I'm glad I was born in this generation, because I still am able to appreciate older musicians while still having the benefit of the Internet and the like. If anything I wish I was born further into the future

  • @RevStickleback
    @RevStickleback 3 года назад +1396

    Music in the past was to be listened to. Music now, is something to have on in the background while people are doing something else.

    • @demarcot
      @demarcot 3 года назад +41

      Bro youre so right

    • @slingxslayer7948
      @slingxslayer7948 3 года назад +65

      There’s too much sad truth in this comment.

    • @lunardoeseverything5393
      @lunardoeseverything5393 3 года назад +61

      No... POP music is getting worse.
      I mean, one of the most influential pop artists is Billie Eillish, and she’s not even that good!
      There is great music, you haven’t found an artist that clicks yet 👍

    • @RevStickleback
      @RevStickleback 3 года назад +14

      @@lunardoeseverything5393 My favourite bands are both Japanese. Band-Maid, who play hard rock, and The Let's Go's, who play something like 70s punk - more Ramones, maybe Undertones or The Buzzcocks rather than the Sex Pistols, and both bands are all-female...I don't think I'd ever liked an all-female band before, but they have loads over there, as well as not losing the feeling that music (if not necessarily the musicians) should have some balls.

    • @TraceLight
      @TraceLight 3 года назад +29

      @@lunardoeseverything5393 not good!?
      She’s terrible. Tonally, and rhythmically.
      Yet she appeals to the young and edgy girls, that’s her market.
      Here is the issue. The markets have shifted because the people changed.
      A few decades ago, garbage like Reggaeton would never have flown, the market just wasn’t that low.
      Now? Market is wide and open for it, a sign of a changing demographic with terrible taste.

  • @mohaukobe7872
    @mohaukobe7872 Год назад +1

    Man, this was a lot darker than I thought it would be, especially that part about "brainwashing" that is one way to change the way I look at modern music.
    Personally as I enjoy music from really every decade since 1950s, all the way to today's music. In the 1960s, I'm really into a lot of Beatles songs. In the 1970s, I love the rock music of that decade, my personal favourites are "Hotel California", "Bohemian Rhapsody", and "Dream On".
    In the 1980s, I love a lot of songs from Michael Jackson, he is my favourite music artists, and I listen to his songs everyday. I love his disco tracks from Off the Wall in 1979 and I love his songs in the Thriller era (1982-1985) and Bad era (1987-1989). I also love alot of Queen songs from that time such as "Another One Bites the Dust", "Radio Ga Ga", "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions" and a lot more.
    I'm also into a lot of songs from the 90s and the '00s, and as well the 2010s. A lot of songs from those eras are very nostalgic for me, cuz as a 15 yrs old, those are the songs I grew up with.
    I aspire to be music artist, and although, I love songs from all these eras, I would choose to learn from and imitate songs from the 60s-90s, those are the songs that connect with me and I can see the brilliance in those songs which is why I want to learn from them. Regarding the artists, I would also prefer to imitate older artists from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, cuz those artists were brilliant and unique in a different way. I look at Michael Jackson perform and I don't see any artist in the modern era that reaches that level. I listen to Queen's songs, and all of their songs are different from any other artists.
    There is also a difference in the way I listen to these songs. With 2000s-2010s songs, I listen to them for nostalgia and fun, while with 60s-90s songs, I listen to them for fun and also to learn more about music. When I watch the "Billie Jean" music video, I watch it understanding that I'm watching something very special, and it's hard to really feel that way about many music videos today.

  • @leruty
    @leruty Год назад +3

    I moved from listening to "mostly the latest mainstream stuff played on the radio, a bit of edm (for example Skrillex)" to "mostly just EDM music with some (more and less) well known pop songs" many years ago, big thanks to racing games such as NFS and Asphalt for letting me know about all the gems

  • @rad_it4023
    @rad_it4023 3 года назад +491

    Old music : Try to be normal music but have edgy meaning
    Modern music : Try to be edgy music but doesn't have any meaning

    • @James42_
      @James42_ 3 года назад +7

      True

    • @James42_
      @James42_ 3 года назад +11

      Yes, especially Ed Sheehan with his meaningful lyrics

    • @TheLostRub389
      @TheLostRub389 3 года назад

      🅁🄴🄰🄻🄻🅈

    • @erfanthered9801
      @erfanthered9801 3 года назад +23

      Japanese music: the song is catchy, funky and chill but the lyrics are about suicide and depression.
      I'm not talking about anime weeb songs but rather actual Japanese songs. Search "reach into the night" by yoasobe, first listen to it without lyrics the with it.

    • @blackkatdraws
      @blackkatdraws 3 года назад +2

      @@erfanthered9801
      Japanese music really is depressing now that I think about it.

  • @ajpanda4488
    @ajpanda4488 2 года назад +907

    I guess I'm immune to the whole brainwashing thing, I work at a store that plays top 40 radio and when they premiered the new addelle song I disliked it the first time, they continued to play it all through the day a countless number of times, and by the end of the of my shift I was ready to take my theft-be-gone baseball bat we kept by the register and smash the radio into hundred pieces.

    • @deltab9768
      @deltab9768 2 года назад +49

      I think the repeated exposure thing only works if you sort of like it to begin with.
      I’ll enjoy an Offspring or Adele song the first time, enjoy it more the second and third times, but if it’s a dumbed down, self important Bruno Mars or Meghan Trainor song, or a growly gross sounding metalcore song I can hear it in the background a dozen times and still not get into it.

    • @MrFlintlock7
      @MrFlintlock7 2 года назад +1

      I suspect this will be relatable:
      ruclips.net/video/l7Vo_t7zbeQ/видео.html

    • @user-sg6ii3eo9i
      @user-sg6ii3eo9i 2 года назад +3

      No, you will be brainwashed if you didnt care about it ij the first place. If you hate but forget about it, and just think of both sides you will be brainwashed that you like it. But if its really a bad somg out of key, and alot of people say its bad, tou wont like it

    • @ajpanda4488
      @ajpanda4488 2 года назад

      @@user-sg6ii3eo9i 🤯🧠

    • @DENVEROUTDOORMAN
      @DENVEROUTDOORMAN 2 года назад +6

      They ve always did that from 60s like the Doobie Brothers Long Train Running and China groove

  • @patrickprucha5522
    @patrickprucha5522 8 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent Video!!! I have had the same feelings as you. Maybe thats why I still listen to the doors, the rolling stones and all the other oldies. I like your point of "inspiration". its missing these days.
    Keep up the good work!
    Cheers

  • @johnmac3410
    @johnmac3410 7 месяцев назад

    I have a huge playlist from my era namely 60s and 70s music. I've also noticed that contemporary "artists" have no soul in their voices or instruments. Soul is not necessarily a black thing, as I can hear soul in groups like The Mama's and The Papas, Jefferson Airplane, Southern Rock etc... I can't tell you one hit by any contemporary "artist", but I can remember many songs on my oldies playlist. Good video. I'm glad to see others with an ear for music have the same problem with new age "artists".

  • @trekkiejunk
    @trekkiejunk 3 года назад +294

    I'm more fascinated by the fact that the Swedish guy's name is Max Martin and the American guy's name is Lucasz Gottwald.

    • @Rayan-wh2uf
      @Rayan-wh2uf 3 года назад +16

      Haha oh yeah that’s irony

    • @jb0258
      @jb0258 3 года назад +3

      Nice catch! I didn't even notice until seeing your comment

    • @bromander_
      @bromander_ 3 года назад +2

      well.. his name's actually Martin Sandberg

    • @Rayan-wh2uf
      @Rayan-wh2uf 3 года назад +1

      @@bromander_ tbh that wouldn’t change anything it still sounds like he wud be the American guy

    • @pifnbnd
      @pifnbnd 3 года назад

      @@Rayan-wh2uf maybe a Jewish american?

  • @liliIiliIilil
    @liliIiliIilil 6 лет назад +1796

    Modern music is not awful. Modern POPULAR music is awful. There are so many amazing artists out there that do not gain powerful representation. You just have to dig to find them.

    • @scottmatheson2390
      @scottmatheson2390 6 лет назад +91

      yep you're absolutely right, and I'm 60 years old.

    • @LongToad
      @LongToad 6 лет назад +181

      People shouldn't have to dig to find good music, which is kind of the point. Artists should be succeeding based on talent rather than being "made" like some kind of product. I've found a few good bands among the garbage out there but if I were someone new to music I wouldn't even know what good music was. You see all these Disney kids become musicians almost like an assembly line. Once one gets too old they pump out another... and another...

    • @Merdicano
      @Merdicano 6 лет назад +7

      I Literally Just Pooped My Pants I agree, I say the same thing

    • @JStrange13
      @JStrange13 6 лет назад +71

      People have always had to dig to find good music, that's not new. We just tend to forget how much subjectively bad music there has always been. The music is out there, and with the internet, it's actually easier to find it now then it has ever been.

    • @maliceburgoyne495
      @maliceburgoyne495 6 лет назад +68

      I Literally Just Pooped My Pants This video is so frighteningly biased and ignorant it hurts. I knew how illegitimate his claims were the moment he randomly decided to start the story of "superior" music with the 1960's which is something people with little command or understanding of music often do. Forget baroque, classical, romance, impressionism, atonal, ragtime, novelty, jazz, blues and begin in the 60's...yeah.

  • @Greydonkey.
    @Greydonkey. Год назад +4

    As a person born in 2006 I mostly listen to stuff produced before 2000

  • @iansandom6031
    @iansandom6031 10 месяцев назад +6

    Really well thought through analysis. I agree totally with everything you say. I have been working recently in an environment that has a radio on all day/night. It was tuned to a station and I only liked about 10% of the songs. The other 90% all sounded similar and boring. One night I changed the station and everyone subsequently commented on how much better the playlist was. "Songs that I wasn't into at the time but remember and have really enjoyed listening to again" was one reaction. No-one has changed the station back so it must be a pretty unanimous reaction.
    I love the comment below about ugly people. My son was showing his son the video of Greg Lake singing I believe In Father Christmas and told him "This is when you didn't have to be a model to have a hit record"

  • @douglashalvorson7610
    @douglashalvorson7610 2 года назад +373

    Real music will never die it might not be able to get out to the masses but real music will never never die there's no greater love than the instrument you hold

    • @HOLYEVOL
      @HOLYEVOL 2 года назад +3

      Agreed, yes you are indeed right my friend! We've all heard real music at some point in our lives so we have something to compare to all this mainstream stuff. Music will never die.

    • @whammer9992
      @whammer9992 2 года назад +1

      "a good song never dies" as said by that song if it is good it doesn't die, most of the time.. OK NEVER MIND

    • @helenaveiga46
      @helenaveiga46 2 года назад

      As you see, Bruno Mars and Beyoncé are out of the world and still today

    • @helenaveiga46
      @helenaveiga46 2 года назад

      @My Opinion Is Wrong, But no your are being childish and disrespectful, yes legends are others like Prince, Whitney, MJ, James Brown etc they are my role models, but you can't say that Bruno and Beyoncé are bad vocalist. Look at Beyoncé performing she dances and sings without running out of breath.

    • @helenaveiga46
      @helenaveiga46 2 года назад +1

      @My Opinion Is Wrong, But okay then I apologize, it's me as a baby now I am 16

  • @ZyozyoPadilla
    @ZyozyoPadilla 5 лет назад +560

    "Music as an art form is dying. It's being replaced by music which is a disposable product designed to sell, but not to inspire."

    • @sketchdrawn1056
      @sketchdrawn1056 5 лет назад +20

      Some one fucking said it, thank god

    • @jaycrall69
      @jaycrall69 5 лет назад +11

      Honestly I just saw tits and clicked

    • @ZyozyoPadilla
      @ZyozyoPadilla 5 лет назад +7

      I was about to disagree with Thoughty2, assuming this was another "damn kids, my taste is be'r 'an yours!" video then he said it. He freakin' nailed it and while I do appreciate what kind of techniques modern music tech can enable, it's true that it's all being employed more for soulless profit rather than enjoying the art form! Even indie is now just mostly marketing. Like, big name labels with an indie sub-label? No wonder my friends who are musicians hesitate when big labels approach 'em.

    • @jka1216
      @jka1216 5 лет назад +2

      Music today is still good

    • @georgewashingtonthe184th6
      @georgewashingtonthe184th6 5 лет назад

      Lil pump

  • @p382742937423y4
    @p382742937423y4 Год назад +2

    Fuck. Its true. Ever since streaming, i never listen to music anymore. I used to have many cds and return to them. Now i just stopped listening.

  • @michaelpalmer3717
    @michaelpalmer3717 9 месяцев назад +3

    You have to blame rap and hip hop and the growth of computer generated melodies. Lyrics are minimalised often repeating the same basic phrase endlessly. Solution. Look to Japan where groups like Band Maid are writing and performing ever more complex songs performed by mega talented musicians at epic concerts. Music is live and well in Japan.

  • @KiskeyaLife
    @KiskeyaLife 6 лет назад +7232

    Nonsense. You only need one thing to make a song successful. More cowbells.

    • @fredduncan1970
      @fredduncan1970 6 лет назад +23

      Kiskeya Life indeed.

    • @boxieracorn8445
      @boxieracorn8445 6 лет назад +49

      Good reference

    • @hosmerhomeboy
      @hosmerhomeboy 6 лет назад +218

      i'll be honest fellas, its a great comment, but It really coulda used a little more cowbell.

    • @davidpomeroy8124
      @davidpomeroy8124 6 лет назад +69

      No such thing as too much cowbell

    • @drewbud8648
      @drewbud8648 6 лет назад +55

      WE NEED MORE COWBELL