Record sales

[johnmc]

Years ago this meant something. Beatles/rolling stones/elvis etc were credible artists that no one would e ashamed of saying they were a fan of the music.

Nowadays the biggest sellers are Bieber/britney/lil Wayne etc and most adults would not admit to being fans.

Has music changed that much. Is anyone popular now not cool?

Added to this it seems cool to like someone before they get massive but then when they are massive it cool to dismiss them. Like artic monkeys, coldplay to an extent, Mumford and sons etc

It seems the cool thing nowadays is to like someone not too popular.

 

[Blue2112]

The other night I was in the mood for some late 60's early 70's stuff and went through my records listening to the likes of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Joni Mitchell, Hendrix, Zeppelin, The Pentangle, Sandy Denny, Cream, Nirvana MTV Unplugged (ok so that was the 90's but how fucking good was that performance) and others and was thinking to myself that they just don't make music anywhere near as good these days.

Where have all the poets gone?

My kids download stuff, listen to it for a few weeks and delete it and start again. When they get to my age they'll have nothing like what we have to look back on, physically handle and love what that feeling was to open a new vinyl record with the inner sleeves, lyrics, gatefolds etc.

Maybe i'm an old fucker but some things do change for the worse and music is one.

It's all disposable music for disposable teens these days.

 

[Dzeko's Right Boot]

It is perceived as being cool to like a band before they make it, until you start bitching about it when it gets to the point of being a snobby twat. I don't particularly agree with it being seen as cool, but that's just how it is.
However, I don't think it's a bad thing. It's not a good thing either, it's just a change. The fact new music is so easily obtainable is tantamount to this, as is the idea that individuality is cool.

 

[Fame Monster]

Where have all the poets gone?

All writing poetry?

Meanwhile, the musicians are making music.

 

[Blue2112]

Where have all the poets gone?

All writing poetry?

Meanwhile, the musicians are making music.

Ah that'd explain it then.

 

[johnmc]

You see blue2112 you are listening to stuff you probably did 20/30 years ago. Will our kids be listening to one direction in 5 years?

 

[Adidas Barry Silkman]

The intelligent or discerning kids realise most new music is bollocks and foloow the old artists we did. My 11 year old loves Bowie, Led Zep and The Who and takes the piss out of the 'chav music' of his rap loving mates

 

[Dzeko's Right Boot]

You see blue2112 you are listening to stuff you probably did 20/30 years ago. Will our kids be listening to one direction in 5 years?

I wouldn't give them two. Popular music's selling point is it's image. The fact this is ignored so much is an insane tragedy.

 

[johnmc]

You see blue2112 you are listening to stuff you probably did 20/30 years ago. Will our kids be listening to one direction in 5 years?

I wouldn't give them two. Popular music's selling point is it's image. The fact this is ignored so much is an insane tragedy.

Who would a teenager listen to now that you would bet they would still listen to when they are 40. I got into oasis at 15 and I think it's safe to say I'll listen to them for the rest of my life, not everyone's taste but no one could argue it's proper music.

I couldn't honestly tell you one artist who is newish now who people might listen to in 10 years.

 

[Dzeko's Right Boot]

You see blue2112 you are listening to stuff you probably did 20/30 years ago. Will our kids be listening to one direction in 5 years?

I wouldn't give them two. Popular music's selling point is it's image. The fact this is ignored so much is an insane tragedy.

Who would a teenager listen to now that you would bet they would still listen to when they are 40. I got into oasis at 15 and I think it's safe to say I'll listen to them for the rest of my life, not everyone's taste but no one could argue it's proper music.

I couldn't honestly tell you one artist who is newish now who people might listen to in 10 years.

In the charts? Not one. The standard is so, so poor that there is little attempt to write better music than throw in a few cliches about love over a catchy tune. The days of bands like Oasis reaching the heights, and The Stone Roses before them, and The Smiths before them are long gone. Mixing quality music with anthemic, memorable lyrics is music at its best. Such a shame that so many people are missing out on it because of the force-fed, processed, preened and prettied collection of mediocrity given to them today by TV and YouTube.

Fucking hell, I feel about 37, not 17.