Music's deteriorating. How do we stop it?

[zuhane]

Surely, the disnfranchised masses who like the amazing Zeppelin, Rush, Cream, etc, will play those
songs to death. Then what? THEN WHAT!?

On top of that, you can't avoid this music. Radios in shops, taxi radio, parties... just, urrggghhh. I get
angry at how you just need a six-pack or have to act whorish in the music industry, and how nobody
even really cares. Groups, such as N-Dubz, actually take themselves seriously in their image and with
their music. They believe that there's a high level of talent involved in what they do, in comparison to, say,
spending a decade becoming a fantastic guitarist.

I'm not that bothered about actual singers, such as Leona Lewis, because at least she's showcasing some
pure talent, as oppose to having a six-pack and going "Yo, yo, yo, ey, ey, ey" complemented with a backing track thrown together
in an hour.

[HobomasterXXX]

On top of that, you can't avoid this music. Radios in shops, taxi radio, parties... just, urrggghhh.

Buy an MP3 player and/or get used to it. If I see architecture I think is ugly when walking down the street, I don't react violently. I just think "huh, that's ugly". The same thing could be likened to music. Or anything.

[zuhane]

Maybe it's just me, since I'm pretty big on music, and I also appreciate how incredibly difficult it is
to learn an instrument properly, but how easy it is to go "Yo, yo, sik init, eh, A, I, O, U".

There should
be a different word for what they produce, such as... "Electric talking" or "Sequences of effects"... but
not music. Anything but music.

[HobomasterXXX]

All artforms are subjective. You'll have to learn to accept that.

[zuhane]

It's hard. Very hard.

[MissingName]

Right now, I'm listening to something some people would consider art and others "wtf?"  It's an album of ambient noise from Chernobyl, recorded and played back into the empty room.  There's a church, gym, swimming pool and an auditorium.

And it's giving me goosebumps.

[carmen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPVYt-R0kW4&feature=related


So smexy.

[Avnas]

Seeing as some people are posting what they like, here's what I listen to most of the time...definitely not for all ears though This band is pretty diverse, some of their songs are ambient, others are more mainstream electronic, but they're mainly aggrotech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt6rPrIUOys&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur2AVC-KYaQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6effbHn0eY&feature=related

I also enjoy classical (only good radio station, haw haw), assorted metal (some power metal, symphonic black metal and death metal) and video game music, although that's a really diverse genre in itself.

EDIT:

What was Hide and Seek based off of? I know the other two.

Original (skip to 2:55 if you want)
'Remix'


DOPPELEDIT:

The government/superiors have put so many measures in place to prevent global warming, racism, and even he prevention of deforestation. These
are important, and they deserve our attention. However, as resources are kept in good measure, and as the world progresses, I've not seen an
attempt at someone forming a good band in quite a while. Okay, there's a few exceptions: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Aphex Twin, Electric 6, etc. But
overall, I think the "sik init" rappers and "you're so beautiful" frat boy prick RnB singers are winning.

Is it me, or does every song recently on the radio just have a monotonous resonating noise in the background with a rapper humming over it? Look at my theory:

1969 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrVDViSlsSM - An instrument is actually used.
1985 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EXxMlIExpo - Instruments still used, but electronic devices are taking over.
2002 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goxd6n2ires - No talent. Talking is referred to as "rapping" is a muscular black man does it.
2009 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cKnTLrDbcw - Not even a background tune. A buzzing noise and talking.
Possibly 2020? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX7Ar3Z-oTo - The future of music?

This is called "deteriorating". Am I predicting the future? I hope not. :p

Heh, this is already a genre, it's called 'extratone' and is part of noise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFIwhx-MfWM&feature=related

I can listen to noise music, but I prefer the 'ambient' noise to the 'incredibly fast' noise. I can listen to speedcore too, which is much less extreme (at least it has some semblance of a beat).

Some speedcore:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUMSQjYGqCo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5arSqBIaEDA

[zuhane]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPVYt-R0kW4&feature=related


So smexy.

I don't mind Prodigy, purely because it sounds great. In fact, it's verging on genius at times!

[Red Giant]

Guhawh, most of my favourite artists are hip hop rapperers these days anyway. Say what you like, ain't nothing like the sound of truly sick flows.

[Archem]

Thank God for that.

[Avnas]

I don't mind The Prodigy, either. I enjoy electronic music, but I prefer industrial/aggrotech to whatever genre The Prodigy is.

Let's not discard all hip hop/rap as 'crap', there are some genuinely good rap artists - although you'd be hard-pressed to find any at all since the '80s.

I think the only recent rap artist I've liked is Joel Turner, he appeared on Australian Idol during the first(?) season and although he didn't win he has a bit of a cult following due to the fact that he and his entire band can beatbox, and usually use beatboxing instead of instruments (although they do use some instruments).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnKE_lytvfM
I haven't listened to this since the late '90s so I don't like it as much now, but it's better than most of the stuff we have nowadays

[Red Giant]

Let's not discard all hip hop/rap as 'crap', there are some genuinely good rap artists - although you'd be hard-pressed to find any at all since the '80s.

Hip Hop "culture" is perhaps the most repugnant thing since, I don't know, Hitler. The glorification of greed, sexism, materialism and violence is enough to make most people with a shred of shame denounce the genre altogether. For the longest time I, too, thought I just didn't like hip hop.

I lissen to a lot of nerdcore, which is about a severe a subversion of hip hop convention as one can get. Love me some Optimus Rhyme. When one of your best tracks is on the subject of social anxiety, well, you're not in kansas anymore.

[Avnas]

Hip Hop "culture" is perhaps the most repugnant thing since, I don't know, Hitler. The glorification of greed, sexism, materialism and violence is enough to make most people with a shred of shame denounce the genre altogether. For the longest time I, too, thought I just didn't like hip hop.

Well, yes. I was referring more to musical talent etc. more than the actual culture, though. Where did this come from, anyway? Has it always been around or did it just pop up within the last 20 years?

Congratulations for invoking Godwin's law! We've gone 4 pages without it so far! You win the thread!

[Red Giant]

I was originally going to say 9/11 but I thought that might ruffle some feathers. Good old Nazis. If they didn't exist, we'd have no yardstick for evil.