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BioMichanical · 6th May 2008, 06:57 PM

I was thinking about this yesterday as I was building my 4 x 12 guitar cabinet in the garage yesterday, listening to coyote radio, which mostly plays top hits from the 60's - 80's. It may seem odd, but I havn't heard this type if music in awhile - because I mainly listen to metal. But I noticed something about the music that is a lot different than it is now.

It seems to me that the music made in the 60's and 70's appealed to a much larger crowd, so it wasn't as segregated as it had become in the 90's. I think that up until the late 80's people generally were more accepting of what was on the radio, I mean sure you had your punks, hippies, rockers, disco freaks etc, but now days younger people who listen music are pretty much stuck listening to just that style of music, with rap and hip hop being one of the more dominant styles of music. The problem with everything being so "clicky" is that these music styles don't allow for any type of variety. Take Led Zeppelin for example. One song they are rocking out, the next song they are jamming total blue, and on the next song there playing a ballad. I guess Zeppelin caught my attention the most because they had the record for the most populated show, and then they broke their own record. Versatility, which meant just about anyone who listened to music probably listened to them. Today's bands and music don't have that kind of vision. They tend to write music for a certain type of crowd and that's it.

The other thing is plaguing the music industry is most of the music is very negative and depressing. Jim Morrison once said something about people listen to music and go to shows to be uplifted and I still believe that is the case, but most lyrics today are very negative, or just plain weird, no feeling or emotion, instead it all sounds like a band trying to emulate a popular sound just for the sake of being a rock star.

It's up to musicians to "save the music industry" to write better music so we can have better music to listen to. And in my opinion, I'd love to hear music that doesn't sound so lifeless.

6th May 2008, 06:57 PM	#62
BioMichanical Gear interested Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 27	I was thinking about this yesterday as I was building my 4 x 12 guitar cabinet in the garage yesterday, listening to coyote radio, which mostly plays top hits from the 60's - 80's. It may seem odd, but I havn't heard this type if music in awhile - because I mainly listen to metal. But I noticed something about the music that is a lot different than it is now. It seems to me that the music made in the 60's and 70's appealed to a much larger crowd, so it wasn't as segregated as it had become in the 90's. I think that up until the late 80's people generally were more accepting of what was on the radio, I mean sure you had your punks, hippies, rockers, disco freaks etc, but now days younger people who listen music are pretty much stuck listening to just that style of music, with rap and hip hop being one of the more dominant styles of music. The problem with everything being so "clicky" is that these music styles don't allow for any type of variety. Take Led Zeppelin for example. One song they are rocking out, the next song they are jamming total blue, and on the next song there playing a ballad. I guess Zeppelin caught my attention the most because they had the record for the most populated show, and then they broke their own record. Versatility, which meant just about anyone who listened to music probably listened to them. Today's bands and music don't have that kind of vision. They tend to write music for a certain type of crowd and that's it. The other thing is plaguing the music industry is most of the music is very negative and depressing. Jim Morrison once said something about people listen to music and go to shows to be uplifted and I still believe that is the case, but most lyrics today are very negative, or just plain weird, no feeling or emotion, instead it all sounds like a band trying to emulate a popular sound just for the sake of being a rock star. It's up to musicians to "save the music industry" to write better music so we can have better music to listen to. And in my opinion, I'd love to hear music that doesn't sound so lifeless.