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What is some modern music that will stand the test of time like boomer music?

boomer music isn't even good.

Simp3 posted...

boomer music isn't even good.

Simp3 posted...

boomer music isn't even good.

Nah gen x music is where its at. There is plenty of shit since then that's good but I remain convinced Freddy Mercury will go down at least in the top 5 vocalists of that century of not number 1

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From 2015-on? I'm not sure. no one?

90s has a solid repetoire though. Not sure who from the 00s will survive. White Stripes, Audioslave, idk who else.

But like mitch hedberg, all we need is an untimely death to make us all appreciate an artist WAY MORE than we ever did when they were alive.

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Naysaspace posted...

From 2015-on? I'm not sure. no one?

90s has a solid repetoire though. Not sure who from the 00s will survive. White Stripes, Audioslave, idk who else.

But like mitch hedberg, all we need is an untimely death to make us all appreciate an artist WAY MORE than we ever did when they were alive.

White stripes seven army nation I feel is one song that will still play on radio for ages


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Kloe_Rinz posted...

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Like name some modern songs as good as Stairway to Heaven or November Rain

Anything is better than the last 10 years of audio garbage

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Kloe_Rinz posted...

Like name some modern songs as good as Stairway to Heaven or November Rain

What does that have to do with the Boomer generation?

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Funkydog posted...

What does that have to do with the Boomer generation?

I asked you to name some songs. Show me the best modern music has to offer

i couldn't tell you
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Kloe_Rinz posted...

I asked you to name some songs. Show me the best modern music has to offer

You want me to look up boomer songs to counter the none boomer songs? Do your own work.

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What are we categorizing as boomer music? When boomers were born or when they were in their teens/twenties?

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Funkydog posted...

You want me to look up boomer songs to counter the none boomer songs? Do your own work.

its not my job to educate you even though you asked a question

bye Felicia. Stop posting in my topic

KStateKing17 posted...

What are we categorizing as boomer music? When boomers were born or when they were in their teens/twenties?

Dunno
older music my dad listens to
lets throw gen X in, and I suppose anything made before 2007? Give or take
lets just not call it boomer music at all

Old music is good. New music is good. Theres also bad music from all eras.

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mooreandrew58 posted...

White stripes seven army nation I feel is one song that will still play on radio for ages

Having radio longevity is no testament of being good, 7NA and White Stripes in general are some of the worst, no-dimensional, stupid music based on utter primitivity that ive ever heard.

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You mean 60s-70s music? Was definitely designed for old school hi fi record player sound sets.

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DarthTyrannus83 posted...

Having radio longevity is no testament of being good, 7NA and White Stripes in general are some of the worst, no-dimensional, stupid music based on utter primitivity that ive ever heard.

I'm not a White Stripes fan but that is some proper garbage you're spouting there.

Simp3 posted...

boomer music isn't even good.

Used to hate the older stuff. Then I matured and realise just how amazing a sizeable portion of it is: The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Small Faces, The Monkees, Jimi Hendrix, The Temptations, Martha Vandella, Van Morrison, etc. etc.

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Boomer music can make smoke getting in your eyes sound so much cooler than current music about getting laid.

Debate me and fail

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I love "boomer" music.

CCR and The Band are some of the absolute GOAT.

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As someone who loves the old shit, TC is correct. Just look at the 80s and the heaps of garbage in the 70s

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SystemEgo posted...

Used to hate the older stuff. Then I matured and realise just how amazing a sizeable portion of it is: The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Small Faces, The Monkees, Jimi Hendrix, The Temptations, Martha Vandella, Van Morrison, etc. etc.

What does this "matured" thing mean? Always hear people say that but it doesnt ring a bell to me at 30.
If anything, what i actually realized is that a lot of the music thats discarded as immature by those "mature" types has a lot of worth beyond the surface level and actually got more relevant with age, while all the old stuff remained as unrelatable as ever. Not that its necessarily bad, but just extremely overrated in its scope of being the "life's music" or whatever they bring up when discussing it.

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November Rain is a bad song and Guns N Roses are a bad band

Guns N Roses has 1 or 2 good songs

DarthTyrannus83 posted...

What does this "matured" thing mean? Always hear people say that but it doesnt ring a bell to me at 30.
If anything, what i actually realized is that a lot of the music thats discarded as immature by those "mature" types has a lot of worth beyond the surface level and actually got more relevant with age, while all the old stuff remained as unrelatable as ever. Not that its necessarily bad, but just extremely overrated in its scope of being the "life's music" or whatever they bring up when discussing it.

It means that you can take things - and appreciate them - for what they are without having any preconcieved notions anymore. More open to ideas, believes et al, just ignoring all types of peer pressure and and not being critcal just to antagonize. It's like not trying to be contentious for the sake of it, or knowing when you can't change someone's incorrect views and just leaving them to wallow in their ignorance rather than stress yourself out trying to make them see reason.

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DarthTyrannus83 posted...

What does this "matured" thing mean? Always hear people say that but it doesnt ring a bell to me at 30.
If anything, what i actually realized is that a lot of the music thats discarded as immature by those "mature" types has a lot of worth beyond the surface level and actually got more relevant with age, while all the old stuff remained as unrelatable as ever. Not that its necessarily bad, but just extremely overrated in its scope of being the "life's music" or whatever they bring up when discussing it.

I mean its the Beatles; its not about sales who gives a fuck about that, its that theyve influenced more musicians and artists than any other act within a century and its not even close. Its like comparing how far away the moon is from us to how far away alpha centauri is. I dont think theyre overrated in that sense. Whenever someone says the Beatles are overrated I ask alright well name a song as good as Let it be. Half the time they say nothing, quarter of the time they name off garbage and I can safely ignore anything they have to say about songwriting and composition, or they name a great song. Then its perfect, that person/band wrote a great song. Now realize the Beatles have 30 others just as great if not more

People can have opinions but if its a musician or a songwriter I can safely put them in a mental folder of this person dont know nooooooothin about writin tunes. Doesnt mean Ill trash em or anything or be petty but I dont have to take em seriously after that

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ShyOx posted...

I mean its the Beatles; its not about sales who gives a fuck about that, its that theyve influenced more musicians and artists than any other act within a century and its not even close. Its like comparing how far away the moon is from us to how far away alpha centauri is. I dont think theyre overrated in that sense. Whenever someone says the Beatles are overrated I ask alright well name a song as good as Let it be. Half the time they say nothing, quarter of the time they name off garbage and I can safely ignore anything they have to say about songwriting and composition, or they name a great song. Then its perfect, that person/band wrote a great song. Now realize the Beatles have 30 others just as great if not more

People can have opinions but if its a musician or a songwriter I can safely put them in a mental folder of this person dont know nooooooothin about writin tunes. Doesnt mean Ill trash em or anything or be petty but I dont have to take em seriously after that

Grow up

To be fair

The Beatles are the Leonardo DiCaprio of music.
Started small-big, ended up being big-big.

People sure do become insufferable when the subject of music gets brought up
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NullAndVoidFC posted...

Grow up

You've just posted a thread about how the Google homepage is now an RPG Weaboos dream. Think you should take your own advice to heart before dishing it out. Especially with the poor taste in music you've shown in this thread thus far.

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Okay, everyone. Today were going to try playing the concerto in the Key of F.

NullAndVoidFC posted...

Grow up

Im a musician workin on songcraft, you grow up lol. Sorry youre wallowing in ignorance, but Im not taking a songwriter seriously who remains ignorant.

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(Nobody plays in F)

Xethuminra posted...

(Nobody plays in F)

>.>

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Xethuminra posted...

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Theres a ton of great BEATLES songs in F

and sleeper hits

and Layla is in F

I think there is good music from most eras, but when people say stuff like the Beatles are overrated it just makes them seem tryhard.

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I guessed And I love her was in F, but google says She Loves you is hmm I dont think so lol, its got an Em in it for one as well as a D major

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ShyOx posted...

Im a musician workin on songcraft, you grow up lol. Sorry youre wallowing in ignorance, but Im not taking a songwriter seriously who remains ignorant.

You're a failed musician that makes himself feel better by acting superior to others. Very boring and transparent.

ShyOx posted...

I guessed And I love her was in F, but google says She Loves you is hmm I dont think so lol, its got an Em in it for one as well as a D major

Not quite how keys work

nor Chord progressions

Free Your Mind

Xethuminra posted...

Not quite how keys work

nor Chord progressions

Free Your Mind

Yeah but I play this one at gigs sometimes so I know it doesnt change keys to F at any point either, and it starts with an Em

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I didnt say it changed.

Blues & Jazz, baby

If you can have one alien note, you can have a dozen or so

DarthTyrannus83 posted...

What does this "matured" thing mean? Always hear people say that but it doesnt ring a bell to me at 30.
If anything, what i actually realized is that a lot of the music thats discarded as immature by those "mature" types has a lot of worth beyond the surface level and actually got more relevant with age, while all the old stuff remained as unrelatable as ever. Not that its necessarily bad, but just extremely overrated in its scope of being the "life's music" or whatever they bring up when discussing it.

I can think of tons of old music that's good and/or relatable though. Mind you, I don't think old music is inherently better... but I feel anyone who can't find something that moves them in someway isn't really trying, or has some weird hangup were they really don't want to listen to their parents music.

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https://youtu.be/oVME_l4IwII

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SystemEgo posted...

It means that you can take things - and appreciate them - for what they are

Thats the exact thought process i went through, except for another type of music and while i didnt outright dismiss it, i did realize it takes actual life experience to relate to some of the undertones beyond the surface level of just "this rocks" or "yeah this is proper heavy/technical" or whatever. But i cant say the same for older rock/guitar music. It can be argued that all generations of bands wrote songs that cover and relate to a specific emotion, its just that its the heavier stuff that matches my cravings of emotional impact.

I cant understand it when a band is singing about some dark/sad/important/whatever topic and musically all you hear is neutral elevator music that has been outmatched in its dynamic nuance long ago. And its not about just being heavy. Post-rock for example is a relatively mellow genre in its sonic aggression, but its never dull or neutral, its always emotionally impactful and atmospheric. Thats exactly the properties that older rock lacks in my opinion. Its all very neutral.

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In my experience, most of the people who say modern music is awful are:

1) Generalizing and are really only referring to the front-and-center of modern music (artists who get the most playtime), not understanding that a lot of "modern" music is extremely well written and produced

2) Unaware of what they're talking about (some arguments can be made for certain artists, absolutely. But it all comes down to opinion, which a lot of the time in my experience, boils down to "Nah they just suck, I don't have an informed opinion why, they just suck"

3) Those that have really limited taste in music

all IMO of course

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In my experience, most of the people who say old music is awful are:

1) Generalizing and are really only referring to the front-and-center of older music (artists who get the most playtime), not understanding that a lot of "old" music is extremely well written and produced

2) Unaware of what they're talking about (some arguments can be made for certain artists, absolutely. But it all comes down to opinion, which a lot of the time in my experience, boils down to "Nah they just suck, I don't have an informed opinion why, they just suck"

3) Those that have really limited taste in music

all IMO of course

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