Posted on 02/07/2019 1:53:30 PM PST by LibWhacker
Research has suggested that modern music really isn’t as good as the old classics.
A study has found that golden oldies stick in millennials’ minds far more than the relatively bland, homogenous pop of today.
A golden age of popular music lasted from the 1960s to the 1990s, academics claimed.
Songs from this era proved to be much more memorable than tunes released in the 21st century.
Music from the vinyl era is still very popular among young people Scientists tested a group of millennials on their ability to recognise hit records from different decades.
The 643 participants, typically aged 18 to 25, maintained a steady memory of top tunes that came out between 1960 and 1999. In contrast, their memory of 21st-century songs from 2000 to 2015 – while higher overall – diminished rapidly over time.
Sorry...too young to remember ELVIS being parodied...lol...not by much
Same here! I used to pride myself on knowing all the 70's music when I was growing up. Now one of my kids knows far more about 70's music than I remember. And I lived it. lol
Love the voice and the music itself, but, man oh man, the lyrics! Kind of hard to take... Why did the father set his son on poor little Rose Connelly?
There’s a lot of “different” music today, that maybe college kids know about, but it’s not played much on the radio.
“I’m interupting it right now to send a link to my best friend, and to thank you! :-) “
Glad you’re enjoying it. It was such fun to see/hear my little (8 and 10 years old) niece and nephew belting it out on car trips in the ‘80s.
And to keep on topic with this thread, every time I listen to it, I think, who among today's pop and rap artists even know who Pythagoras is, let alone would include his name in the lyrics of a song?! These guys were in their early 20s when they wrote that song!
“Millennials prefer music from 20th century ‘golden age’ to the CRAP of today, research suggests”
Fixed it for you.
Millennials did none of these things. They're just on the receiving end of the giant economic sh*t sandwich that their parents and grandparents gifted to them.
I'm part of the boomers, and I agree that it's worse for the more recent generations of Americans, but my brothers, boomers, were displaced into unemployment & hardship by the same forces you've decried. I knew a few people from my parent's generation that had to work around the same forces to stay afloat.
Your points are well made except for the broad blame. Maybe it's Eisenhower's military-industrial complex, maybe it's the world bankers, maybe it's control of mass media / television. I do agree America's social fabric is being manipulated toward it's extinction, and the manipulators have been at it throughout the "greatest generation's" and baby boomer's times. But just because the manipulators were of those generations shouldn't indict the whole of America's elders.
“Some of you are going to die. Martyrs of course, to the freedom I shall provide.”
Ten times.
That’s how many times I’ve already listened to it... 8 to 10 times.
I’m sure I’ll listen to it another 8 to 10 times tomorrow! :-)
Love that your niece and nephew liked it, thanks.
What is also depressing about the present is the fact that hit songs for artists Brittany Spears, Taylor Swift, Ellie Golding, Robin Thicke, Jessie J, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Arianna Grande, Justin Timberlake, Maroon 5, Pink, Leonna Lewis, Avril Lavine, Christina Aguilera, Kesha, The Backstreet Boys, Westlife, N-Sync, Adam Lambert and Will I Am are all written by the same two men. Max Martin and Lucasz Gottwald. The musicians and bands of the past had much more creative freedom.
Yep, Supper’s Ready and Watcher Of The Skies are my two favorites on Foxtrot.
Genesis first four albums are superb...they kinda lost me on everything after those. I remember being somewhat disappointed when The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway came out...funny though, that one seemed to be well liked among Genesis fans. I did like A Trick Of The Tail though.
“Make that the 50’s to the 90’s.”
definitely!
“Sultans of Swing”
that’s still one of my all time favs ... as is Desmond Dekker & The Aces - “Israelites” from 1968:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxtfdH3-TQ4
A Trick of the Tail may be my all-time favorite album. Every song on it is classic.
For later.
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That’s because their parents (us old folks) still listen to music from when music was music....
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