Posted on 12/09/2022 7:11:05 AM PST by ConservativeInPA
In recent years, the use of key changes in music has decreased significantly, leading to monotonous and predictable sound. This lack of tonal variation has made many popular songs uninteresting and unengaging. In this video we explore how the disappearance of key changes has contributed to the current state of music.
Growing up when I did, I listened to Mick Taylor Stones, Zep, Kansas, Supertramp, Boston, etc.
ALL amazing music.
But truth be told, none of us ever turned Karen off when she came on the radio. Same can be said of an act like KC and the Sunshine Band. Was it my kind of music? Nope. But it was GOOD music.
Later on in the teens, I discovered more 60’s music (other than the Stones and the Beatles - which I already listened to) w/ groups like the Mamas and the Papas, the Animals, the Rascals, Faces, etc.
We were doubly blessed. I wouldn’t trade today’s accessibility and digital convenience for what we had in a million years.
Perfect Pitch: Dylan Beato - The World’s Greatest Ear Part 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkx64H0F9Rk
The Devil was God’s musician. He uses that talent to avert the masses. Worked out very well for him last century.
Could be a key component to the discussion. 😁👍
It was a beautiful song
But it ran too long
If you're gonna have a hit
You gotta make it fit
So they cut it down to 3:05
I like the old classical/progressive rock. Kansas, Rush, Yes etc and most of their songs were well over 3-3 1/2 minutes. I like other music too, including some pop and a few R&B tunes. Country too if it's not too cliche, doesn't repeat the title of the song 20 times in the song and isn't too tear in my beer. Most blues songs are too standard. Bluegrass is ok if it's not a standard format like most blues is.
There's still some good music being made but it doesn't make the radio even when the song isn't too long. John Rich writes a ton of songs including for many other artists like Faith Hill but they won't put Rich's recorded songs on the radio because he's pro American. A lot of country songs hit #1 in fan popularity and never get played a single time on the radio because they don't fit the political/cultural agenda of the industry, which like every other industry, has been taken over by the commie left.
Aaron Lewis' Am I the Only One comes to mind. Pro American, fans loved it and made it #1 but they wouldn't play it on the radio. The music's not dead. The music industry has just been assimilated into the Borg.
The Carpenters were one of the few duos of that time to use classical instruments to accompany modern pop music.
Example: In the song “Superstar” the intro begins with what I think is a clarinette providing the melody. This measure is ended with a French Horn, providing a soft, buttery crowning touch to the moment. They are telling you this song will be about the memory of that stunning moment in time.
“Kids” playing for gas money? I do jams for $20 to cover some gas. Gigs are more of course. Since I don’t drink I don’t need the beer money. 😂👍🎸🔊🎤
I studied with a vocal instructor who was a successful "second banana" at the Met and NYC operas. He loved to say probably one quarter of an audience is tone deaf, and another quarter is distracted or hard of hearing. So don't take compliments or criticism from the general public too seriously. And I apply that to the reviews of popular singers.
Today's vocals are so full of screaming and upper register acrobatics that I can't even get into the backgrounds.
And she was a pretty good drummer too.
And before anyone misunderstands me, these are my favorite artists from when I was growing up. I’m not even getting into the perverse shit-stains who the critics adored like Lou Reed, Patti Smith, etc.; or the people who had certain appeal but who I knew at the time were seriously evil people or at least openly reveled in evil in their songs, like AC/DC, Aerosmith, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Guns’n’Roses, the Rolling Stones;
Seriously, you can’t even say the Rolling Stones had “progressive” moral values. And I don’t mean “Sympathy for the Devil”, which is actually among their most moral, Christian-friendly song. And just a great song. I mean they had about ten straight hits about “how crazy this bitch was, but hey, she put out.”
Ever listen to the Doors? That’s seriously messed up shit. (And yet the Ramones were so reviled for what? Their biggest hit was about wanting medicine to help get sleep on an airplane.)
Ozzy Osbourne’s Crazy Train is better Christianity than most of the lukewarm crap sung at a typical hippy-dippy church, but he had to name his band, “Black Sabbath.”
Because they wanted to show the baby with a boner chasing the dollar bill.
That’s exactly where I am. I grew up in the 80’s but now I’m listen to 40’s 50’s jazz. It’s absolutely depressing to listen to the crap being played today.
Hmmmm. Guess I need to check those for doing possible covers. We picked one up from Eric Knudsen called “Adeline”. Toss in some harmonies and sounds pretty good.
LOL! Some of the bands from “back then” wouldn’t get signed today. 😂👍🎤🔊
Or an album side: Yes - Close to the Edge. Oh albums, think about. We used to read liner notes, know the producers, sound engineers, and all the musicians that played. Plus there was the art work. It seems vinyl is making a comeback. Maybe music will too.
Some of my favorite new country songs:
Parker McCollum - Handle On You
Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange
Bailey Zimmerman - Rock And A Hard Place
MacKenzie Carpenter - Huntin' Season
Jelly Roll - Son Of A Sinner
Lot of other up and comers in country music such as Lainey Wilson, Hardy, Morgan Wallen, Ingrid Andress, to name a few.
Garth Brooks now relegated to the "oldies" country channels - thank you very much!
The problem is I click “like” and add a song to a playlist. Then I go listen to other songs by the group and find that there aren’t that many I like. It’s the typical “one hit wonder” problem for obscure bands.
Jake Xerxes Fusell is one exception. I like a lot of his stuff, but he’s not for everybody.
Reminds me of this funny video.
Axis of Awesome - 4 Four Chord Song (with song titles)
5m 30s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I&ab_channel=random804
Re: 80’s heavy metal bands dressing gay;
I know what you mean. I saw that trend even earlier.
I recall looking at Edgar Winters LP Album
“They Only Come Out At Night” back in 1972.
It had two of his biggest hits; Frankenstein and Free Ride.
The cover showed Edgar (a blond albino) with no shirt and wearing a big rhinestone necklace, the kind of necklace a woman would wear to the opera.
It was hard to corolate that image with the hard, loud, electrified rock music inside. I kept wondering ‘Why is he doing this?, but I figured he did it to get noticed. That was just the beginning of this trend. After that, many if not most rockers had some element of this sex-switcheroo business in their stage presence.
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