[ClearCase_guy]

7. Thinking that new music isn't as good as it used to be

Any teenager who knows anything at all is on board with this thinking.

[Skywise]

7 is just true these days.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

New music really ISN’T as good as older music, which is why they don’t play new music in the grocery stores.

[copaliscrossing]

7. Thinking that new music isn't as good as it used to be

Any teenager who knows anything at all is on board with this thinking.

Lately, I have been watching some very interesting videos on Youtube. They are younger people usually between 18 years old and mid-30's and they do "First reactions" to music from the 70's and early 80's (they do other stuff too but these are the ones I watch). These young people claim to have never heard these VERY popular songs from the 70's and 80's and they give a commentary on what they think of the song. Each and every time they are blown away at the quality, creativitya, and diversity of the music from that era. They very quickly ascertain these singers do not have auto-tune yet sound fantastic (Freddie Mercury, Dennis DeYoung, Steve Perry, etc...). Some of these commenters are vocal coaches/experts and muscians of different disciplines in their own right. Most (not all) of them talk very intelligently about the quality of the music and why it is much better quality than today's music.

[cuban leaf]

I graduated in 1972. I’m also a big vinyl record collector (have a few thousand and four turntables). I find it interesting that my generation was not the least bit interested in our parents music, except for those few outliers. But that’s not the case today.

I think that is one of the biggest indictments against modern “pop”, and proofs that music WAS better. The stuff today may be technically superior, but frankly, it’s sorta lost its variety of sounds and the “flaws” that give it character and soul. And people notice, even if they are not sure what it is they are noticing.