Why do people say that a previou generation of music is better then the present?

Just look at rap, rappers in the 90s say that hip hop is dead and the rap now is not rap. But then jazz musicians/rock bands in the 90s were saying that rap music is not even music. Before that classical musians from the 1930s-60s were saying the rock genre is not music. Trace it further an jazz musicians were frowned upon and not allowed to play at some clubs in the 1930s. Why is it common that people view the previous generation to be better then whatever was the current? Is it because people are adjusted to a certain type of sound and they don't want change?

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Yes people are stubborn and nostalgia blinds people. You can find great music in any generation.

because music is almost a purely opinion based art, and people tend to have different opinions about what they like.

simple really.

All new generations want to distance themselfes from the previous.

simple really.

All new generations want to distance themselfes from the previous.

Bjorkfund

^ the thing is every genre has something from a previous genre.Its common in rap to for the beats to have sampled soul songs and also in rock. Alot of led zepprlin major hits sampled from blues

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each one has their pros and cons.what i like over alot of "good bands" would make half the users in OT's headspin

each one has their pros and cons.what i like over alot of "good bands" would make half the users in OT's headspin

almasdeathchild

[QUOTE="almasdeathchild"]

each one has their pros and cons.what i like over alot of "good bands" would make half the users in OT's headspin

muller39

slipknot

avenged sevenfold

nyhm

eddie rath

straight line stich

emilie autunm

mushroomhead

killswitch engage

blood on the dance floor

korn

metallica

chimara

linkin park

dream theatre

i chose any of these over,megadeth,led zepplin,the beatles,bob marley,rush.iron maden,judas priest

People who boast about older generations conveniently leave out the awful crap that was produced then. Such as "Suger Suger", one of the worst songs ever. Just because those generations had some of the most influencial bands doesn't mean that those generations are the hallmark of music. Some of these bands themselves sucked too. Sex Pistols anyone?

[QUOTE="muller39"][QUOTE="almasdeathchild"]

each one has their pros and cons.what i like over alot of "good bands" would make half the users in OT's headspin

almasdeathchild

slipknot

avenged sevenfold

nyhm

eddie rath

mushroomhead

emilie autunm

mushroomhead

killswitch engage

blood on the dance floor

korn

metallica

chimara

linkin park

dream theatre

i chose any of these over,megadeth,led zepplin,the beatles,bob marley,rush.iron maden,judas priest

[QUOTE="muller39"][QUOTE="almasdeathchild"]

each one has their pros and cons.what i like over alot of "good bands" would make half the users in OT's headspin

almasdeathchild

slipknot

avenged sevenfold

nyhm

eddie rath

straight line stich

emilie autunm

mushroomhead

killswitch engage

blood on the dance floor

korn

metallica

chimara

linkin park

dream theatre

i chose any of these over,megadeth,led zepplin,the beatles,bob marley,rush.iron maden,judas priest

why would this make my headspin?

[QUOTE="almasdeathchild"]

[QUOTE="muller39"] Let''s see some examples. I'd like to see if my head spins or not.nikeshoebox

slipknot

avenged sevenfold

nyhm

eddie rath

straight line stich

emilie autunm

mushroomhead

killswitch engage

blood on the dance floor

korn

metallica

chimara

linkin park

dream theatre

i chose any of these over,megadeth,led zepplin,the beatles,bob marley,rush.iron maden,judas priest

why would this make my headspin?

People who boast about older generations conveniently leave out the awful crap that was produced then. Such as "Suger Suger", one of the worst songs ever. Just because those generations had some of the most influencial bands doesn't mean that those generations are the hallmark of music. Some of these bands themselves sucked too. Sex Pistols anyone?

Spitfirer

Sid Vicous' My Way was better than Frank Sinatra's. They had a few okay songs, but nothing groundbreaking. Musically, they're average at best.

[QUOTE="muller39"][QUOTE="almasdeathchild"]

each one has their pros and cons.what i like over alot of "good bands" would make half the users in OT's headspin

almasdeathchild

slipknot

avenged sevenfold

nyhm

eddie rath

straight line stich

emilie autunm

mushroomhead

killswitch engage

blood on the dance floor

korn

metallica

chimara

linkin park

dream theatre

i chose any of these over,megadeth,led zepplin,the beatles,bob marley,rush.iron maden,judas priest

[QUOTE="almasdeathchild"]

[QUOTE="muller39"] Let''s see some examples. I'd like to see if my head spins or not.Ninja-Hippo

slipknot

avenged sevenfold

nyhm

eddie rath

straight line stich

emilie autunm

mushroomhead

killswitch engage

blood on the dance floor

korn

metallica

chimara

linkin park

dream theatre

i chose any of these over,megadeth,led zepplin,the beatles,bob marley,rush.iron maden,judas priest

pop-metal??? interesting sub genre i have no idea what it is

almasdeathchild

Ienjoy all sorts of music. The one thing that I think more modern music is missing is length. It seems for ages song length varied from tiny to epic. With radio and eventually TV most songs seem to fit a certain 3 to 6 minute time limit with increasingly fewer exceptions. Not saying that length makes a song good, but artists should experiment more and not be constrained by some notion of a time limit. Although, I could be wrong, not very familiar with a lot of artists and I am sure there are lots of exceptions.

Preference, and the excellent filtering effect that passing time has on crappy music. For me, I prefer the intent and direction that music was taking hundreds of years ago. Modern popular music doesn't do anything for me. I don't like the aesthetic.

[QUOTE="almasdeathchild"]

pop-metal??? interesting sub genre i have no idea what it is

Ninja-Hippo

[QUOTE="Ninja-Hippo"][QUOTE="almasdeathchild"]

pop-metal??? interesting sub genre i have no idea what it is

almasdeathchild

[QUOTE="almasdeathchild"]

[QUOTE="Ninja-Hippo"] Pop stands for popular. Metal with mass appeal. Staple music. I'm not hating. Plenty of people will like the same stuff, not saying it's bad, just saying it's nothing crazy or out there. A lot of fans of heavy music tend to think their music tastes are really crazy and unique, then they list the same old nu-metal mainstream stuff that's been out there for god knows how long. I mean Linkin Park? Korn? Slipknot? Is that the avant garde that's gonna blow my mind?Ninja-Hippo

Because they are old and only remember the long lasting classics and not the crap that lined the charts before being forgotten.

Seriously, look up hits from before and you'll see a LOT of terrible music you don't hear about today. 30 years from now, people probably won't remember Justin Bieber too much, but they'll always bring up some great Kanye hits, some modern Red Hot Chili Peppers, The White Stripes, etc.

Or maybe they will and in 30 years Justin Bieber music will be considered classic and everyone will forget they hated it while whining about music 30 years from now.

All I know is that I miss the times when artists sang from their heart... The Beatles, Queen, Van Halen, Michael Jackson, The Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Ben E. King, The Cars, Bob Marleyand many others... My heart in music will always be set in the 80's.

I think the real question is why do some people dismiss music because its older or from another generation. I consider myself open minded when it comes to music I can listen to just about anything, even if it went all the way back to the 40's as long as there was something about it that strikes me. Although there's always have been people who would put down the current music of the day. Its just been in more evident in recent years because the music of now has become so vapid and commercialized and does very little in the way of innovation. Which is a polar opposite of bands in the 60's through to the early 90's which were praised for being innovative. It's just a testament to how great that music was that so many people of this generation listen to it. As for Rap I dislike rap although I still consider it a form of art and a genre of music albeit a lesser one. Yet there is some rap that I can appreciate and it's mostly older examples of it. When there was more focus on the musicality and less on the rhymes. I don't think just stringing words together over a beat that was effortlessly slapped together on a computer a musician make. The same for all those people on American Idol and the so called pop musicians of recent years, who can't play instruments or write songs and can only sing karaoke style other peoples songs that they've obtained the rights to or bought from professional song writers or both, thats just not music to me.

Because they are old and only remember the long lasting classics and not the crap that lined the charts before being forgotten.

Seriously, look up hits from before and you'll see a LOT of terrible music you don't hear about today. 30 years from now, people probably won't remember Justin Bieber too much, but they'll always bring up some great Kanye hits, some modern Red Hot Chili Peppers, The White Stripes, etc.

Or maybe they will and in 30 years Justin Bieber music will be considered classic and everyone will forget they hated it while whining about music 30 years from now.

SPYDER0416

The people who says the previous generations of music are better than the present are judging based on Mainstream Pop music and haven't looked around for good music.
YOu can find good music in all generations though. I love the cla55cs, yet I keep up to date. 'least in the scenes I care about. Couldn't give a crap about pop and most mainstream rap.
And why can't I say Cla55ic?

Because bitter old adults don't know how to be hip.NiKva

[QUOTE="NiKva"]Because bitter old adults don't know how to be hip.LJS9502_basic

It's all about taste, it has nothing to do with nostalgia. xdude85

I think this is more of a mainstream phenomenon. Most people from older generations are only exposed to garbage hip hop/ miley cyrus/ justin Bieber from the media these days which causes us to label this generations music garbage. We get so busy that we can't hunt down good music like we used to do when we were younger However, other than a few stand out bands that imo are not replaceable from past gens, good music can be found in most genres in each generation.

Because older music is better.

I hate the media...

for brainwashing people into believing today's music sucks.

Oh well, I guess all of you get to miss out on the good stuff then.

because current music really does blow.....there are some really good things being done..but mainstream music now is a joke...Omni-Slash

Autotune.

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