The Official "Music Was So Much Better in the Glorious Days of Yore" Thread

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by Nine Black Poppies

I mean, look at, say the Billboard charts for any given year and you'll find a hell of a lot of fluff--"Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies (1969), "Tonight's the Night" by Rod Stewart (1977), "To Sir With Love" by Lulu (1967)

I don't get it, are you saying that those songs are awesomely fluffy or what?

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

I hate to break it to you but the whole world thinks that way, that music was better back in the day, just read these testimonies and at the end if you are not convinced, then nothing will.

It's weird that people would debate it then since, according to you, everyone already agrees with each other.

[TheBig3]

You know what was great and didn't stick around long enough: Pop-punk. I love this ****. Not really the pop over punk groups, but the rock bands with a little harder, more raw edge.

I love the **** out of things like The Atari's, Thursday, and Billy Talent (even MCR's Desolation Row was phenomenal).

It got all banged up when the emo kids had their **** hijacked by the guys taking a drag off of the Queen cigar, but for the most part it was an all too short-lived genre. Who knows, maybe it will produce better now that its back in the shadows.

[Alfred]

Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

I love the **** out of things like The Atari's, Thursday, and Billy Talent (even MCR's Desolation Row was phenomenal).

I love Thursday and Billy Talent with zero guilt.

[IWP]

Mainstream music was great back in the 70s and 80s. There is still awesome music being made today, but in my opinion, 99% of it is either underground or is only popular in Europe, Canada, and Asia. Living in America sucks. =(

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by Janszoon

It's weird that people would debate it then since, according to you, everyone already agrees with each other.

It's like eating popcorn at a movie, music now is like when we get the end of the pop corn bucket that has nothing left but the tiny bits, half popped pop corn and colonels of popcorn. And we think back to when we had the fluffy pop corn - that was the good stuff, but instead of few minutes, musically it's a few years maybe a few decades.

I believe music back then was just as good then as it is now. I'm not like some who totally dismisses the past, or totally don't like anything about Rock in it's entirety - both are something I don't understand. So I think that should be a plus. But to say was music so much better then now, I would that is true for everything except Indie and Alternative Rock. Alternative Rock now is just as good, (sometimes better, sometime worse) then RnR in the 50's to post-Grunge in the 90's and all the countless sub-genres in between.

Where I reminisce of the past is with Country and R&B. R&B drastically changed, it's much different today then say in the beginning like when the Ink Spots first started. Modern Country is vastly different then say when it was called "Country and Western" and play at the Grand Ol' Opry. When it comes to other genres like R&B and Country what I like is in the past the majority of it was in the 60's and 70's. Then afterwards the artist I like are few and far between.

[Rickenbacker]

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

colonels of popcorn.

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Seriously

[TheBig3]

Originally Posted by Rickenbacker

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Seriously

Ha ha ha, dude, beware the Redenbacher Army.

[Vancouver]

Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

You know what was great and didn't stick around long enough: Pop-punk. I love this ****. Not really the pop over punk groups, but the rock bands with a little harder, more raw edge.

I love the **** out of things like The Atari's, Thursday, and Billy Talent (even MCR's Desolation Row was phenomenal).

It got all banged up when the emo kids had their **** hijacked by the guys taking a drag off of the Queen cigar, but for the most part it was an all too short-lived genre. Who knows, maybe it will produce better now that its back in the shadows.

100% agree.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

It's like eating popcorn at a movie, music now is like when we get the end of the pop corn bucket that has nothing left but the tiny bits, half popped pop corn and colonels of popcorn. And we think back to when we had the fluffy pop corn - that was the good stuff, but instead of few minutes, musically it's a few years maybe a few decades.

I believe music back then was just as good then as it is now. I'm not like some who totally dismisses the past, or totally don't like anything about Rock in it's entirety - both are something I don't understand. So I think that should be a plus. But to say was music so much better then now, I would that is true for everything except Indie and Alternative Rock. Alternative Rock now is just as good, (sometimes better, sometime worse) then RnR in the 50's to post-Grunge in the 90's and all the countless sub-genres in between.

Where I reminisce of the past is with Country and R&B. R&B drastically changed, it's much different today then say in the beginning like when the Ink Spots first started. Modern Country is vastly different then say when it was called "Country and Western" and play at the Grand Ol' Opry. When it comes to other genres like R&B and Country what I like is in the past the majority of it was in the 60's and 70's. Then afterwards the artist I like are few and far between.

I just skimmed this essay but it looks like you don't actually understand the topic of this thread. It not is about specific styles of music, it's about music overall.