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

[Shake]

Originally Posted by dac

I myself am well aware of my own distaste for metal. I think some things just really aren't for everyone, and that's perfectly fine. I used to bash metal, and call it crap, but I've come to realize that that is a complete waste of my life. I understand that within the confines of metal, there are good and bad bands, just like every other genre, and when metal comes up as a conversation piece, I keep that in mind before I make myself look like a prick.

Well said. I do think that metal is the hardest of all forms of music to get into, just becase of the sheer aggression of it all.

I used to think the same thing about rap/hip-hop, based soley on the crap that is played on the radio and stuff that makes it into the mainstream (master p, comes to mind) After a little digging though, I have managed to find many many hip-hop artists that I listen to as regularly as some of my metal and other music.


back to the topic of the thread though, why can't music be as good as it was in the early '90s? blind melon, Sublime, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Jesus & Mary Chain etc....

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Shake

back to the topic of the thread though, why can't music be as good as it was in the early '90s? blind melon, Sublime, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Jesus & Mary Chain etc....

Really? Like I indicated in the OP, my position is that music as a whole doesn't really get better or worse, but even if I did think that way I can't imagine holding up most of those bands as examples of how great the early 90s were.