Why does 20 year old music sound better than 2 year old ?
I always seem to prefer listening to music that I first heard 20 or 30 years ago.
There's hardly any recent music that I have added to my \"favourites\".
Is it like wine and cheese ? Does Music needs time to ferment in the mind ?
Last year, in an attempt to increase the repertoire of songs I regularly listen to, I went to Saturn in Hamburg and purchased a whole bunch of CDs from newer artists. While checking out, there was a \"special\" on Rock and roll at only 5 Euro for four CDs, This was ancient stuff when Rock and Roll was just getting invented ( Everly bros, Chuck berry, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly)
I ended up listening more to that compilation CD than all the new stuff I got. Nadine, Good Golly Miss Molly, Lucille, Judy in Disguise, Claudette are just great music !!
Trying to progress just made me go retro
Does that happen to you as well ?
Will we be saying the same thing 2o years from now ?
There's hardly any recent music that I have added to my \"favourites\".
Is it like wine and cheese ? Does Music needs time to ferment in the mind ?
Last year, in an attempt to increase the repertoire of songs I regularly listen to, I went to Saturn in Hamburg and purchased a whole bunch of CDs from newer artists. While checking out, there was a \"special\" on Rock and roll at only 5 Euro for four CDs, This was ancient stuff when Rock and Roll was just getting invented ( Everly bros, Chuck berry, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly)
I ended up listening more to that compilation CD than all the new stuff I got. Nadine, Good Golly Miss Molly, Lucille, Judy in Disguise, Claudette are just great music !!
Trying to progress just made me go retro
Does that happen to you as well ?
Will we be saying the same thing 2o years from now ?
Comments
That seems to be the way with music. There is some great new music but the old stuff has a certain fresh exploratory feel to it. The pioneers saw things from a fresh perspective and as with any explorer in uncharted territory it makes the record of those moments have a live enduring quality that connot be recaptured. As to the digital versus analog controversy thats a whole other box of chocolates. But I have recorded on both digital equipment and old studer analog machines and there is definetly a differenc something about the way the music breathes.
Just my musings,
Mik B
today's music is highly compressed in production, then compressed again for radio play (to get get max rang on the signal, you want the amplitude as saturated as possible.
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Through history people have longed for the past. I think Socrates lamented the youth of HIS day. I think it's tied to a desire for the innocence of childhood or something... Plus, we all fondly remember the music of our teen years when everything was fresh, new, exciting, etc. We don't have any positive memories tied to new music. Yet. Give it a couple decades.
Having said all that, I like some new music. Not the real popular stuff, but then, I never DID like the real popular stuff...
in the 50s/60s/70s the rules hadnt been made yet so people were still exploring and experimenting more and i think there was more spirit and soul and spontaneity in the music. Plus there was less technology so i guess people spent more time focusing on their playing and their instrument than their equipment..
oh and there was no internet or DVD or computer games so there wasnt much else to do
tbh i dont listen to anything more modern than and justice for all (spot of grunge maybe) - most of my time is spent listening to classic rock/blues
There is not a lot of substance to the music today. The only difference between Hillary Duff and Lincoln Park is the sound of their music. The message is pretty much the same and there is not a lot of heart in it.
Rock and Roll needs a good 'Nirvana like' experience where a band comes in and kicks the sh....crap :oops: out of what's out there today.
That's just my two cents.