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As I’ve aged I’ve discovered that new pop music tends to be a reflection of the current youth culture and it’s something I’m not interested in. I still listen t
by nemo44x 7y ago
As I’ve aged I’ve discovered that new pop music tends to be a reflection of the current youth culture and it’s something I’m not interested in. I still listen to new music produced by artists that were in their prime when I was younger though. They aren’t culturally relevant but either am I any longer.
I’ve also found that I enjoy digging into older music And genres I would have never considered when I was younger. Robert Johnson is about as primitive as can be but it truely is fantastic blues, a genre I never much cared for. Or finding different folk music from way back, or genres like Bluegrass and their fast picking guitar legends like Norman Blake.
So yeah it’s not new music but it’s new to me. But what I wouldn’t give to hear what Kurt Cobain would be making today if he were still alive.
- tartoran 7y agoYeah, theres lots of great old music that it’s new at the same time. And it comes with the perspective of time, one has the ability to see how it aged. The most im impressed with is forgotten music that has aged very well and feels ever more relevant; that is music with essence. Sometimes despite being a bad recording it still moves the needle in the positive direction. In modern music the newness factor sometimes obscures the essence and one is not able to fully asses it at the present moment.
- nemo44x 7y agoAgreed. To me it’s fascinating to hear people singing about the same themes and problems of their day. Or even breaking the assumption that everything was simpler or more pure. Hearing Robert Johnson singing about squeezing his lemon and quipping (yeah that’s what I’m talking about) is pretty funny. Or Hank Williams just reminiscing about going out, getting loaded with his girl, grabbing some after bar food, and causing a ruckus everywhere they go. These are popular themes in pop music of today.