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Yeah, it's almost uncanny. I wonder what it's going to do with for instance movie tracks with popular appeal. Will we continue to play what people know? Will th

Yeah, it's almost uncanny. I wonder what it's going to do with for instance movie tracks with popular appeal. Will we continue to play what people know? Will the canon of the 20th century be with us for a long time?

core-questions 6y ago
Sure, why not? Musical innovation seems to have slowed or fractured due to only pop music still having sufficient institutional backing to really retain large segments of listeners; meanwhile, music - like most communally-experienced art forms - thrives best when large groups of people know about them. In other words: there's probably plenty of great stuff to replace/supplant 20th century hits, but unless you continually skulk random soundcloud pages you won't find it. All you get access to is undifferentiated pablum pop by default, which is amazingly less brave than it has ever been, musically.
- jariel 6y ago
  Pop is now 'extreme pop' i.e. Taylor Swift - bangers by the same production teams, they are products. So they lack a lot of soul. The rest of music is very exploratory - production tricks, sounds, styles. It seems that most basic melody and rhythm stuff is just to boring - but that is what sticks over the long haul. So I think a lot of music today is too specific, and due to what big-pop is ... never sees the light of day anyhow. We may in fact see a lot of 20-century music linger for a while. That said, we don't listen to a lot of 1st half 20th century today ... though still tons from the 60's-80's. Top selling albums are consistently Queen, Metallica, Eagles.
  - caf 6y ago
    Those pop production teams have been around for a while - eg. Stock Aitken Waterman, Cheiron Studios.
    - dkdbejwi383 6y ago
      Indeed, the notorious Max Martin's been doing his thing since about 1997, and seems to show no signs of decline.
      - jacobush 6y ago
        Akshuly he has had fewer mega hits lately.

core-questions 6y ago

Sure, why not? Musical innovation seems to have slowed or fractured due to only pop music still having sufficient institutional backing to really retain large segments of listeners; meanwhile, music - like most communally-experienced art forms - thrives best when large groups of people know about them. In other words: there's probably plenty of great stuff to replace/supplant 20th century hits, but unless you continually skulk random soundcloud pages you won't find it. All you get access to is undifferentiated pablum pop by default, which is amazingly less brave than it has ever been, musically.

jariel 6y ago
Pop is now 'extreme pop' i.e. Taylor Swift - bangers by the same production teams, they are products. So they lack a lot of soul. The rest of music is very exploratory - production tricks, sounds, styles. It seems that most basic melody and rhythm stuff is just to boring - but that is what sticks over the long haul. So I think a lot of music today is too specific, and due to what big-pop is ... never sees the light of day anyhow. We may in fact see a lot of 20-century music linger for a while. That said, we don't listen to a lot of 1st half 20th century today ... though still tons from the 60's-80's. Top selling albums are consistently Queen, Metallica, Eagles.
- caf 6y ago
  Those pop production teams have been around for a while - eg. Stock Aitken Waterman, Cheiron Studios.
  - dkdbejwi383 6y ago
    Indeed, the notorious Max Martin's been doing his thing since about 1997, and seems to show no signs of decline.
    - jacobush 6y ago
      Akshuly he has had fewer mega hits lately.