Music was better Then

[weirdboy]

I used to like Alternative radio, but nowadays "alternative" is what's mainsteam so WTF does the term "alternative" mean anymore? As soon as U2 won a Grammy for Best Alternative Act, you knew it was dead.

The weird point for me was when Jethro Tull won a Grammy for Best Metal Album. That's the last time I watched the grammies.

 

[Special Hops]

Good (great - depending on taste), solid bands & musicians from the last 5-10years or so: IMO

Silversun Pickups
Mumford & Sons
K'Naan
Vampire Weekend
Spoon
Enter The Haggis
Jack Johnson
G. Love and Special Sauce (from 90's but still making new stuff)
Dead Weather
White Stripes
Franz Ferdinand
Flobots

Next to None get Radio time. If you haven't heard of them, check them out.

 

[j1laskey]

The weird point for me was when Jethro Tull won a Grammy for Best Metal Album. That's the last time I watched the grammies.

They beat out Metallica's "...And Justice for All", which IMO is their best and last great album...the Grammy's suck, but I digress....I forgot to mention...Pantera, The Whites Stripes, moe., Phish (late 80's), ...I'll be back with more

 

[Hang Glider]

70s

the drugs were better then.

 

[j1laskey]

70s

the drugs were better then.

Lude's man, F*ckin Lude's....(hopefully someone will catch that reference)

 

[WillPall]

I'll go against the grain here and say that there is MORE great music being made now than ever before. You have to search it out, talk to your friends, listen to some alternative sources, go to concerts of bands you haven't heard of. There are so many more artists out there than we've seen in the past. many of the best don't even have a recording contract.

I love great music of all eras, but peaked? Hardly.

This. Granted, I live in a college town, with a bunch of college kids all trying to be as "unique" as possible by listening to bands no one has ever heard of. That said, there is more music out there now than I could possibly try to listen to. Browse Pitchfork's "Best New Music" list (but don't look at the reviews). Find a local college radio station and figure out what they're playing. Go to your local "indie" bar and find out who the bands are and who they listen to.

And don't tell me that Cee Lo Green doesn't have one of the most amazing male voices of the past decade. Or that his old bandmate, Danger Mouse, doesn't have one of the most amazing production styles of the last decade. Or even Kanye West (aka Mr. Ego), who just put out one of my favorite albums of the last year.

 

[drkaeppel]

The vast majority of music I enjoy is from the 90's or earlier. There are a few good bands around nowadays but you wont find them on the radio. You just have to do some digging to find them.

Someone mentioned Mumford & Sons...if you're into folk rock or alternative bluegrass, you should check out Chris Thile. He's a fantastic mandolin player and I've recently become a fan of his band, The Punch Brothers.

Check eet out!

 

[Golddiggie]

Lude's man, F*ckin Lude's....(hopefully someone will catch that reference)

Naw man... Plutonium Nyborg... :rockin:

 

[mojo_wire]

I went to the Univ. of Illinois in the early 90's and after a long absence went back one weekend when the Bears were playing their during the Soldier Field construction. I couldn't believe that the campus bars in 2002 were playing the exact same music they played when I was a student there -- lots of Pearl Jam and Nirvana, with an unhealthy dose of Snoop Dogg. It really did feel like music had stopped.

The funny thing about that trip, was that I can remember when I was in college, hanging out at those bars, I would see alumni there and always say something along the lines of, "these bars are the last place that I would want to be when I'm 30 years old. If my life hasn't progressed past the point of being in a place like this, then kick me in the nuts." So we go into one bar -- a bunch of 30 year old alums -- and the song playing is Dylan's "The Hurricane" as we are walking in. It's exactly like the scene in Dazed and Confused when Matthew McGonaguey -- the 23 year old hanging around high schoolers -- is walking through the pool hall, way too old to be there, with that song in the background.

I thought music was dead as well until I started listening to www.radiomilwaukee.org a couple of years ago. Rekindled my interest.

 

[menschmaschine]

As soon as U2 won a Grammy for Best Alternative Act, you knew it was dead.

That was 1994 and it was the Grammy for Best Alternative Album (Zooropa... which wasn't a bad album IMO). The other nominees were Belly (Star), Nirvana (In Utero), REM (Automatic for the People), and Smashing Pumpkins (Siamese Dream).

So, I maybe it was a tough choice for the judges.

 

[IrregularPulse]

I agree with the comments that modern is music doesn't suck. Just the stuff they play on the radio does.

 

[humann_brewing]

So i'm 23, and I have to say, I think music peaked from '65- '80. We just celebrated my Dad's 51st birthday with a couple of homebrews, and singing along to every single song on Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme. I'm sorry, but except for Pearl Jam and Dave Matthews, what has music brought to the table since 1990?

yes, I would actually leave dave matthews out of that too. Most songs are pretty monotonous with the formulation by some big wig studio guy. Where are the drum solos man?

That beings said, I still find the newer music I like with NO help from the radio

 

[rjwhite41]

Almost all of the bands brought up from the 90s and earlier were played on the radio. So is everyone saying radio got worse not the music.

To Special Hops: Jack Johnson, G-Love, and the White Stripes get plenty of air time. Jack Johnson is constantly played on whatever crappy adult contempory station my wife listens to not to mention half the department stores you walk into anymore. Not that I don't like him or the White Stripes, G-Love I could take or leave.

I think the biggest thing for me is that I got older and my free time got shorter so I don't really have the time to search for good bands anymore.

 

[Hang Glider]

Lude's man, F*ckin Lude's....(hopefully someone will catch that reference)

712 or 714?

 

[Redwiggler]

Since I was in college for a majority of the 90's, I'm going to have to say there were some pretty good bands:

Widespread Panic
Phish
leftover Salmon
Beck
311
Blues Travelers

But now all I listen to is Bluegrass

 

[Triggerhippym44]

I love:
The Black Angels
The Black Keys
Panic at the Disco
mostly listen to Jet Set Tikii lounge music
and for a twist try out Joanna Newsome