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

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Anteater

Anyone who does a bit of jumping around up and down the timeline can tell that somewhere between 1989 and 1999, something was lost in the whole R&B kaboodle. Maybe it was because cool keyboard textures fell out of style.

Ew. No. 80s and 90s R&B was terrible, and horribly cheesy keyboards were a huge factor in making it that way.

[Anteater]

Originally Posted by Janszoon

Ew. No. 80s and 90s R&B was terrible, and horribly cheesy keyboards were a huge factor in making it that way.

One man's cheese is another man's cheesecake, comrade, and part of growing musically for me was learning to distinguish the good pap from the meh.

It's okay if you don't agree though. I would have said the same thing a year ago.