Examples of music that's ruining music...

Chula Vista · 11-01-2014, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Rexx Shredd

I dont think this has anything to do with mature ears:

Agreed. Mature was the wrong word.

**Janszoon** · 11-01-2014, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninetales

never forget that im an idiot whos ears haven't matured

Does that mean they're extra small?

Zer0 · 11-01-2014, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Rexx Shredd

I dont think this has anything to do with mature ears:

there are people who like the simple happy melodics of bubblegum music: there is a charm to it that may not be my cup of tea, but I can see the attraction. Your average RUSH, Yes, or Porcupine Tree song is going to have too much going on in it to make the magic of listening to simplicity enjoyable.

There is something to be said for simple hooks and catchy melodies that fare like Miley, One Direction, and Bieber deliver....its not my thing but it doesnt make it wrong or less mature

I love simple hooks and catchy melodies, but generally not in chart music.

Ninetales · 11-01-2014, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Does that mean they're extra small?

I just haven't gone through ear puberty yet ok

kriswright · 11-01-2014, 03:39 PM

My ear lobes haven't descended. Everything sounds really high.

Or am I just listening to too much Cypress Hill?

**Exo** · 11-01-2014, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by CoNtrivedNiHilism

But really, it shouldn't be that hard for you to figure out Urban. You seem smart.

I'm sorry, but this came off so douchy that I couldn't even finish reading your posts.

Zhanteimi · 11-01-2014, 04:11 PM

J-Pop.

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 11-01-2014, 10:59 PM

My "beef" is that, there are a lot of good bands out these days, even some that can compete with the best of (at least) the 80's and even some of the 70's. But the style of music they do just isn't that popular anymore.

I continue to be completely stunned that Lonerism, for example, is not still in the Billboard 200, while, for example, the Arctic Monkeys and Imagine Dragons - whom I consider to be very bland bands - continue to churn the charts. As I've said before, if Tame Impala had come around in 1970 they would be a huge band, probably as big as Led Zeppelin. Clearly musical tastes among the public have changed.

However, I think there's more to it than just changing musical tastes. I recently got back from a trip to visit my 3 sisters in North Carolina. All 3 of them share reasonably similar musical tastes as me, and we're all similar ages. Two of the three I got both of Tame Impala's albums for Christmas last year. When I got there last week I asked one of them if she had listened to those albums, and she said she did but they were not her cup of tea. This is someone who is an unabashed fan of Led Zeppelin, Yes, the Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, etc. There's no reason why she shouldn't like Tame Impala. The other of the two sisters, who is also a huge Led Zeppelin fan, I played the Tame Impala song "Led Zeppelin" while we were driving somewhere. She HATED it. She also said it DID NOT sound like a Led Zeppelin song (even though it obviously does!). I've talked to her on the phone several times over the past half year or so and tried to plug that band and encourage her to listen to the albums I got her for Christmas, and even though she said she's given it a few listens, she still seemed completely uninterested in them when I got there.

So I'm tempted to think there is something in modern recording/mixing/engineering techniques that really turns a lot of people off (probably the sound compression), albeit subconsciously. I do agree it makes a lot of modern recordings sound sterile, but I try not to let that bother me. But to someone who is accustomed to listening to older, "warm" recordings, a more modern "sterile" sounding recording - even of something extremely similar to the older music they like - might be a turn off. That's the only reason why I can think my sisters did not like some music that, IMO, they probably otherwise "should" have liked.

Chula Vista · 11-01-2014, 11:04 PM

^^^^

Or maybe people just like music that f*cking rocks on its own, without any pretense?

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 11-01-2014, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Zer0

The vast majority of people who listen to Justin Beiber are adolescent girls who haven't yet developed their tastes in music, you'd hardly expect them to be Led Zeppelin fangirls.

The weird thing about that is, when I was a teenager, Led Zeppelin was hugely popular among my fellow teens.

11-01-2014, 10:59 PM	#38 (permalink)
DriveYourCarDownToTheSea AllTheWhileYouChargeAFee Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,174	My "beef" is that, there are a lot of good bands out these days, even some that can compete with the best of (at least) the 80's and even some of the 70's. But the style of music they do just isn't that popular anymore. I continue to be completely stunned that Lonerism, for example, is not still in the Billboard 200, while, for example, the Arctic Monkeys and Imagine Dragons - whom I consider to be very bland bands - continue to churn the charts. As I've said before, if Tame Impala had come around in 1970 they would be a huge band, probably as big as Led Zeppelin. Clearly musical tastes among the public have changed. However, I think there's more to it than just changing musical tastes. I recently got back from a trip to visit my 3 sisters in North Carolina. All 3 of them share reasonably similar musical tastes as me, and we're all similar ages. Two of the three I got both of Tame Impala's albums for Christmas last year. When I got there last week I asked one of them if she had listened to those albums, and she said she did but they were not her cup of tea. This is someone who is an unabashed fan of Led Zeppelin, Yes, the Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, etc. There's no reason why she shouldn't like Tame Impala. The other of the two sisters, who is also a huge Led Zeppelin fan, I played the Tame Impala song "Led Zeppelin" while we were driving somewhere. She HATED it. She also said it DID NOT sound like a Led Zeppelin song (even though it obviously does!). I've talked to her on the phone several times over the past half year or so and tried to plug that band and encourage her to listen to the albums I got her for Christmas, and even though she said she's given it a few listens, she still seemed completely uninterested in them when I got there. So I'm tempted to think there is something in modern recording/mixing/engineering techniques that really turns a lot of people off (probably the sound compression), albeit subconsciously. I do agree it makes a lot of modern recordings sound sterile, but I try not to let that bother me. But to someone who is accustomed to listening to older, "warm" recordings, a more modern "sterile" sounding recording - even of something extremely similar to the older music they like - might be a turn off. That's the only reason why I can think my sisters did not like some music that, IMO, they probably otherwise "should" have liked. __________________ Stop and find a pretty shell for her Beach Boys vs Beatles comparisons begin here Last edited by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea; 11-01-2014 at 11:07 PM.

11-01-2014, 11:04 PM	#39 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	^^^^ Or maybe people just like music that f*cking rocks on its own, without any pretense? __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

11-01-2014, 03:39 PM	#35 (permalink)
kriswright Groupie Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 33	My ear lobes haven't descended. Everything sounds really high. Or am I just listening to too much Cypress Hill?

11-01-2014, 04:11 PM	#37 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	J-Pop.