The Pop of Today Vs Pop Of Yesterday

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 03-11-2014, 09:37 PM

Yeah he seems to have disappeared. Just in time for him to avoid listening to the songs I asked him to listen to.

EDIT: No I meant this guy:
http://www.musicbanter.com/search.php?searchid=4039706

Hasn't been here since February. Said he was going to be back in Sweden after Valentine's Day. Maybe his return just got delayed?

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-12-2014, 07:05 AM

The amount of blind nostalgia in some of these posts is just nauseating.

No you did not grow up during the best era of popular music, please don't inflict your generation on the rest of us who didn't, it just makes you seem sad and out of touch.
And please stop ignoring all the awful music that surrounded all these 'classics' you love.

You know who sold the most singles in the UK in 1967?
The Beatles , Nope
The Stones, Nope
The Kinks, The Who, Hendrix, Cream, The Doors ..... not even close.

It was Engelbert Humperdinck

I rest my case.

Screen13 · 03-12-2014, 04:25 PM

It's long past due to stop complaining and comparing decades of Pop that are worlds apart. A long time back in The 80's as a listener to American Top 40 as a kid I though that The 60's was this great wonderland of music until I heard several songs that went to #1 in a special song spotlight segment. Right there and then, before all of my research, I found out the hard way that there is crap no matter what era you look in, and it was not just the fabled time when Rock and Roll was not in fashion from 59 to 63. Continued proof was given to me as a listener to listening to the legendary Detroit area 1960's-1972 WKNR Top 40 charts on an Oldies station played on Sunday mornings that had 1 good song for every 3-4 pieces of garbage, with the bad song ratio growing by 1970. That's education!

The default guilty pleasure of Pop's Past for modern listeners was that there was more instrumentation as compared to the Hyper Corporate Digital/Synth/Pro Tools stuff going on now, but I'm sure people who wished to be back in time and lived in their chosen year would possibly be sick of the crap of that particular era after being exposed to it quick, especially if they're the Alternative type and saw who liked the music then.

FRED HALE SR. · 03-12-2014, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?

The amount of blind nostalgia in some of these posts is just nauseating.

No you did not grow up during the best era of popular music, please don't inflict your generation on the rest of us who didn't, it just makes you seem sad and out of touch.
And please stop ignoring all the awful music that surrounded all these 'classics' you love.

You know who sold the most singles in the UK in 1967?
The Beatles , Nope
The Stones, Nope
The Kinks, The Who, Hendrix, Cream, The Doors ..... not even close.

It was Engelbert Humperdinck

I rest my case.

Release me is a great song

Sincerely, Angela Lansbury

Pet_Sounds · 03-12-2014, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea

Yeah he seems to have disappeared. Just in time for him to avoid listening to the songs I asked him to listen to.

EDIT: No I meant this guy:
http://www.musicbanter.com/search.php?searchid=4039706

Hasn't been here since February. Said he was going to be back in Sweden after Valentine's Day. Maybe his return just got delayed?

Hasn't posted since February 5th, but according to his page, he was online on March 9th.

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 03-12-2014, 10:08 PM

Ah, I see.

Well then I hope he was quietly checking out the songs I recommended!

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 03-12-2014, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?

The amount of blind nostalgia in some of these posts is just nauseating.

No you did not grow up during the best era of popular music, please don't inflict your generation on the rest of us who didn't, it just makes you seem sad and out of touch.
And please stop ignoring all the awful music that surrounded all these 'classics' you love.

You know who sold the most singles in the UK in 1967?
The Beatles , Nope
The Stones, Nope
The Kinks, The Who, Hendrix, Cream, The Doors ..... not even close.

It was Engelbert Humperdinck

I rest my case.

Too true. I think people get too wrapped up in their nostalgia. There has been horrible pop music in every.single.decade.

Pet_Sounds · 03-12-2014, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea

Ah, I see.

Well then I hope he was quietly checking out the songs I recommended!

I certainly have been. Enjoying Lonerism very much!

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 03-13-2014, 12:42 AM

Glad to hear that. So far I've converted Taxman into a Tame Impala fan. You're my next victim.

Pet_Sounds · 03-13-2014, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea

Glad to hear that. So far I've converted Taxman into a Tame Impala fan. You're my next victim.

I have seen the light! Am going to purchase Innerspeaker soon.

03-11-2014, 09:37 PM	#201 (permalink)
DriveYourCarDownToTheSea AllTheWhileYouChargeAFee Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,174	Yeah he seems to have disappeared. Just in time for him to avoid listening to the songs I asked him to listen to. EDIT: No I meant this guy: http://www.musicbanter.com/search.php?searchid=4039706 Hasn't been here since February. Said he was going to be back in Sweden after Valentine's Day. Maybe his return just got delayed? __________________ Stop and find a pretty shell for her Beach Boys vs Beatles comparisons begin here Last edited by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea; 03-11-2014 at 10:12 PM.

03-12-2014, 07:05 AM	#202 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	The amount of blind nostalgia in some of these posts is just nauseating. No you did not grow up during the best era of popular music, please don't inflict your generation on the rest of us who didn't, it just makes you seem sad and out of touch. And please stop ignoring all the awful music that surrounded all these 'classics' you love. You know who sold the most singles in the UK in 1967? The Beatles , Nope The Stones, Nope The Kinks, The Who, Hendrix, Cream, The Doors ..... not even close. It was Engelbert Humperdinck I rest my case. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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DriveYourCarDownToTheSea AllTheWhileYouChargeAFee Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,174	Ah, I see. Well then I hope he was quietly checking out the songs I recommended! __________________ Stop and find a pretty shell for her Beach Boys vs Beatles comparisons begin here

03-13-2014, 12:42 AM	#209 (permalink)
DriveYourCarDownToTheSea AllTheWhileYouChargeAFee Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,174	Glad to hear that. So far I've converted Taxman into a Tame Impala fan. You're my next victim. __________________ Stop and find a pretty shell for her Beach Boys vs Beatles comparisons begin here

03-12-2014, 04:25 PM	#203 (permalink)
Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	It's long past due to stop complaining and comparing decades of Pop that are worlds apart. A long time back in The 80's as a listener to American Top 40 as a kid I though that The 60's was this great wonderland of music until I heard several songs that went to #1 in a special song spotlight segment. Right there and then, before all of my research, I found out the hard way that there is crap no matter what era you look in, and it was not just the fabled time when Rock and Roll was not in fashion from 59 to 63. Continued proof was given to me as a listener to listening to the legendary Detroit area 1960's-1972 WKNR Top 40 charts on an Oldies station played on Sunday mornings that had 1 good song for every 3-4 pieces of garbage, with the bad song ratio growing by 1970. That's education! The default guilty pleasure of Pop's Past for modern listeners was that there was more instrumentation as compared to the Hyper Corporate Digital/Synth/Pro Tools stuff going on now, but I'm sure people who wished to be back in time and lived in their chosen year would possibly be sick of the crap of that particular era after being exposed to it quick, especially if they're the Alternative type and saw who liked the music then.