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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
If you were teaching the kids bassoon or bagpipes then you wouldn’t be bothered about trying to do versions of modern popular songs, you’d be teaching them something from a standard repertoire appropriate to their level. When I’ve seen my son’s friend’s get good on instruments they’ve been playing Oasis, Nirvana and Hendrix (et al), I don’t think they felt particularly connected to it but they see it as that’s what you play on a guitar. Maybe it’s later down the line that they develop their own interests.
Metal is going increasingly DIY. There are more technically talented guitarists than ever in the metal genre but I wonder how many are taught via online resources. That’s definitely the way learning about production is going anyway.
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Not much music being played in the house . The gadgets and gaming consoles have very much killed the radio star, Not quite made it to the car yet though.
I prefer guitar based music as I imagine many here on this guitar forum do, but music is cyclical, maybe guitars will come back, maybe they wont. Doesn't stop any of us playing them though.
Most modern pop is actually a hell of a lot better than it was 20 years ago in terms of what fills up the charts. Compare the average Ariana Grande track with sodding Freddie and the Dreamers, the standard is a lot higher.
A lot of angry noisy music is loved precisely because us old fuddy duddies hate it, but the lovely thing is as mentioned above, with YouTube and Spotify you can listen to anything from any time whenever you want, a fantastic gift to the current generation I think.
I would agree that the chart of 20 years ago doesn't compare well, but if you look at a typical top 30 from say 40 years ago you will see names like the Stones, Beach Boys, Small Faces, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Scott Walker, it's no contest surely.
“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
I'm talking about the chaff, not the wheat. The overall quality of the average pop is now better than it was before.
40 years ago was 1978 as well if we are being picky, so some great tracks but a loooot of dreck...
http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19780129/7501/
I nearly didn't listen to that based on most of the other comments on it in this thread but I'm glad I did, I quite liked it. Not a great singer but I think he makes it work for him.
I once made the mistake of trying to interact with a teen relative who was wearing a Pearl Jam T-shirt. I told them I went to see their first UK tour and stood next to Eddie Vedder watching the support band. I pulled out my signed ticket from the drawer. All I got was....'I don't listen to them, just thought the T-shirt looked good......' Yep, that was me told.
Or maybe not.
I would say that overall it's almost exactly the same, as it always has been.
I was actually surprised how much good stuff there was in that 1978 chart, more than I would expect on average. If you take the totals for any individual year you find a lot more rubbish though.
Get a '1000 Hits' album from any decade and see what you find...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Edit: I also should clarify I mean pop as in pure pop, not "rock". I just think where the pappier side of pop is concerned, the writers and producers have raised their game a bit.
In terms of things that stand out as legitimately brilliant in the charts, as in things that would stand comparison with the Stones, classic Soul recordings or the best stuff Scott walker did, I don't think music has ever been worse!