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In reply to the discussion: Is the music of today worse than it was 20, 30, 40, or even 50 years ago? Or am I just old? [View all]Glamrock
(11,787 posts)There's plenty of good music still being made today. But you have to seek it out. You're not going to just hear it on the radio. MTV won't play it between it's inane "pregnant at 13" and "my spoiled ass debutant ball" or whatever they claim to be programming. You might hear the occasional good stuff in a commercial or movie, but other than that it's on you to find.
Once upon a time there were DJ's that filtered out the crap. Not anymore. Now radio stations are owned by conglomerates who play the same playlist on station after station based on who pays. Capitalism man. Capitalism destroying art.
But there's still really good stuff out there. Avett Bros. for amazing writing in the folk vein. Rival Sons and Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears for rock. Gary Clark Jr. for blues. Leon Bridges or St. Paul & The Broken Bones for soul. That's just a few off'n the top o me head. It's out there. Really. It is.