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Why does most new music suck?

Ok I will have some exclusions to my statement. I'm not talking about classical or jazz. My comment is mostly pointed to rock and pop releases. Don't even get me started on rap.... I don't consider it music. I will admit that I'm an old foggy but come on, where are some talented new groups? I grew up with the Beatles, Who, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix etc. I sample a lot of new music and the recordings are terrible. The engineers should be fired for producing over compressed shrill garbage. The talent seems to be lost or doesn't exist. I have turned to some folk/country or blues music. It really is a sad state of affairs....Oh my god, I'm turning into my parents.
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tgabe9
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I haven't fully teased out this thought yet, but I think the general degradation of quality of modern pop music has a lot to do both with the diminishing of our general culture's attention span and the most common means by which it is heard (iPod earbuds, walking to class/work).
toddnkaya
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Notec, I thought this thread was also addressing modern Pop music as well. Alt J being a perfect example of of a great Pop Rock band that impresses me with their innovative style and fatantastic song writing and musicianship.
Ray, is there any bands /albums that you find fantastic in the past 5 years or so?
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rok2id
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The Frogman:

I have been told to reply, "The best wines from the Fatherland, and therefore, the Welt" are white.

Cheers
frogman
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Toddnkaya, been checking out The Raconteurs. I was aware of Jack White from a few White Stripes performances that I had heard by chance. My thought was always: "that kid deserves a much better drummer". But then, it wouldn't be The White Stripes; would it? Kinda the way some are quick to point out how Ringo was not a great drummer, when in fact he was THE PERFECT drummer for THAT band.

Anyway, Jack White is one talented dude! He's got "the thing"; a true artist. Really good band "The Raconteurs". Man, they can ROCK! Interesting writing and really good playing. Thanks for another recommendation that works for me.
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mapman
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I find that these days I tend to like a lot of specific songs or pieces of music that I hear, but do not levitate much to many new artists in particular. I think that being older and more interested in the music than the much younger people making it is the reason. Nothing against them, just that there is an age and life experience difference between myself now and most rock/pop artists. I still find its mostly the same old geezers that I tend to like still as artists in that I can relate to them more I suppose.
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