Why does music suck so bad these days?
 

i am a rap and r&b fan, and i am currently listening to some of the older tracks, and they do not make music like they used to.

most of the crap out there is just cookie cutter music put out there to make a quick buck.

does anyone in the world care about quality anymore? everyone is about quick cash these days.

this applies to all types of music, i used to be a Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and Primus fan way back when.

and no one makes alternative music good anymore either.

why is it that music sucks so bad these days?

this is why god created the white stripes.

the smashing pumpkins are getting back together!

the white stripes are fucking terrible.

Rap is dead. Really lame these days which is too bad. Rock died more than 10 years ago. White Stripes are horrid.

Thank Matt 26z for this list then go plug a few tracks into www.pandora.com

It doesn't help with improving today's music but at least its something to listen to in the meantime.

Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
Spacehog - In The Meantime
Better Than Ezra - Good
Our Lady Peace - Superman's Dead
Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's
Joan Osborne - One Of Us
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
New Radicals - You Get What You Give
Coolio - Gangstas Paradise
Hanson - MmmBop
Paula Cole - Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?
Soul Asylum - Runaway Train
Ace of Base - The Sign
Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
Radiohead - Karma Police
The Cardigans - Lovefool
Oasis - Wonderwall
Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger
Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
Cracker - Low
Superdrag - Sucked Out
Tonic - If You Could Only See
Enigma - Return To Innocence
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
Sublime - What I Got
Sugar Ray - Fly
The Presidents of The United States of America - Lump
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
Nada Surf - Popular
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Tom Petty - Marry Jane's Last Dance
Tom Petty - You Don't Know How It Feels
Eve 6 - Inside Out
Wallflowers - One Headlight
Everclear - Santa Monica
Rage Against the Machine - Bulls On Parade
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
Goldfinger - Here In Your Bedroom
Beatles - Free As A Bird
The Cranberries - Dreams
The Cranberries - Zombie
Fastball - The Way
Blues Traveler - Run Around
Blind Melon - No Rain
Placebo - Pure Morning
Soul Caughing - Super Bon Bon
Counting Crows - Long December
Beck - Where It's At
Janes Addiction - Jane Says
Janes Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy
REM - What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
REM - Losing My Religion
Space - Female of the Species
Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
OMC - How Bizarre
Prodigy - Breathe
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
James - She's a Star
James - Laid
Goo Goo Dolls - Name
Lisa Loeb - Do You Sleep?
Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
Meredith Brooks - Bitch
K's Choice - Not An Addict
Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me
Ben Folds Five - Song For The Dumped
Ben Folds Five - Brick
Underworld - Born Slippery
Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain
The Verve Pipe - Freshman
Barenaked Ladies - One Week
En Vogue - Free Your Mind
Blur - Song 2
The Living End - Prisoner Of Seciety

I cant wait for this rap bubble to burst hopefully, every idiot with some high school lyrics "blowin up".. If i were them, i'd be passing on the diamond chains and saving for retirement.

Mainstream music sucks for a couple of reasons.

1.) The people that pick the music that becomes popular are not cool. They are rich, old, and out of the loop white males at the top of the corporate music latter.

2.) MTV and popular radio stations like KROQ play the same 10 seconds over and over all day long every day, until kids hear them so many times, they start to believe they are good songs.

Your first mistake is listening to rap and R&B. Those genres have generally been terrible since 1995.

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very few quality musicians in general left,

the only new rapper i like is Young Jeezy, and G Unit also.

rap will not die. i like the old school vibe, like Big L, TLC, lost boys,

problem is all the best rappers are dead. everyone died, BIG PUN, 2PAC, BIGGIE, BIG L, LEFT EYE, easy E

all the best got killed within a short period, no one was left to set the bar high, and all the west coast rappers are getting to old for the game, and no one has come through with a smooth style since then.

rap is bull,
I SHOT YOUR MATHA, KILLED YOUR GRANDMA, BOUGHT A BENTLY MOVED TO HAMPTONS........
Bull fucken shit if u ask me

End of story...:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

it is true nowadays the music on the radios sucks either the songs are so lame or the good ones are played over and over forcing you to hate them.

what's the end of story?

that outsourcing companies suck?

and that you should shut your fucking $2/hour ass up?

It used to be that way but I don't think it is any more. Music has run its course. All genres have been exhausted, and then remixed, even cross pollinated with every other genre. And now there is very little left. It's really not a problem for me, good music lives and I'm happy to listen to the music I know without ever hearing a new song. So many great bands and artists of the past that can never be outdone. The only people concerned would be the recording execs lol.
This happens. It even happend to me a few times. I remember hearing a song, thinking it was ok, but then I saw how cool the video for it was, and subconciously began to like it more.

whatafuck are you saying?????????????

SP has been my fav band since they started... I really haven't checked their sites in a while...

very very true,

i didnt back up one of my old HDs that had my entire old school music collection on it.

when you listen back you just know that some of the old school music cannot be topped.

you know artists are great artists when they get respect from people acorss all music genres.

gone are the days when Babyface used to rule the charts

:smokin

I dont listen to overstream music...the underground and UK music scene is happenin right now

you must not know where to get the good music ;)

why does it suck?

because no 2pac album release for long time

i dont really know how to tap into that scene.
all i really know is the most mixtape music.

where can i find it?

www.bluesandsoul.com

haha more then that, like i said above EVERYONE is dead now, no one is left to set the standard, its all about $ not about who is a real artist.

thanks dude,

i am feeling lately that i def. need to expand my rap horizon.

All i have to say about people that say new music sucks etc..

you aint up on things...

you no longer need good voice to become a recording artist. technology can do the trick nowadays.