The Day The Music Died.

[kallipolis]

Who is the ginger cunt?

 

[HoodedRat]

Tuesday the 13 of February 1883 was the day the music truly died.

It's all been downhill ever since.

 

[Vannie]

Tuesday the 13 of February 1883 was the day the music truly died.

R.I.P. Sonny & Cher

 

[frankfrank]

Current music "died" for me during the last half of the 1980s, when nearly all radio stations completely stopped announcing any music anymore. To follow music at all, my mind NEEDS labels - I simply don't retain songs if I don't know what they're called or who's doing them.

Where I was, all the "countdown" shows, which would have helped, were INVARIABLY on Sunday mornings, or on Sunday night when there was something I wanted to watch on TV instead. Sunday mornings were inaccessible to me, because I've been on a night schedule for decades.

An example of how bad it gets: Only four or five years ago did I FINALLY find out what this song was called and who did it, that I probably heard more than one thousand times over the decades, without hearing it announced:

And, even this, I had to CALL the radio station and ask what the song was, because I was sick and tired of trying to find out for decades.

There are countless other songs like that, and I have long since codified the point of lowered expectations that, even if something is announced, I miss it now and it doesn't register.

I haven't even tuned into a Top 40 station since the very early 90s...I have no idea what has been on the charts for the past 30 years.

I'm still a rock-and-roller at heart. That genre was fun, a lot of it was high-energy, and the music was generally all about having a good time. Where possible I was trying hard to follow punk-rock in the early 1980s (not really having "found it" yet in its real heyday of the 1977-1980 era), but it was rather elusive by being strictly limited to a couple college radio stations near me, and again the challenge of poor announcing already in place on those stations where they might play 17 songs in a row before saying anything. Nowadays, there is very little rock-and-roll in current music, not to mention that the subject matter has shifted.

Years ago I saw an article comparing the "Top Ten" from a week in 1972, with I think a week in 2000, with the article describing the subject matter of the Top Ten songs. In 1972 it was stuff like a day at the lake, heartbreak, dancing to the beat, going to a party, a great relationship. In 2000 (?) the subject matter was stuff like drive-by shootings, drug abuse, gangs, and an overall feel of negativity and despair.

I have tuned into "Top 40 stations" once in a while when I had no other options, most notably when I've flown somewhere and I'm in a rental car. Generally in my own, which is well over 90% of all my driving, I have my own radio with the Sirius XM service and I go back and forth between a number of music channels (50s/60s/70s/80s, Underground Garage, and half a dozen others), or I'm playing my mix-cassette tapes which are truly Free Form in music genre. (I've moved mostly away from Underground Garage since it's gone away from formerly playing a lot of COOL 90s/00s/10s music, to becoming almost "just another oldies channel.") My most recent heavy exposure to "Top 40" stations was two years ago in Australia, and I was hearing some pretty cool current stuff; this was the song I definitely noticed and may be my favorite song in the "new" Century so far:

[video]https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lunchmoney+lewis+bills+lyrics[/video]

Not sure why this doesn't show up as an instant link because I did nothing differently here than I did with Mr. Mister. Interestingly, this song was barely noticed in the USA, though it was Top Five across Australia when I was there.

 

[Marco Sensual]

I was a teen in the 90s.So,im happy to have grown up in the 90s.Which is the richest decade for music.The 90s were so ahead of their time.So many musical genres appeared.Like.Eurodance,trance,trip hop,drum and bass,grunge,happy hardcore,ect...

Music nowadays is really bad.The music from today still sounds like music that came out in 2007.The transitions still didnt took place.Usually,with all decades,the transition happens.So,for example.the late 80s music had its own sounds.Then,the early 90s had their own sound also.The the transition happened.But,when you listen music from the late 2000s and you listen to the muic from the early 2010s,you can clearly see that the songs sounds more or less the same.So,for the first time,the transition didnt happened.

When it comes to movies,its different.Nowadays movies are almost as good as 80s and 90s movies.So,unlike music,movies did age better.Theres still a lot of quality movies.But,the music gets worse every years.

The point is.Good music peaked.Mostly dance music.The best dance music came out in the 90s.No doubt about that.The 90s is the ultimate dance decade.Dance music peaked in the 90s.

The last good year for house music in my opinion is 2000.I would also had 2001 and a bit of 2002.Then,in 2003 electro fucked up house music.Big time.House music sucked since then.House music was so much better in the 90s.

The last good year for trance music in my opinion is 2005.But,there was still good trance music between 2006 and 2009.Trance music just became so commercial through the years.Its just not as interesting anymore.So,trance lost its appeal in the 2010s.Classic trance is the best.Trance from 1994-1996 = amazing,trance from 1997-1999 = absolute best and peaked there,trance from 2000-2003 = still solid,trance from 2004-2009 = good

The last good year for pop music in my opinion is 1996.

The last good year for eurodance music in my opinion is 1997.

Lets face it.The 90s was just a better era for music.The song were better produced.In general everything was better in the 90s.The 90s definitely had the best music.

I dare you to say that current dance music is better than any of these dance classics from the 90s.If you do think that current dance music is better,you just have shitty taste.

These 90s dance songs are awesome.They are legendary.Any current dance songs will never be considered legendary.The 90s is full of legendary dance songs.I love the 90s.The 90s is the best.

The most iconic trance song ever.

A crowd pleaser.

This song is fucking amazing.This song will always sound great.Always.

If this song doesnt rock your world,nothing will.

Gay anthem.

 

[Marco Sensual]

Simple and effective.

Powerful dutch techno song.Perfect 10

Good commercial dance song.

Very good catchy german eurodance song.You cant go wrong with E-Rotic.The Power Of Sex is an awesome album.

Awesome italodance song.So good,so good so good...

 

[Marco Sensual]

Great vocal.Amazing song.So many good memories.

Very popular in gay clubs in the 90s.Great house song that will turn you on.

Great trance song.

 

[eastofeden]

Current music "died" for me during the last half of the 1980s, when nearly all radio stations completely stopped announcing any music anymore. To follow music at all, my mind NEEDS labels - I simply don't retain songs if I don't know what they're called or who's doing them.

Where I was, all the "countdown" shows, which would have helped, were INVARIABLY on Sunday mornings, or on Sunday night when there was something I wanted to watch on TV instead. Sunday mornings were inaccessible to me, because I've been on a night schedule for decades.

An example of how bad it gets: Only four or five years ago did I FINALLY find out what this song was called and who did it, that I probably heard more than one thousand times over the decades, without hearing it announced:

And, even this, I had to CALL the radio station and ask what the song was, because I was sick and tired of trying to find out for decades.

There are countless other songs like that, and I have long since codified the point of lowered expectations that, even if something is announced, I miss it now and it doesn't register.


I'm still a rock-and-roller at heart. That genre was fun, a lot of it was high-energy, and the music was generally all about having a good time. Where possible I was trying hard to follow punk-rock in the early 1980s (not really having "found it" yet in its real heyday of the 1977-1980 era), but it was rather elusive by being strictly limited to a couple college radio stations near me, and again the challenge of poor announcing already in place on those stations where they might play 17 songs in a row before saying anything. Nowadays, there is very little rock-and-roll in current music, not to mention that the subject matter has shifted.

Years ago I saw an article comparing the "Top Ten" from a week in 1972, with I think a week in 2000, with the article describing the subject matter of the Top Ten songs. In 1972 it was stuff like a day at the lake, heartbreak, dancing to the beat, going to a party, a great relationship. In 2000 (?) the subject matter was stuff like drive-by shootings, drug abuse, gangs, and an overall feel of negativity and despair.

I have tuned into "Top 40 stations" once in a while when I had no other options, most notably when I've flown somewhere and I'm in a rental car. Generally in my own, which is well over 90% of all my driving, I have my own radio with the Sirius XM service and I go back and forth between a number of music channels (50s/60s/70s/80s, Underground Garage, and half a dozen others), or I'm playing my mix-cassette tapes which are truly Free Form in music genre. (I've moved mostly away from Underground Garage since it's gone away from formerly playing a lot of COOL 90s/00s/10s music, to becoming almost "just another oldies channel.") My most recent heavy exposure to "Top 40" stations was two years ago in Australia, and I was hearing some pretty cool current stuff; this was the song I definitely noticed and may be my favorite song in the "new" Century so far:

[video]https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lunchmoney+lewis+bills+lyrics[/video]

Not sure why this doesn't show up as an instant link because I did nothing differently here than I did with Mr. Mister. Interestingly, this song was barely noticed in the USA, though it was Top Five across Australia when I was there.

I love 1960s-80s Rhythm and Blues/Soul...and Rock and Roll....and then Dance Music because I listened to it blasting every night for years...

I don't like over produced and over hyped artists at all though..and Britney Spears led the brigade on that bullshit that everyone is now drowning in...so did Madonna who is another artist I don't like....

I think I might have shit my pants when Vogue came out.

I like small clubs where they have local bands....I generally like most rock bands.....

Nowadays though...jazz has moved up on my radar even though it was always on the horizon....

What turns me on now....Chris Botti and Sy Smith....can't get enough of them....but I think it is "old people" music LOL...and I am old now so what the fuck...

 

[star-warrior]

This travesty

 

[Rickrock]

I pretty much stopped listening to the new recordings in the 1980's and started listening to oldies stations. Now I rarely listen to music at all.

 

[luckynumbah7]

The music never died, still going quite strong. I may need a bit of egging on to find new pieces so's I don't consign myself to a nostalgic musical rut but other than that the notes are doin' just fine.

 

[luckynumbah7]

Current music "died" for me during the last half of the 1980s, when nearly all radio stations completely stopped announcing any music anymore. To follow music at all, my mind NEEDS labels - I simply don't retain songs if I don't know what they're called or who's doing them.

I google by lyrics. Nice thing about that is I usually don't need many words to find the song, though an open tab or a pen is all-important. So long as it's the refrain it's usually pretty easy-ish. These days I mostly just surf it on youtube via random-click, bit like I imagine following the half-seen strand connections on a spider's web is like.