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Originally posted by alejandroguyrice
Um, you saying you didn't like the 90s is like me saying I didn't like the 80s: I wasn't alive for 80& of the eighties and you didn't live through the 90s in an aware state.
The 90s were much better. Artists put out fantastic music, music that had feeling and not just a dollar sign on it. I lived through all ten years of the 90s and these last 8 years of the 2000s. Hell, the music of 2000-2001 ***** on this output over the last two years or so.
Music was a passion then, and people with actual talent became stars. Nowadays digital technology has damaged sales and altered the fact that talent is necessary to be famous.
90s win, no dispute.
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You are SO correct, and so is Eli. What I really don't understand is why we're currently living in America's most political era since the 60's yet it seems like everybody just wants to sing about superficial things. It's beyond me how our generation has let this incredible opportunity slip through its' fingers. I personally admire Sheryl Crow for trying to bring some Bob Dylan vibes into this era, but even artists like Nas and Beck have really taken advantage of their music to enlighten people. We need ARTISTS like this to help not only our music evolve, but also our world evolve. I'm not saying every artist has to stand on a soapbox or make deep songs. Of course there's still a need for escapist pop or rap music, but we're getting an overabundance of ear candy these days and not enough brain food. Even if songs don't involve politics, it would just be nice to see people take a more innovative approach to creating music. I don't consider auto-tune "innovative"...it's a cop-out.
Ustaref, you are wrong. Noise does NOT equal music. In order to be defined as music, there's got to be certain elements. Take a few courses in music composition and you'll understand that.
I know. It doesn't need a deep explanation though. There are simply people who get it, and people who don't. I'm not surprised at the responses here.