Very true. I mostly agreed with Rick, but argued that drum machines prohibited good music (In the Air Tonight & Mama from Phil Collins both use a fixed inflexible drum machine track throughout the entire songs), and yes, the way we consume music has definitely changed. A lot of modern pop is great to *jog* (or dance) to, for example, whereas something that's actual musical genius like Bohemian Rhapsody, with its 3 tempo changes (4 if you count the double time section as a different tempo) is a lot harder to jog or dance to; but a heck of a lot of fun to sing/scream at a party/while driving the car.
All the good stuff is still there it is just that the market and way music is consumed has changed.
Yes, there's always going to be a bit of "grumpy old person" and modern music isn't as good as what I grew up with; and there are fewer musical geniuses in the charts, and much more 'simple' 4/4, floor on the 4 'produced' music, but that doesn't mean those don't have merit too... Dua Lipa *only* makes dance pop. Light, fluffy, no complicated time signatures, but she's still really good at what she does (great voice too).
But fewer bands definitely makes a difference (mentioned in Beato's follow up video)... there's something about a group feeding off each other during the creative process that gives you Bohemian Rhapsody, All you Need is Love, Tom Sawyer, Turn it On Again, Tonight Tonight Tonight, The Chain, Money, Another Brick in the Wall...
I think *that's* where a lot of the difference is. Rick Beato pointed out other than Coldplay, there's no new bands in the top 100.. you have to go down to like top 400 to find bands formed this millenium. I think what we miss (and what Bogdan points out young people are discovering) are the creative process that happens between band members; The Beatles, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, Rush, U2, Guns N Roses, Journey, etc
Mark
Statistics: Posted by amwilburn — Fri Oct 11, 2024 8:05 pm