08-29-2003, 12:57 PM
MATTHEWDMETCALF Wrote:Remember back in the day when music used to be good? Well, now you can barely find anything good to listen to these days. I pity this generation of people who think that their music is the best ever. Rap hasn't been good since the 80s. Now it's about robbing banks, "smakin' my bitches", and life in the "ghetto". (The man's 22 living in a mansion and he lived in the ghetto? Think not) And the only rock that you could find now is wuss rock and punk rock. And the punk rock isn't all that great. Punk was best in he 80s in the time of Slayer and Ozzy Osborne. (But who could compete against "Bark At The Moon"?) Rock alone is just crappy now. A song like "I Wanna Rock" by Twisted Sister would have been considered the god of all rock songs compared to the crap now. Remember the time of AC/DC and Iron Maiden? Well, times have changed for the worst....
Old, but I feel I need to put a musicians 2 cents in.
You can't let the mainstream kill your thoughts of music. The mainstream today is mostly (and I mean that, there are still bands in mainstream that are talented and true) made up of nothing but bands and groups with image and no talent. Big business is really trying to commercialize music and lure it away from being an art form.
So really, you have to look away from the mainstream, turn your ears off from the radio, and take your eyes off that damn MTV (MTV2 is still decent). Musicians with talent are out there, but you have to find them. Bands that are made up of true artists still exist, but you have to find them. People that truly live for and love music are out there, but you have to find them.
I listen to everything and I'll give any group or band a chance. Though I mostly am a metal head, I am still a musician.