I'm just wondering when music went down hill. I think after the 70s music started to suck. I mean the music these days has no real meaning. We are overloaded with Biggy Medium Large and Smaller or whatever. Rap and punk are becoming more and more popular. While the songs have no meaning. I'll admit there are a handful of songs that have some kind of message in it. But, usually when they sing a song with meaning they sing a crap song that cancels out the good song<------ this happens a lot in rap. I mean look at 50 Cents Less Than A Dollar or whatever his name is. He thanks God and then he sings about selling drugs and killing people. What happened to the Bruce Springsteens or Paul McCartneys of the world? We need to listen to music with meaning for example (some are examples of good punk): Pete Yorn, Phantom Planet, Jack Johnson, Train, BUCK Enterprises, Lifehouse, Bruce Springsteen, Third Eye Blind, Dashboard Confessional, Coldplay, Old 97's, Relient K, The Ataris, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Buffett- just to name a few. Please feel free to add to the list.

Okay, now listen- I'm not saying my opinion is right- I'm just sayin' this is my opinion. You can agree with me or you can disagree with me- I just felt like telling others my opinion. If you disagree with me- please make arguements in a polite fashion. I Don't want to drown in impolite words. But I would like to hear agreements or arguements.

punk songs have meaning to me.

There was a post about this same topic a few days ago.....but you're new so I guess you didnt know.....

I like today's music of course I also participaed in the teenybopper revolution of the late 90's :p .

Originally posted by Sitcomwriter
I like today's music of course I also participaed in the teenybopper revolution of the late 90's :p .

Sadly, I was a part of that too. I was a big Britney, BSB, Nsync, Christina fan when they came out. But I have long since left that style of music. Sometimes I think I liked all of that because I was influenced by other people so much. I remember really loving Alanis Morrisette (which I still do) and never buying her cd (although I have it now) because none of my friends even knew who she was. :confused:

Don't feel too bad about that, guys. We all have our phases. I'll let you in on a little secret. The first album I owned was M.C. Hammer's Please, Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em, which I begged my parents for Christmas, 1990.

How embarassing. Needless to say, I no longer own the album...

Originally posted by Nirvana
punk songs have meaning to me.

Why do I have the feeling that today's punk is a complete reversal of original 70's punk??:confused: It all feels like mall-jammer music with whiny vocals. It's not about really doing anything new and challenging.

I heard of one band that is so underrated and almost unheard but very influential: the band Television, who were supposed to be a big influence on the Edge of U2 with "tough" sounding guitar. I heard one song once by them, and thought it was very good. Just reading about the adventuresome spirit of the punks and proto-punks and bands along those lines (i.e., the Talking Heads) really inspires me. I would like to do something in my music with that sort of intent. Television was led by a guitarist named Tom Verlaine, and most popular album was "Marquee Moon" around 1977. I forgot the name of the song I heard, though. It had clean guitars and decent songwriting.

I think Kurt Cobain would want people to do something so different and not clone each other.

Originally posted by AKA
Don't feel too bad about that, guys. We all have our phases. I'll let you in on a little secret. The first album I owned was M.C. Hammer's Please, Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em, which I begged my parents for Christmas, 1990.

How embarassing. Needless to say, I no longer own the album...


That was one of my first albums, I also got it for Christmas, 1990.
The other two were( and please don't laugh) New Kids on the Block's Hangin Tough and their Step by Step albums.

Solution: If you dont like it, dont listen to it.

I think after the 80's,music really took a nose dive and I can't stand this junk that spawned from the 90's,on. :barf:

Originally posted by vintagetvgirl
I think after the 80's,music really took a nose dive and I can't stand this junk that spawned from the 90's,on. :barf:


:( I feel the same way for the most part. Even though I think there was a few songs here and there that were really good after the 80's, overall, music in the 90's and especially in this decade just went downhill.

Originally posted by TheNothingMan
I'm just wondering when music went down hill. I think after the 70s music started to suck. I mean the music these days has no real meaning. We are overloaded with Biggy Medium Large and Smaller or whatever. Rap and punk are becoming more and more popular. While the songs have no meaning. I'll admit there are a handful of songs that have some kind of message in it. But, usually when they sing a song with meaning they sing a crap song that cancels out the good song<------ this happens a lot in rap. I mean look at 50 Cents Less Than A Dollar or whatever his name is. He thanks God and then he sings about selling drugs and killing people. What happened to the Bruce Springsteens or Paul McCartneys of the world? We need to listen to music with meaning for example (some are examples of good punk): Pete Yorn, Phantom Planet, Jack Johnson, Train, BUCK Enterprises, Lifehouse, Bruce Springsteen, Third Eye Blind, Dashboard Confessional, Coldplay, Old 97's, Relient K, The Ataris, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Buffett- just to name a few. Please feel free to add to the list.

Okay, now listen- I'm not saying my opinion is right- I'm just sayin' this is my opinion. You can agree with me or you can disagree with me- I just felt like telling others my opinion. If you disagree with me- please make arguements in a polite fashion. I Don't want to drown in impolite words. But I would like to hear agreements or arguements.

I agree. and I happen to love Pete Yorn too :D oh and can I add Fleetwood mac and Tom Petty to the list? lol

one of my favorite groups most people havent even heard of which I like, its not like the teeny bopper stuff (which I dont have anything against) I enjoy the music and dont mind their free concerts!

Originally posted by AKA
How embarassing. Needless to say, I no longer own the album...
Yeah, I have no clue where all my embarrassing cds are....except for 6 of which I am about to try to sell on ebay. They are actually in good condition, which should show you that cd's made by teenybopper groups are not wholesome, quality, genuine cds......if they were they'd be worn out by now as long as I've had them....