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Days Gone By
Anyone agree the music of yester_ year was something special?
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I can't access the link in the the OP, so I don't quite know what era yesteryear is that is referred to, but like B00, the 80s was my era and still love that music. I also love the 60s.Most music after 1990 has passed me by, and most current songs sound like the musical equivalent of chewing damp cardboard.
There is no doubt that with the massive change in the delivery and consumption of music, that music itself has adapted and altered.
In my youth(!) - an album was an event. You looked forward to it, you excitedly took it home, you sat down and spent time getting to know it. That was how music was consumed then.
On that basis, much as Edwardian and Victorian novels were written in a far more dense style than today because people had and would take the time to digest them, music was more considered, cerebral, and carefully produced for maximum sound impact.
Fast forward to now, and music is everywhere, so it is nowhere near as important in soundtracking lives and marking events. People have less time, and pay less attention, so pop music is all track-based, and more snappy and immediate.
Because so many listen on phones and tablets, production has gone for bright top-end heavy sounds that sound bright and lively, and because music is no longer a physical artefact, it has become as disposable as cardboard coffee cups, so no pop artist spends too much time looking for hidden meanings in things for an audience who hasn't the attention span to care.
The above is of course broad-stroke generalisations, but the fundamental premise remains the same.
Music always evolves and grows, and amen to that, but this generation have seen a massive change in their media for hearing music, and their approach to listening to it.
Sometimes, I feel my age ...
In my youth(!) - an album was an event. You looked forward to it, you excitedly took it home, you sat down and spent time getting to know it. That was how music was consumed then.
On that basis, much as Edwardian and Victorian novels were written in a far more dense style than today because people had and would take the time to digest them, music was more considered, cerebral, and carefully produced for maximum sound impact.
Fast forward to now, and music is everywhere, so it is nowhere near as important in soundtracking lives and marking events. People have less time, and pay less attention, so pop music is all track-based, and more snappy and immediate.
Because so many listen on phones and tablets, production has gone for bright top-end heavy sounds that sound bright and lively, and because music is no longer a physical artefact, it has become as disposable as cardboard coffee cups, so no pop artist spends too much time looking for hidden meanings in things for an audience who hasn't the attention span to care.
The above is of course broad-stroke generalisations, but the fundamental premise remains the same.
Music always evolves and grows, and amen to that, but this generation have seen a massive change in their media for hearing music, and their approach to listening to it.
Sometimes, I feel my age ...
I agree Andy, I couldn't wait to buy new albums in particular.Great artwork on some but I used to love it if all the lyrics were on the back.
Sometimes it had been over 25 years that I wondered what a particular lyric was (especially David Sylvian!) and then google came along and I could confirm it:)
Sometimes it had been over 25 years that I wondered what a particular lyric was (especially David Sylvian!) and then google came along and I could confirm it:)
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