What are the memories though for young people who primarily listen to classic rock? Mine aren’t exactly the most exciting. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. I’ve also learnt a lot about it and listened to hundreds of amazing albums, often coming back to my familiar favourites. Personally, I’d rather listen to Rainbow’s “Since You Been Gone” from 1979 than Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone”. I was just bored and wanted an escape from my humdrum life. I read this question and I thought it said, “Why does Eastern music sound weird to Western cats?” I thought it was hilarious. Time changes. According to my Facebook page demographics, ~2% of fans are 13-17, 35% are 18-24, 32% are 25-34, 18% are 35-54, 10% are over 55. To be honest, I wasn’t paying much attention to the top 40 from this point on, so I don’t remember a lot of these songs. I do a lot better with music that came out decades before I was born. Translation: most pop music now sounds the same. I usually find that with these studies, I relate more to men than to women, I wonder if it’s because I’m on the spectrum. ( Log Out /  I was an atheist around a lot of religious nuts. Generally, if I’m going to listen to any music released in the time I’ve been on this planet, I’d prefer the late 90s and early 2000s. Alexa, don’t play “Despacito,” play more Zeppelin. I think a bit of why that is because people start to like something the more they hear it and get familiar with it. But just because you might be listening to Rock most often doesn't mean it will be the "Rock" option will sound the best to you. American Idiot is one of the best albums of the noughties for sure. The video also talks about how nursing home patients feel better when they listen to music they grew up with. I’m just me. ", thus avoiding the trap of "what is not my favorite genre is worth less than every worthless thing". I think by this point, I was starting to get tired of chart music because it gave me headaches and it sounded meaningless. My love of classic rock didn’t take place in a vacuum. Yup! A project called the Million Song Datasetinitially launched in 2011 by Columbia University set out to aggregate metadata for a million contemporary popular music tracks and use it to discover trends and other useful information. Pop music hasn't always been that way. “Also, the music that we connect to in our teenage years doesn’t actually have to be popular at the time.”. I can do the makeup styles of the 60s. Getting the right 'feel' on a track is probably the single most important consideration … Then again, I wouldn’t say I’m conventional at all, I just do what I want. And this isn’t something that’s only happens in your city: Adele’s music … I really like Amy Winehouse and she was a real standout artist of the 2000s. He discovered that the most common characteristic among all genre listeners was creativity. Moving on…. I like early metal and hard rock a lot. Other than that, I don’t really like any of the other songs. People were talking about Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" cover art way before the song dropped, and they only really discussed the song when the incendiary video followed. I wouldn’t say I truly found myself until I was 20. Back to the story about YouTube, so I was suggested this video called “Why pop music sounds bad.” Being a music blogger and fan, I had to watch this and give my reaction. If I was a 35-year-old in 1925, there’s a good chance … The first thing you should do is identify in exactly what way the guitar sounds bad. It’s very annoying when some older fans condescend and put young fans on the spot or act like we can’t possibly know obscure information. And despite common sense, songs aren't played because they are popular; they're played to make them popular. Other than that, my parents would play a Motown and disco music in the car sometimes, but mostly stuff in Spanish, my mum is Venezuelan and my dad, while he isn’t Hispanic, he has a love for the cultures of Latin America and speaks Spanish perfectly. Subjecting the music to an intense algorithm, researchers found that “pop songs have become intrinsically louder and [blander] in terms of the chords, melodies and types of sound used.” Put simply, the "musical pool" of sounds and rhythms used by pop … Chip in some money on Patreon (monthly donation) or Ko-Fi (one-time donation). All of us teenage classic rock fans wanted to learn everything we can. Good point. That’s what I write all about, but I’m striving to include more stuff on rock bands of today that keep that classic rock spirit alive. I’ve listened to some great music made today. Finally, we get to 2007, the last year I’m analysing. It’s not about the music anymore. There are so many really dreadful sounding recordings coming out, the Audiophiliac ponders the reasons why. We are like little sponges. This music isn't even music anymore; it's become a platform for inflammatory music videos that only detract from the musical experience or, in most cases, distract from the total absence of a genuine musical experience. ( Log Out /  In other words, all pop music sounds the same now. Since the 1950s, vocal timbre — the character of the voice — has become less diverse and pitch content has become totally monochromatic (fewer chord and melodic variations), while everything has gotten much louder overall. It’s all about the version of themselves they sell, who they claim … When I was a preteen, my parents would put on the oldies station in the car, and at the time you’d hear songs from the 50s and 60s mostly, with a bit of 70s thrown in once in a while. The list below shows a few examples which we will revisit later in the article: Your guitar sounds out of tune or won’t stay in tune; Your guitar sounds out of tune, but only when you play in certain places on the neck The majority of people my age listen to what’s current, so that’s why a lot of examples used are more modern. As these songs get watered down, they become cheap and easy fuel for the music business because they appeal to the lowest common denominator and thus reach a wide audience. I love how music back then was a lot more poetic, with quite a few singer/songwriters of the time being published poets. If you look at an AC/DC concert, however, you’ll see that the instruments are being played with power and feeling. Bad pop music is a harder habit to kick than you think. I don’t think 14 year old me would have fully understood everything in the music I listen to. Billboard charts fuel the mainstream market, identifying safe bets for movie soundtracks, commercials and background music, all of which ensure that a popular song is impossible to avoid. It’s Safe. Did you parents ever come into your room when you a teenager playing music and ask why pop songs all sound the same nowadays? Not only that, it has negative effects on your brain, too — if you're chiefly a pop music fan, you're likely to be less creative than any other kind of music lover. Makes sense, it brings back good memories. I am gaining respect as a classic rock blogger. I have a nice wardrobe full of clothing that makes me look like I came out of a time machine. In 2008, Adrian North of Scotland's Heriot-Watt University published the largest study yet of musical taste, involving 36,000 people, 60 countries and three years of work. I’m sure we’ll have people in 50 years decrying the new music and wishing they were back in the days of vaporwave and anime intro music. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Let’s take a look at what was popular when I was in middle school, so ages 11-13. When I was 13, I started listening to indie music instead and felt a bit relieved, but that phase didn’t last long. A lot of them have part time jobs or an allowance and live with their parents, so they have money to spend on stuff or parents to beg to buy stuff for them or take them to concerts. Pop music makes up the largest part of consumed music today. I admit, I’ve definitely listened to this in the past couple of days. “So you ever notice how music was just better in the past? All the music lovers won’t be having any difficulty while explaining various music notes, instruments or types of music. No surprise. I was unlucky enough to have been a pre-teen in the ringtone rap era. The thumbnail reads, “Your tastes are stuck at age 14.” Well, I can’t say that’s entirely wrong. Seriously though, what happened to a lot of these musicians? Again, I remember most of them, but I don’t care about them. I am not really into modern poppy dance sort of stuff, but when I started watching Drag Race, I started thinking “hey, this music isn’t terrible” after a while and then, “Wow this is catchy, I’m going to listen to all the Drag Race music on repeat… And now I’m shouting ‘Miss Vanjie’ over and over again.”. Punk rock! The Sound of (Pop) Music: Too Loud, Too Much the Same. I remember walking down the street in a vintage looking outfit and someone in their 60s stopped me and said that I reminded them of a friend back in the day. I didn’t forget this song. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account.