• Dare I say it?

    From xyzzy@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 8 23:37:36 2022
    Maybe the reason is that old music is better than new music. Get off my
    lawn!

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/old-music-killing-new-music/621339/


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  • From Eric Ramon@21:1/5 to xyzzy on Tue Feb 8 17:55:44 2022
    On Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 3:37:41 PM UTC-8, xyzzy wrote:
    Maybe the reason is that old music is better than new music. Get off my lawn!

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/old-music-killing-new-music/621339/


    I do believe you're right. A good question is "why?" I suspect it has something to do with who controls distribution and radio. There used to be hundreds of actual record companies that made actual records. Round things, that had to be physically moved.
    Promotion men, with envelopes full of "incentives".

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  • From JGibson@21:1/5 to xyzzy on Tue Feb 8 18:47:04 2022
    On Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 6:37:41 PM UTC-5, xyzzy wrote:
    Maybe the reason is that old music is better than new music. Get off my lawn!

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/old-music-killing-new-music/621339/


    I'd like to see that Grammy viewership chart pre 2012. Strange that it would drop suddenly, then stay level for about 5 years, then have another significant drop & stay level for 3 years, and then once again have a significant drop. I would have
    expected it to be more gradual and less step change.

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  • From Con Reeder, unhyphenated American@21:1/5 to xyzzy on Wed Feb 9 13:37:48 2022
    On 2022-02-08, xyzzy <xyzzy.dude@gmail.com> wrote:
    Maybe the reason is that old music is better than new music. Get off my
    lawn!

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/old-music-killing-new-music/621339/



    Sat in Dunkin' Donuts yesterday where they were playing some new music.
    I swear every song sounded the same, had the same melody that never
    varied more than a half-octave and had the same beat. I couldn't tell
    when one song ended and the next started.

    Same with the new "bro country", by the way.

    One if the big problems is addressed in this less-than-2-minute video:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gmex_4hreQ

    --
    I don't want to get to the end of my life and find I have just
    lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as
    well. -- Diane Ackerman

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  • From JGibson@21:1/5 to unhyphenated American on Wed Feb 9 05:50:57 2022
    On Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at 8:37:53 AM UTC-5, Con Reeder, unhyphenated American wrote:
    On 2022-02-08, xyzzy <xyzzy...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Maybe the reason is that old music is better than new music. Get off my lawn!

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/old-music-killing-new-music/621339/


    Sat in Dunkin' Donuts yesterday where they were playing some new music.
    I swear every song sounded the same, had the same melody that never
    varied more than a half-octave and had the same beat. I couldn't tell
    when one song ended and the next started.

    Same with the new "bro country", by the way.

    One if the big problems is addressed in this less-than-2-minute video:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gmex_4hreQ

    The first 15 seconds of this parody video also explain another problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raLPHOZzAyo

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  • From Con Reeder, unhyphenated American@21:1/5 to JGibson on Wed Feb 9 14:01:15 2022
    On 2022-02-09, JGibson <james.m.gibson@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at 8:37:53 AM UTC-5, Con Reeder, unhyphenated American wrote:
    On 2022-02-08, xyzzy <xyzzy...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Maybe the reason is that old music is better than new music. Get off my
    lawn!

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/old-music-killing-new-music/621339/


    Sat in Dunkin' Donuts yesterday where they were playing some new music.
    I swear every song sounded the same, had the same melody that never
    varied more than a half-octave and had the same beat. I couldn't tell
    when one song ended and the next started.

    Same with the new "bro country", by the way.

    One if the big problems is addressed in this less-than-2-minute video:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gmex_4hreQ

    The first 15 seconds of this parody video also explain another problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raLPHOZzAyo


    Perfect illustration of what I said in my first paragraph.

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    Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others
    cannot keep it from themselves. -- James Barrie

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  • From JGibson@21:1/5 to unhyphenated American on Wed Feb 9 06:54:26 2022
    On Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at 9:01:20 AM UTC-5, Con Reeder, unhyphenated American wrote:
    On 2022-02-09, JGibson <james.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at 8:37:53 AM UTC-5, Con Reeder, unhyphenated American wrote:
    On 2022-02-08, xyzzy <xyzzy...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Maybe the reason is that old music is better than new music. Get off my >> > lawn!

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/old-music-killing-new-music/621339/


    Sat in Dunkin' Donuts yesterday where they were playing some new music.
    I swear every song sounded the same, had the same melody that never
    varied more than a half-octave and had the same beat. I couldn't tell
    when one song ended and the next started.

    Same with the new "bro country", by the way.

    One if the big problems is addressed in this less-than-2-minute video:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gmex_4hreQ

    The first 15 seconds of this parody video also explain another problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raLPHOZzAyo

    Perfect illustration of what I said in my first paragraph.

    This article is also pertinent to the discussion:

    https://nypost.com/2015/10/04/your-favorite-song-on-the-radio-was-probably-written-by-these-two/

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  • From unclejr@21:1/5 to xyzzy on Wed Feb 9 15:48:31 2022
    On Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 5:37:41 PM UTC-6, xyzzy wrote:
    Maybe the reason is that old music is better than new music. Get off my lawn!

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/old-music-killing-new-music/621339/


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    “I usually skip over your posts because of your disguistng, contrarian, liberal personality.” — Altie

    Rick Beato on YouTube comments on this article and always has an opinion on the subject anyway.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYX1YFiQTDw

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