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Oh for god's sake! Using that argument all then music should be acoustic and only heard at live performances.
To take it a step further, that would mean that the only true music is a capella, as it's the only sound that is created purely from human effort without the use of man-made instruments. Everything else is clearly not "real music."
Even though I wasn't around for these years I feel like the late 70's to early 80's was virtually the same. Early 70's to mid 80's saw a big change though, especially with all the synthesizers they started using, but I think that started around 78 or 79? Styx was big into using synthesizers, and by the time the 80's came around that's all you heard anymore.
I wasn't around for any of the 70's and missed most of the 80's as well. But I still listen to a lot of oldies, and there's very little similarities between the 70's and 80's music. 80's and 90's also have a pretty glaring difference. The Jackson 5's and Chaka Khan's styles were nothing like Jodeci's and Boyz II Men's, even though they both sang R&B.
Rock changed a LOT From decade to decade. Of course the 60's had the likes of Jimmi Hendrix, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, CCR, and many many more, stuff the 1950's were so far away from. Then the 70's redefined almost everything you knew about the 60's with Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, etc. I think the 80's saw little change from the 70's, it was mostly an expansion of what was big in the 70's.
The 90's with the advent of Grunge, which effectively killed off all the metal hair bands of the 80's was a game changer as well. Then in the early 00's rock took a serious nose dive as pop and especially Rap and Hip Hop SURGED. And today bro country and POP country is dominating the air waves, so disgusting to my ears.
Actually I think the 80s were more like the 90s than the 70s. The 70s had lots of really melancholy piano pop music and disco, the 80s was like the 90s in the sense it was more dominated by cheesy love songs and lots of drum machine. 90s alt rock is pretty similar to New Wave too, though I do think as far as "rock rock" goes hair metal is mostly a 70s-80s-early 90s thng.
I don't quite follow you on this. You think the 2000's to the 2010's saw the biggest change in music? I share your distaste for regularly tried garbage bands like Florida-Georgia line, who have anything but a real and authentic sound, and Taylor Swift who creates songs that don't even have a melody, let alone good or real singing. But how is this different from the 2000's...?
I think that post was referring to the transition from the 90's to 2000's, not 2000's to 2010's. And I would agree with the sentiment. The 90's (as with most other decades) were associated with a particular sound - mainly grunge (though that was mainly the first few years of the 90's), but a bunch of alternative music also got airplay during the 90's.
But once the 2000's hit, music we heard on the radio really became blah. There was really good stuff being made, but you had to search for it. And so much was made of the internet exposing people to new artists, but I don't think that lived up to its promise. With the web, there's so much stuff out there, it's hard to filter.
I think that post was referring to the transition from the 90's to 2000's, not 2000's to 2010's. And I would agree with the sentiment. The 90's (as with most other decades) were associated with a particular sound - mainly grunge (though that was mainly the first few years of the 90's), but a bunch of alternative music also got airplay during the 90's.
But once the 2000's hit, music we heard on the radio really became blah. There was really good stuff being made, but you had to search for it. And so much was made of the internet exposing people to new artists, but I don't think that lived up to its promise. With the web, there's so much stuff out there, it's hard to filter.
I actually see grunge as more of a mid-to-late 90s thing. The early 90s was mostly dominated by Eurodance and the New Jack Swing sound, and hair metal and 80s-style pop was still pretty popular in 1990 and 1991. Metallica and Guns and Roses were just as popular as Nirvana and Pearl Jam then.
I actually see grunge as more of a mid-to-late 90s thing. The early 90s was mostly dominated by Eurodance and the New Jack Swing sound, and hair metal and 80s-style pop was still pretty popular in 1990 and 1991. Metallica and Guns and Roses were just as popular as Nirvana and Pearl Jam then.
From my understanding right about 1991 was the focal point where those bands started to fall off the map and grunge really took off. By 1993-1994 hair metal bands of the 80's were pretty much dead, grunge had a monopoly on the rock scene.
Sorry folks, I assumed everyone knows this already....
Highlights in the song are numerous mentioning of Cobra and Diamondback Rattlesnakes. In Blues, and now in the new Rock folklore, the mystic of the snake is a prevalent and driving force. Mojo or a sort of voodoo. Guitar straps, cowboy boots and other clothing would never be the same again in the music business. Thanks Bo!
My opinion would be the 90's (the era of mainstream hip hop). Rap and hip hop don't use a lot of harmony. The emphasis is on speech sounds and rhythm... This was a real revolution: suddenly it was possible that you had a pop song without harmony. Music evolves continually.
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