Generic Modern Music - has originality died, or am I just getting old?

Hear hear!! In my opinion, music of the 20's-80's (with a few notable exceptions) is proper music. Musicianship, and quality were in abundance, even in the musicians whose music is not to my taste! I think it's because music was still seen as an art, not as a product, which it is nowadays!

Thanks for the recommendation! Luckily I have a mammoth collection of good music, so I rarely tire of that, but I'll certainly bear that station in mind.

Thanks for your comments. I do think that "homage" is just a term they bandy about to justify their plagiarism, and to make themselves appear more cultured. Pretentious youth... there was never any of that in my day - or at least not as much of it! LOL

Thanks for your comments, and I'm glad to hear you're familiar with the quality musicians of yesteryear (although Sting is a bit hit-or-miss in my opinion).

LOL! Yes, I agree - I'm certainly feeling like an old fogey nowadays - now where did I put my teeth....? I think that most of the time these whipper-snappers don't even realise they're plagiarising, as they remember an old tune they'd forgotten hearing. That's a common thing when trying to come up with something new, and that's why knowing about music and musicians is so important when being creative. They do seem rather vacuous nowadays. Or perhaps that's also my age...

Absolutely - I'm glad to be getting old! Too many people nowadays are obsessed with staying young, which is quite sad really. I embrace the ageing process, and it means I enjoy life more, if anything!

It is isn't it - and at least the original songs were quality on the whole. Thanks for your comments!

Thanks for your comments. They are very samey - in the UK they generally have one or two word names, but all merge into one.

Thanks for your input. I do think that in certain other eras there were more original artists, with vision and vitality, whereas recently they seem to have stopped trying. I'm sure there will be a revival of quality soon - at least I hope so!

Thanks!

Thanks for your comments. I think the problem is more that producers aren't actually musicians, so just market sounds they know will sell. The people who are making individual quality music don't tend to get the opportunities nowadays, as there's so much crap to wade through before you find a gem!

Thanks for your input. I agree - it does seem to be quantity, rather than quality. Hopefully there will be some original artists to show for this generation, musically!

Thanks for your input! I agree they're recycling songs, but I think I am probably getting old - not a bad thing though in my opinion!

Thanks for your input! I can't say I've heard of cascada, but I get the impression that some of these people are unknowingly remembering tunes they heard as kids, which have stuck in their minds. This goes to show they don't know much about music, or have much musicianship (which includes knowing about music of past eras as well as current ones).

Thanks for your contribution to the discussion. It is probably down to my age - get out the zimmerframe LOL!! I think that it's great for youngsters like yourself to be openminded - I know I was at your age, but as you get older, and experience more, you do tend to know more, and spot where newer bands (and this isn't just true of music, but of all sorts of things) are drawing their influences from. Just a sign of age, but not a bad thing, as by my age you get a bit discerning - or fuddy-duddy, depending on how you look at it! LOL. Thanks again :-)

Thanks for your input!

Thanks for the comment - I am getting old though, and am quite happy about that. With age comes discernment and free bus-passes!

I absolutely agree with your comments about cinema and TV, but in my opinion, it's only American (and to some extent, British) TV and film which have lost originality, hence the remakes of classics and foreign films. This recycling is probably because Hollywood is run by the sponsors and producers who view film as a product to be marketed, and think that if the films fit certain "popular" criteria they'll make them lots of money, instead of letting the writers and directors make films as they want to (film is an art, not a product after all). Asian and European cinema still have their originality, and are becoming more and more popular in the West (particularly through Tarantino's introducing Western audiences to this style of film) hence Hollywood's re-making (and butchering) of classics such as the Japanese Ring series of films, and their butchering of Dark Water, and the Taxi series. That's capitalism and an undiscerning audience for you!

Thanks for the recommendations. There are lots of foreign bands I enjoy listening to, as they seem to still have some originality and character. I might give some of those bands a listen sometime too.