How Do You Feel About Modern Music?

There needs to be other options between "it's better than ever" and "it's alright". I enjoy today's music quite a lot, there are some brilliant artists out there, but obviously not all music on the radio is good. I wouldn't say it's better or worse than old music... it's simply a different style, which may or may not suit your tastes. As someone who loves musical variety though, I love that music is constantly evolving, and doesn't get stuck in the 70's.

Even though the 60's and 70's did have some incredible music... I find most of it to be overrated, honestly. Like The Beatles. They're a decent band to be sure, but their albums are far from the masterpieces they're hailed as, and I find some of their early songs to be downright awful.

The same applies in modern music... there are lots of overrated artists who get far too much attention, and just as many who are brilliant and continue to push music forward. And just like in the old days, often the best artists don't get the most attention, so it takes some work to find their music.

I say "no opinion"...many people's complaints are fair, but they lack a full understanding of music history. There was plenty of "mainstream" stuff in the 50s that "cool people" then thought was crap. And they were right and a lot of it didn't stand the test of time. The same will be true of a lot of the crap we hear now. I think it's fair to judge a current song's value by asking, Will my children ever hear it on the radio/want to hear it? The good stuff will last.

Mainstream music might have degenerated across the eras.

But overall music is either at a similar level as an average across the genres compared with the past or has been enhanced (in the case of electronic music).

In the past decade or so many genres have came about as a result of the advancements in technology (e.g. dubstep) and we could advance to stage were a few beats in an ambient track can mean so much.

The likes of The Weeknd and James Blake could be debated as more talented than many artists of previous eras even if their music isn't appreciated as much.

Well, I have to say it's alright.

Yes, there's JB, NM and RB and we all hate them, but do you remember Deadmau5, Bassnectar and Daft Punk and all of them who are making wonderful music?

So I just say that it's a phase, even though their music is absolute CRAP. But then again, didn't your grandparents hate jazz and thought it was crap, even though it's a classic now? Same here. And we'll just have to listen to the music and appreciate it for what it is, music.

I find it ironic that the popular music is just horrible noise to me, and the unpopular/hidden gems of our time are amazingly fantastic. If you're into rock, and like original Linkin Park, look up the band Red. They're a Christian group (I'm Christian too), but the songs don't say anything directly about the religion, so don't worry about that. I'm surprised they aren't more popular.. I have a suspicion it's because of their religious affiliation, but honestly, they've made 3 amazing albums. I listen to rock almost exclusively (the other genre I listen to is, oddly enough, Sinatra-style like Buble and such), and I think Red is the best band I've ever known. Their songs have a strong meaning, especially if you're a Christian, but even if you're not, they still have great messages. Feed the Machine is about conforming to society's ideals and the like, and how you lose yourself and who you are when you fall to society's norms. But I've rambled enough. YouTube them! :)

Haha, I just remembered Red from GSC. Coincidence? I think so! :P

To be honest, there is not much music that I do like in this day and age. I hardly ever listen to chart music now. There have been a few good artists such as Adele and a few others but thats it.

In response to the OP, yeah it is quite annoying how Justin Beiber is mentioned on almost every single music video.

Well, I have mixed reactions to "Modern" music of today. I do like some of these (Several from Miley Cyrus, one from Lady Gaga, one from BTR, etc), but I know they always contain songs from musicians that are giants. In fact, that's all they ever care about. The celebrities, not the music.

So, in my opinion, I rely on better modern music by listening to artist that are not mainstream giants like Celtic Woman, Afrocelt, trance music artist, etc.

While I don't think modern music has gotten progressively worse over time, it definitely has become progressively more fractured. It's becoming increasingly rarer, for example, for popular hits to line up with broad critical taste. But there's still good stuff out there if you know where to look.

I think it's still awesome, dance music especially has totally evolved over all those years.

Most of my fave music started coming from 2000 onwards.

Some of the music is okay but rest is eh. I dislike One Direction and Justin Bieber so much.
I starting to dislike Hip-Hop as well its getting and everybody is starting to sound the same to me. I guess the only rappers I listen now Mac Miller, Odd Future Crew, Common, and 90s and 80s rapper. I used to be big Lil' Wayne, Drake, and Nicki Minja fan but you can only listen to getting money and getting girls so much. I like Jazz. Jazz has gotten a lot better over the years. I love music from the 50s The Temptations, Betty Wright, and some other. The 50s and 60s were the best time for music really. I love Dubstep and R&B. But my friends look at me funny with the Dubstep music playing from earbuds.

I don't think modern music sucks, at all. There has always been good and bad music. The thing I don't like about music nowadays is the amount of sex-appeal in it. Not every single music video has got to be filled with semi-naked girls Y'know.