The future of music is bleak and horrible...

[cuBERT]

and this is why. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N8ul1xe58Q)

I'm going to remember the 'good ole days' and listen to safety dance.PANIC!

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

Here's what I predict.

Do you know how smooth 60s-ish R&B is coming back in style (with Amy Whinehouse and others like that)? If the timeline keeps going like that, classic rock-ish music will be back in style. And that's a good thing. I can't stand 95% of pop, but actually talented musicians like Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Alicia Keyes (who all have amazing voices) give me a glimmer of hope.

And yeah Naked Brothers Band blows balls.

[Daesania]

Wow i want my 30 seconds back. LOL

[cuBERT]

Here's what I predict.

Do you know how smooth 60s-ish R&B is coming back in style (with Amy Whinehouse and others like that)? If the timeline keeps going like that, classic rock-ish music will be back in style. And that's a good thing. I can't stand 95% of pop, but actually talented musicians like Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Alicia Keyes (who all have amazing voices) give me a glimmer of hope.

And yeah Naked Brothers Band blows balls.I love you...

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

I love you...

I thought I told you to stay in the truck! :mad:

[HeavyMetalKing]

Yeah, I completely agree. If this is the kind of crap that's going to be popular music than it does indeed look bleek. I had to lol at this one comment there that said the naked brothers band could beat any band off of any stage anytime. Yeah, okay, that was obviously someone who was either a) dropped on their head as a child b) never introduced to decent music or c) allowed to play with toys from China.

Personally, my bet is on c.

[aaron rogers]

why make a statement about the "future of music" based on this one crappy band?

Sure this one bands crappy.

Crappy bands come and go. Thats the world of music for ya.

[weenus]

RATT sucked, but I don't think we were doomed by the 80's.

[cuddie]

Nightmare by Crooked X (which is in the game) isn't all that bad. The riff is stolen from Maiden, yes, but these are a bunch of 13 year olds. Although 13 is older than the Sucked Brothers Band, there may be hope after all?

[defmonkey]

Here's what I predict.

Do you know how smooth 60s-ish R&B is coming back in style (with Amy Whinehouse and others like that)? If the timeline keeps going like that, classic rock-ish music will be back in style. And that's a good thing. I can't stand 95% of pop, but actually talented musicians like Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Alicia Keyes (who all have amazing voices) give me a glimmer of hope.

And yeah Naked Brothers Band blows balls.

I thought they already had a classic rock-ish music revamp.

You know, Jet, The Darkness and bands like that.

Remember when they first came out and we were all like "ZOMG classic rock has returned!!" bought the cds and felt bad for ourselves that we bought the cds realizing most of the album(s) suck?


I for one, believe that not all newer music sucks. Some does... Alot. But trying for a gimmick or doing something thats already been done isn't gonna work, but trying to get your own inspriations and forging your own path in music history is what makes music great.

[Chr1sK]

The movie and music industries are one in the same these days. 90% marketing 10% substance. They follow the same sterile formula and sell it to the masses. Back in the day, bands didn't have to deal with videos and image consultants. Generally speaking, todays music is more about the image / presentation than the content istelf. IMO, a good song will sell itself without slick marketing. In this day, that's a rare gem.

[pretty_pink_pistol]

well pop music is always the darker, less talented side of music. even musicians we consider classics today, were most of the time not pop idols in their time. they got their recognition sure, and some made it to the pop stance, but i think most just stayed with their own crowd.
pop music will always always be the crappier side of music because its based on trying to please EVERYONE's musical taste, which is basically impossible.

that said, not ALL music out these days is bad. just most, if not all, of the pop junk =]

[72tomahawk72]

There's a lot of really good bands out there putting out incredible music. At least in the Metal and Progressive Rock genres.
You just got to know where to look for it.

[kleners]

i catch my self saying new music sucks compared to the old stuff just like my dad told me and his dad told him. its natural music progression. they have to sound diffrent or else you would say "oh they just copied so and so". So music will always change and to the older group will sound worse every jump.

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

i catch my self saying new music sucks compared to the old stuff just like my dad told me and his dad told him. its natural music progression. they have to sound diffrent or else you would say "oh they just copied so and so". So music will always change and to the older group will sound worse every jump.

When there is dark, there is light just around the corner. The light is coming soon!

[joetaylor]

It sucks being 14 really because i only got into music a few years ago, and i missed some of the classic bands and some of my favourites (Metallica, Guns N Roses, Slayer, Depeche Mode, Sonic Youth) and i missed them in their hayday, when all of them were at their best

But i still think theres some promising bands in the future, Editors, Bloc Party and a tonne more that can still have their day, and make themselves a success

[Mikey]

Yeah, I completely agree. If this is the kind of crap that's going to be popular music than it does indeed look bleek. I had to lol at this one comment there that said the naked brothers band could beat any band off of any stage anytime. Yeah, okay, that was obviously someone who was either a) dropped on their head as a child b) never introduced to decent music or c) allowed to play with toys from China.

Personally, my bet is on c.

Agreed
1) WHAT F**KING IDIOT MADE THAT COMMENT(I smell a SEVERE beating in his/her future +Picks up baseball bat+)
2)I would have gone with B
3)Iron Maiden=1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000times better
4)If this band or any band like it gets popular someone please KILL ME (hell watching that video made me die a little inside anyway)

[MissTeya]

It's true that the future of music can't be based on one crappy band. In less popular genres such as IDM, Synthpop, creepy Space music, and weird Icelandic fjord music, there is an outpouring of new talented bands. Personally, I've felt that mainstream music has been a pile of crap for years. I don't listen to the radio at all anymore. It's www.pandora.com all the time for me. The music genome project is awesome because no matter how popular middle school bands like The Naked Brothers get, they will never end up on my stations.

[topperharley]

Personally, I've felt that mainstream music has been a pile of crap for years. I don't listen to the radio at all anymore.

Same here. Well, mostly. I have a few presets on my car stereo that I'll skip through on the off chance they're playing something good, but usually I'm listening to sports talk radio or one of my CDs when I'm in the car.

Mainstream music is crap because it's mainstream. It has to appeal to a mass audience, so it ends up appealing to the lowest common denominator. And it all ends up sounding the same. And since it's all prepackaged and overproduced, it doesn't require a lot of talent. So it becomes all about the image. I think it's fitting that the first video MTV played was Video Killed the Radio Star since MTV was one of the primary reasons that image became more important than the music.

Think of how many great musicians from the 50s, 60s, and 70s would never have had the success they had if they were trying to make it in today's image-over-talent music world.

[mercuryshadow09]

It's true that the future of music can't be based on one crappy band. In less popular genres such as IDM, Synthpop, creepy Space music, and weird Icelandic fjord music, there is an outpouring of new talented bands. Personally, I've felt that mainstream music has been a pile of crap for years. I don't listen to the radio at all anymore. It's www.pandora.com all the time for me. The music genome project is awesome because no matter how popular middle school bands like The Naked Brothers get, they will never end up on my stations.

What's radio?

[k4naru]

It's true that the future of music can't be based on one crappy band. In less popular genres such as IDM, Synthpop, creepy Space music, and weird Icelandic fjord music, there is an outpouring of new talented bands. Personally, I've felt that mainstream music has been a pile of crap for years. I don't listen to the radio at all anymore. It's www.pandora.com all the time for me. The music genome project is awesome because no matter how popular middle school bands like The Naked Brothers get, they will never end up on my stations.

OMG! this site is awesome. Thanks!:D

[topperharley]

OMG! this site is awesome. Thanks!:D

Indeed it is. It's interesting to see the reasons I like the bands I like.

For example, apparently I like electric rock instrumentation, mild rhythmic syncopation, a vocal-centric aesthetic, major key tonality, subtle use of the accordion :confused: , prominent organ ("that's what she said"), and acoustic rhythm guitars.

[HollywoodBound]

and this is why. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N8ul1xe58Q)

I'm going to remember the 'good ole days' and listen to safety dance.PANIC!

5 Bucks says this makes it into Rock Band DLC for some reason...

[griffinmills]

Doesn't, generally, %90+ of all music at any given time suck?

[HPLabonte]

I dont mind the music today, but very few bands are caplable of having a historic rock and roll moment that when you see it, you'll know. From smashing their instruments on the Smothers Brothers, to the sun rising over Woodstock, to the Concert for New York, bands like The Who had those moments,but that was when bands and the audience had some sort of connection. Bands like... 30 Seconds To Mars and the All American Rejects? Can't say they've had anything like that. And believe me, i've been to a few current-flavor-of-the-week-not-really-punk-rock shows in the last few years, but seeing The Who for the first time in 2006 was the best concert experience I've ever had. That is, until, I saw them again in March of 2007. Where they blew the roof of the Nassau Coliseum.

[m00p]

the only thing ur getting close to punk rock is linkin park. And them 2 even have like morales n stuff with this "saving our doomed planet". All their songs are about saving this screwed up planet, but they must realize we cant save it. We have to go on living, and enjoy the days we have. Sooner or later, we will be doomed and nothing can stop it. Only slow it down for the time being. So let me ask you this. Is it better to be packed busy helping save our planet for the last 100 years of our lives or is it better to spend that time period spending time with family, declaring peace, and curing diseases. Ask yourself that question. Punk rock wus built on a time where war, diseases, and wut not were occuring and punk rock emerged from the shadows with that attitude '" we dont care, and your gonna live with it". Everyone wanted to have that attitude. it wus like joining gangs now, everyone wanted in. But trust me, out of this cold hopeless planet. Punk Rock Will Emerge Again.