What music defined the 2000's?

[darkwinterbeast8]

Black metal officially became a trend in music school. Split in every way possible. Symphonic and saturated or fusing with everything from indie rock to american hardcore.

Still can't find Black Metal musicians as music teachers unless one lives in Norway.

[MasterOfAwsum]

What music defined the 2000s... Well there's Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Rebecca Black, Katy Perry, Lil Wayne, Drake, Kanye...

Oh, you meant good music? Well I'd say System of a Down, Avenged Sevenfold, and a few Disturbed songs. It was also a good year for underground metal that no one else has heard of (I Am Ghost, Ekotren, etc). Sadly, though, a lot of this new screamo music sounds mostly the same...

[RuseBalaxin]

Outside of pure commercial music which has since loaded up the charts
with catchy pop hits, 2000 was essentially the age of up and coming indie rock mingled with pre-established groups steeped in heavy, melodramatic or atmospheric "mood" rock. Currently known as "Alternative."

A Perfect Circle, Incubus and Coldplay alongside lesser known acts such as Ashes Divide, Broken Iris and Rishloo all emerged within this time frame.
Each group maintained similarities of complex musical compositions fused
with emotional depth, bordering on progressive rock. Make no mistake,
there is an audience in this era for serious music that goes beyond
the local billboard top ten.

Without a doubt, the real musical movements from 2000 was scarcely heard
on the radio but rather one had to go searching for these self-financed, underground indie bands alone.

[Nirvaniac]

Seven Nation Army

[Rocket2Russia]

Seven Nation Army

so the 2000s were a dumbed-down re-tread of re-treads of blues music originally used to subvert and resist oppression and now used to get white people to think they're culturally diverse?

[*Josie*]

Oversimplified... I'd say 80's was about having fun, 90's was depressing and 2000s was 'poor me'.

[Witticus]

90s were about diversity, look at the sheer amount of bands that had huge hits ranging from Swing Music like Cherry Popping Daddy, to ska like Reel Big Fish, to Electronic Country like Cotton Eye Joe by Rednex (or however you spell it)

00s got angry with certain events and changes that started in 2001 as the music industry began losing the battle to digital downloads.

10s seem to be on a track of underground artists emerging like never before since putting your music out for all the world to see is easier than its ever been.

[darkwinterbeast8]

The VH1 "Best" Songs of the 2000's could be made into a drinking game based on the amount of times the people talking about those songs would use terms like "Game Changer" or "When this song played in the club, all the ladies would hit the dance floor" or "If you didn't like that song you have no soul", not to mention all of the times a song would either be from 2000-2004, have Jay-Z or Beyonce associated with it, or received praise for it's music video (which was rather bland). At least their 90's and 80's ones did have a bit of variety in terms of what could be said about the song.

If one did make a drinking game out of that show, they'd need a stomach pump by the start of Hour 5.

[Beavers]

I cannot help but wonder... does 2010 music count? It's always been that music eras were sorted by decades, but we still just call music 2000 era music. Is it too soon or something?

Well, anyway, as far as Mainstream Music goes, 90s was decent, 2000 was where things started to go down hill, and so far 2010 era's mainstream music? Garbage. Complete garbage.

As far as Indie music goes, it wasn't about cliched topics like love or partying, it was usually more topical settings. Songs that talk about America, Politics, and such. ...I don't know enough about indy rock to say much more.

[darkwinterbeast8]

I cannot help but wonder... does 2010 music count? It's always been that music eras were sorted by decades, but we still just call music 2000 era music. Is it too soon or something?

I'd say that 2010 to now is the 2010's and the 2000's (or Y2K decade) was from 2000 to 2009 (Not that 2009 and 2010 are that much different. As for it too soon or not, some people STILL think that it's too early for 90's retro to make a return.

Well, anyway, as far as Mainstream Music goes, 90s was decent, 2000 was where things started to go down hill, and so far 2010 era's mainstream music? Garbage. Complete garbage.

It would seem like that but the reality is that there was audio fecal matter every decade. Nostalgia filters out the putrid stuff in time.

As far as Indie music goes, it wasn't about cliched topics like love or partying, it was usually more topical settings. Songs that talk about America, Politics, and such. ...I don't know enough about indy rock to say much more.

This seems true for any style of music that isn't solely about record sales whether it's punk, prog., jazz, metal, electronic, etc.