Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:05:51 | 31 comments | 3 images
In 1978 people were complaining about how "today's music has no soul!" "I remember when music was GOOD!"
Why does this phenomenon persist when the very fact that people have said it every year for at least 50 years referring to music as "good" that someone was referring to as "having no soul" a decade earlier?
Do you just not take someone seriously who expresses an opinion like this?
Maybe it was original when Bob Seger wrote this song but somehow I doubt it.
I bet my Grandpa thought "Old Time Rock and Roll" was garbage in the 50s while he listened to classical music.
Why does this phenomenon persist when the very fact that people have said it every year for at least 50 years referring to music as "good" that someone was referring to as "having no soul" a decade earlier?
Do you just not take someone seriously who expresses an opinion like this?
Maybe it was original when Bob Seger wrote this song but somehow I doubt it.
I bet my Grandpa thought "Old Time Rock and Roll" was garbage in the 50s while he listened to classical music.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:07:08 No.125232118
>>125232098
Old people always have nostalgia for what they listened to when they were younger so they call everything modern trash
Old people always have nostalgia for what they listened to when they were younger so they call everything modern trash
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:08:33 No.125232137
>>125232098
It has been true since 1920
It has been true since 1920
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:11:03 No.125232160
>>125232098
Your grandpa is right, Music piked in the XIX century
Your grandpa is right, Music piked in the XIX century
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:14:45 No.125232204
>>125232098
this is the cringiest boomerish shit ever
this is the cringiest boomerish shit ever
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:27:41 No.125232333
>>125232098
Most music from the 70s sounds fucking awful because albums were cranked out to be played on AM radio. Boomers need to understand that no, we weren't there and we will never get "it" and never will.
Most music from the 70s sounds fucking awful because albums were cranked out to be played on AM radio. Boomers need to understand that no, we weren't there and we will never get "it" and never will.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:30:41 No.125232360
>>125232333
>Most music from the 70s sounds fucking awful because albums were cranked out to be played on AM radio. Boomers need to understand that no, we weren't there and we will never get "it" and never will.
post your favourite artists and albums so we can judge your tastes
>Most music from the 70s sounds fucking awful because albums were cranked out to be played on AM radio. Boomers need to understand that no, we weren't there and we will never get "it" and never will.
post your favourite artists and albums so we can judge your tastes
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:32:08 No.125232371
>>125232333
>we weren't there and we will never get "it" and never will
sounds like pre-2016 /mew/
EW!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58OnVq9B4O0
there's no coming back and that's a good thing
>we weren't there and we will never get "it" and never will
sounds like pre-2016 /mew/
EW!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58O
there's no coming back and that's a good thing
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:32:57 No.125232375
>>125232204
would
would
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:33:56 No.125232383
The real answer is that most people are unwilling to say they like something until enough time has passed that there seems to be a general consensus on it
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:34:25 No.125232385
>>125232360
Pet Sounds and Abbey Road are the best boomer albums.
Pet Sounds and Abbey Road are the best boomer albums.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:36:36 No.125232402
>>125232333
>Boomers need to understand that no, we weren't there and we will never get "it" and never will.
idgi. a tune like "Running With The Devil" is not at all hard to "get" (ie. is about wanting to escape your abusive shitty parents and make your own life/"find" yourself)
>Boomers need to understand that no, we weren't there and we will never get "it" and never will.
idgi. a tune like "Running With The Devil" is not at all hard to "get" (ie. is about wanting to escape your abusive shitty parents and make your own life/"find" yourself)
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:36:55 No.125232404
>>125232333
Some of the best sounding music ever made is from the 70s up until digital 80s slop and subsequently the loudness war ruined everything
Some of the best sounding music ever made is from the 70s up until digital 80s slop and subsequently the loudness war ruined everything
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:39:30 No.125232425
>>125232404
Yes and those albums were made by autists like George Martin. They were recorded well. I'm not saying that all 70s music is bad, only 99% kek.
Yes and those albums were made by autists like George Martin. They were recorded well. I'm not saying that all 70s music is bad, only 99% kek.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:39:50 No.125232431
>>125232402
Yeh but it probably made more sense for boomers seeing as to how Millenials live in their mom's basement at 35 and fap to hentai pornz as their mom brings them tendies.
Yeh but it probably made more sense for boomers seeing as to how Millenials live in their mom's basement at 35 and fap to hentai pornz as their mom brings them tendies.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:40:55 No.125232438
>>125232425
>I'm not saying that all 70s music is bad, only 99% kek
list some 70s albums you consider "bad." specific examples. i'm genuinely curious.
>I'm not saying that all 70s music is bad, only 99% kek
list some 70s albums you consider "bad." specific examples. i'm genuinely curious.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:47:33 No.125232542
Won't find me disputing that Bob Seger was only good in his youthful Detroit rocker days and his post-74 output is lame.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:53:33 No.125232616
>>125232438
Styx, Foreigner, Journey, Boston, Kansas, Toto, Supertramp, Cheap Trick, Chicago.
Styx, Foreigner, Journey, Boston, Kansas, Toto, Supertramp, Cheap Trick, Chicago.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:59:53 No.125232696
>>125232402
what i'm saying is, and maybe i wasn't entirely clear on it, was that the power pop-y kind of boomer albums like PS and Abbey Road have held up better, at least in the sense that they're more in tune with this generation's aesthetic sense (ie. more chill and feminine) whereas all the boomer hard rock/cockrock/statutory rape stuff like Zeppelin and Van Halen is not.
what i'm saying is, and maybe i wasn't entirely clear on it, was that the power pop-y kind of boomer albums like PS and Abbey Road have held up better, at least in the sense that they're more in tune with this generation's aesthetic sense (ie. more chill and feminine) whereas all the boomer hard rock/cockrock/statutory rape stuff like Zeppelin and Van Halen is not.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)15:02:57 No.125232732
>>125232616
Who in god's name likes those bands? Nobody likes them. Not even Cuckgau likes them. Those bands were like the Pat Boone of 70s rock. They were for dorky kids who found the Stones and Zeppelin too macho.
Who in god's name likes those bands? Nobody likes them. Not even Cuckgau likes them. Those bands were like the Pat Boone of 70s rock. They were for dorky kids who found the Stones and Zeppelin too macho.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)15:06:54 No.125232786
>>125232696
Nah, you wouldn't get it. Too woke and gay. Phonk or gay anal buttsex asmr suits you much better.
Nah, you wouldn't get it. Too woke and gay. Phonk or gay anal buttsex asmr suits you much better.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)15:12:10 No.125232857
>>125232732
Meatloaf's Bat out of Hell was the top selling album in the 70s. Turn on any classic rock station and you'll hear non stop Journey songs.
Meatloaf's Bat out of Hell was the top selling album in the 70s. Turn on any classic rock station and you'll hear non stop Journey songs.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)15:13:44 No.125232875
>>125232857
i mean, Perry Como and Pat Boone got a lot of airplay in the '50s too. just sayin' is all.
i mean, Perry Como and Pat Boone got a lot of airplay in the '50s too. just sayin' is all.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)18:49:35 No.125234828
the song was a dig at disco
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)19:01:18 No.125234929
>>125232098
They were right. Most mainstream American music in the 70s was boring and cheesy. The idea behind punk and new wave was to bring back short, catchy, and exciting songs like what you had in the 50s and 60s. It’s funny to think of punk as a reactionary movement, but it was in a sense.
They were right. Most mainstream American music in the 70s was boring and cheesy. The idea behind punk and new wave was to bring back short, catchy, and exciting songs like what you had in the 50s and 60s. It’s funny to think of punk as a reactionary movement, but it was in a sense.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)19:12:54 No.125235001
Bob Seger is not a good example of bad 70s music music. There is so much worse stuff out there and he has some decent tunes.
Compare:
https://youtu.be/t9G6Ec1DDlc?si=LndDpCHd_sGBJ_e6
https://youtu.be/1iUUmS_lBnU?si=RZMTL9Bkys9rxI5Z
To this shit:
https://youtu.be/5m3q7M5zFwM?si=ZIRYD78AlWv93rm9
https://youtu.be/rMMXoCuwcOM?si=nGL2R9w9CNveycUL
Compare:
https://youtu.be/t9G6Ec1DDlc?si=Lnd
https://youtu.be/1iUUmS_lBnU?si=RZM
To this shit:
https://youtu.be/5m3q7M5zFwM?si=ZIR
https://youtu.be/rMMXoCuwcOM?si=nGL
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)19:21:43 No.125235066
Against The Wind [RCA Victor, 1980]
Slow songs about love alternate with medium-rocking songs about sex. Title, single, and concept--slow song about the futility of life, just in case you think he's "sold out" or somesuch. C
Slow songs about love alternate with medium-rocking songs about sex. Title, single, and concept--slow song about the futility of life, just in case you think he's "sold out" or somesuch. C
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)19:24:34 No.125235089
>>125235001
>https://youtu.be/1iUUmS_lBnU?si=RZMTL9Bkys9rxI5Z
how does this drab Springsteen rip have 61m views?
>https://youtu.be/1iUUmS_lBnU?si=RZ
how does this drab Springsteen rip have 61m views?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)19:37:05 No.125235216
>>125235089
He's just Piano Springsteen yeah, but the rest of 70s rock is just so shite in comparison that even the most dementia addled boomer would prefer it AC/DC, The Who, or T-Rex. I would hope, at least.
He's just Piano Springsteen yeah, but the rest of 70s rock is just so shite in comparison that even the most dementia addled boomer would prefer it AC/DC, The Who, or T-Rex. I would hope, at least.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)19:46:28 No.125235308
>>125234929
>The idea behind punk and new wave was to bring back short, catchy, and exciting songs like what you had in the 50s and 60s. It’s funny to think of punk as a reactionary movement, but it was in a sense.
This is a good point. It also explains why 50s nostalgia was so rampant in the 80s.
>The idea behind punk and new wave was to bring back short, catchy, and exciting songs like what you had in the 50s and 60s. It’s funny to think of punk as a reactionary movement, but it was in a sense.
This is a good point. It also explains why 50s nostalgia was so rampant in the 80s.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)20:17:15 No.125235530
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)20:20:38 No.125235561
>>125235530
>it's a song that makes Africa sound like a Disney movie
my uncle was in UN peacekeeping force in the DRC and he still has PTSD from the stuff he saw nogs do there. it's unreal.
>it's a song that makes Africa sound like a Disney movie
my uncle was in UN peacekeeping force in the DRC and he still has PTSD from the stuff he saw nogs do there. it's unreal.