Comments on: I Hate New Music

By: Yadgyu

Yadgyu — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:07:00 +0000

The best music is on the radio. If it was not good, it would not be on the radio. I think it is time for us to appreciate free FM and AM radio. I swear, Americans are so spoiled and do not even realize it.

By: David Peris

David Peris — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:42:16 +0000

Love or hate new music, we live in a time of the celestial jukebox! With digital services such as Rhapsody, you can listen to 95% of the catalog of recorded music for a very small price… quite amazing. Hook up to your Hi-Fi with a system such as Sonos and get away from the screen.

Accessibility to the past may actually be more exciting than the future.

By: Ulf

Ulf — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:16:58 +0000

Only the really good stuff from the States made it to Sweden where I grew up. And the ‘good stuff’ would probably fit in Jelo’s clasp purse.

Why does it appear that all the really good, lasting music came from Britain?

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:41:53 +0000

I agree with Marty and Brett. This is a wonderful age of new music, but only if you’re following the Internet blogs and official artist websites. For anyone searching the radio dial, it must feel like a wasteland of dreck and reruns. But, like other aspects of our society, the multitude of choices means that we don’t have 1 or 2 great bands we’ve all heard of and more-or-less agree on as great artists.

Not to mention that there are “old” artists still making good/great music, but because they are so established, they get little attention online (except from their hardcore base) and zero attention on the radio because *new* music by *classic rock* artists just doesn’t fit any of the predefined genre stations. I’m thinking of David Bowie (the terrific album Heathen was well reviewed but quickly overlooked), The Cure, and even slightly newer bands like Nine Inch Nails (with about 5 new albums this year) and others.

By: marty

marty — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:59:57 +0000

I think Grace Potter and Ani Difranco are two of many examples of great music out there today. Why can’t we accept the great artists without comparing them to music of the past? I love Rush, the Who along with the Beatles. But I like Coldplay and Dave Matthews. The Clash is fantastic but I love Radiohead too. Eddie Vedder would have fit in to any generation.