Something is missing in today's music - Page 3

Originally posted by: yer.a.fob

I think its just changing music trends, all the old school people are reminiscing olden times but things change people's tastes change..

Originally posted by: yer.a.fob

Its like this everywhere though, people always complain about the state of western music as well like how 90's rock bands were better or 90's music scene was so much better etc. People do tend to be condescending like my music taste is better than yours. Move on, enjoy what you enjoy and let others enjoy what they wanna enjoy.

oh, did not know anyone was doing any dharna preventing anyone from enjoying their music. bad, very bad of them, no?😉😛

and no, 90s western music also sucked. dont know why someone would think it was better than the 60s, 70s and some of the 80s music.😛 just my humble opinion, and it's not even as if i am from that era.😊

Originally posted by: yer.a.fob

Thats your opinion, 90's music scene was the best and I am a child of the 90's. Nirvana, Blind Melon, Radiohead, Tool, Soundgarden, Pennywise, NoFX, Nine Inch Nails, Portishead, Mazzy Star, Massive Attack, Smashing Pumpkins..etc etc the list is endless. I don't know much about mainstream music back then as i have blocked out any repressed childhood memories of Hanson, spice girls etc..

course it is. my opinion. what i said before.😛

just like my rock real, not alternative or punk. and it's not as if we are all from a much older era😆

Originally posted by: mermaid_QT

rejection of mediocrity is lacking 😉 thanks to "sab chalta hai"

But who is to blame? Isn't taste subjective? That was the demand then and this is now.

Originally posted by: Maya_M

But who is to blame? Isn't taste subjective? That was the demand then and this is now.

Us, the listeners and advancement of technology. We'll buy music that we will reject and not listen to even after say 6 months. In old days, the records LPs were expensive (relatively).

Media is so cheap now, that it doesn't pinch us to buy something that we perhaps won't listen to more than 15 times in life time.

As far as mediocrity such as Sajaya in Am Idol, I blame all doing such in the name of naional pride.. pride? it was rather embarassing for me..

Taste is indeed subjective. How many of the youngsters who actually adore some of these "so-called mediocre" songs listen to them over and over and over again? How many move on from one album to the next and forget the earlier release? If their taste is such that they found this kind of music appealing, why do they jump from one to another? Have they developed a taste? Is this really their taste? Or is life too fast to stick to one thing and hence moving on with what's available?

That brings us back to sab chaltaa hai.. just my opinion..
( i dont bash new just becos its new and i dont put everything old on a pedestal either.. i always compare majority hits and majority listeners of both times)

Originally posted by: Maya_M

But who is to blame? Isn't taste subjective? That was the demand then and this is now.

I agree fully to the bolded part.But not the second part.Past composers did not think of ONLY demand but also creativity. Its because now composers are composing, just keeping the demand in mind we are facing this. If, with the demand creative satisfaction could also be incorporated, then maybe we can see some change.

Originally posted by: yer.a.fob

I think its just changing music trends, all the old school people are reminiscing olden times but things change people's tastes change..

Originally posted by: apparaohoare

"Shooting that song was very interesting. Bombay Talkies is a big studio in Malad. It was empty. I started singing. But they said that the right effect was lacking, like the sound trailing from a far off distance… They made me stand in one corner and kept the mic in the centre…nearly 20 feet away. The initial lines of the song, Khamosh hai zamaana… I had to take one step at a time while singing the initial lines and by the time I reached the mic, the song would start. I have worked a lot on this song."

Thanks for the article Appada 😊 This quoted part is interesting.. It shows how the technicians, singers and MDs had taken great effort to bring in the real effect to the song.. Now that we have so many technical advantages, it is becoming easy for the MDs to bring the effect.. But the real effect is missing..

Originally posted by: Anu.Rad

Thanks for the article Appada 😊 This quoted part is interesting.. It shows how the technicians, singers and MDs had taken great effort to bring in the real effect to the song.. Now that we have so many technical advantages, it is becoming easy for the MDs to bring the effect.. But the real effect is missing..

I wouldnt say the effect is missing, maybe the creation of that effect is less natural. But technology has made available so many sounds today that weren't available back in the days. We need to look at that as a plus, not a negative.