Is it wrong to not like songs from my generation?

[CountryGirl]

Hi, I'm 17 years old and most people my age listen to new music like the Black Eyed Peas, ##### Cat Dolls, Fall Out Boy, etc. Problem is, I can't stand this music. I've forced myself to listen to the hit music channels, but after a while it just gets too much. No, I'm not an "emo" or anything, I just don't like how the music is going lately.

So what do I listen to? Well, a lot. Some 90's, 60's, rock like U2, Chili Peppers, Coldplay, Dave Matthews, and as my name suggests, country. I'm not saying I hate every single song from the past couple of years, there's just a lot that I can't stand. I'm not trying to see if crazy or not (though I probably am :D , I'm just curious to see if there are any teenagers who think the same. (No offense to people who like the singers I listed in the first paragraph.)

[rooster]

i think the reason you don't like it is becuase well, it pretty much sucks. there nothing to it, its mindless crap. i don't wish my girlfriend was hott(yeah two t's cuz thats apparently how it's spelled now) like you, and i don't care about your humps. they are very few mainstream artists now-a-days that actually make "good" music.

(this is my opinion and does not reflect the views of others)

[MellowTone41]

Hi, I'm 17 years old and most people my age listen to new music like the Black Eyed Peas, ##### Cat Dolls, Fall Out Boy, etc. Problem is, I can't stand this music. I've forced myself to listen to the hit music channels, but after a while it just gets too much. No, I'm not an "emo" or anything, I just don't like how the music is going lately.

So what do I listen to? Well, a lot. Some 90's, 60's, rock like U2, Chili Peppers, Coldplay, Dave Matthews, and as my name suggests, country. I'm not saying I hate every single song from the past couple of years, there's just a lot that I can't stand. I'm not trying to see if crazy or not (though I probably am :D , I'm just curious to see if there are any teenagers who think the same. (No offense to people who like the singers I listed in the first paragraph.)
Isn't emo mainstream now?

The best way to find new music is to branch off from the bands you already like. Find the bands that open for bands you already like and see if you like them. DMB has plenty of great acts open for them (Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Umphrey's McGee, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Carbon Leaf, etc). Also, join fan sights and message boards for bands that you already like and you'll find lots of great suggestions.

[Nader172]

Man, I'm fourteen and I dislike a lot of new music. I listen to U2 and that's probably as new as it gets.

Nate

[Wrekognized]

"EMO" is getting more and more into the mainstream game now. Use www.pandora.com to find what you like.

[Nader172]

Yeah, Pandora is the greatest. I've tried telling other iLoungers to try it out but a lot of people reject it. Try Pandora, I added tons of songs onto my iPod because of it.

Nate

[Kristiano]

If you allow society to dictate what you listen to, you're a goon.
There's nothing wrong about listening to mainstream but if you listen to it because it is mainstream you thereby become a muppet.

You're listening to good ####, so there ain't a problem there.

[CountryGirl]

Thanks, that IS an awesome website! I've found a lot of artists that I've started to like. All of y'alls suggestions are great!

[mjmoonwalker]

I use last.fm instead. I find it to be more comprehensive because it actually looks at what you listen to usually.

[Amelie]

Hmm, can I count as a teenager? I've officially left the teen off, since I turned twenty last year, but I look and feel the same.:D
But my top played artists are alternative bands from the 90's and rock from the 60's and 70's. I don't think it's all that uncommon. Many teenagers have come to the realization that that good new music is hard to come by.

[carbonated_h2o]

I like to listen to todays pop for when I want mindless entertainment.

[Brent98]

I only occaisionally find a newer song I like, but then again, I dont know if you could call me part of this generation. Im 22 so I consider myself more of a child of the 90s, and Im still listening to the same songs I loved when I was in middle school (1995-98), mostly gangsta rap and metal from the era.

[Sypher]

Well, I'm happy to say that I don't listen to music like The ##### Cat dolls either. But lots of indie stuff is good, and hip hop, and electronica - so you can listen to music of this generation without listening to commercial crap

[mnhnhyouh]

Not listening to todays music because it is todays music is as bad as listening to todays music because it *is* todays music.

True, much of the music produced today is crap. That was true 10 years ago, and 20 years ago, and 30 years ago, and if you heard some of the #### produced 40 and 50 years ago you would start to assume it is some kind of pattern.

You would be right.

But there is good music being produced today, as there was then. It is just harder to find from today. Most crap music from yesteryear is not played anymore, and only the better stuff is. Todays good music is still drowning in todays crap.

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pandora.com is good, and it is how I find most of my new music :)

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[Doc Evils]

I like the Laffy Taffy :(










:D

[CountryGirl]

Thanks everybody! Now I know it's not just me who thinks this music is crap. I've looked into yalls suggestions and they really are good! I also just got an XM radio so that has helped so much, it's 100000 times better than regular radio. And Doc, I feel sorry for you, lol, just kidding :)

[paranoidxe]

today's music is basically RAP..there is little to no variety. So its easy to see why you don't like your generations music. I myself like EVERYTHING, I'm not ashamed to say it..from britney spears to disturbed..I'm pretty open to any music.

[squashed]

I like that purple dino song. Is it so wrong?

[ipodphoto30]

I like a lot of songs from today, but most of the time in the car I listen to the radio with my parents of 80's and 90's soft rock. Personally a lot of mainstream around where I go to school is hip hop. I have respect for it as if it's any other genre of music that has it's pride, but I cannot stand it too long. Otherwise I just pull out my iPod and listen to my own songs. So I guess I'm saying that it's more of genre that I prefer here.

[Brent98]

today's music is basically RAP..there is little to no variety. So its easy to see why you don't like your generations music. I myself like EVERYTHING, I'm not ashamed to say it..from britney spears to disturbed..I'm pretty open to any music.

Yea, a good song is a good song regardless of what genre it is roped into. Lately Ive been listening to alot of 70s music (all of it disco, rock, funk, country and more) and Ive been listening to Medieval Gregorian Chant.

[papayaninja]

There is plenty of good music today, it's just not played on the radio or MTV (with some exceptions). I think most of the Loungers have pretty good taste and eclectic taste as well. The time doesn't matter so long as the music is something you like. If people like emo or whatever, fine, it's none of my business. I may recommend some good music, but otherwise, why should I care? Listen to stuff you like.

[neb]

Music can be classed 'good' in a matter of days. But the music from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s has had time to build a legacy - and that's the difference.

If you fast forward 20 years, then the kids of tomorrow will be listening to today's music with the same sentiments. But, by that time the legend has grown and artists like Gnarls Barkley (for e.g.) will be considered uber cool and ground-breaking for their time.

[antiditz]

Is it wrong to not like songs from my generation?

No. There's no such thing as right or wrong when it comes to music. Feel free to like whomever you please. If listening to what the suits tell you to is what you like to do, fine, whatever floats your boat. But if you're okay with expressing your individuality and exploring and developing your own tastes, more power to you. You are officially not a lemming.

[teh-cut]

No it's normal. Growing up I listened of a ton of different rock in the 90's and it feels to me like alot of the mainstream rock out now is horrid compared to even that of 10 years ago.

The stuff that sells now is mindless stuff marketed to 14 year old girls. If it isn't that then it isn't played or marketed. Its all the same pop stuff. Rap is in the same funk. There is some great hip hop out there today but you have to wade through all the pop music masquerading as "rap" to find it. It is never heard on the radio or mtv because it isn't either a mindless r/b song or a rap 'club" song. Luckily I know my rap so good hip hop is something I can find but I can not yet do the same for rock though I've been trying.

It seems to me like nobody is making music that expresses themself, has some soul, and tells a story but instead they robotically plug in a formula to make a few hit songs for the radio and plug them into a record.

I can't say i blame them, the latter will make millions, the first one will make you nothing.

[tli2k]

im 16 and i cant stand rap and stuff like black eyed peas
gotta go old school

[pohatu771]

I'm 16, and the only artists I like that are playing today aren't exactly new- U2, Barenaked Ladies, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson...

I think any other "new" artists are influenced so much by older artists that they don't feel new- like Shooter Jennings, who sounds so much like Waylon it's not even funny.

Other artists I like but they're miles away from "mainstream"- like Eldar Djangirov.

I also find anyone who calls older music "old school" hard to trust.

[iPodGeneration]

Same here. I'm 14 and I only listen to old stuff like U2 (but to be honest, even though my mom listened to them, that Vertigo song of theirs got me *hooked*), Bruce Springsteen (because of my dad <333), Peggy Lee (a jazz singer from the 50s, highly overlooked) some reggae (because of my parents), stuff from the 90s and mainly foreign music, because that's what appeals to me.

But that's just a summary. I listen to a *lot* of different things.

I HATE rap, though. I avoid it like the plague.


It seems to me like nobody is making music that expresses themself, has some soul, and tells a story but instead they robotically plug in a formula to make a few hit songs for the radio and plug them into a record.

I completely agree.

[bobb-mini]

It seems to me like nobody is making music that expresses themself, has some soul, and tells a story but instead they robotically plug in a formula to make a few hit songs for the radio and plug them into a record.
And where are Backstreet Boys now? Totally manufactured. No soul.

Check out the new Dixie Chic's single Not Read to Make Nice. It suggests their rebel stance and not kiss-up to your stereo-typical Country crowd. Great voices, with soul, and gorgeous looking to match. They should move to NY and heck with Texas.

[Derek McNelly]

I can't see how there's anything wrong with that.

I mean, if it's in my collection, it's either 15+ years old (usually at least 25) or it's really, REALLY bizarre.

[duffy8245]

the genre of this decade is hip hop. i think it's pathetic because every song sounds the same, and the beats can be two notes and its a hit. rock bands play real instruments and have real talent and aren't credit with an eighth of what today's rappers get. i do like some rap music but that's only about two or three songs, my sister is in love with it and i don't get why. yeah today's pop is terrible, i hate how pop "bands" try to say that they are rockers, and its pathetic how many songs have a short lived heyday and then are never played again. at least that's how it is for my sister; she listens to her "favorite" song for about a week and then its a complete waste of a dollar.

and fall out boy is pathetic

[mistershow1]

Nah, your taste is your taste...that's the long and short of it....and if you're worried what people will think of that...well you can just stop worrying.

[bobb-mini]

But NEVER, EVER admit u listen to Barry Manilow :D

[RenePerezz]

I hate most new music around too! Im into 2Pac and the Beatles. old school stuff!

[Amelie]

Check out the new Dixie Chic's single Not Read to Make Nice. It suggests their rebel stance and not kiss-up to your stereo-typical Country crowd. Great voices, with soul, and gorgeous looking to match. They should move to NY and heck with Texas.

How are they rebels? Their political views are more than mainstream among celebrities and popular artists. It amuses me when some celeb has the arrogance and nerve to pretend that it's not. (And apparently, even the biased media plays along--I just saw a online 60 minutes article :shudders: ).The problem with DC is, they do it even less intelligently, than say...even Ben Affleck. :p

[VipFREAK]

Hay... I don't blame you for not liking the current Crap. Country... I hate that stuff.

[skruggie]

>>But NEVER, EVER admit u listen to Barry Manilow <<

Ummm...why not?

[btlaxripper]

Hi, I'm 17 years old and most people my age listen to new music like the Black Eyed Peas, ##### Cat Dolls, Fall Out Boy, etc. Problem is, I can't stand this music. I've forced myself to listen to the hit music channels, but after a while it just gets too much. No, I'm not an "emo" or anything, I just don't like how the music is going lately.

So what do I listen to? Well, a lot. Some 90's, 60's, rock like U2, Chili Peppers, Coldplay, Dave Matthews, and as my name suggests, country. I'm not saying I hate every single song from the past couple of years, there's just a lot that I can't stand. I'm not trying to see if crazy or not (though I probably am :D , I'm just curious to see if there are any teenagers who think the same. (No offense to people who like the singers I listed in the first paragraph.)

I couldn't agree with you more.

PCD is a poor excuse for music, along with Lil' Jon, 50 Cent, and Black Eyed Peas.

U2 is fantastic, U2 and Chili Peppers are great. And I love Coldplay and DMB.

You should try some Jack Johnson, Beatles, O.A.R., and Jack's Mannequin. Good stuff.

[CoronaMan]

I'm 20, and most of the music I listen to is recent..

About 95% of my collection is from the 90s until now, which I consider recent. I got the essentials, like Zeppelin, and Hendrix, but for the most part.. I like to stick with Alternative & Hip Hop.

(And by that, I don't mean 50 Cent & Fall Out Boy..)

[bdb]

I'm 47 and I almost exclusively listen to music from the past couple of years! There has been some truely amazing music coming from independent labels. I'm constantly discovering new, great stuff. The guys my age just call it "that wierd music that you listen to". :)

They still listen to the stuff we listened to in high school. Granted, 70s music was awesome, but after 30 years I'm ready for something new!

[musicinsanity]

i'm 18 soon 19

i have recent music but not really mainstream, there's probably 5% mainstream on my ipod. most are indie/alt/electronic etc...

i love old music, expecially from the 80's, synth-wave pop i adore and i have most of that on my ipod, plus alot of the pixies old stuff, R.E.M, the cure, red hot chilli peppers, NIN old stuff etc...

so your not alone

[Phillyzero]

Well I'm also a 17 year old teen, and I can say that I really dislike 'most' of the music of today (with exception of 'some' of the rockers that aren't pure commericial alt metal rock)...I also like music mostly from Beatles-era to mid 90s straight ahead rock + breakthrough grunge. It just seems that most of the mainstream rap/hip-hop are so redundant and lyrically weak....it's like the pointlessness of hair metal without the cool riffing and fun. :shake:

[mrdantownsend]

very few, and i mean VERY FEW new artists are decent. There is an extremely small margain of artists who are good who just started out in the '00's.

[antiditz]

^ dan, i think you should amend that to 'VERY FEW mainstream artists are decent.' It's no revelation that modern radio just stinks, but as bdb said a few posts up-thread, there has been some great stuff on the indie scene of late. And it keeps comin'.

[John431985]

While I think that their are good solid albums out now, music of the past was much more interesting. Everyone here says that they like U2, and I have to agree because they are one of my favorite band ever.

Country, you should listen to Hotel California by the Eagles (if you haven't already)

[NiTRO]

While somebody might like a predominance of music from a certain generation, there is just too much music available to make such a blanket statement. Just because the commercial airwaves are flooded with pop, hip-hop and one-hit wonders doesn't mean that there aren't truck-loads of good music out there from all genres. You just have to dig a bit deeper and not accept what is being spoon-fed to the public by the major labels and big $$$ commercial media.

I think the music of today is as inspired as ever but you're not going to find it on Mtv. Look toward independent labels and culture. There's great rock, metal, folk, world music, hip-hop, country, dance and music from virtually every genre that will suit anybody's taste. Contrary to popular belief, indie music isn't necessarily eclectic and 'out there' in nature. It's just largely undiscovered music that is represented by independently owned companies.

[Amelie]

You just have to dig a bit deeper and not accept what is being spoon-fed to the public by the major labels and big $$$ commercial media.
That's very true. That's what I say to anyone searching for new music. Instead of just listening to the radio or MTV, they should go on music forums, check out sites and get recommendations from others.

[lightintodark]

Not at all. You should listen to whatever makes you happy. During every "generation", there has been as much crap music as there was good music. If not more. Just listen to and discover music that will bring you joy. Me, I just recently discovered the awsomeness of Pink Floyd. They're not from my generation, but their music makes me happy. That's what's important.

[knackroller]

Well u DO listen to Coldplay etc, so you're pretty "up to date". I do enjoy a lot of "oldies" like Beatles, Who, Pink Floyd etc. Branch out your listening, constantly look for "new" music to listen. "new" music is what is new to you, it doesn't matter if it was released 100 years ago, if you've never heard it before, it's new!

[musiclover92]

Where i live, they still have a classic rock station, 96.9 BOB, there is a good rock station that is a little older, but the popular music station plays just hip hop and i don't think many of my friends even have seen a led zeppelin album in their life