(09-25-2018, 02:39 PM)Teddy Wrote:(09-25-2018, 07:27 AM)W13 Wrote: I know I'm getting old because I have playlists of songs from the late 90s and early 2000s ("The good old days" when music was good). <--- sign that I'm getting old!
So, sometimes I freak out that I'm getting old, and just download Vevo's top songs this week list into my phone. (I don't use Spotify).
I hate being in the car with my younger friends, and they pass me the AUX cord and all I got are my sappy R&B songs from the early 2000s. So just for those inevitabilities, I keep a folder of recent dance (club) songs and recent popular sing-along songs on my phone.
Now Playing: "If You're Gone" - Matchbox 20.
But do you really like that new stuff? As in, do you just listen to it to stay relevant, or is it because you do want to but it’s that you wouldn’t have the motivation to seek it out without your friends?
Personally I can get into it at a club or party or some sort of event, but I feel like I would be just as if not more excited to hear the older stuff I like start playing. I can’t really bring myself to listen to it otherwise.
-Teddy
A big part of it is to stay relevant. I mean, don't get me wrong: we've always had shitty music, even back in the "good old days" of music there was plenty of crap. We only keep playlists of the hits/favorites and have forgotten the trash. This selective memory is probably why the "good old days" sound so much better. Today, we're having to experience the whole unfiltered wall of music... and there's plenty of trash and a few gems too of course.
I remember in high school a kid wanted to be different and pretended to love 80s music and only listen to 80s songs. He'd often feel cool bringing up 80s bands and songs in front of teachers, and share in reminiscing with them. And one day, a teacher who had grown up listening to 80s music straight up said: "Hell no. 80s music was absolute trash. The 80s was the worst thing that ever happened to music. I'd pick even Britney Spears over anything from the 80s" and then proceeded to mention like 10 famous but crappy 80s bands the kid hadn't even heard of. It shut up him tho.