How up are you on the music and musical artist, hot today?

free2beme

As I get older, I understand more the generation gap we always remembered being mentioned with our parents. I always thought I was on top of the music scene, as I used to run a music and video store in the late 80's. I thought it kept me on a path, that would keep me in the know of what was hot and what was not. In time though, I no longer had the time to listen to all the new artist and frankly I found it irritating to grow up enough to realize most new artist were either sampling songs from my teen years or just plan copying the songs and artist of my day with a new face attached. So as time went on, I found myself clicking over to the MTV Video Music Awards the other night to see what was up. Shortly in, I realized I have gotten so out of touch with today's music, that most of the artist I did know, where because they were around when I last cared. Not that I do not listen to the radio or have some knowledge, but for the most part I would say I am about 20% aware of an industry I used to be almost a good 75%-100% aware of. Is that the generation gap? When you young nephew ask you if you heard the new CD by someone, and you want to ask who they were and what they sing? Either way, anyone else experience this and start to realize what the term generation gap is really all about?

Spectre

I have found that I care less and less about new music. I have several hundred cd's and don't have the time to listen to all that I have. However, a lot of the younguns that I know don't care a thing for the new music out there. Punk-pop? talk about an oxymoron. Pop? there was a time that The Police, U2 and even Duran Duran ruled the charts, now we have an executives daughter that can't even lip-synch properly.

OpenFireGlass

most new artist were either sampling songs from my teen years or just plan copying the songs and artist of my day with a new face attached. So as time went on, I found myself clicking over to the MTV Video Music Awards the other night to see what was up

yeah... if your looking to MTV, all you're gonna get is commercialized top 40 crap...

If you really want to hear good music, you have to look at the underground (undiscoverd artist) scene.

Mike (of the NO generation gap class)

Arthur

Yeah, unfortunately, I'm beginning to realize that I am not up with many of the modern artists. I grew up listening to groups like The Smiths, The Cure, Erasure, and The Pet Shop Boys. Although, I do really like a lot of the modern bands. I still feel old when I bring up Robert Smith or Morrisey, and a sixteen year-old kid has no idea what I'm talking about.

JWdaughter

I thought Jessica Simpson just did a stupid tv newlywed show. Had NO idea she was an alleged entertainer otherwise. Still have never heard her (or her ex) sing. I know about Nelly Furtado, Sheryl Crow and last years country singers. Recently found out that my daughter listens to(but denies it) emo-which is depressing schlock about killing yourself from what I can gather. I know about Green Day(so yesterday according to my kids) My husband is still into the Rolling Stones and doesn't get it that MJ is the same age as his mother in law(exactly!). The most current that I am is that I listen to and like Dave Matthews--who is old school to me, but my nieces and nephews like him. Of course some of them are my age, so what do they know?? I am just grateful that my kids aren't into rap-mostly cause my husband rants about it alot. I'd rather listen to Michael Savage on ANY subject than my husband on *that* one. And thats saying something-I loathe Savage. Hmm. I guess I got kind of political there, but there you go!

Arthur

I'd rather listen to Michael Savage on ANY subject than my husband on *that* one. And thats saying something

Wow, that is saying something. I think I would rather French kiss Steven Hawking than to listen to Micheal Savage. But then again, that's saying something too, isn't it?

SirNose586

Not a bit. Though I am getting better at finding modern funk worth listening to, like Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings.

FlyingHighNow

Thanks to Clear Channel taking over most major radio stations, the music played on them is mostly sound alike, packaged like a happy meal, formula junk. I know very little about popular music except that it's very boring and unimaginative.

To discover new artists, I have to watch late night talk shows like Conan or Dave Letterman and listen to Little Steven's Underground Garage. Little Steven says he has many fans among young people who listen to 60's and 70's pop and rock. I listen to blues on NPR on Saturday nights as well.

A lot of teenagers hate the happy meal cookie cutter foo foo that's being fed to younger kids on a spoon. My grandsons, 5 and 10 love the Beatles and are really into Paul Revere and the Raiders and 60's bubble gum music. The ten year old plays Ma Belle Amie a lot lately. The five year old has been asking me to play Court of the Crimson King a lot. Last year he was big into Louis Armstrong and The Who. I try to steer them away from listening to only the popular today stuff.

LDH

download Ozomatli....'eva'

or Native Guns 'work it' and listen to the lyrics...it's not what you think.

I listen to 50% old skool everything and 50% new stuff.

Favorites:

Nightwish

DNA groove

Postal Service

Dir En Gray

Immortal Technique

and pretty much anything my 16-y.o. musician is into....she keeps me totally tuned in.

FlyingHighNow

Lisa, I haven't heard of any of those bands or artists. My kids were teens in the 1990's during grunge and alternative. We like Outkast and Robert Randolph. Outkast can be pretty funky and we love funk around these parts.

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