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Timothy said
Had a discussion today about music in general. I said music needs to get back to vocals and instruments. You either have a good voice and a good melody or you don’t. That’s why the Beatles music is so good – because they were. There was nowhere to hide, and they put themselves on full display. George spoke about modern music being computerise crap and he’s dead right. The other person didn’t agree of course, but these fake music fans aren’t all that bright. 

  

I’m sorry, but I completely disagree with this. You say that “music needs to get back to vocals and instruments” as if there is only one genre of music going at a time, or as if what is in the charts is the only music being released. There is plenty of music with a more traditional instrumental approach going today, just as there is plenty of electronic music or similar. Some of it is good, some of it is bad, but that line isn’t drawn across whether it has instruments or not. Just because something is made on a computer doesn’t mean it is bad. 

And I love George, but saying that modern music is “computerised crap” is an extremely ignorant and close minded outlook to have, and smacks of someone who makes no attempt to actually follow modern music. Based on the conversations I’ve had here, I would say I’m the BB member who follows new releases most closely, and I can honestly say that this is as exciting and original a time as any for music.

Also, I don’t know what that person’s arguments are, but calling them a fake music fan for not agreeing with what you said doesn’t seem fair at all.

I guess, but the songs on the Billboard charts aren’t the only music being released today. Plus, we now have the internet, so it’s cheaper and easier than ever to seek out new music unlike the past where you were limited to what the radio was playing and your local record shop was selling. 

The reason I linked that video was the point he makes about looking at pop music from the past, since we look at it in a vacuum. There was plenty of awful music coming out in the past that was really popular, it’s just that we don’t remember it because it wasn’t good enough to have any staying power. The result of that is that we look back on the 60s or 70s and only remember their very best music, so it’s easy to make the assumption that it was all like that back then. 

As for whether music is made on computers or not, I think it’s a matter of taste, but I agree with @ScarlettFieldsForever that it’s no different from say, the Bob Dylan fans who cried and yelled ‘Judas’ when he started using an electric guitar. 

Exactly. I think that The Beatles are pretty much the only time in the history of popular music when the biggest artist in the world also happened to be making the best music. Since then though, the situation has pretty much been the same: you have the majority of forgettable, commercial radio fodder dominating the charts, the occasional chart artist who makes music that will stand the test of time whilst also having hits (examples of this are anything from Bowie to New Order to Kanye West) and then all the underground or semi mainstream acts who usually tend to be making the most interesting music. 

vonbontee said

QuarryMan said

Exactly. I think that The Beatles are pretty much the only time in the history of popular music when the biggest artist in the world also happened to be making the best music. 

  

Well, PurplishRain and myself might be able to think of someone who hit that magical critical/creative/commercial crescendo for at least a year or so at the midpoint of the 80s! (Even though “Purple Rain ” the film was pretty rub and definitely no AHDN ) And there may be a few others who managed the feat for a year or so – U2? Kanye? I’m not gonna do research on sales figures or chart positions to find out.

But to stay at the absolute top of those critical/commercial mountains for YEARS at a time – yeah, that’s pretty unprecedented.

  

I should’ve clarified that I meant the undisputed biggest artist in the world, since while these artists were (and are) huge in their own right, they had a lot more serious competition for their position than The Beatles ever did.