Music is in a bad way...

[Paradoxicles]

It sounds like some people need a does of Coheed and Cambria.

Coheed is a carbon copy of no band. Their concept alone makes them original, but their music is just outstanding.

Give them a listen. If you don't like them, then they're just not for you. They're a very acquired taste.

Spoiler: Some songs that got me into Coheed

I realize that not many people(if any) will watch these videos. Do yourselves a favor and at least watch the first and last. If you're looking for some good, original music, this is a great place to start.

I liked the first one until the guy started singing. That kind of ruined it. And, I don't understand when you say "their concept alone makes them original."

You should check out The Amory Wars: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amory_Wars

This is what he meant when he said "their concept alone makes them original."

OT: Coheed and Cambria, Flight of the Conchords, and In This Moment are among my favorites from this current decade, and I highly recommend them all.

Also, Jonathan Coulton.

 

[VicunaBlue]

I gave up on radio years ago. You should too. For good music, look no further than my recent thread.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.226972-I-Love-Techno?page=1

With the exception of college radio. I learned about some of my favorite bands from the obscure selection they play.


To the OP: Pop isn't the only music out there. As much as I hate to sound like a hipster, find some underground stuff. Or try to find the local scene for whatever genre you're into.

 

[WestMountain]

The 00s is in my opinion made for ambient/calm techno musicians like Brian Eno and The XX.

 

[-Samurai-]

I like falsettos, like Boston and Queen, but only if they're extremely clean and precise.

I see what you mean.

Claudio is still kinda working on his voice. They've been around since 1995(but their first album was in 2002, which is why I added them to this thread), but he hasn't really perfected his voice yet. He has come a long way, but still has a way to go.

At least you gave it a listen. That's commendable. It's not often someone is willing to give something different a try.

 

[MBergman]

I'd mention the Dropkick Murphy's. I know they were formed in like, 96' but they did not really break through til the 00's.


*Edit, better sound in that one.

 

[notsosavagemessiah]

you may hate the new school, but bear in mind that all "classic" music was hated in it's day. What you hate now will one day be considered "classic", so it's best to find that which you like and stick with it to the end. Nobody said you have to change your tastes to fit the times. Anybody that does so is a fool, and does not hold true to the values and morals of their age.


also, i'm pretty drunk, so to everybody else i simply say, "FUCK YOU! LET ME EAT MY LIFE CEREAL!"

 

[Gxas]

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I like pop-punk. All the other "influential" music out there really doesn't have a positive effect on me.

As a matter of fact, every single one of those bands you listed are terrible, in my opinion.

It all comes down to what you like. I don't like any of the shit played on the radio nowadays, so I won't listen to it. I don't like anything played at bars/bowling alleys/clubs/etc. so I don't bother with them if I can help it.

 

[Berethond]

I like falsettos, like Boston and Queen, but only if they're extremely clean and precise.

I see what you mean.

Claudio is still kinda working on his voice. They've been around since 1995(but their first album was in 2002, which is why I added them to this thread), but he hasn't really perfected his voice yet. He has come a long way, but still has a way to go.

At least you gave it a listen. That's commendable. It's not often someone is willing to give something different a try.

I see. I'm sure he'll improve a lot, it's a very difficult style to do well.

If you're willing to try something new, listen to <url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mkZqMWp7Xo&feature=related>this. It's awesome

 

[Jack_Uzi]

I stopped listening to popular music in the late '90s because I realy couldn't take most of it anymore. Since then I realy have no clue about what's in the charts or the songs/artists that are well known till this day. I don't mind, because there is enough music made to listen to.
So I can't cheer you up from that perspective, but knowing there is enough good music to still listen to, might.

 

[Verlander]

You may not like them, but the music is going to become pretty timeless--some artists from the noughties (whose careers have been almost completely in the noughties):

Eminem
Britney Spears
Coldplay
Lady Gaga
Lily Allen
Jay Z
The Killers
Paramore
System of a Down
White Stripes
Queens of the Stone Age
The Strokes
The Libertines
Slipknot

There were loads, but they wont look big until years later. And you didn't include Deep Purple on your list, so therefore I win.

 

[Dexiro]

The music you listed had a big cultural impact because it marked an era when teenagers were finally given a chance to define themselves. And in the decades after those new styles of music developed into what we have today.

I think those genres have gone a little stale now though. And this generations teenagers are either emo or have some crazy neon coloured metrosexual thing going on. It's a turn for the worst since a good chunk of the music industry is following them, pumping out samey emotionless songs about drinking, drugs, and ending relationships.

Rock/metal has died out a little, and mainstream music has been replaced by trash, it's easy to assume music's going to hell completely.

There's still a few gems out there though, and a lot of other great genres. I think classical and electronic music are doing really well at the moment, they're just not that popular yet.

 

[Bruin]

I see. I'm sure he'll improve a lot, it's a very difficult style to do well.

If you're willing to try something new, listen to <url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mkZqMWp7Xo&feature=related>this. It's awesome

He did a different version of it, he didn't make the music. Miles Davis did the original if I'm not mistaken.

 

[instantbenz]

Now, more than ever before radio doesn't have a strangle hold on our listening pleasure whilst in a vehicle.

It's sad but single bands aren't really making all hits anymore ... and by hits I mean songs that aren't autotuned and/or deal directly with subject matter frequently in r&b or hiphop.

The tunes in my car are largely progressive bands (a good chunk is Coheed & Cambria).

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

When the industry is getting as screwed over as it is by things like piracy, it is a lot easier to autotune a flavour of the month pop song and earn quick bucks, rather than slave over decent music and just have it torrented.

As someone else has said, look deeper in to any genre and you'll find some good things. Then again, I can't talk, a lot of my music is quite obscure, or at least I think they are...bands like Poets of the Fall and Machinae Supremacy aren't too popular.

 

[-Samurai-]

If you're willing to try something new, listen to <url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mkZqMWp7Xo&feature=related>this. It's awesome

It was indeed pretty good. Around 4:30 it really started to kick off, but had to end

 

[unoleian]

Here is a list of people, from pretty much every major contemporary genre (metal, rap, indie, electronica), who have had massive critical acclaim and a decent amount of commercial success.

-tragic snip of great list-

All of them have put out albums that I would consider great, easily comparable to the best records of any other decade. In fact, I think its been one of the most musically diverse decades we have had so far, with everything from Sunn O)))'s droning doom metal to the Hold Steady's hyper lyrical hard rock to classically influenced post-rock band's like Sigur Ros and beautifully intimate folk like Iron and Wine.

I approve of that list. Excellent mentions spanning several genres. And, I agree, this is one of the most diverse periods in music, ever. So much is coming out with sounds that may have been heard before, yet there's also so much diversion from the norm into territory that wasn't explorable 20, 30 years ago.

It's a great time to love music. At least, if you're not too insular in your genres and willing (able?) to explore as many sounds as possible.

When the industry is getting as screwed over as it is by things like piracy, it is a lot easier to autotune a flavour of the month pop song and earn quick bucks, rather than slave over decent music and just have it torrented.

I'll make a mention here that some new artists are actually embracing the free music strategy, and it is paying off for them with fantastic results. Some groups, by releasing their music for free, are spreading around their sounds, and its paying dividends in gaining spots at concerts, and generating sell-out crowds for their shows. Little to no marketing, working on word-of-mouth alone, and making it work.

Big labels have a lot to be nervous about if this trend keeps up.

 

[Berethond]

I see. I'm sure he'll improve a lot, it's a very difficult style to do well.

If you're willing to try something new, listen to <url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mkZqMWp7Xo&feature=related>this. It's awesome

He did a different version of it, he didn't make the music. Miles Davis did the original if I'm not mistaken.

Michael Jackson did the original.

If you're willing to try something new, listen to <url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mkZqMWp7Xo&feature=related>this. It's awesome

It was indeed pretty good. Around 4:30 it really started to kick off, but had to end

Yeah, I know what you mean.

 

[Flac00]

OK you people, this has been a good decade for music. Unfortunately the Rap, Pop, Hip-hop, have taken over too much. But even then, that stuff is like Disco, Tango, etc. that other decades had. Bad music that for some weird reason got popular. For me, these are the great bands of the 2000's:
-Coldplay
-Linkin Park

Crap..., i cant think of any other really popular, innovative, and good bands too. But you guys know what I mean.

Just thought of one, Green Day (before American Idiot)

 

[electric discordian]

The problem is this, people never remember the crap. The sixties had Tommy Steele singing about Little White Bulls, the seventies had Leo Sayer, the Eighties had Rene and Renata, the Birdie song and the entire back catalogue of Black Lace, the Nineties had Well Boyzone, take that, Boyz 2 Men and Celine Dion.

The Noughties is not over yet, who is to say that Lady gaga and T Pain will not pull kids into the music industry like the Stones and the Pistols did? It does not have to be "artistically valid" to be influential.