Why does old music equal superiority?

[carletonman]

Several people have raised the excellent point of "we only remember the best from the past" and they're pretty much right. When Mozart's "The Magic Flute" first premiered, people thought it was garbage. Bach and Beethoven were known to cause mini-riots. Hell, even Shakespeare (yes, Im dragging the bard into this) was thought to pander to the lower classes in his plays, and his theatres were located in the red light district because that's the only place people would let him build them.

As for today's music, it's never been harder to discover new and interesting music. Personal anecdote: I was watching a mountain bike movie, and really liked one of the songs in the segment. After punching it into youtube, I found a bunch of other related artists, and eventually wound up buying a ton of new and interesting music. Sure there is plenty of formulaic garbage out there, and unfortunately most of it is on the radio/television, but ignore the big outlets and there's a cornucopia of awesome to be listened to.

TLR version: Old stuff caused a bunch of people to complain in their day too. Good music can be found, just ignore mainstream garbage and have a look

 

[crimsonshrouds]

i will not even bother to give "pop" music a chance anymore because i have heard some and people started clapping after it was done. Me: What the fucking hell was that?. was that singing or some woman who has no idea how to sing.

on topic i listen to more modern band i like some old music but my tastes are a mixture.

Disturbed FTW

I like orchestra music and some other random music and even a little foreign music