By: The 10th Regiment of Foot
as a culture we will never again see the explosion of new sounds we experienced from between about 1900 and 1975 And so fucking what? I can't go to a record store and scour old records for something...
View ArticleBy: Decani
I have to say, I agree with him, and it's not just because I'm old either. If you think we're wrong I defy you to prove it. Link me to any recent pop music that does not fit his description. I have...
View ArticleBy: sonascope
I'd have to disagree about whether there are large areas of undiscovered territory left, at least regarding synthesis. The notion that synthesizers are able to create any conceivable sound is an old...
View ArticleBy: lupus_yonderboy
The fourth paragraph got edited out :-( which said something like: "While there will always be diverting music, and while each individual will get the thrill of discovering each new aspect of music for...
View ArticleBy: lupus_yonderboy
> There's always somewhere new to go. I've been hearing this for a very long time on Metafilter, and yet nothing really new has emerged - we get all sorts of hybrids or retro-rediscoveries like...
View ArticleBy: Wemmick
And it is very characteristic both of my then state, and of the general tone of my mind at this period of my life, that I was seriously tormented by the thought of the exhaustibility of musical...
View ArticleBy: sonascope
On the microtonality front, there has unfortunately been a big step backwards in instruments that can actually be retuned. Around '90 or thereabouts, all sorts of manufacturers were building...
View ArticleBy: ianhattwick
Anyone who thinks that there is nowhere new to go is seriously underestimating human creativity. Or maybe a better way to put it is that they are conflating their own lack of creativity with that of...
View ArticleBy: weston
80s synth-shit is from highland flings, Irish drinking songs, and sea shanties. Which is to say, not that far. Personally, I think it's good to have this idea on the table. It's not quite true that...
View ArticleBy: vorfeed
I heard some Slayer last night and starting banging my head - though that is a cautious "ow, my neck" sort of affair these days. And I wondered if I would still be listening to them in my nursing home,...
View ArticleBy: sonascope
At the start of the eighties, OMD were in nonstop circulation on all my carefully mixed cassettes, primarily because they sang songs that sounded like it felt to be me, there and then, a protoqueer...
View ArticleBy: The 10th Regiment of Foot
Pop music is old. Whether you consider it started with jazz, swing or rock and roll in the 50s, it's old. What a myopic moron, pop music is far older than jazz. What does he think stuff like Beowulf...
View ArticleBy: naju
Agree that microtonal stuff has not been done much, but genuine question - wouldn't people like Glenn Branca, John Zorn and Sonic Youth (and countless other lesser known acts, I'm sure) show that...
View ArticleBy: dnash
The haters should take a listen to their earlier stuff -- Dazzle Ships, just an example Dazzle Ships is indeed awesome. Blew my little teenage mind. Though my favorite track is still "Time Zones" which...
View ArticleBy: anthill
I thought pop music was dead-ish, until Kutiman constructed music out of random Youtube samples. Whoever beats that for sheer skill and cultural statement will be the next thing.
View ArticleBy: TrialByMedia
They did this 25 years ago, around the time of "(Forever) Live and Die." The haters should take a listen to their earlier stuff -- Dazzle Ships, just an example -- rather than snarking about "If You...
View ArticleBy: jnrussell
Nothing is truly original. This is true of all art, but it's a feature, not a bug.
View ArticleBy: bitterkitten
pyramid you are correct - but indeed, there is nowhere 'new' to go, much, using the same combinations and structures that have been used previously with the '12 notes'. A lot of Indian musics do use...
View ArticleBy: blucevalo
They seem to have traded all of that in for a ticket to the eurodisco (and not the good one where Moroder is hosting). They did this 25 years ago, around the time of "(Forever) Live and Die." The...
View ArticleBy: steambadger
Around the turn of the last century, physicists were absolutely certain that all the hard work had been done, and that they were just wrapping up the details. A few years later, Einstein started...
View ArticleBy: Joe Beese
when you're 70, you will have the pleasure of cranking at younger generations and saying, "that's not music - it's not even in TUNE - now get off my nanolawn I heard some Slayer last night and starting...
View ArticleBy: pyramid termite
There is nowhere new to go. there's a whole world of xenharmonics and microtonality that's barely been looked at, much less explored Music is just recombining the same 12 notes. not when you put 17 or...
View ArticleBy: Joe Beese
That's some high-flown cogitatin' from someone best known for his vocal performance on the Pretty in Pink soundtrack.
View ArticleBy: Astro Zombie
Pop isn't a genre. It's an approach to structure. For certain types of storytelling, it's rather ideal. The sonnet is a pretty old form too, but I suspect there might be life in it yet. Micachu and the...
View ArticleBy: PeterMcDermott
Perhaps OMD haven't got as much recognition as we deserved for our output in the 80's. Hark, the plaintive cry of all has-been's, everywhere.
View ArticleBy: Ironmouth
Lyrics are just recombining the words in the dictionary. Music is just recombining the same 12 notes.
View ArticleBy: xbonesgt
also, everything that's going to be invented has already been invented and we should just give up.
View ArticleBy: solmyjuice
So what if it is a recombination of something? It's still new. Reminds me of that Pachelbel rant thing that annoys me but people seem to like. "Oh this is song is the same chords as that song. They are...
View ArticleBy: taumeson
I recently listened to a pretty long course in music appreciation, so obviously I'm now an expert. </sarcasm> One thing I learned from the course is that pop music tends to be primarily about...
View ArticleBy: spicynuts
Agree with Drexen. It's cuz he's old. And I know what I'm talking about cuz I'm old
View ArticleBy: padraigin
Well, any music that has been overthought to death as much as it seems OMD has overthought their new album has to be great, right?
View ArticleBy: unSane
Gawd, that title track is dreadful... real handbag music. Who the hell chose those choral samples and syrupy strings? I remember OMD from the first time round... there was something deeply sinister and...
View ArticleBy: SPUTNIK
Yeah, when I heard OMD in the late 70's, I thought "There it is! The end of pop!" But here we are, thirty years later.
View Articlejunk culture
"Pop music is old. Whether you consider it started with jazz, swing or rock and roll in the 50s, it's old. There is nowhere new go to. Seriously! There are new bands who have their own voice and style...
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