I don't care of The Future of Music,I still listen to the jamminoldies.

Ok  - there is a mass load of sh***y music out there, but seriously - there are some great artists that just aren't in the mainstream. You just have to search for them. I think the 99-03 era was bad - but since then I think popular music have got progressively better, if you stay away from looking at the charts. You just have to know where to look. And even is the charts - some great music does make it there too. Some!


Yes that is true. Even though I believe the MAJORITY of music since 2003 has been complete dog sh*t, that doesn't mean that ALL music is. There's still good music out there. You just have to wade through the sh*t to find it.

It has got ups and downs. In my opinion: Up: 1988-1993. Down: 1994-1998 (strangely, that was almost exactly my high school period...). Up: 1999-2005. Down: 2006-now.

And the future? I don't have any idea, but I join the Ke$ha-haters.  8-P

The advantage of the good old cassette taoe era was: Less zapping. In the pre mp3 era, people listened more carefully to the music they owned (in general), because they simpley owned less. In general, music seems to have become more disposable to many people.


I really liked the music of 1988-89, but 1990-91 had a brief down time. After that, I'd say the rest of the 90's was good. 2001-02 was another down time, 2003-05 were good, and pretty much everything since 2006 was bad to mediocre (with the exception of 2008 to mid 2009).

Post 2005-2006 is definitely inferior and mostly downhill. Few bright spots here and there but 2010 has been a very dull year so far on the music side.

I really liked the music of 1988-89, but 1990-91 had a brief down time. After that, I'd say the rest of the 90's was good. 2001-02 was another down time, 2003-05 were good, and pretty much everything since 2006 was bad to mediocre (with the exception of 2008 to mid 2009).


Don't forget the sounds of the early 80's,that era had good music too.

I like" La Roux", "MGMT", and "Lady GaGa" and thats basically it of todays mainstream artists. Jennifer Hudson I think she has a nice voice. Her last album didn;t enjoy very much success  because of by very unexpected deaths in her family. I like that "Walkin On The Moon" song by "The Dream" that was put out last year.

Post 2005-2006 is definitely inferior and mostly downhill. Few bright spots here and there but 2010 has been a very dull year so far on the music side.


Yes, 2010 has been very dull. It is up there with 2006 and 2002 for the worst years in music. It is now May and I only have 12 songs on my playlist for this year, and most of them are mediocre at best. The first few are 2009 holdovers like "Krazy" by Pitbull, "Shots" by LMFAO, and "Imma Be" by B.E.P. Also, 2 songs on that playlist are by Ke$ha, as much as I hate to admit it. The song "Nothing on You" by B.o.B. finally grew on me. Hopefully things will turn around in the summer, but I have a feeling we'll have to wait until 2011 or 12 to hear some good music again. The Billboard charts have been looking like Groundhog Day, the same ranking every week for like 3 months with nothing new added.

I like" La Roux", "MGMT", and "Lady GaGa" and thats basically it of todays mainstream artists.


When talking of pop music - they're some of the good artists that are out there. Ellie Goulding, Little Boots, Ladyhawke, Laura Marling, Santogold etc... are all pretty good too. Also bands like Editors, Kings of Leon, Maximo Park etc... have had some good stuff out over the last year

When talking of pop music - they're some of the good artists that are out there. Ellie Goulding, Little Boots, Ladyhawke, Laura Marling, Santogold etc... are all pretty good too. Also bands like Editors, Kings of Leon, Maximo Park etc... have had some good stuff out over the last year

I've never heard of any of those artists except for "Kings Of Leon".

Yes, 2010 has been very dull. It is up there with 2006 and 2002 for the worst years in music. It is now May and I only have 12 songs on my playlist for this year, and most of them are mediocre at best. The first few are 2009 holdovers like "Krazy" by Pitbull, "Shots" by LMFAO, and "Imma Be" by B.E.P. Also, 2 songs on that playlist are by Ke$ha, as much as I hate to admit it. The song "Nothing on You" by B.o.B. finally grew on me. Hopefully things will turn around in the summer, but I have a feeling we'll have to wait until 2011 or 12 to hear some good music again. The Billboard charts have been looking like Groundhog Day, the same ranking every week for like 3 months with nothing new added.


2010 has had plenty of good music, just nothing that has caught on in the Billboard Hot 100.  I do agree that as far as radio hits, its been a very dull year.  Its now May and late-2009 holdovers are just finally starting to seep out of power rotation (this usually happens in February).  The problem is just because a song is good doesn't mean it will ever see the radio airwaves.  It has to have huge financial backing and promotion in order to make it into the Hot 100. 

2010 is generic, cheesy, boring, bland, etc. in the pop sector. About 95% of the good songs are all Lady GaGa. Most of the rest sucks. I really haven't even been paying that much attention this year and I usually follow everything.

2010 is generic, cheesy, boring, bland, etc. in the pop sector. About 95% of the good songs are all Lady GaGa. Most of the rest sucks. I really haven't even been paying that much attention this year and I usually follow everything.


stations should go back to the 1980's.

I've never heard of any of those artists except for "Kings Of Leon".


Same here. 

One new artist I am digging is Cage the Elephant.  I know they have been out for a while but MUSE was finally mainstream at the end of the last decade.  I really hope to hear them put out some good stuff.

Hopefully this decade 'Music' Television plays.....music videos!  Even if most would be some wierd music kids listen to today like Hanna Montana or Justin Beiber.

The future of music will be probably mixed in with rock,heavy metal and electronic music.

Same here. 


Hopefully this decade 'Music' Television plays.....music videos!  Even if most would be some wierd music kids listen to today like Hanna Montana or Justin Beiber.


Disney Channel airs music videos inbetween their shows... where's the Disney programming?  >:(

2010 is generic, cheesy, boring, bland, etc. in the pop sector. About 95% of the good songs are all Lady GaGa. Most of the rest sucks. I really haven't even been paying that much attention this year and I usually follow everything.


I agree - a lot of the good Pop music is from Lady Gaga.


I've never heard of any of those artists except for "Kings Of Leon".



Same here. 

One new artist I am digging is Cage the Elephant.  I know they have been out for a while but MUSE was finally mainstream at the end of the last decade.  I really hope to hear them put out some good stuff.



You guys should check some of them out - a lot of the artists are British :)

stations should go back to the 1980's.


And as much as I am being an advocate of new music on this thread at the moment, this would still be awesome :) They 80s were amazing for music :)

And as much as I am being an advocate of new music on this thread at the moment, this would still be awesome :) They 80s were amazing for music :)



From 1980-1985 was pretty good.

From 1980-1985 was pretty good.


Definitely was a great time for music. But a lot of the styles of the 80s are fairly prominent now in music. White Lies - Farewell To The Fairground  for example is a song that sounds very early 80s/German-esque synthy!

Definitely was a great time for music. But a lot of the styles of the 80s are fairly prominent now in music. White Lies - Farewell To The Fairground  for example is a song that sounds very early 80s/German-esque synthy!



and you also have some pop/rock that sounds just like the 80's.

and you also have some pop/rock that sounds just like the 80's.


Yep - there's tonne sof it around. If they're not covering 80s orginals, they're trying out the synthesizers!