When I was a kid in the 90s, I absolutely loved 70s music. I wished I’d been alive in the 70s to get to see it live, but of course, having been born in the 80s, there was nothing I could do about it. But then in the 00s I got absolutely madly into 80s music, especially the big 80s rock bands like Def Leppard, Europe, etc. At the time I had a job and was able to save up some money and go to a lot of music festivals where these bands were playing. Lots of 00s bands were playing at these festivals too, and my friends at the time were into nu metal but I ignored all those modern bands and didn’t watch them.
Now it’s the 2020s I find myself getting really into those 00s rock and metal bands and I am so annoyed with myself, watching their videos they look so much fun live, and I had endless opportunities to see them live and just… didn’t bother. What is wrong with me, why am I like this.
a lot of contemporary popular music is not very good, and this has been true of every era in the past. the good stuff is what people remember and still listen to decades later, so maybe you’ve been waiting for the cream to rise to the top. it takes a more concerted effort to filter through the noise yourself
also there can be an overexposure problem with new music, I hate when a song becomes so popular that you can’t escape it and it loses its impact. I recently heard “Somebody That I Used to Know” for the first time in years and realized it’s a genuinely great song but I didn’t appreciate it at the time because it was fucking everywhere
though these days the very concept of “popular music” is dying along with the rest of the western monoculture so idk what if anything from the modern era will stand the test of time. the mainstream can be more easily ignored than ever before. there’s so much great music out there though, you just have to find the right niche(s) that appeal to you
Part of it is you’re seeing the stuff that lasts the test of time. Don’t be so hard on yourself lol
I just feel so bad for wasting opportunities. Now I’d love to see those bands but some are dead or broken up and I’m too sick, poor and disabled to go anyway.
I think we all waste opportunities in our youths, it’s hard not to. I never went to too many big concerts, but I’m happy I spent a bit of my early 20s going to whatever cheap concert at local experimental music spots and various house shows. Definitely spent a lot of that time trying to be a little music snob, so I missed out on a lot of cool stuff, too lol
I fine that it’s always great to take some time, pop on some headphones, and listen to something I’ve never heard before. We both have the opportunity to listen to a lot of cool albums for the first time - stay excited about that!
The phrase “youth is wasted on the young” is somewhat relevant, I find.
Maybe you just have a very low tolerance for overexposure, which would push you to only be interested in music when they’re no longer in the spotlight.
Maybe. I’m quite a nostalgic person too, I really appreciate nostalgia so maybe that’s why.
I do the same thing, but it’s because I’m a pretentious asshole and not liking the new cool thing makes me cool. So I end up refusing to listen to music that’s popular right now or watch the new show everyone’s talking about and will maybe visit it in 10 years after the hype has died and I can decide for myself if it’s actually good and not just marketing.
It’s kind of a curse. But really I think it’s because have low tolerance for shallow media. I was sick of cape shit before avengers 1 came out and thought that movie was garbage after being dragged to it. The hype seems to finally be dieing after a decade of slop.
So then I live in my small world of watching old Sidney Lumet movies or visiting old music so I can enjoy media how I want to without the peer pressure of what media to consume.
idk about you but i have a bit of an oppositional streak when it comes to media, i feel like i’m being pressured to try things unless i stumbled across them myself
Yeah I do feel that too.
in a few years it’ll be stomp-clap-hey music.
Don’t you put that evil on me Ricky Bobby
There’s been a general trend of nostalgia for about 20 years ago. I’m not sure what it is other than kids finally grew up and had some money to spend so they spent it on the stuff they couldn’t buy when they were little. Same thing applies to music.
The love of 90s music seems to be slowing down and it feels like 00s music is ramping up. Mostly y2k stuff at the moment, but give it 5 more years.
Maybe it’s becaue the world just keeps getting worse, people look back and remember when things were better.
