#1 song from the last ten years

[RC Vikings]

I'm just a little curious if their has been a lack of great songs the last ten years or if I'm just stuck in the 60's, 70's and 80's.

[I.J. Reilly]

It all depends on what you like. There has been great music but the music industry is so fractured now you have to know what you're looking for and where. It's not quite the same as it used to be.

[Coach McGuirk]

My favorite songs of this decade

Two sides of monsieur valentine - Spoon


[youtube]v/hmS7djrOut0&hl=en&fs=1" [/youtube]


The Arcade Fire - Wake Up (Now being made more famous in a movie trailer near you)

[youtube]v/DEKC5pyOKFU&hl=en&fs=1" [/youtube]


Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Beast For Thee (the poet of our generation)

[youtube]v/M9HjqybILSg&hl=en&fs=1" [/youtube]

Calexico - Alone Again Or(cover)

[youtube]v/o14hqYc96gE&hl=en&fs=1"[/youtube]



as I am doing this, there have been tons of great songs, to me. I could go on for a long time. I will leave you with that.

[LiveCoug]

My guess is that you are stuck in the 60's, 70's and 80's. I stopped listening to music in 1998, so I have no problem admitting I am stuck in the 80's and 90's.

[falafel]

My guess is that you are stuck in the 60's, 70's and 80's. I stopped listening to music in 1998, so I have no problem admitting I am stuck in the 80's and 90's.

Curious, what caused you to stop listening to music?

[SoCalCoug]

To me, the music of the last decade has far eclipsed what was produced in the 80's. I think the proliferation of the independent labels and artists has had a lot to do with it.

[SoCalCoug]

And how can I leave out the influence of the internet. Before the internet, people only had ready access to music that was spoon-fed to us by the radio stations. The easy access to the public has allowed artists who may not be commercially successful to find an audience - and there is now incentive for musicians to make music that's different from the pop crap that tends to sell well.

[MarkGrace]

To me, the music of the last decade has far eclipsed what was produced in the 80's. I think the proliferation of the independent labels and artists has had a lot to do with it.

And how can I leave out the influence of the internet. Before the internet, people only had ready access to music that was spoon-fed to us by the radio stations. The easy access to the public has allowed artists who may not be commercially successful to find an audience - and there is now incentive for musicians to make music that's different from the pop crap that tends to sell well.

I agree with what you're saying here. You commonly hear that music died in [insert time period here], and I've heard so many different periods I've lost track. To me, all that's really happened is the listener stopped listening in said time period and didn't continue to evolve with the music.

I was one of those who for a while said music died in the early 90s, but all that really happened was that I grabbed on to that period and wouldn't let go. By the time I picked up music seriously again in the early 2000s, I realized that the music of this time period has been as good as any other period in my life (80s and 90s).

CMBF and I argued about this a bit back, but I really believe that the back half of the 90s was just as good as the first half; and in the same vein, the records that are my favorite from this decade are every bit as good as any of my favs from the 90s. Of course megastars and mega-records aren't being created in the popularity sense; but it terms of quality, it's still out there and there are still artists having incredible careers.

In some ways, now is the very best time for music. No matter what genre you want, there are piles of artists out there doing interesting and creative things with it. My dad and I once had this discussion and he said that he's realized there's a lot of good music out there, it's just tougher to get to. I agree and disagree. Yes it's more difficult because the artistically significant bands aren't making the airwaves. But in another respect it's easier than ever to get to good music because of the internet.

[Coach McGuirk]

My dad and I once had this discussion and he said that he's realized there's a lot of good music out there, it's just tougher to get to. I agree and disagree. Yes it's more difficult because the artistically significant bands aren't making the airwaves. But in another respect it's easier than ever to get to good music because of the internet.

Easier to get to? Yes, just a lot more crap to sift through to get there.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Easier to get to? Yes, just a lot more crap to sift through to get there.

In some ways, the pummeling the record labels took as a result of people stealing music from the Internet has opened the doors for more and better music. The first part of this decade and the late 90s were truly dreadful. Music has gotten better partly because of the Internet's ability to disseminate the music and the diminished role of record companies as gate keepers.

On a sidenote, I was listening to the radio the other day for a bit after my wife left it on a Top 40 station. A Nickelback song was on and it was comically bad. A stand by my statement that Nickelback is a fifth generation Pearl Jam retread. Fortunately, Guitar Hero and Rock Band are keeping the [non metal] rock genre afloat despite Nickelback's all out effort to destroy it.

[Donuthole]

On a sidenote, I was listening to the radio the other day for a bit after my wife left it on a Top 40 station. A Nickelback song was on and it was comically bad. A stand by my statement that Nickelback is a fifth generation Pearl Jam retread. Fortunately, Guitar Hero and Rock Band are keeping the [non metal] rock genre afloat despite Nickelback's all out effort to destroy it.

There needs to be a thread dedicated solely to Nickelback, Creed, and other bands of this ilk. I heard a song by Pop Evil the other day, called 100 in a 55. The line that literally made me laugh out loud was

"too much is never enough,
and too little, is never enough"

I thought for sure I misheard, it, so I googled it on my phone, and sure enough. As if the forced growliness of the lead singer and the played out guitar riffs weren't bad enough, you have the laughable attempts at profundity. Same with both Theory of a Deadman songs i've heard.

[il Padrino Ute]

I'm just a little curious if their has been a lack of great songs the last ten years or if I'm just stuck in the 60's, 70's and 80's.

No, you're right.

And YOhio, as a preemptive measure, I say STFU.

[il Padrino Ute]

My favorite songs of this decade

The Arcade Fire - Wake Up (Now being made more famous in a movie trailer near you)

[youtube]v/DEKC5pyOKFU&hl=en&fs=1" [/youtube]

Any truth to the rumor that the front man of this band was raised LDS?

[Coach McGuirk]

Any truth to the rumor that the front man of this band was raised LDS?

Yep,

Win Butler (born April 14, 1980) is the Texas-born lead vocalist and songwriter of the Montreal-based indie rock band Arcade Fire. His wife Régine Chassagne and his brother William Butler are both members of the band.[1][2]
Born Edwin Farnham Butler III and raised in The Woodlands, Texas with a conservative Mormon upbringing. Butler is the grandson of jazz guitarist Alvino Rey, a pioneer band leader whose career spanned eight decades. His grandmother, Luise, was a member of the King Sisters, who starred in a weekly variety program on ABC called The King Family Show. His mother, Liza, plays harp and sings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win_Butler

[LiveCoug]

Curious, what caused you to stop listening to music?

I just stopped caring about present day music. I turned into my dad. I started listening to talk radio. I hate me.