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In reply to the discussion: I hate to sound like an old fogey [View all]HomerRamone
(1,112 posts)My "era" goes from Elvis Presley to Elvis Costello. Those who say "there's good music, you just have to seek it out" are missing the point. Sure, there's all these barely-heard-of artists filling their little niches (here's my favorite this decade, Nick Curran, maybe the greatest rock 'n' roll screamer since Little Richard, who unfortunately died of cancer at 35 a couple of years ago: https://play.spotify.com/album/1mNUzdLvazbtnd6wMjfULs ) but there's nothing so undeniable that it sweeps away everything else--Nirvana was probably the last example. And this is probably because the world situation has gotten so depressing that nothing that moving or uplifting or even righteously angry can emerge.
I have dealt with my saturation with my old favorites by exploring the past, from pre-rock pop to classical. There's lots of great melodies there; why must people subscribe to the capitalist dictum that what isn't the newest is obsolete?