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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 9433504" data-attributes="member: 85555">I don't think this is true. I also don't think everything today is crap or that the stuff 30 years ago was necessarily gold. But there are better and worse times and trends in music. Obviously it is subjective.One thing I will say here is when people say &quot;It was better back when&quot; I get it. I understand if you did deeper as well there is often a lot more to that statement than simply comparing old music to new. It is also a timeless conflict: my whole life the previous generations never liked the newer generations music and it is understandable why as they grew up in an entirely different musical paradigm. My grandfather who grew up in the 30s isn't going to understand metallica or depeche mode. If you grew up listening to jazz and italian opera, that is going to be what you think makes for great music. And as technology changes our listening experiences, how music is produced, etc all these things change and affect our listening experience. Personally if you wanted to force me to commit to a decade I think has the best sound, it would be the 70s. And I really like the era of big, well produced albums. I can still like music from other decades. I don't like the sound of each decade equally though. Part of appreciating music is not being so closed minded you close yourself off to new musical experiences, but I think it is also okay and good for people to give their honest opinions (if someone thinks the Doors stink, that is fine by me, even I love the Doors: I get why not everyone does). That is just my subjective opinion, and I can totally respect a person who prefers today's music, or music from the 90s. To me everything is equally awesome and nothing gets better or worse is just as annoying as people being too narrow-minded</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 9433504, member: 85555"] I don't think this is true. I also don't think everything today is crap or that the stuff 30 years ago was necessarily gold. But there are better and worse times and trends in music. Obviously it is subjective. One thing I will say here is when people say "It was better back when" I get it. I understand if you did deeper as well there is often a lot more to that statement than simply comparing old music to new. It is also a timeless conflict: my whole life the previous generations never liked the newer generations music and it is understandable why as they grew up in an entirely different musical paradigm. My grandfather who grew up in the 30s isn't going to understand metallica or depeche mode. If you grew up listening to jazz and italian opera, that is going to be what you think makes for great music. And as technology changes our listening experiences, how music is produced, etc all these things change and affect our listening experience. Personally if you wanted to force me to commit to a decade I think has the best sound, it would be the 70s. And I really like the era of big, well produced albums. I can still like music from other decades. I don't like the sound of each decade equally though. Part of appreciating music is not being so closed minded you close yourself off to new musical experiences, but I think it is also okay and good for people to give their honest opinions (if someone thinks the Doors stink, that is fine by me, even I love the Doors: I get why not everyone does). That is just my subjective opinion, and I can totally respect a person who prefers today's music, or music from the 90s. To me everything is equally awesome and nothing gets better or worse is just as annoying as people being too narrow-minded [/QUOTE]

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