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There are stone-cold classics being produced today same as there ever was

People have just lost the ability to appreciate them and hence they don't get the praise from those "only albums with influence are credible" type people

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I guarantee that stone cold classic of today is a stone cold rip off of something released at least 25yrs ago.

Look at the thread we are on dude, where is the Kid A of today (or the last 10yrs) which will be discussed in 15yrs time?

And it has to be comparative to Kid A, a mind wrecker incorporating new styles that was totally unexpected, reached millions and is spoken about as classic.

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Nothing is original. Anything you'd call a classic from 25 years ago is probably a rip off too. See that's what I'm saying, they don't reach millions anymore and they're not spoken of as classics because the listeners have changed.

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The mediums have changed dude.

I'll leave ya with this.

85-00 a fifteen year span that produced Hip-Hop, Alt Rock/Grunge. Death Metal, electronic classics and formed cultural phenomenon such was their impact.

i think a lot of that has to do with the internet, there is so much more content out there now and so many more channels for people to access it that it's almost impossible for any one record to have the same cultural impact as say, led zep iv, dark side of the moon, nevermind, kid a et al

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u;n so fucjing turnt and drunk i can't even believ eit

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Yeah that's part of it but ultimately I just think people appreciate music less as an art form these days than in say the 70s, 80s, 90s

That's not a reflection on the quality of music at all though

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Treb strikes again.

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Treb at it again

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drbaj ethge whole boytle like wow

agreed rowan, the flipside of having almost every album ever made at your fingertips is that there's so much less investment in acquiring an album, and therefore music becomes more disposable

don't like something? delete it

ten, fifteen years ago you'd pace back and forth in record stores for hours, umming and aahing and weighing up options before committing to an album purchase

and then of course you'd be much more likely to give something repeat listens if it doesn't hit you immediately, rather than just discarding it

totally different mindset

there is absolutely stuff being made now as good as or better than anything else that's ever come before it, but the whole concept of a 'classic' record seems to be skewing much more towards personal impact than cultural impact or w/e

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Ah well pros and cons of the internet age I guess. People that I know who are seriously invested in music are usually open-minded and willing to give stuff a few tries before discarding which is good

Great conversation anyway

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don't like something? delete it [2]

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Music being more about personal impact than cultural is great on a smaller scale because it means that the select group of people who hear a certain album can relate to it more and make it more a part of their lives. On the other hand, it sucks on a larger scale simply because less people hear the really good stuff nowadays

from a purely personal and selfish point of view i'd much rather have things how they are now cos i can get my hands on stuff i'd have no way of getting or even knowing about without the internet

cultural impact is irrelevant to me

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Oh yeah I agree completely but as I said on a large scale its not as good, especially for the bands themselves

Cultural impact is important to me but I don't think it should be considered when judging the music

it sucks on a larger scale simply because less people hear the really good stuff nowadays

like i know this is very sputnik of me, but laura stevenson man, her tunes have been such a massive presence in my life for the past three years and i sure as fuck wouldn't have heard em without the internet

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"having a community like this where people can discuss and recommend and find stuff is fucking incredible really, if i think about the life-changing albums that, without this site, i would otherwise never have known about"

If only we actually used it for this on a regular basis :-) ah well

but yeah I agree with what you're saying, like I said the people I know who really, really care about music will find what they like and want to listen to no matter what

Music is the unifying force