Ah... so whereas I have demonstrated logical justification for the demarkation between new and old.. you're just randomly drawing a line where 'you' think it should be..Iron Lightning said:Well it all depends on the time period that you define as "new." I define the period as five years, where you define it as thirty years. My argument can apply to any genre of music unless the genre in question was invented before old stuff had a chance to be developed. The sum of music created in the last five years is not greater than the amount of music created in the fifty five years preceding those five years (if you want to start at 1950.) You are correct in that the amount of music in the last thirty years is greater than the amount of music in the thirty years preceding before the first thirty years. If you define "new" as the last five years as I did then you'll find that my argument is correct. More music happened "back then" then "right now" therefore more good music is old than new.Fumbleumble said:Well this isn't true.Iron Lightning said:It's a mathematical fact that there is more good old music than new music. This is simply because there is more old music than new music.
Obviously I can't cite exact statistics as none have been collected, so let's just assume for the sake of argument that 100 songs are produced a year. Of those hundred songs 99% are crap (as per Sturgeon's law) and 1% is absolutely mind-blowing. Therefore in the past hundred years there have been 100 absolutely amazing songs, of those hundred songs only those from the past five years can be considered new. This means that we have 95 good old songs to 5 good new songs. Yes, one can certainly argue that there are more songs being produced per year nowadays than in earlier times because of the world's higher population. This is true, however I do not think that it's enough to outweigh all the accumulated old stuff.
Obviously it has to be determined what constitues old and new music.. but as a general rule of thumb let's take the beginning of the new musical era... the era that changed everything.. the 80's onwards.. very litte, as far as 'creative' ethos has actually changed since then and it was the start of alot of the 'digital' effects that are taken for granted now.. so, 80's seem reasonable?
Not only is there a FAR higher turn over in 'musical' acts in the past 30 years than there has ever been in the preceeding 30 years..which would take up to 1950, and that was mostly the birth of the popular music era (ok you had classical (but not everyone had acess to their own performances), early blues and jazz (which was 'mainly' a live medium, clubs and the such), pre wars, war and post wars camaradarie music, most audio media was news broadcasts or radio plays (anyone still listening to Vera Lynn or The Beverly sisters?).. but it certainly wasn't popular in terms of access to gramaphones and radios, in the same way as it became popular with the birth of the 50's ..but it's also a lot easier to produce so more is getting made in the same time period.. So, NO.... the amount of popular music (which I would imagine is what you are talking about as if you are including ALL of the music ever made then your 'arguement' is very incongruent and superficial) is actually FAR more in favour of 'new' to 'old....
in terms of music. pay attention for more than 2 seconds and you would have gotten that. again, stay on topicSnake Plissken said:I'm pretty sure YOU were the one who brought up the idea of "that which gets remembered is better than that which doesn't."
The same could be said about many other things as well:DesiPrinceX09 said:Snip
I am 18 years old. My brother in-law is an American guy who grew up in the 80's and his Ipod is full of the music that I refer to in my original post, which is 60's, 70's, and 80's rock, and he is very elitist about it which inspired me to ask this question here on the escapist. But remember, I have an outsiders view on American music since I am not from here originally and as I said I am not big on music to begin with. I would would die of a heart attack brought on by shock if the music I tend to listen to plays on the radio over here (see my original post). Judging from most of the replies I am getting, nostalgia seems to play a big role in the love for old music and the fact that a lot of popular music nowadays is manufactured. The appreciation for musicians back in the day has to do with them putting real work into their music and focusing on what they liked to play instead of being money whores and crowd pleasers (or at least that's what everyone here seems to be saying) which is understandable. Hard work and dedication is admirable.buddycat said:I'd have to ask how much older music you've listened to, and how old you are. Because here's what happens: You listen to music until you're in your mid-20s. Then you get out of college or get a job or whatever, and you no longer have time to obsess about whatever they play on the radio. Eventually, you tune into the things you used to like. New stuff sounds awful. Then you realize that there's a lot of great music you never listened to, like Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones...maybe even Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby...maybe John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Art Tatum...maybe Bach, Mendelssohn, Mozart. And you like it. And you realize what you've been missing. Sure, you'll still like what you grew up on, but eventually it won't be new, and "new" music won't sound very good, and you'll have aged, matured; your tastes will have changed and you'll wonder what's wrong with kids today and their crappy music.
I was basically going to say this, but then I realised that this statement is wrong in one key place.insaneHoshi said:Because most 'Music' Today is manufactured, auto-tuned crap
Fumbleumble said:Ah... so whereas I have demonstrated logical justification for the demarkation between new and old.. you're just randomly drawing a line where 'you' think it should be..Iron Lightning said:Well it all depends on the time period that you define as "new." I define the period as five years, where you define it as thirty years. My argument can apply to any genre of music unless the genre in question was invented before old stuff had a chance to be developed. The sum of music created in the last five years is not greater than the amount of music created in the fifty five years preceding those five years (if you want to start at 1950.) You are correct in that the amount of music in the last thirty years is greater than the amount of music in the thirty years preceding before the first thirty years. If you define "new" as the last five years as I did then you'll find that my argument is correct. More music happened "back then" then "right now" therefore more good music is old than new.Fumbleumble said:Well this isn't true.Iron Lightning said:It's a mathematical fact that there is more good old music than new music. This is simply because there is more old music than new music.
Obviously I can't cite exact statistics as none have been collected, so let's just assume for the sake of argument that 100 songs are produced a year. Of those hundred songs 99% are crap (as per Sturgeon's law) and 1% is absolutely mind-blowing. Therefore in the past hundred years there have been 100 absolutely amazing songs, of those hundred songs only those from the past five years can be considered new. This means that we have 95 good old songs to 5 good new songs. Yes, one can certainly argue that there are more songs being produced per year nowadays than in earlier times because of the world's higher population. This is true, however I do not think that it's enough to outweigh all the accumulated old stuff.
Obviously it has to be determined what constitues old and new music.. but as a general rule of thumb let's take the beginning of the new musical era... the era that changed everything.. the 80's onwards.. very litte, as far as 'creative' ethos has actually changed since then and it was the start of alot of the 'digital' effects that are taken for granted now.. so, 80's seem reasonable?
Not only is there a FAR higher turn over in 'musical' acts in the past 30 years than there has ever been in the preceeding 30 years..which would take up to 1950, and that was mostly the birth of the popular music era (ok you had classical (but not everyone had acess to their own performances), early blues and jazz (which was 'mainly' a live medium, clubs and the such), pre wars, war and post wars camaradarie music, most audio media was news broadcasts or radio plays (anyone still listening to Vera Lynn or The Beverly sisters?).. but it certainly wasn't popular in terms of access to gramaphones and radios, in the same way as it became popular with the birth of the 50's ..but it's also a lot easier to produce so more is getting made in the same time period.. So, NO.... the amount of popular music (which I would imagine is what you are talking about as if you are including ALL of the music ever made then your 'arguement' is very incongruent and superficial) is actually FAR more in favour of 'new' to 'old....
Ok.. fair enough.. I can't argue with something that uses self justification as the sole reason for the justification of it's existance... I will say though that your arguement in those terms is pretty piss poor.
Considering the above-mentioned definition I'm sure you can forgive for using the literal interpretation of the word: "new." Perhaps you would better understand my point if I were to use the word: "modern." In this thread most people choose to use the "new" in the literal sense, so that it is nearly synonymous with "modern." Therefore new music can only be created between now and a short time in the past. I believe five years is still a quite recent time. Since you state that "popular" music has only been around for sixty years it would be unreasonable to say that the last thirty years of "popular" music is new. I'm sorry to have to argue semantics with your fine person but under the literal interpretation of "new" my theory is quite correct.World English Dictionary
new (nju
- adj (often foll by to or at )
1. a. recently made or brought into being: a new dress ; our new baby
b. ( as collective noun; preceded by the ): the new