Members Rex Machete Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 If I get too carried away I will be here all day listing albums. #1 for me is unquestionable thoughWhite Denim- Fitsa genre-defying cornucopia of an albumThey kick ass live as well- best show I've ever seen I only started actually listening to music post-2000, so i can't fairly compare this decade to any other, but I think it's safe to say that rock music got a bit more "indie", experimental and varied. Hip hop became mainstream for the first time (well, a lot more so than in the 90's) , and went through a sort of "hair metal" phase of excess, giant egos and little innovation, but is getting a lot more diverse and creative now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members golias Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 I was NEVER a Pearl Jam fan at all, until I happened to stumble on their 2009 Austin City Limits appearance. I was genuinely taken aback by this crew of former pop legends who obviously know they have nothing to prove anymore. Probably the best televised or filmed rock and roll performance I saw in the 00's, with the possible exception of Rush in Rio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grantus Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 I agree with several that have been mentioned here, including Welcome Interstate Managers. I don't think anyone's mentioned Raising Sand, Robert Plant and Allison Krause You actually like new Pearl Jam? Your musical tastes are very mild and mainstream rock fan-boy status. You'd love Californian radio stations (which I personally can't stand) Ripping on people's musical tastes in this thread is pretty uncouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xStonr Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Wow, I must be turning into my father. I don't see a single album listed that we'll be talking about in 20 or 30 years saying how great that music was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muddslide Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Wow, I must be turning into my father. I don't see a single album listed that we'll be talking about in 20 or 30 years saying how great that music was. You have a point, though I think some great albums have been mentioned. However, at least in some cases, I don't think this is because of any deficit in the music itself but rather the fact that media is so ubiquitous and quick to drop these days. Back a couple of decades ago and beyond, there just weren't as many albums that came down the pike...not as many bands with as many ways to release their work, advertise it on the Internet, have videos all over video music networks and other online places like MySpace and YouTube, etc. I DO agree that there is a greater amount of accessible music these days, while in many ways the percentage of quality music has diminished. This is also due in part, IMO, to the fact that a lot of music just sounds more derivative because a lot of bands, whether intentionally or not, just plain sound like other bands that have come before. Circularity. There's just not as much room for real freshness and originality. Back in the day, a release from a favorite band was a real event. Nowadays, stuff is available for download through a zillion legitimate and illegitimate sources...a lot of younger people just pick up on a hit single and disregard the album it came from, etc. It's just a different world. There's still good music, but in many ways the media explosion has made things seem a lot more transient. It's harder for something to become a classic when, as soon as it's released, it's drowned by 100,000 other albums or songs and it seems as though the collective attention span of the music-appreciating public has dwindled to a nanosecond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CanIBDom Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Wow, I must be turning into my father. I don't see a single album listed that we'll be talking about in 20 or 30 years saying how great that music was. I think most people could find at least a couple of albums from the past decade that would fit this description. Unfortunately it can be exhausting to find them since we live in a world where My Humps and Who Let the Dogs Out were smash hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeatherAnnePeel Posted January 4, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Another one: "The Lost Crowes" The Black Crowes (2006) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Special J Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 I think some people just haven't been paying attention to the last 10 years. Eminem - Marshall Mathers LPJeff Buckley - Mystery White BoyRyan Adams - HeartbreakerSteely Dan - Two Against NatureMuse - Origin of SymmetryThe Shins - Oh Inverted WorldTomahawk - TomahawkCake - Comfort EagleThe Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink RobotsMuse - HullabalooNorah Jones - Come Away With MePeter Gabriel - UpQueens of the Stone Age - Songs for the DeafBen Harper - Diamonds on the InsideDeath Cab for Cutie - TransatlantacismKings of Leon - Youth and Young ManhoodMuse - AbsolutionThe Shins - Chutes Too NarrowThe Wrens - The MeadowlandsThe Autumns - The AutumnsBjork - MedullaCake - Pressure ChiefKeane - Hopes and FearsModest Mouse - Good News...Spookie Daly Pride - Marshmallow PieWilco - A Ghost Is Born3 - Wake PigAnd You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Worlds ApartGogol Bordello - Gypsy PunksJosh Dion Band - Give LoveWeezer - Make BelieveThe Whigs - Give em All a Big Fat LipWilco - Kicking TelevisionBand of Horses - Everything All the TimeBen Harper - Both Sides of the GunGomez - How We OperateMuse - Black Holes And RevelationsMute Math - Mute MathNeko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the FloodPeeping Tom - Peeping TomPearl Jam - Pearl JamPhoenix - It's Never Been Like ThatAA Bondy - American HeartsBand of Horses - Cease to BeginCoconut Records - Coconut RecordsKings of Leon - Because of the TimesMinus the Bear - Planet of IceModest Mouse - We Were Dead...Plant and Krauss - Raising SandRogue Wave - Asleep at Heaven's GateRyan Adams - Easy TigerThe Shins - Wincing the Night AwayThe White Stripes - Icky ThumpFleet Foxes - Fleet FoxesEagles of Death Metal - Heart On Kings of Leon - Only By the NightThe Mars Volta - The Bedlam In GoliathMy Morning Jacket - Evil UrgesTV on the Radio - Dear ScienceVampire Weekend - Vampire WeekendThe Whigs - Mission ControlThe Decemberists - Hazzards of LoveDirty Projectors - Bitte OrcaMuse - The ResistanceMute Math - ArmisticeNirvana - Live at ReadingPearl Jam - Backspacer I'm missing a bunch here and I haven't really even gone back to see what good metal I've missed in the past 10 years. I think for the first part of the decade, I was definitely listening to more older music than newer, but that's definitely changed in the past few years. Itunes/my Ipod, internet radio, and satellite radio have definitely changed how I listen to music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twofoolsaminute Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Wow, I must be turning into my father. I don't see a single album listed that we'll be talking about in 20 or 30 years saying how great that music was. Time will tell, but I tend to agree with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeatherAnnePeel Posted January 4, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Oh yeah, just for a good old school time, "Sonic Boom" KISS (2009). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members paulisme Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Wow, I must be turning into my father. I don't see a single album listed that we'll be talking about in 20 or 30 years saying how great that music was. I'm pretty sure we'll be talking about these albums in 20 or 30 years. Do you own any of these and can make an argument against them? Amy Winehouse - Back to Black Beck - Sea Change Bob Dylan - Love and Theft The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Green Day - American Idiot John Mayer - Continuum The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers Ray LaMontagne - Trouble Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker The Shins - Oh, Inverted World The Strokes - Is This It? Tool - Lateralus The White Stripes - Elephant The White Stripes - White Blood Cells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jimwratt Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 I think I just have issues with alternative rock and it's derivatives. I don't find it enjoyable in the slightest, so that pretty much shuts me out of finding a place in most of the rock coming out these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 David Bowie - Heathen David Bowie - Reality The Hives - Tyranasoarus Hives Arcade Fire - Funeral Arcade Fire - Neon Bible Goldfrapp - Black Cherry Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree QOTSA - Songs for the Deaf Bob Dylan - Love and Theft Beck - Guero Beck - Modern Guilt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muddslide Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Oh yeah, just for a good old school time, "Sonic Boom" KISS (2009). I haven't heard this, but I have heard several times that this is one of their best albums. I kinda find it hard to believe because to my ears they went downhill with each album after their second release back in 1973, and I hate the fact they replaced Ace and Peter with guys wearing their same face makeup, but I'm still interested in hearing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xStonr Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 I'm pretty sure we'll be talking about these albums in 20 or 30 years. I don't think so. We agree to disagree on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeatherAnnePeel Posted January 4, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 "Sonic Boom" is a fun Rock record. It def has that Classic Kiss vibe to it. I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 2pacHendrix Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Arcade Fire - Funeral Arcade Fire - Neon Bible QOTSA - Songs for the Deaf Beck - Guero Beck - Modern Guilt We'll talk about these albums in years to come. As always, great post.Also,Arcade Fire is legendary, if you don't believe me, watch them live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alex_SF Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 I think I just have issues with alternative rock and it's derivatives. I don't find it enjoyable in the slightest, so that pretty much shuts me out of finding a place in most of the rock coming out these days. I'll cop to the same problem with a lot of alt-rock and indie, though it's not a blanket hate. I just dislike hipster irony, emo navel-gazing, and pseudo-literary pretentiousness of the sort that leads bands to do things like adopt four-word names with punctuation in the middle of them. There are some pockets of good stuff in there that don't suffer from those flaws, though, so I won't dismiss the entire genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KidEh Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Honestly, if anyone thinks that there is no more good music being made anymore... please don't try to join a debate about what is or isn't good music since your knowledge is probably as limited as it gets. Arcade Fire - FuneralThe Strokes - Is This It?Mavillian - Madvilliany Interpol - Turn on the Bright LightsAnimal Collective - Merriweather Post PavilionThe Avalanches - Since I Left YouRadiohead - Kid ARadiohead - In RainbowsRadiohead - AmnesiacMIA - KalaBrian Wilson - SMILEWhite Stripes - Icky ThumpGhostface Killah - Supreme Clientele QOTSA - Rated RGrizzly Bear - VeckatimestYeah Yeah Yeahs - Its Blitz!Kanye West - College Dropout (Yes, this is a very good album and had a huge effect on rap in the 00s) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members paulisme Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Which leads to a bigger question: is the "album" becoming obsolete in the age of the iPod, individual song downloads, and Genius mixes? When people buy individual songs and artists are less and less constrained by technology to having to release music in 40 to 70 minute chunks, are artists focusing less on creating the album as a whole work? My favorite albums are best listened to all the way through from start to finish due to how the artists selected the songs to flow from one to the next; do music purchasers or artists even care about that anymore, and if not, is that why I like so few albums these days? I also judge albums on the whole. Every album I listed are ones that I listen to from start to finish. I think you're wrong about Amy Winehouse. I'm sure people said the same thing about Janis Joplin. I'm also wondering if you've actually listened to Sea Change since you're comparing it to Beck's earlier output. It's an album that stands out from his other work as a deeply personal and melodic masterpiece; it has very little in common with the electronic-based music on his other albums. Do you really think that in 20-30 years that people will be talking about none of the music from this decade? Can you name one other decade since the invention of the record that has faded into complete obscurity as you suggest will happen with this one? Sorry if I sound angry, but I get so sick of the "stuff was better back in the day" attitude that I encounter so much. I guarantee you that people have had this exact same attitude in every decade; there were people who hated The Beatles because they weren't as good as Glenn Miller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jthomas Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 I don't think anyone's mentioned Raising Sand, Robert Plant and Allison Krause Totally spaced that one... great album. T Bone Burnett laid down some tasty guitars, and I fell in love with Allison all over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carbohydrates Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Radiohead - In Rainbows These, especially both Arcade Fire albums, In Rainbows, and Turn On the Bright Lights. I'll also add these, alphabetically: 2007, !!! - Myth Takes2007, Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha2009, Andrew Bird - Noble Beast2005, Death Cab For Cutie - Plans2004, Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine2009, Dinosaur Jr. - Farm2007, Interpol - Our Love To Admire2006, The Killers - Sam's Town2007, Mother Hips - Kiss the Crystal Flake2008, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!2007, Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero2002, The Notwist - Neon Golden2002, Sigur R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trollin' Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Can you name one other decade since the invention of the record that has faded into complete obscurity as you suggest will happen with this one? I hope most of the 80's will eventually I feel it's the age of singles now. A lot of newer acts arn't concentrating on the album as a whole. Two of the exceptions I've seen noted in this thread were Queens of The Stone Age (Songs For The Deaf) and Green Day (American Idiot) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CanIBDom Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP I forgot about this one, probably because I haven't been able to stand the man for the past 6 years or so, but yeah, this disc was excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carbohydrates Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 I hope most of the 80's will eventuallyI feel it's the age of singles now. A lot of newer acts arn't concentrating on the album as a whole. Two of the exceptions I've seen noted in this thread were Queens of The Stone Age (Songs For The Deaf) and Green Day (American Idiot) Arcade Fire, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sigur R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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