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Have any newer music trends (styles, sound of the band, instrumentation) of 2000 and beyond worked it's way into your love of music so that you listen to and love it as much as the songs from your era ? If so - which ones, and do you find that they incorporate many elements of songs/instrumentation of that era ?

....same question for your writing - is it in the style of what you loved and grew up on in your teens and early 20s' - or did it evolve as music did so ?

I've realized that my ear and love for certain types of music stayed exactly where it was in - let's say, the musical 'formative' years of pre-teen and teen years.

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Sonically, the actual sound of the music, has stayed in the 70s. I still prefer Average White Band, Tower of Power and Earth Wind & Fire kind of horn based R&B that makes your head bob and your foot tap.

Compositionally though, I really like a lot of the indie bands. Their lyrics get deep, their use of nonconventional instruments like harmonium and hurdy gurdy, and the different kind of emotion the music evokes.

Visually, the current bands beat them all because the staging these days, while Pink Floyd was on par for the elaborate sets they did, is far more eye popping. The costuming, the dancing, the different KIND of elaborate aspect are far superior. Yes, you have Floyd with the flying pigs, you had ELO and their spaceship stage.... for the most part though, older day staging was tame.

That being said, the elaborate staging is WHY I don't like them. The Eagles did nothing but sit on their stools and play and sing. The Beatles just stood at their mics and sang. It's almost as if the show is meant to distract from the pedestrian performances. Some of this breed CAN sing (Lady Gaga) but they lose me by doing the over the top costuming and staging.


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Obligatory - not raised through the 70s/80s, but raised on music FROM that era due to being an eldest child with no older youth's influence for my music taste growing up.

Here's some great modern artists I personally love that scratch the same itch for me.

Future Islands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Cvr9oCANU

Grizzly Bear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eziWqoGEekY

Weyes Blood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aki1Xn36eJ8

Hot Chip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNL_VVjQH1M

Caribou: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uazlt4CCr7o

LCD Soundsystem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7QaGc2fmmE

Cold Cave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqaDNoeEm_E

Bootblacks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI8y95gp8Gg

Kuzina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvhXqRjvCfw

Hopefully you enjoy some of this at least :P

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Deryk, I will now listen to every one of them, but what a sign of a generational gap. I have not heard of even one of those bands.


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This is a tough question for me to answer. In the early to mid 1960's, yes I am that old, I was into rock. Being the youngest in the band I was playing 50's music for a while, then onto the the Beach Boys, just about every band that played at the Fillmore East, etc.

But in the late 60's I got into Miles, Coltrane, Wes, Tony Mottola, Jimi Smith etc. I also got into the blues, Robert Johnson, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, BB & Albert King, Billie Holliday, Etta James, etc.

So today I like a lot of different genres of music. This comes from my previous listening choices and playing in wedding bands for years; i.e. in wedding bands you had to play just about every genre of music there is. My main likes are smooth jazz, ambient, new age, and many independent artists that I hear on college radio.

So I guess one could say that my music choices have evolved and are continuing to evolve.

PS - Yes I have a very eclectic vinyl and CD collection.


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If so - which ones, and do you find that they incorporate many elements of songs/instrumentation of that era ?

Joe, born in '66 here so listened to a lot of 70's rock as well as 80's pop and hair band metal & rock growing up.

These days for newer music I tend to like Alternative Rock and Modern Rock as current genres. Of course I still love to listen to 70's rock and funk, but these newer genres inspire my listening and writing fancies....




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There are only two kinds of music. Music I like and music for someone else's ears.

There is good and bad music in every generation. My parents listened to Swing Era Jazz and Broadway, in school I developed a love for Classical, I played and still play pop/rock from the 50s to the 21st century, I played in a modern jazz band for a while, played with a Puerto Rican Salsa band, jammed with a Punk band, and sat in with a Reggae band from Jamaica.

I've never liked all the music from any era or genre. Sometimes I don't even know why I dislike some songs, they may be well crafted and well executed but they just don't 'speak' to me.

I also like music from many different countries. My record/CD/download collection of thousands of albums span the world.

It's true I'm not as exposed to more modern pop/rock as I used to be. Since I turned 40, I targeted the retirement end of the music business here in Florida. It's a big market, more reliable than the clubs, and in 2.5 days I can make what a club pays for 6 nights. So that's where my focus is. Every now and they they get crossovers from modern music, pop songs creep into their sphere of reference, and we learn them. Nothing wrong with them, many are well crafted and enjoyable to play.

I don't care where it's from, if it tickles my ears, I like it.

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Very interesting question.

I'm a jazz guy. Always have been. But I grew up with all the music of the 70's. All styles. Even the sappy sounding pop.

Only recently did I come to the realization that the extremely high lyricism in my improvisation came from a lot of the "sappy" 70's songs.

To the point of that lyrical aspect defining my unique style.

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Interesting answers.

For all those than responded and didn't add some particular bands that fit that criteria - please do !!! It's easy to think you don't know something (like, what newer music people with tastes similar to mine ended up liking when new music styles and sounds came out) - but impossible to find them without people sharing.

There was a time I felt sad that all the music I liked was more than 30 years old...now I accept it, because people that would want to hear me play would more likely be closer in age to me anyway - You don't typically see younger generation watching older people play - with the exception of the biggest acts - and quite often when that happens it's because of a mom or dad that liked the band in their youth lol

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Interesting answers.

There was a time I felt sad that all the music I liked was more than 30 years old...now I accept it,


There's a good reason for that. It's generally true. While there a lot of notable exceptions, for the most part, the quality of music, movies, books, has declined the past few decades.

Particularly because of the easy of entry. It's much, much easier to get a book published or record a CD now than it was 10 years ago

I consider myself pretty open to current pop music. I like some of it. I'm not hung up on just listening to the stuff from the past. However, the overall quality of pop music has and is in furthering decline.

In my field, many of the newer upcoming jazz musicians are copies of older players void of any originality or style of their own.

With the advent of the Internet and particularly social media there is a complete lack and understanding of real genuine connection. Unfortunately this is blatantly clear in the arts.

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Train, Maroon 5, Bruno Mars, the Avett Bros, Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Lady A, Shania - going back to 2000 that's slot of time so that's a few off top of my head. I haven't been listening as much since 2016 cause I'm not in the car as much.
Now with hurricanes and covid stress I find myself listening to more comforting music of my youth when life was more fun and carefree.

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