Oftentimes, I hear people from other generations compare music today from music before. Oftentimes, I hear the same thing, "It's just not as good as before."
Is this a fair statement? Well, that is what I want to talk about in this article. I will only voice out my opinion so please do not get offended. I am just an amateur and young writer after all.
I decided comparing music before to the music of today. I spent one whole day listening to songs from the 60's to the music today. I came across so many bands and artists, all sounding different from each other but still the same. All the music from a certain decade seemed to sound similar to each other, but not to the ones from the following decades.
The songs of before seem to be straight to the point while the songs of today seem to be vague and intricate. Songs of today are basically a "fill in the blanks" type of song. We are often left to interpret the song on our own.
What's music without a melody? I noticed that more instruments were used to make a song. They used organs, tambourines, flutes, maracas, French horns and so own. Today, however, music seems to be restricted to the guitars and drums.
The most important thing I noticed was that a lot of songs of before now have remakes. Songs from the 60's have been sung over and over again until this date.
All of this leads me to say that, the music before seems to be more creative and colorful than that of today's. I'm not saying that the music of today is worthless or boring; I'm just saying that I feel that they do have a point. Why would artists of today create remakes of songs before if those songs aren't good?
Most importantly, the music of today was only made possible because of the music before because music evolves.
