youre so spot on in some of your points. me and some mates were having the same debate over at a Hip-Hop site I help run and opperate, lemme go find a few of the best quotes to post...(the topic was if/when we'll ever see another Hip-Hop Classic emerge or something along those lines)...
"but as far as “Classic” status goes with music, I think it goes all the way to evolution. follow me now…, in the grand scheme of the universe, we’re just a blip born yesterday. so if you think of it in those terms, all the music we consider classic was put into that category because we as a species were just figuring out this new thing called “music”, cracking the “code”.
But now we’ve been doing it for alot longer, and the “code” isnt a secret anymore, its out there for everyone to consume and regurgitate into something “new”, but its not new anymore.
“there is nothing new under the sun” – The Bible (<—its a rare occasion that I'll quote the Bible). Basically its not that music isnt good or the cost (EDIT: fyi standrkm, we had also been debating if the internet and filesharing were destroying music, hence the cost comment), its that all music is SO much better, that in order to be a classic, artists have to re-invent the wheel. and thats a huge task. so yeah…I think all we can hope for anymore is "good" music. its kinda sad really….but at the same time, its good motivation for artists to TRY to reach a new plateau, even if they never get there…" - Me, "Verbose" on that site
"I’m glad you decided to tackle this topic fam. Good read! I kinda agree with what Verbose is saying and add this, that most of what we consider classic, we associate with personal times in our lives. Granted, the Golden Age put up some of the most brilliant Hip Hop albums ever, but unanimously, we tend to associate good albums with times in our lives. When you couple that with the majority of folks that label things “classic” (in terms of older albums) grew up with Hip Hop. So while I personally won’t consider 90% of what’s out today even in the running for that title, I can understand some 15 year old saying otherwise.
The argument of “will we be playing that in 20 years” doesn’t really stand either. I mean, when was the last time any of us rocked Paid In Full on full blast? Don’t worry, I’ll wait (for someone to come say I listened to it just last week, I do it all the time). Meanwhile, someone is playing No Hands right now like it’s the first time they heard it." - Saule Wright, one of our better Album Reviewers and a personal bruh of mine
"true words SW. its a really strange phenom when you get to think about it. every generation seems to be able to appreciate the music that came before them, but eventually their ears “get old” and they stop being able to feel the newest music. our parents felt their parents music and their music but not our music, we felt all of that and our music but not our younger siblings/children’s music, and this next generation feels all of that plus Lil B and whatever else is hot right now, and so on and so on, ad infinitum…
I used to believe that Classic music had to be felt by anyone, of any age/race/other factors to really be Classic. (Thriller, Are You Experienced?, Paul’s Boutique, Abbey Road, everybody can add 100…), but if “we” cant feel the next Generation coming up and we sound just like our parents (“its all a buncha *beep* then there is no universal Bell Curve and its all up to personal interpretation, and like you said, “that” place in time when “that” album was felt by “that” generation.
its kinda scary to think that we can each only appreciate the Past, Our Present, but not necessarily The Future…
(and before anyone wants to be a jerkoff, yes I know I contradicted my previous statements a bit, but we’re getting into abstract musical theory at this point, there is no “right” answer and its ok to second-guess yourself)"-- Verbose, me again
anyway, thats just a snippit of that whole long dissussion.
as someone who also enjoys older Country, the "classics", the underground, and ADORES anything Beatles related, I gotta say, I think you'd fit right in in our lil musical community. I'm not even being biased when I say our album Reviewers are some of the best in the business, and our tight knit community in our forums is a beast in its own right. (not to memtion we talk Movies, TV and Pop Culture almost as much as we do music)
I'm not here to promote on IMDB, cause I dont come here to do that and besides I think itd frowned upon/against the rules, but I deff think you'd fit right in because we dissuss new/old movies and new/old music all day long in there.
so as one of the site Admins, I'm extenting a virtual hand out to ya and youre welcomed to be down if you wanna be. just PM me for the site address if youre interested, and if you not, thats cool too, you cant hurt my feelings =D
and FYI, if anyone else read this and also wants the details, just PM me. everybodies welcome at my/our site regardless of age/color/creed/etc.
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