I love how every so often clothing styles from the past come back to haunt us ,(recently I’ve been noticing a major shift back to the vibrant attire of the late 80’s and early 90’s) but thats not what this post’s about. This post’s about music, I love music; In fact, I dont believe that the term love is even strong enough to actually encompass my affinity for bobbing my head up and down for hours while turning a deaf ear to the rest of you. I think and everyone agrees that there is a notable difference between the mainstream music of ealier eras, specifically the 1980’s and late 70’s, and the majority of audio in our current twenty first century. Before I continue it should be noted as to what the meaning of art is for future reference: Art is any creation that illicits a powerful emotional response from one or more people. With that definition in mind we immerse ourselves into the depths of music as an art form. The music of the 1970’s, and 80’s was the type of music that could give you a rush without you being inebriated and envelop you in a flood of chills time and time again; however in contrast most of the music of this decade seems to provide satisfaction only up to a certain amount of listens and past that point it ceases to be worthy of anything except hindsight acknowledgement of once being good. From Michael Jackson, Depeche Mode, Flashdance and Imagination to Expose Duran Duran, UB40 and Cindy Lauper they’re music is magnificent today and shall remain so tomorrow. The music of today’s Lady Gagas, 50 cent’s, Kings of Leons’, Taylor Swifts, Christina Aguileras, Nsyncs and Jenifer lopezs just doesn’t give a similar emotional stimulus like the oldies do. Let me interject at this point to inform readers that I am not some 40 year old guy bashing the music of today’s youth I am a member of today’s youth, a college student in fact, simply declaring a noticeable growing distaste for our current mainstream music. I was born after many of the popular 80’s artists such as Michael Jackson and Chaka Kahn were past their prime and didnt immediately listen to their music from a young age but rather I began a gradual migration back to the music of earlier decades around my freshman year in high school and have never looked back. I am also not stating that all of the music that has been produced in these last two decades is unsatisfactory (I listen to a myriad of current artists) just that there is a disparity between the amount of current music that produces lingering appreciation and those of the late 70’s and 80’s that are clearly doing so.
