“Youth” Music still crap
Posted in Life, Music on February 2nd, 2005 by MichaelOccasionally I am forced to listen to radio, and the conclusion I came to is that most of the music that “college age kids” (haha, what an oxymoron) listen to these days is pretty much the same crap as it was when I was their age (outch! I just admitted I am an old fart).
It is outright scary to hear this crap played on the radio again and I can’t believe that it still sounds the same.
Now, there are two possibilities in my opinion:
1. I am in a time warp, the music is chasing me with a roughly ten year delay.
2. Most young people just don’t have any musical taste and so the industry can recycle the same crap roughly every ten years.
Neither of these two options makes me happy, because it doesn’t really leave any option for a light at the end of the tunnel.
So what to listen to?
Well, there is:
- Radioparadise which has a rather nice eclectic selection.
- Soma.fm (where I can recommend recommend pretty much any of their streams)
- RantRadio (in particular the Industrial Stream)
Let’s face it, most “over the air” radio is just plain crappy, hence why do you think satellite radio and DAB are becoming so popular? But thanks to my iPod I just do a lot of podcasting these days.
And to anyone in their early 20s who thinks that the local radio station has great music….. Please, check out the links above and then reconsider. Thank you.