Top 10 Reasons Why the 21st Century is the Best Century for Music
Kid A, A Moon Shaped Pool, To Pimp A Butterfly, Madvillainy, To Be Kind; All are albums that have been ranked among the best of the 21st Century, and among the greatest of all time. The Dark Side of the Moon and The Velvet Underground & Nico have nothing to those albums in terms of pure quality, in my opinion. Although I still like both.
I'd like to add metal has gotten surprisingly diverse too. Lot's of modern metal bands I enjoy more than some of the classics
Funniest list items in the history of TTT. Your examples are like punch lines to jokes in Jimmy Fallon's monologue.
Pop isn't all Justin Bieber (who is now deserving of his recognition and is not talentless as some elitists claim he is) or Taylor Swift. There's better pop artists than The Beach Boys and The Beatles even today (The Weeknd, Bon Iver, etc.), so think twice before calling pop worthless due to songs you hear on the radio.
And people rarely say that metal is the devil's music anymore. People have grown used to shock acts, therefore, people are less prone to prevent others from listening to them.
Marilyn Manson is also amazing, despite being all controversial.
It's expected as there are more and more new artists emerging every day
Take a look at Kid A by Radiohead. Then take a look at A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead. Take a look at Untrue by Burial, then take a look at American Idiot by Green Day.
I think you get my point.
Due to the legacy/popularity they have, bands such as The Beatles and Nirvana are pretty popular among teenagers and adolescents today. This allows for the legacy to essentially carry on. Kind of a nice touch.
Thanks to streaming services such as Spotify and YouTube, music from half a century ago can be played with ease. This confuses me as to why teens say they were born in the wrong generation. Grow up.
The internet was the best thing to happen to music in my opinion
Should speak for itself, to be honest.
Feel bad for the bands that were thrown in this genre as they really didn't deserve the bad reputation.
Deftones and System of a Down are mainly the two that come to mind as they really did stand out better than the rest.
Rightfully so, because it's a pretentious, angsty, whiny genre for middle schoolers. If a band as famous in nu-metal as Linkin Park can make a legend like Rakim sound horrendous, it definitely has problems.
Evanescence really got better when they ditched the nu metal sound in all honesty.
MP3 players, phones, Bluetooth speakers, etc.