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Ongoing History of New Music

The More Things Change Part 1

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

Music History, History, Music, Music Interviews, Music Commentary

4.8 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Continuing to dive into the Ongoing History of New Music archives, here's a show for 2016 that we are surprised has not been posted yet! Have you every heard yourself say this? kids these days! What’s wrong with them? All their crazy music. It’s just noise! That usually leads to… music isn’t as good as it used to be. When i was younger—high school, university—music was awesome! That’s followed by a list of bands and songs you believe to be the greatest ever, a lot of which aren’t as popular as you still want them to be…and then things usually end up like this… if today’s kids would stop and listen to what we used to listen to, they’d see that i’m right! Then we’d start getting some goodnew music! Don’t worry…if any of this sounds familiar, it’s because this is totally natural…  People always hate the music of the generations that are coming up behind them…and I mean always… The young are always denigrated for their music, their way of dancing, their technology and their overall disrespect for their elders and history and the way things used to be…  It’s the cycle of life…and it’s been going on for not just decades, but centuries…here…let me show you…   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing

0:04.3

history of new music early and ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime.

0:09.5

All right, it's time to be brutally honest.

0:12.9

Have you ever heard yourself say this?

0:15.7

Kids these days, what's wrong with them?

0:18.3

All their crazy music.

0:20.0

I mean, it's just noise. That usually leads to...

0:23.1

Music isn't as good as it used to be. When I was younger, in high school, university, oh man, that music was awesome.

0:30.4

And that's followed by a list of bands and songs you believe to be the greatest ever, a lot of which aren't as popular as you still want them to be.

0:37.7

And then things usually end up like this.

0:40.2

You know, if today's kids would stop and listen to what we used to listen to, they'd see that

0:44.2

I'm right. Then we start getting some good new music.

0:47.2

Don't worry, because if any of this sounds familiar, it's because it is totally natural.

0:53.5

People always hate the music of the generations that are coming up

0:56.3

behind them. And I mean always. The young are always denigrated for their music, their way of

1:02.1

dancing, their technology, and their overall disrespect for their elders and history and the way

1:06.7

things used to be. It's the cycle of life. And it's been going on not just for decades,

1:13.1

but centuries. Here, let me show you. Why do you need new bands? Everyone knows rock

1:20.5

attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact. This is the ongoing history of new music podcast

1:29.0

with Alan Cross.

1:32.2

Once you've heard

1:33.3

high fidelity reproduction, you'll be

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