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Originally Posted by dionysusundone
Also the innovative artists you mentioned were pretty strange examples, mostly early 80s goth stuff (Which I love, but easily recognize to be a synthesis of their influences). If you consider Bauhaus to be innovative, then why is something like Ponytail or Animal Collective not innovative to you? You're holding out on a weird standard that makes you come across as...well, old and bitter towards the music of today. (Not trying to be offensive)
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Too late. If I'd known this thread would descend into name calling and games of musical one-upmanship I'd have kept my trap shut.
Do you seriously think that I don't like any music that isn't from he 80's?
This whole discussion isn't about what music I like. It doesn't
have to be innovative and original to get my seal of approval. Good music is good music no matter what decade it comes from, and a lot of current artists have taken the innovations of yesteryear and improved them to the point that they sound like new.
I've listened to bands like Ponytail and Animal Collective - didn't find them offensive, but they're nothing special and not particularly inspirational.
Maybe it's because I've listened to
too much music in the half century that I've been on the planet that I find myself comparing it to what came before.
I'm not saying that there hasn't been
any original, innovative music in the last 2 decades, just that with the improvements and availability of new technology and the ease of distribution of new material via the internet, I'm surprised that I haven't heard
more.
A few examples of music that I've found to be refreshingly original within the last 2 decades:
Aphex Twin
The Bristol Trip Hop scene
Mum (esp the early stuff)
V/vm (esp The Caretaker)
Peter Christopherson (soisong)
Manorexia
Holy Fuck
Sigur Ros
UNKLE
JellyApe
Venetian Snares
I'm not saying that these are the
only artists that have done something new, and I'm sure some of you will take great pleasure in pointing out if and when their music is derivative. It's a personal selection. Drawn from my own experience.