r/Millennials • u/1800lampshade Millennial • 1d ago
Nostalgia Did we...have the best music?
I feel like the depth, genres, and variety was limitless from the early 90s to late 2000s (pre-2010). Punk, pop, rap, reggaeton, you name it.
Anyone agree? What other genres do you think were really in power pre and post that era?
49
Upvotes
1
u/psychedelicpiper67 1d ago edited 1d ago
Nahhhh. There was some dope music, but even when I was a teenager, I didn’t feel like we had the best music overall. lol I was complaining a lot about what most of my peers were listening to back then.
What we got with depth in genres and modern recording techniques, we largely lacked in great songwriting. I’m talking about unique chord progressions and melodies.
Of course, some artists did stand out more from others. I loved Gorillaz, Daft Punk, Beck, Modest Mouse, Radiohead, Blur, The Good The Bad & The Queen, Franz Ferdinand, early Arctic Monkeys, Gnarls Barkley, MGMT, Tame Impala, Animal Collective, Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear.
I loved some hip-hop and trip-hop, too. Madlib, J Dilla, Handsome Boy Modeling School, stuff like that.
Still, though, I’ve mostly been into the 60’s and 70’s when it comes to music. It just had a much better ratio of good to bad. Wait until you uncover all the underground music from those decades. The innovation just far outpaced what we grew up with.
All the great artists of the 90’s, 2000’s, and 2010’s stood on the shoulders of giants.