They are only negative against persecution which they have received so much of. Most Mormons I know are down to earth good, genuine, and happy people.

And that is what America is all about...so long as it is a value and not destructive, we can tolerate it, accept it and sometimes even enjoy it.

Was a musician until I turned 30, wrote songs, recorded songs and even owned a small studio, also had a car stereo business...music was a big part of my life...but I saw it coming, when the focus turned to big base sounds...it was over, distortion made a return and all the efforts we put into quality and realism went south...

As a living room musician I totally agree with what this says. It's all computer generated pap. Just my opinion, but if you have to flash your crotch while trying to sing, you aren't much of a musician.

It's really hard for little local bands to find a place to play also. Hard to find open mic nights etc. Everything is now karaoke, and usually badly done.

Try the Mormon Tabernacle choir and organ performances. I am not into their religious stuff at all, but I take from mormons what is good about them.

Mormon Tabernacle Oran and Choid recitals are awesome. There are lots of them on YouTube actually. I am NOT into the religious part of Mormonism at all, but I do like their financial teachings and their family teachings. They are a bit negative towards non believers to be sure, but they seem to be ok with people who are into letting the mormons be mormons.

yes. Except for the time I spent at a Trump rally, I really havent enjoyed being around people for a while now. The energy at the Trump rally was envigorating to say the least.

Sounds like the ole piano roles I used to pump on our manual player piano when I was a kid.

My favorite was the William Tel Overture, I would get up at 5am, grab the underside of the key board and pump like mad...The Lone Ranger!

Can't let this topic go by without bringing in some REAL music from about 1907.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z8Iu...

Yes, most music from contemporary genre's is substandard. I like listening to music from Japanese Anime, my son got me into it when he was growing up. Even if it's sung in Japanese sounds great; instrumental pieces that are heroic in nature is gooding listening. Some movie music is good too, Gladiator is my favorite.

Laughing and agree but relating to musical lyrics is just a social construct dontch know...[NOT]

These creatures have ruined, not Just our music but our books, our history, our food and education...right up to our cars...today's cars are produced to reflect an equal outcome of global ugliness; each model across the board reflect the same repeated ugliness. One can't be better or prettier than another.

American uniqueness has been globally manufactured away.

Yep...the day the music died..bye bye American Pie.
They started in the 40's I think, when they changed from tuning instruments at 432 to 440.
I read a white paper some time ago that showed that healthful and harmful frequencies alternate from the shuman resonance on up and was surprised to see that 432 had a beneficial effect on the bodies cells but 440 did not!
Go figure.

I love a lot of different types of music and even some of the current stuff today. Sadly with the current stuff I do like, none of it makes the billboard charts and what music does makes me want to barf. If I am spinning my own favorite oldies it is almost always from the 70s and 80s with very few current artists mixed in. What happened to songs that had lyrics with meanings that we can relate to?

A computer guy I know told me several years ago, via his analysis on his computer, that the beat had intentionally been changed, to go against what was natural to the heartbeat, to what was irritating. He eve tool old songs, and applied the new method, to prove it. I greq up with big band of my parents, loved it. Then the 80s rock n roll, loved it. Went into the 70s liking, Paul Davis, Bon Jovi, and Mellenkamp. then it got too hard, to nasty, too anti woman. I went country, then Taylor Swift screwed that up. Went back to my old collections, Dan Martin, Sinatra, George strait, Johnny Rivrs, Glen Miller. Happy again. Until we go to Cassanos, which has Pulse satellite, adult contemporary on, Drwadful, all alike, can't tell when the song or artist change, all the same! Kids today cannot appreciate different genres of music, only the millennial droning. That has definitely been a shame and a loss, which our daughter, now 30s did not get drug into.

The way the singers of today slaughter the national anthem is treasonous from my perspective. Ditto other great songs. It all comes from the liberal mindsets in the MSM executives of today. Replace them all with leaders that have American values of the past and you will have the rancor of today subside precipitously.

A subtitle for OldUglyCalr's title~
Or Why Allosaur Listens To The Classic Rock Station

If you want good Christmas music, listen to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas cd. What do you think of James Horner, who did the music for Titanic and Braveheart? I, too, love the oldies the most for the creativity and originality you just do not see now-a-days. There are a few who have popped up that surprised me. I will share when I can remember them. lol

I agree that modern music is awful. I prefer music from the hills of Mississippi - Fat Possum Records R.L. Burnside et al. The guys are the salt of the earth and are not caught up in the corrupt commercialism of entertainment. I like music that come from the soul - not some third party moocher.

My favorite Christmas music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQyPa...

Geared to separate man from his very essence.

Notice how many things these days are the results of global sameness...it's so boring and the quality sucks.

I agree.

I run away any time I hear it or accidentally bump into it.

There are music channels on TV: when I browse, they pop up inevitably. Luckily, there is a remote. But for a few seconds I get a taste what it is like. Don't these women get bronchitis from all the screaming, yelling?

My collection of CDs is entirely from composers 50-100 years ago. My CD player takes 5 CDs so I listen to them one after the other as the player advances automatically.

My Christmas music is also an old collection.

When I see my coworkers with a headphone and know what they are listening to: no wonder their souls are corrupted.

My musical happiness almost entirely comes from music written more than 50 years ago, and I haven't heard anything worth hearing written in the 21st century. There are lots of current performers who have fantastic performing talent and the opportunity to make a living using that talent is greater today than it has ever been before. Artists don't have to use traditional channels to be successful, and they can mix their own music with hundreds of musical instruments using sampled sounds and a digital audio workstation. That's "making a living", not becoming a recording "star."
The "Voice" and other such star search tv programs are not done to benefit the artists who perform. They are a promotional technique used by recording companies, and the winners of such "contests" are pretty consistently encouraged to change their sound to be the same as the rest of the rubbish created by the recording industry. The performers who don't comply are removed from the competition quickly.

Today, even the good music written 50+ years ago is often turned to rubbish by most popular artists.
I love to hear Christmas music. I get joy from singing carols and popular Christmas songs written 50+ years ago.
I tried to listen to some Christmas CDs performed by modern artists on Christmas day. I could not tolerate it longer than 10 minutes.
A few do perform the music in less "modern" arrangements without making up a new melody or doing vocal gymnastics.
Those performances are rare and marvelous.

Thanks for posting, OUC ;^)

It is sad that they think truth is a social construct, but the fact that they do is true.