Old Music

OOld Music is the only good style of music on the planet. It consists of the better songs from previous times, primarily from the 1970s through the late-1990s. It stands in deep contrast to Modern Music, which is almost universally bad and talentless, with rare notable exceptions.

It is well-known for its good taste and well-likedness (is that a word?) by people worldwide, and especially here in Arstotzka and amongst our friends in Tennessee.

Why New Music Sucks
Old Music's big difference between it and New "Music" (terrifying, evil noise), is that it is actually good. Whereas new music is full of autotune, special effects, fake voices, electronic instruments and oftentimes simulated instruments through electronic soundboards, Old Music features true, authentic singers. Old Music requires skill, no matter if it was rock, pop or rap: New Music is tasteless, pointless and utterly pathetic. It serves only to get stuck in your head annoyingly, and entertain the people who listen to the FM radio in the car.

Even something as disliked as rap was better back in the days of Old Music. To prove this, I'll compare the lyrics of the most popular rap song from 1995 and 2020:

1995 -- Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise
"As I walk through the shadow of the valley of death,""I take a look at my life and realise there's not much left""Coz I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that,""even my mama thinks that my mind is gone"Compare this to something like 2020's "Wet Ass P-Word", which is tasteless and pathetic, let's take a look at this one:"There's some whores in this house""Whores in this house""Whores in this house""There's some whores in this house"The difference between the two of these could not be more obvious. While Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise is a provoking and interestin perspective of his dangerous gang life, the latter is just disgusting and relies on one word: 'w****s', with no lyrical craft or talent. While this seems particularly drastic, it's honestly just a sad reflection on how far music has fallen. This is why I use the terms 'Old Music' and 'New Music' so much, and placing a lot of candence on them both.

Informazione Importante
Well, I feel like it is important to say that not all new music is bad: instead, it's just the vast majority of popular music. Some new songs are actually not bad: forexample, most of the new songs of the 21st century from Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters: (Run, The Sky Is A Neighborhood and others are particularly good).

Examples
Some examples of good pieces of Old Music include:


 * Toto's Africa
 * Billy Joel's Piano Man
 * Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise
 * John Denver's Country Roads
 * Michael Jackson's Billie Jean
 * Queen's I Want To Break Free
 * Village People's YMCA
 * The Beatles' Hey Jude
 * The Eagles' Hotel California
 * Foo Fighters' Learn To Fly