New music, Old music

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Does anyone else feel like, old music gets preserved well beyond its expiration date? And old bands have been musically irrelevant for a long time, as in, they don't put out good music anymore? And people are trying to keep the bands' legacies alive in an inappropriate manner, to the point that it actually stifles up and coming creativity? Don't get me wrong, there are some old bands that I really love, such as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and Metallica. I just feel like people shouldn't gush over old bands and keep the music scene trapped in the past, always trying to live up to old standards. There are newer artists I listen to, such as Carly Rae Jepsen, Billie Eilish, and Grimes, who really take modern music to a really great place, and it would be really cool if more modern artists did novel stuff with their music. People shouldn't gatekeep old bands, they're old news. Let's bring in the new.

Don't look now, but ABBA has a new album coming out. But to be somewhat fair, also being a Pat Benatar fan, she got old, to me, after her "Wide Awake in Dreamland" album.

And to be fair to humanity, I think most of sane people can appreciate Beethoven's 5th, but would not today want him to run a record company today. There was a disco version of Beethoven's 5th put out in the 70s. 

I think while it is right to innovate new music, I also think it is important to remember history, and the artists of old that make an impact always influence the new. 

Being an Abba fan, I only look forward to the nostalgia no matter how brief. But in my life, my musical tastes, have always grown and moved. If someone can listen to ABBA one song, then Metallica the next, then Snoop Dog the next, that does not say to me someone is stuck in a rut.

Problem is that's all that music is nowadays, rehashing the old music in new ,  more interesting ways. To OLB's point, I feel it's a feature of the modern generation and their decreasing attention span to not take the time necessary for originality, in a lot of cases.