I hope Chris Martin's musical tastes get fixed

 

And I will try to fix....your musical taste, Chris Martin :D

I agree with you on the mainstream getting worse and worse. Listening to the radio was more tolerable back in the late 2000s compared to now.

Exactly, I like how you said 1950-2012 because IMO that was the last year of really good mainstream music. Some say 2008, that was the last year when actual rock stayed in the mainstream. After that, until 2012, it was arguably pop-rock. And TBH I love pop-rock music (now you know why I love Mylo) so that's why I really liked that era of mainstream as well, there were a lot of really really good pop-rock written in that era and really there are a ton of amazing pop-rock songs out there. After that, 2013-present the pop-rock scene really started to fade, which is really unfortunate, because at least pop-rock music is rich in sound. The electronic beats of 2013-present mainstream era just got worse and worse, and now it feels incredibly plastic, shallow, fake, etc. Then, we're also getting the overproduction and smothered in synths problem too. 2013 it got a little worse, 2014 even more worse, then 2015 is when our mainstream just went completely sideways. I miss the mainsream of 2012 and before, wish it would come back. I used to listen to the radio alot I admit, now I really don't. The mainstream has gotten some bad, I'm getting so sick of it. I'll turn on the radio in 2016 and see if it's any better, hopefully it improves. One things for sure, I hope Chris Martin's musical tastes get fixed because if they don't for this next album then we'll take another step into mainstream which is really unfortunate. Hopefully the mainstream gets way better so Chris Martin knows what real music is.

 

Exactly. Post of the day.

Very little new I can contribute here I guess...this thread raises the same issue as many other threads imo.

 

About mainstream artists I think there are artists whose work I enjoy and those I don't, though the same can be said about indie artists , so how popular they are is not an important factor for me. Looking through the best selling albums of 2014, there are a few genres in there, from Pink Floyd to One Direction, so Im not sure its accurate to depict most people´s tastes as monolithic.

 

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-selling-artist-albums-of-2014__7579/

Let people do the music they like and be whatever they like to be. You can ask questions and get to know people, and the reasons behind their doings, if some question pops up into your mind. Sure, but in this messy Internet, it is difficult. We need to work harder for a good structure in here, folks!