Quote Originally Posted by classy_cat18 View Post
Last three decades? Yes, I have to admit that a lot of music these days is...yeah, it's crap. And yes, rap has taken a nose dive recently. But what about the old days of rap and hip hop? When the lyrics were actually interesting? When it wasn't about bitches and money? The eighties and early nineties? Lil' Wayne and Lil' Whatever wouldn't even be around if it wasn't for these people.

...But yeah, about 95% of pop music is bleh. That's why I listen to J-rock despite what my relatives think.
This is probably why I listen to a lot of Video Game music, because it surprises me how amazingly some soundtracks are orchestrated

And it's probably the closest you'd get to Beethoven-era music.
Take for example: Final Fantasy 2 OST, the battle theme orchestrated = srs winnage

Then there's also the rock music I like: Metallica (old stuff mind you), Children of Bodom, Nightwish (pre-Annette Olzon), Stratovarius, hell I'll even take some Shinedown too.

And I even listen to some of the Vocaloid stuff.