Being nostalgic about movies reminds me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mniOdBXH2Yk
Ah the '90s: when every movie had a way out of place and way corny rap track in the credits.
Acajack said he misses movies with good soundtracks. I for one don't. I'd deliberately rupture my eardrums if we still had to listen to that Aerosmith song from Armageddon, or Celine Dion's Titanic song, every time someone turned on a damn radio. And don't get me started on Will Smith. Nobody's going to the wild wild west, asshole.
It's funny, power has concentrated so much in the movie industry. But musical pop culture has dissolved.
It's thanks to the internet making distribution and discovery easier. It started with indy culture in the 2000s, it continues today. Why would any of us listen to whatever generic pop record labels and radio stations tell us to, when our music players have all the music ever? Why would I give a fuck who Post Malone is when I can get to know Lou Reed, or Bill Withers, or Big Daddy Kane just as easily.
Millennials were pretty retrospective in our musical taste. Zoomers seem to be even more so.
But I do miss the days when people made new music--actually new music. And that's because I miss live music.
Musically, the 20th century will be an anomaly in history. Music changed a lot; every generation could claim a new genre or two. It was all thanks to the advent of recording technology which allowed music to move around the world and become something greater than vernacular culture.
Now we've gotten to the point where recording and distribution is so good that we barely need anyone to actually pick up an instrument. Kids can sit on their computers and not only find whatever they want, they can make just about whatever they like too.
But that's not an environment for innovation. Playing music live is a chance to experiment and discover instantly what audiences react to--it's the same reason comedy writers do standup. As a man danced, so the drums were beaten for him--as the proverb goes. Furthermore, playing in a band is a chance to collaborate and bounce ideas around. You get that same instant feedback. Try getting that from Ableton and Soundcloud.