Music changes over the past 100 years

I was driving to work this morning, listening to the radio as I always do.  Singing along to whatever is on at the time, in my own little world.  Then two of my old favs came on - back to the 80's - 90's.  Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes and Place your Hand - Reef.  Wow takes me right back.

Then my mind starting rambling away as it does.  Thoughts of wow has music changed over the years.  I have seen it move from Vinyl, to Cassette, to CD, to MP3's.  How quickly it all changes.

For me I was born in the mid 70's, but 80's and 90's music was my musical era (teens to mid 20's).  The time of Disco, Hip Hop, Gothic, Pop, Grunge, Boy/Girl Bands, Techno, Heavy Metal etc.  As my mind set off on its own questioning, I realized that once upon a time Music used to define us.  Who we were, where we fitted in as a group. 

I could go back as far as the:

50's - the rockers wore Leather and the hair was slicked with Brill Cream and they listened to Chubby Checker and Elvis Presley.

60's - The beach rockers wore Hawaiian Shirts and listened to the Beach Boys, the Doors, Jimi Hendrix while the hippies wore their bellbottoms and listened to Joe Cocker & The Monkees

70's - Punks wore their safety pins and listened to the New York Stooges and Disco wore Gogo Dresses and listened Abba & The Village People

My Era
80's & 90's - The Stoners listened to Cypress Hill, the Goths listened to The Cure, The Hip Hops listened to Ice T & 2PAC, the Surfies listened to Violent Femmes, Reef and Gangajang, The Reggaers listened to Arrested Development and UB40, the Grungers listened to Pearl Jam & Nirvana then you had the Metal heads who listened to ACDC, Guns'n'Roses, Metallica etc just to name a few.

But have you noticed...

That as of the 2000's we are no longer defined by our music.  We don't wear clothes to define who we are or what music we listen to. 

Have you noticed that we don't dress Punk or Hip Hop or Rap etc anymore? 

Have you noticed that music is now more energetic, faster and louder, less meaning and ballads. 

Music is now more digitalised and less acoustic. 

Gone are the days of just a good ole guitar, drums and a keyboard. 

Most of the genres today are Pop, Rap, Hip Hop, & Rock, though the good ole Country has always stayed a constant. 

All of the above is just my perception.  You may agree or disagree!  Though I have to say I could not live without music in my life.  What I listen to these days rely heavily on how I am feeling at the time.  Whether I need something upbeat, relaxing, if I feel like reminiscing or just to have something in the back ground.  It certainly does not define me.  I listen to a whole range of styles of music and enjoy each one just as much as the other.

What are your thoughts on the movement of music over the last couple of centuries??
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