When I listen to it now, it´s pretty s**t isn't it?

Creed_Clicks

Over the last year I've been thinning the herd of CDs and music DVDs at home and got rid of a good bunch of them, and paired it down to the "best of". While I'm still listening to these, what I thought were "best of" my collection, a lot of them don't sound as good to me as they did 20 years ago.
Stone Temple Pilots is one example. Went through a few of their albums earlier, and wasn't as blown away as I thought I should be, or was 10 years ago even. So these might get culled from the "best of" as well. All my Metallica and Megadeth stuff has gone.
Same with Doves. Now Doves have some brilliant brilliant songs, but I find it hard sometimes to get through their albums in one go, so they had to go to the charity shop as well!
Blur is also hovering on the out tray...
I know as we get older, our musical tastes change, but I'm still a guitar man at heart, so arguing with myself these days as to whether what I was into back in the 90s was good or not good....
At this stage, I might pair my collection down to 10 CDs!

Zoolooter

I’ve done the same with my collection of vinyl and cds. A very melancholy experience. A lot was chucked and some of the vinyl kept only for sentimental reasons - knowing I’d never actual listen to them again. Most of it just sounds pedestrian, and all the classics like Bowie, Zeppelin, Dire Straits, etc I have played to the absolute death. I just don’t listen to much music anymore, or have the time to. Although, I’m relatively new to learning guitar which maybe a subconscious substitute.

robgilmo

To be fair I never held the Stone Temple Pilots very highly in my list of bands yo listen to, Not even 20 odd years ago.

Maynehead

How could you... I’d throw away my CD player before I throw away my Metallica CDs!

Creed_Clicks

@robgilmo True, but I thought they were amazing years ago. Now I revisit, and I´m not too fussed...
On the other hand, I hummed and hawed about Faith No More for years, and revisited them lately, and they´re / were bloody brilliant.

lovestrat74

I think with a lot of it, there were the odd few good/great songs but as a whole the albums didn't have enough about them.. I take it Oasis went years ago 

Creed_Clicks

Yup Oasis all gone too though was never a big fan anyway.
Going through the Blur stuff now to see if they will be saved from the final cull.

skay

@Creed_Clicks Modern Life is Rubbish is probably my favourite Blur album.

 I revisited it a while ago after not hearing it for years, such a unique collection of songs by a band at a crossroads in their career, its originality means it hasn't really aged.

Lebarque

I sometimes find it difficult listening to music I liked as a kid, not because of the songs, but because of the dated production. Luckily, remastered versions pop up on Spotify now. Nevermind and Siamese Dream are two that I've really enjoyed. Core by Stone Temple Pilots is a prime example of an album that needs remastering IMO. Great songs, but sounds dodgy these days.

Creed_Clicks

@Lebarque yep, first 2 STP albums really need some treatment. Tiny Music still sounds good though.
@skay About half of each album post Parklife, skipping The Great Escape, is really good. Think Thank has some brilliant stuff on it, but some other stuff which is meh, to me....

darthed1981

I find that your tastes change a bit over time, but also you can be affected by your mood, and your end goal, "confirmation bias" plays a big part.

Ultimately, the idea of any kind of "objective standard" in music that is competently played on a record is basically nonsense anyhow, so as your taste varies your idea of quality will.

skay

So true @darthed1981 as a teenager in the early 90's I wouldn't have given the time of day to bands like The Chameleons (hated that dated 80's sound), but from discovering them on a recent thread here, I'm currently mildly obsessed with their Script of the Bridge album.

Only recently got into the Cure and Depeche Mode, so time passed can also work the other way, and things I would have hated in the past are now on regular rotation. 

Maynehead

Lebarque said:

I sometimes find it difficult listening to music I liked as a kid, not because of the songs, but because of the dated production. Luckily, remastered versions pop up on Spotify now. Nevermind and Siamese Dream are two that I've really enjoyed. Core by Stone Temple Pilots is a prime example of an album that needs remastering IMO. Great songs, but sounds dodgy these days.

The dodgyness and varying production styles are a part of the charm! Especially for rock albums, I wouldn't want everything to have a hi-fi cinematic sound.

robgilmo

I think as kids we had our image to think about , you couldnt roll up to a mates party with an Erasure CD.

pintspiller

Image was everything. Buts it's hard to remain in my teens and twenties when I'm in my fifties.

Tone71

Creed_Clicks said:

@robgilmo True, but I thought they were amazing years ago. Now I revisit, and I´m not too fussed...
On the other hand, I hummed and hawed about Faith No More for years, and revisited them lately, and they´re / were bloody brilliant.

Faith no More are superb, the live at Brixton academy version of War Pigs was a teenage favorite and still is.

But I'd never throw any music away, maybe thats why I'm feeling cluttered?

Creed_Clicks

Well I gave most of it to charity shops or music shops that sell used albums. To be honest I don’t miss what I’ve given away and I don’t really touch what I’ve kept! I almost always listen to music digitally, either from my hard drive or streaming ...

JezWynd

Lebarque said:

I sometimes find it difficult listening to music I liked as a kid, not because of the songs, but because of the dated production. Luckily, remastered versions pop up on Spotify now. Nevermind and Siamese Dream are two that I've really enjoyed. Core by Stone Temple Pilots is a prime example of an album that needs remastering IMO. Great songs, but sounds dodgy these days.

I much prefer sixties and seventies production - it has warmth and atmosphere as opposed to modern production which is largely cold and sterile. Would Exile on Main Street or Hunky Dory sound as good using modern digital techniques? I don’t think so.

Lebarque

Tone71 said:

Creed_Clicks said:

@robgilmo True, but I thought they were amazing years ago. Now I revisit, and I´m not too fussed...
On the other hand, I hummed and hawed about Faith No More for years, and revisited them lately, and they´re / were bloody brilliant.

Faith no More are superb, the live at Brixton academy version of War Pigs was a teenage favorite and still is.

But I'd never throw any music away, maybe thats why I'm feeling cluttered?

I saw FNM at Brixton on the Angel Dust tour. L7 got their tampons out and Mike P pissed in his boot and drank it. Other than that, excellent.

Lebarque

JezWynd said:

Lebarque said:

I sometimes find it difficult listening to music I liked as a kid, not because of the songs, but because of the dated production. Luckily, remastered versions pop up on Spotify now. Nevermind and Siamese Dream are two that I've really enjoyed. Core by Stone Temple Pilots is a prime example of an album that needs remastering IMO. Great songs, but sounds dodgy these days.

I much prefer sixties and seventies production - it has warmth and atmosphere as opposed to modern production which is largely cold and sterile. Would Exile on Main Street or Hunky Dory sound as good using modern digital techniques? I don’t think so.

JezWynd said:

Lebarque said:

I sometimes find it difficult listening to music I liked as a kid, not because of the songs, but because of the dated production. Luckily, remastered versions pop up on Spotify now. Nevermind and Siamese Dream are two that I've really enjoyed. Core by Stone Temple Pilots is a prime example of an album that needs remastering IMO. Great songs, but sounds dodgy these days.

I much prefer sixties and seventies production - it has warmth and atmosphere as opposed to modern production which is largely cold and sterile. Would Exile on Main Street or Hunky Dory sound as good using modern digital techniques? I don’t think so




Agreed. It's the 80's and 90's production I sometimes struggle with. 

JezWynd

Agreed. It's the 80's and 90's production I sometimes struggle with. 

Yeah, the 80’s saw the first widespread use of the glossy high concept sound. Quite effective in the hands of someone like Trevor Horn eg. Lexicon of Love. So many bands were using synths then that they laid their own feel on the production.
Not sure about the 90’s, they were a bit of a blur.