subarctictundra@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhy was Rock 'n' Roll seen as the grooviest shit in the 50s when it's just averagely groovy (ie. unremarkable) today?message-squaremessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down114
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareWhy was Rock 'n' Roll seen as the grooviest shit in the 50s when it's just averagely groovy (ie. unremarkable) today?subarctictundra@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square24linkfedilink
minus-squareFriendOfDeSoto@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoI’m sure there was harder rock in existence. My point wasn’t they were objectively the hardest. It was that our perception of music changes over time.
minus-squarePat_Riot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down10·2 months agoI remember listening to Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit when out came out thinking this was the roughest rock could ever go. ☝️ Those were your exact words…
minus-squareFriendOfDeSoto@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoYes, they are. Me thinking something in the early 90s and it being objectively so at the time are not the same thing. I’ve already let 90s me know that you think my opinion was wrong.
I’m sure there was harder rock in existence. My point wasn’t they were objectively the hardest. It was that our perception of music changes over time.
I remember listening to Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit when out came out thinking this was the roughest rock could ever go.
☝️
Those were your exact words…
Yes, they are. Me thinking something in the early 90s and it being objectively so at the time are not the same thing. I’ve already let 90s me know that you think my opinion was wrong.