Metallica off the top rope from out of nowhere

YellowSnow said:

chuck said:

YellowSnow said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

YellowSnow said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

YellowSnow said:

People still play this kind of music?

Yes, and nobody plays Beatles or Stones anymore.

The Beatles have sold a lot more records since 1990 than Metallica.

And for the record, I own all of the first 4 Metallica albums on compact disc or vinyl.

All good and well, but I'm talking about musical style. I'm also guessing those Beatles albums aren't selling to many under-50 year olds in 2022. Call me crazy.

I know that at some point we all stop paying attention to the new stuff and are stuck living in the past.

I don't know the specific numbers of how many under 50 are still "listening" as opposed to buy Beatles music. To @chuck 's point, who even "buys" music any more. I don't think hardly any of our member's here do other than me. I'm a vinyl luddite and refuse to go all in on high fi streaming options.

Looking around on YouTube.com, Instagram, etc, I would say there's still enduring interest in classic rock in general, including Metallica which being 40 years old falls into that genre now.

At any rate, @JoeEDangerously knows I have Tourette's when it comes to talking shit about technically proficient shredding, even when I own a bit of it.

Yeah I get there are a handful of real audiophile types buying vinyl and I'm glad for it. I wish I had started that process when I was young rather than pissing thousands of $$ away on CDs, most of which are gone and/or of no use anymore. Of all the things I've pissed money away on that has to rank near the top of the second tier (first tier is Copenhagen and weed).

I bought a handful of (vinyl) records in college for the novelty but never owned a TT. Basically I would play them on my frens DJ (Technics SL-1200) decks for fun. But between 1994 and 2010 I'm guessing dropped about $11K on CDs. If I could have re-directed that towards vinyl play back in the mid 90s I'd be in even more kick ass shape hi-fi wise. There were a lot of high end, all analogue re-issues done in the 90s and early 2000s which are out of print now, and demand huge sums in the internet.

Even in 2005 I got some records for like $25.00 that go for like $300.00 or $400.00 now on Discogs.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

chuck said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

YellowSnow said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

YellowSnow said:

People still play this kind of music?

Yes, and nobody plays Beatles or Stones anymore.

The Beatles have sold a lot more records since 1990 than Metallica.

And for the record, I own all of the first 4 Metallica albums on compact disc or vinyl.

All good and well, but I'm talking about musical style. I'm also guessing those Beatles albums aren't selling to many under-50 year olds in 2022. Call me crazy.

I know that at some point we all stop paying attention to the new stuff and are stuck living in the past.

Classic rock has made a resurgence. I don't know who buys music anymore, but I know there are a lot of yutes with increasing interest in the roots of all the subgenres of pop music and rock in particular.

Youngest Nacho is 21 and a friend is 24ish, a singer and has a band. I’ve seen him play a couple small shows and he loves grunge era and the Foo Fighters.