The Difficulty of Liking the New
From music, to fashion, to even the most current of trends, it seems like a chore to get into anything current.
I’ve always had no problem with liking current things years ago. But lately, I’ve become more and more distant from today’s current crop of stuff. Much like an old man screaming at kids on his lawn, I think I’m turning into a person I would hate if I were 14 years old.
You see, I feel like everything right now is just done with less passion. I used to find music by gut feel, by instinct. Now, it’s as if everything is so fast food-like. No one will ever know the beauty of risking your allowance for a cassette or CD that you’ve judged based on the cover alone. I remember going far south commuting just to find a skate shoe I want. There’s just something about risking or giving something to get something you know what I mean? It just feels weird that everything’s too easy and everything is taken for granted in the process.
Much like fast food, today’s influx of entertainment and products just come in droves that you barely have time to process each and every one of them. I honestly think that everyone’s too in a hurry to put out their respective labors of love that it takes away the artistic process or at least lessen it.
I used to tell my friends, that the reason I got tired of being a musician, is that we’re putting so much of ourselves out there, only to get barely a reaction just because there’s too much. And you know how it is when there’s too much, you become tired of it without even digesting them. Imagine a buffet table with too much on it. You just lose your appetite and you end up not eating anything in the process.
Not to take anything away from today’s generation, as it’s not their fault, but I feel like social media platforms have taken away a sense of mystique from it all. I remember wondering what lifestyle does Slayer or Metallica lead outside their respective metal exteriors. I used to think Slayer are actual Satanists, which only added to their appeal, at least in my book.
And don’t get me started on current trends online, where everything feels like a rehash of something that was already popular years ago- only to be introduced like the young ones invented the said shit. I mean, can’t anyone create anything anymore? Should it always be a 20-year-old trend reintroduced and repackaged?
No apologies here
I sure must be apologizing, but honesty should be my only excuse for this. You know what? I don’t, and I’m not supposed to get it. I remember being young and older people would think of the stuff I like as bullshit. Maybe I’m not supposed to like the current stuff… and that’s ok.
This is just me and welcome to my Substack. I admit, this was all done in haste, so please take that in consideration. Thanks to whoever is reading this one.