What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

[Retro Spectator]

After going to Cape Cod again (I have some relatives up there, who let us visit in the summer), and hearing the awful 21st century music blasted out of cars, and played in stores. I cannot wait for synthesizer based music to disappear. Or maybe they should just play some actual music with those synthesizers, instead of "music" which is just phony voices, a nasty beat, and a poorly written song. It seems current music doesn't follow any sort of form. It is just like a garbage pile. All mashed together, with no quality, and is annoying to be around. It doesn't follow a classic style, nor does it follow the blues scale. It doesn't sound good at all. It sounds vile, and it all sounds the same.

 

[Horace Debussy Jones]

Quite right, and sad but true. I certainly won't miss what passes for "music" these days. But this current computer generated rubbish does not bode well for the future of music I fear. It's all just fast and cheap,...like so much of our "culture" these days, made with the idea of just making a quick buck.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Quite right, and sad but true. I certainly won't miss what passes for "music" these days. But this current computer generated rubbish does not bode well for the future of music I fear. It's all just fast and cheap,...like so much of our "culture" these days, made with the idea of just making a quick buck.

Disposable culture.

 

[Big J]

Disposable culture.

Disposable people and skill sets.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Got to keep the wheels of commerce turning, and the Boys From Marketing employed.

 

[St. Louis]

I would give anything never to hear the phrase "must-have" again. I must have air, water, food, work, a roof over my head, and sleep, but other than that, almost nothing can really be classified as "must-have."

Equally irritating: advertisements that begin with the word "hurry." How I detest being told to hurry by some idiot whom I wouldn't permit to set foot in my living room. Hurry! Before they're gone! Hurry! Before some stupid deadline that I just invented twenty seconds ago expires! Hurry! Before I explode!

 

[ChiTownScion]

Got to keep the wheels of commerce turning, and the Boys From Marketing employed.

They're as likely to be Girls From Marketing in this day and age. Heck, when I was single I dated one or two of them, and that was decades ago. And sad to say, there are a few among our circle of family and friends who, MBA in hand, have decided to go that route.

 

[Gregg Axley]

I would give anything never to hear the phrase "must-have" again. I must have air, water, food, work, a roof over my head, and sleep, but other than that, almost nothing can really be classified as "must-have."

Equally irritating: advertisements that begin with the word "hurry." How I detest being told to hurry by some idiot whom I wouldn't permit to set foot in my living room. Hurry! Before they're gone! Hurry! Before some stupid deadline that I just invented twenty seconds ago expires! Hurry! Before I explode!

Now days you can just log on and get said item, without fighting the crowds for a parking spot or getting an elbow in the ribs.

 

[ChiTownScion]

I would give anything never to hear the phrase "must-have" again. I must have air, water, food, work, a roof over my head, and sleep, but other than that, almost nothing can really be classified as "must-have."

Equally irritating: advertisements that begin with the word "hurry." How I detest being told to hurry by some idiot whom I wouldn't permit to set foot in my living room. Hurry! Before they're gone! Hurry! Before some stupid deadline that I just invented twenty seconds ago expires! Hurry! Before I explode!

To that add any commercial that claims, "....your friends at [insert name of store here]." Or, "...all of your favorite [whatever product category they're peddling here]..

Damn it, they don't even know my name, but now they're my "friends" and they somehow know that my favorite anything is? Don't get me started.

 

[Zombie_61]

I would give anything never to hear the phrase "must-have" again. I must have air, water, food, work, a roof over my head, and sleep, but other than that, almost nothing can really be classified as "must-have."

Equally irritating: advertisements that begin with the word "hurry." How I detest being told to hurry by some idiot whom I wouldn't permit to set foot in my living room. Hurry! Before they're gone! Hurry! Before some stupid deadline that I just invented twenty seconds ago expires! Hurry! Before I explode!

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[Stearmen]

Be careful when you pull up next to a vehicle withe characteristic thud, thud sound, they may not be listing to the music you think they are! The other day, I backed my truck out of the garage, then got out, left it running, with the radio on, to grab a part, when I was walking back, I noticed the sound coming from my truck, it sounded like I was listing to Rap! I was in fact listing to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. The stereo in the truck is better then any thing I have ever had in my house, combined with hearing loss, I must of had it cranked up more then I thought! [video=youtube;_-mvutiDRvQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-mvutiDRvQ[/video]

 

[LizzieMaine]

If you're listening to any kind of music that loud, how are you going to hear if something goes wrong with your car?

 

[2jakes]

Be careful when you pull up next to a vehicle withe characteristic thud, thud sound, they may not be listing to the music you think they are! The other day, I backed my truck out of the garage, then got out, left it running, with the radio on, to grab a part, when I was walking back, I noticed the sound coming from my truck, it sounded like I was listing to Rap! I was in fact listing to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. The stereo in the truck is better then any thing I have ever had in my house, combined with hearing loss, I must of had it cranked up more then I thought!

Constant loud "sounds" will come back & haunt you .

(high pitch ringing on one side of ear ...:horn:

 

[ChiTownScion]

Be careful when you pull up next to a vehicle withe characteristic thud, thud sound, they may not be listing to the music you think they are! The other day, I backed my truck out of the garage, then got out, left it running, with the radio on, to grab a part, when I was walking back, I noticed the sound coming from my truck, it sounded like I was listing to Rap! I was in fact listing to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. The stereo in the truck is better then any thing I have ever had in my house, combined with hearing loss, I must of had it cranked up more then I thought! [video=youtube;_-mvutiDRvQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-mvutiDRvQ[/video]

Alex DeLarge would love it.

 

[jamespowers]

If you're listening to any kind of music that loud, how are you going to hear if something goes wrong with your car?

Or even a cop trying to pull you over.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Or even a cop trying to pull you over.

I was pulled over listening to Beethoven. The cop said he was sorry he didn't realize that I was listening to classical, gave me a thumbs up & walked away.

True story.

 

[jamespowers]

I was pulled over listening to Beethoven. The cop said he was sorry he didn't realize that I was listening to classical, gave me a thumbs up & walked away.

True story.

:rofl: Sounds like a scene from Wayne's World.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

:rofl: Sounds like a scene from Wayne's World.

Party on!

 

[jamespowers]

Party on!

http://youtu.be/vST8MUoCPvg

 

[Retro Spectator]

:rofl: Sounds like a scene from Wayne's World.

You mean Bruce Wayne's world.