Darren New wrote:

> 90% of everything is crap.

I don't think that's necessarily true.

Take YouTube. 99.9998% of YouTube is crap, presumably because *anybody* 
can post *anything*. You don't get to release a recording with a major 
record label unless you're minimally competant.

> That said, if you keep only 1%, you're doing well.

Indeed. I would imagine all the music ever recorded in the 1950s numbers 
in the hundred billions, and I've got, like, 30 tracks here.

> Ever listen to a classical music radio station? Most of it is boring and 
> lame. It's only the good music that lasts 100s' of years.

Most classical music sounds dull and boring to me. Only a select few 
pieces are worth hearing. Every year my mum forces me to listen to the 
New Year's Day concert in Vienna. *yawn*

It's the same with organ music. Once you get over the initial "this is a 
pipe organ", most of it is unspeakably dull. But every now and then, the 
occasional piece comes along which sounds awesome all the way through.

> I'm wondering what the golden age of rap is going to sound like.

Bahahaha!

I'm wondering what 21st century music will still be popular in 50 years' 
time. I honestly can't think of any good music I've heard recently 
that's new.

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