Why is it that from about the mid 70s until the late 2000s all the best music was being made by normies? And why did the normies suddenly stop making good music in the 2010s?
>>132090169They would be considered weirdos by today's standards for normies, anyone who has an interest in the arts tend to be maladjusted even if it isn't obvious from the outside.
>>132090169Success requires a certain amount of ambition and extroversion that antisocial autists can't hack.
>>132090243But anti-social autists were some of the most successful musicians of the 80s and 90s?
>>132090169That’s not true, my band released one of the greatest albums of all time in August of 2025
>>132090400Prove it
>>132090311Autists had less excuses to be antisocial before the age of computers and vidya. You had to train yourself to pass as normal.
I think the late 80s-mid 90s was the peak of this phenomenon which was a product of the fact that instruments were widely available and affordable, cost of living was cheap and therefore it was easier and more accessible for normies to start bands. Plus dressing “normal” was fashionable during that time period
>>132090169normies stopped caring about music. same happened to books
>>132092477>cost of living was cheap and therefore it was easier and more accessible for normies to start bands. Plus dressing “normal” was fashionable during that time periodDuring this period there were tons of bands in Boston. Before internet and social media saturation, lots of schools, and as you mentioned, cheap living combined with lots of jobs made the perfect conditions for it. I lived in Jamaica Plain at that time and played in 3 bands. Lots of people playing music and doing art, always good live music to go out and see on the cheap, and lots of parties. Was a great time to live there and I feel sort of bad for non-trust fund kids now who will never know what it’s like to live cheaply in a major city in the US and have enough time and money to just fuck around with your friends and make music.
>>132092534This
>>132090169Are you aware that the entire music industry collapsed in the 2010s?Record companies literally paid people to go out and watch bands play and then sign them on big money deals. Gigs back then had the potential to make young normies famous and rich. Now, tons of people still play in bands but it may aswell be playing dungeons and dragons at a board game cafe. Being in a band has become a hobby.
>>132092477>Plus dressing “normal” was fashionable during that time periodHonestly part of what made it so comfy. Seeing a bunch of average looking dudes get on stage looking like they just got off work or out of class and then immediately start rocking is based as fuck
What the hell do you consider normies?
