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Blogs > cheesesoda > chronicles of a soda

Music of Today Sucks  

cheesesoda 38M
18 posts
10/14/2007 4:12 pm

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6/10/2012 7:28 pm
Music of Today Sucks

Music has changed quite a bit over the years, and it has been for the worse. I cannot stand to listen to mainstream music anymore. Top 40 hits are just horrid. Just about everything on the Billboard 100 is , punk, punk-pop, pop, and emo bullshit. It's sad.

My problem with today's music isn't entirely about the sound. The sound is actually quite catchy. However, the fact that there is hardly any creativity in today's music that just makes it so annoying. Music is being mass produced and sold to young America. To make it famous, you have to have a sound that everybody likes. Everybody knows this, so music just tends to sound the same. There's no exploration into one's sound. It's what will sell records and tickets.

There are plenty of genres of today that I do hate, though. I cannot stand emo, screamo, metalcore, nu metal, pop, pop-punk, , and hardcore. To me, these genres not only share all of the same sound (in their respective genres), but they also sound horrible. These are genres that I can NEVER respect. There are genres that I dislike, but I can respect for the talent and creativity required to produce their styles of music, and those listed aren't it.

I used to like . That was shortly before it all started to invade the Top 40. Once it hit the Top 40, it all went to shit. Looking back, the music was never that great, but there is a clear difference before it was all you could hear on the Top 40 stations and when you could. I have respect for pre-2004 /hip-hop, but not anything after that.

Like I said, there are exceptions to this. I find that it takes great talent to produce today's metal. When I say metal, I mean metal, real metal. I'm not talking about hardcore, metalcore, and screamo that people try to pass off as metal. That's not metal. Metal is bands like Symphony X, Megadeth, Anthrax, Heathen, and many more. This is music of today that I can listen to, else I listen to older genres.

You take a look at yesterday's music, and you see a great variety of sounds and immense talent from artists. From Jazz to Soul to Motown to Hair Metal to Rock and Roll. These were the genres that demanded a lot from the artists and the artists performed. They captured our hearts and our souls. That was music. Not what you hear today. It's an insult to the real artists of yesterday.

BassicInstinct74 50M
42 posts
10/14/2007 5:08 pm

 I hear what you're saying, but the sad fact of the matter is, "mass production" in music has always been there, it just changes shape from one generation to another. The big labels have never cared about individuality or creative expression. They care about one thing--sales figures--and they're going to sign and promote the bands that have the potential to sell. The fact that most of these bands sound alike has more to do with target demographics than talent (or the lack thereof). Radio and music television, for the most part, are just as guilty, as they play only the music that generates a large listening audience, mostly because of sponsors, and the few stations that deviate from the norm are generally small and considered insignificant. But the main reason for this mass production is the public: people who buy these types of music, and until that changes and people demand more from the bands they listen to, the cookie-cutter genres will always exist and be prevalent in modern mainstream music.
Cool Runnings, people!


cheesesoda replies on 10/16/2007 7:03 am:
I still think a lot of bands had attitudes like AC/DC. You know, the "fuck you if you don't like this, I'm still going to produce because this is rock and roll" attitude. There's definitely music in the 70s that all shares a sound, but I'm talking about the real standout artists. The artists that you remember years and years after. The artists that keep you listening to them even if they've long since past.

Oh, I completely agree. I blame everything on mainstream media. They're the enabler for these no-talent bands to break out onto the scene.

eighteenyear 35F

10/15/2007 11:08 pm

 Thank you for writing the words I was too lazy to write. My real proof that music has just gone to shit is the fact that people with absolutely no talent can be famous. Pop stars don't write the music or the lyrics, and their voice is so ditigtized that it sounds like a computer? How is THAT talent?! I really think that the top 40 is pathetic for the exact reason you said: It's just not creative anymore. None of it is original. Hey, do you remember when every new rock band sounded like creed? That's what I mean.

-Sarah


jaker442 37M

12/5/2008 8:16 pm

 I'm going to have to disagree with you here. Music hasn't totally gone to shit. Mainstream music does suck, and to be famous anymore you do have to cop out and cater to the masses. There are still some great bands out there who have a new sound, original lyrics, and give amazing live performances. You just have to look a lot harder to find them anymore.


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