The state of music is pathetic...
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Barbra is one of the all time greats and will never get old.
What amazes me is that some of what is being put up as "quality" music in this thread, a lot of us would consider shit music. just like our parents considered a lot of our music shit music. and their parents thought their music was shit.
in reality it is all a matter of subjective opinion and everyone will like different stuff.
that list the op posted is total crap, with the exception of the justin beiber one. some of them are apples to oranges comparison.
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I miss Biggie too.
There's a lot of newer hip hop/rap thats actually good. Little Brother, 9th Wonder, and still good old school hip hop like Pete Rock stuff, DJ Premier/Gang Starr before GURU died. I'm an East Coast hip hop fan but there's a lot good hip hop music out there still. I still listened to Wu-tang and all the mid 90's artists.
Gotye rules! I want to see them duet with Carly rea Jepsen!
Hey, you just posted and this is crazy but say that shit again and I'll kill you maybe.
I'm too lazy to go find "good" music so I stick with the radio, sometimes i'll go to pandora or something but not often anymore.
Also surprised this hasnt been posted yet.
The state of the music industry - The Oatmeal
Also surprised this hasnt been posted yet.
The state of the music industry - The Oatmeal
LOL @ this thread. Wonder how many people in here have ever even picked up a musical instrument. I bet half the people in here are saying they don't like "popular" music because that's what everyone else says, and can't articulae WHY they don't like popular music. I may not like some the sound of some of today's popular music. But if the people making it clearly have talent, I wouldn't call it junk.
Newsflash: The popularity of a song/band doesn't determine its quality.
My .02: I like music that takes talent to create, regardless of genre. As a result, the only music I don't like is music that clearly takes zero talent to compose/record. Stupid power chord, scream into the microphone death metal, for example.
Newsflash: The popularity of a song/band doesn't determine its quality.
My .02: I like music that takes talent to create, regardless of genre. As a result, the only music I don't like is music that clearly takes zero talent to compose/record. Stupid power chord, scream into the microphone death metal, for example.
Think outside the box for a moment.
What we are seeing goes well beyond whether or not today's music is good or bad. The "musicians" being pushed by the radio stations don't seem talented nor influential in the least. Take away the backing vocals, take them out of the studio, etc.., and look what you are left with.
Eminem did a song about this not too long ago called "Syllables"...
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By the way, the point of this song is to not be good, it's mocking the crap that's out today.
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oh puhlese some of the shit being recommeded in this thread in no way can be considered music. like coiled03 said a lot of the shit is just hold up a mic and scream at the top of your lungs and the kids will bang their heads to it like it is totally awesome. it is shit, and takes ZERO talent to do it.
as far as take away the backing vocals and out of the studio you are right some of them wouldn't be shit. Marketing is a wonderful thing for some. but that does not hold true for the majority of artists IMHO.
Speaking strictly about "musicians" currently being pushed on the music networks and radio stations, which ones are actually talented and don't need the studio to work its magic and make them sound "good?" We seem to have an abundance of manufactured musicians.
Musicians have been using studio work to make their music sound good for decades. RDJ is right, you guys are saying the same things that your parents said, their parents said, and their parents said about the previous generation's music. Music is evolving just as it has for thousands of years. Your arguments about music being pushed on music stations has been around for decades. Nothing is wrong with the current state of music, it's just you getting old and senile.
Sorry, I had to say it.
I knew it would get a rise out of someone. Just be careful though, there is a lot of sarcasm on this site.:beer:I couldn't have said it better myself. In my opinion most of the music on the radio sucks, but it is what is popular now. It pisses me off to see kids (my younger brother, for example) listening to this shit music that takes no talent to make.
Some of you need to give credit where credit is due. People that have a good voice or can play an instrument well need some credit. All the people that are hating on Barbra and Celine obviously don't know talent when they hear it. I don't like their music, but they are both incredibly talented.
Parents these days aren't as strict as older generations. My parents were not allowed to listen to some of the popular music from their time because it wasn't clean.
I mostly listen to my music collection, but most of my friends and family like pop music so I don't get turned on to new music very often.
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