Why Modern Music Is Awful

[Tony In Philly]

Modern Music serves the purpose of making oldies bands more valuable. Keep it comin'!

 

[GoesThump]

Adorno would like a word with you.

Cracked me right up.

-GT

 

[OptimalOptimus]

really bad pop music

 

[vin*tone]

Good music is there, it's just harder to find.

 

[Derry Murbles]

Threads like this are pointless. Shut it down.

Yeah, heaven forbid we share opinions.

 

[Ric5]

OMG … that is funny

 

[Ric5]

Threads like this are pointless. Shut it down.

nobody is making you read this stuff … I find it kinda funny ..

 

[pglaser01]

really bad pop music

I use this to annoy my co-worker almost every Friday.

To be fair, she introduced me to it, and it never left my head so it's really my way of payback...

 

[bass12]

Maybe I'm alone in this but when I hear "modern music sucks" comments I don't assume the person uttering those comments actually believes that all modern music sucks. What I assume is that they are referring to the music the majority of people in the western world are routinely subjected to via radio, shop playlists, advertising, etc. It would seem pretty obvious that record labels, whose profit margins have plummeted since the advent of "file sharing", are going with what's safe and, in most cases, cheapest to produce. And so what we get is cheaply produced cookie-cutter music. Is cookie-cutter music inherently "bad"? It depends on what you are looking for in your music. But if you grew up during a time when variety and expensive productions had a place on commercial radio playlists then it's no surprise that today's commercial music scene would be a disappointment.

 

[Ric5]

I miss Zappa …

 

[BOOG]

I guess it's been a month or two so, we were due for a review of "why modern music sux" etc, etc, etc...
Ranks right up there with:
"Which color pg"?
"Which color bass"? (This one I actually like)
"Does music theory matter"?
"Should I buy this bass"? (Another one that i do like and the answer is always a resounding, YES!)

Ah well, to each there own. Live and let live.

 

[rashrader]

Hey, chew on this for a moment.... If you don't like it, then don't effing listen to it. Simple as that.

 

[Double E]

I find this "modern music" ranting utterly annoying... there is a ton of great music being produced today and there has always been bad music.

The dumbass video in the OP is old news and frankly 100% horse manure.

I know everyone has their opinion, well this is mine... if you are listening to bad music it's your own damn fault, turn it off. It is definitely not because there isn't any good music.

 

[Derry Murbles]

Maybe I'm alone in this but when I hear "modern music sucks" comments I don't assume the person uttering those comments actually believes that all modern music sucks. What I assume is that they are referring to the music the majority of people in the western world are routinely subjected to via radio, shop playlists, advertising, etc. It would seem pretty obvious that record labels, whose profit margins have plummeted since the advent of "file sharing", are going with what's safe and, in most cases, cheapest to produce. And so what we get is cheaply produced cookie-cutter music. Is cookie-cutter music inherently "bad"? It depends on what you are looking for in your music. But if you grew up during a time when variety and expensive productions had a place on commercial radio playlists then it's no surprise that today's commercial music scene would be a disappointment.

Bingo.

Hell, I'm only 31 and even I'm disappointed by what I hear (within the scope of what you laid out above).

Although for some context, I'm a fan of prog/metal and all types of alternative (read: weird) music, so listening to average modern pop music is mind numbing.

 

[Ric5]

 

[TNCreature]

Yeah, heaven forbid we share opinions.

Yes, opinions. "My musical tastes are better than yours."
And we are all the better for it.

 

[Double E]

Love the first comment to this video on YouTube...

 

[seilerbird]

But objectively speaking, pop music that is pushed by the majors is quite watered down as compared to music from 50 years ago. It's just a sign of the changing priorities of everyone involved, from "musician" (or more accurately, singer), to label/management, to consumer.

I doubt you were alive 50 years ago. I was working at concerts, radio stations and record stores in the 60s and there was lots of crappy music produced back then. The difference is that back then there were disc jockeys that filtered out as much of the junk as possible leaving the gems. There is no filtering in place today.

 

[Element Zero]

I thought I'd seen the worst that "music" has to offer.

Then I saw this.

Ha. You ain't seen nothin.

 

[Derry Murbles]

Yes, opinions. "My musical tastes are better than yours."
And we are all the better for it.

Or "A P is better for "insert genre here" than a J."

Or "I don't share your opinion on the value of a topic so we shouldn't be allowed to talk about it"

You know, kinda like:

Threads like this are pointless. Shut it down.

But since people often disagree and have different thoughts/convictions on all sorts of topics here, I guess we should just shut the whole site down since it's pointless to discuss anything subjective.

The benefit of these threads/topics isn't convincing someone off of their opinion and onto yours, but instead providing personal experiences/anecdotes that may allow someone to view the subject differently than before. You know, a discussion.