Why is today's music so bad? maybe I am just getting old?

Question

When I turn on the radio, it makes me sick!

Answer 1

It use to be allot of goods bands with lots of good songs on there album's. Now days you have bands that are just OK. On there album's only a few songs are actually good. Goes with rap and rock music heck even country music. With bands like metallica megadeth led zeplin the doors. You can listen to the whole album and enjoy but you cant do that with newer bands. I find myself pushing the skip button quiet a bit.

Answer 2

Music is like everything else, it goes thru cycles of brilliance and idoicy. But radio has always been a desert when it comes to music. dull, boring, repetitive even in the best of times.

I've turned to satellite radio and indie artists for my music. There are quality musicians producing quality music in EVERY genre, but you won't find them on regular radio.

Satellite radio has a 100 some music channels to fill up with music 24/7. It can't aford to fill all of them with the same 15 -25 songs. It HAS to be more open to new music, new artists, new ideas.

I suscibe to XM radio, it's the best $12 a month entertainment/news/talk value on the market. I hear about a new artist on XM, and then try to download on Music Match Jukebox, if it's not available then I will look for a source to order the CD.

This way, I've discovered new artists like Elizabeth and the Catapult and rediscovered older artists like David Bowie who are still active but can't get on the radio.

Answer 3

That applies not just to american/english songs but, to all otherz, especially hindi music.

There are a few things which I believe ,ay be responsible for all that.

1. Nowadays, it`s music composers who have more control over artists, and they want the songs to be more of their type, and artists are less comfortable with their songs.

2. Artists who get into the business from TV shows (which could have been made-up, with backing from senior members of the industry or whatever), have less talent than the ones before them and get too much freedom singing rubbish on the mic!

3. Backing problem. I have noticed that the sons/daughters of many of the previous artists are not as good as them, infact most of them are bad as they rely too much on the slow-development of music from they 2000`s and up. The music is mostly RAP, it`s easy to compose and to release as there is not rythm to what they sing. That`s what RAP is all about. It`s easy and quick money, instead of putting more effort into their compositions.

4. The music has not progressed that much much since 2000. The 90`s music had more bass and a rythm for the time. Most of these made it to the charts with high points. Nowadays, music is all made up from less bass, and more of vulgar wordings.

I have generalised the current music trend of this time, in a very very constructive way. The 80`s decade was the BEST timeframe in british history for songs, as it had many many novelties, like mega bass and so on...

I do have faith though, that once these current artist leave the studios, better music more mass-appealing will re-emerge!

Answer 4

It is so bad but not all, whenever I turn on the radio now, it would be some hip hop or rap song which kinda turn me off. Then once in a blue moon there would be 1 song that's awesome. I kinda like oldies better, some years before I was born,

Answer 5

It's because there are so many would be entertainers out there.
Each one hoping to hit it big. But few have any real talent.
So most of the stuff that would be tried to be passed off as music is just so much noise. And it is so often discordant & that just jangels your nerves.

Radio stations seem to target to a younger audieance. Who are just looking for their thing. They are new so new things must be good by their way of thinking.

I think in someway that young people think that it could be them makeing that noise. That it is being in the right place at the right time not talent that is the key.

Answer 6

The problem is that todays generation is getting desensitized. In order for a song to be a hit, there must be sex and cursing in it. Back in the days (even though I am 17, I love oldies), someone could sing a song about rain and it would be good because it came from the heart and had feeling behind it. Todays songs are very shallow and dont appeal to the whole person, only the sexual aspect of life.

Answer 7

I really disagree with you. I think todays music can be very very good. For the most part, i didn't like the 80s music, but i've heard some extremely good music in the 2000s. I do despise the fact that some of it is profanity and/or hate driven, but some of it is excellent and i'm almost 50.

Answer 8

No one actually listens to the radio any more. I Pods, CD's, MP3 players and satelite radio. I turn on my FM radio and the english channels are 1/2 and half in spanish. There is some good stuff out there. You probably getting a little old, but thats ok.

Answer 9

Well then I must be getting old too,, I rarely ever listen to the radio anymore. Cant stand that hip hop crap and rock is no good now either, and whatever that other stuff is is absolutely horible, I can hear the dogs sing that stuff around here late at night! by the way ignore the one about your pic and stuff, you have a very nice pic, great to see someone that looks like they have some kind of morals!

Answer 10

Im only 21 but i dont really like todays music, It all seems to be digitally made or some cover version of a classic, Im sure there are plenty of good song writers out there who play there own music and sing there own songs. I think youngsters today dont seem to appreciate good music and instead like to listen to constant thuding or Girl/boy bands who cant sing and attempt to sing cheesey love songs. I really like Genesis/Phil Collins and Dire Sraits they are two of my all time favourites. Phil Collins is a great drummer and singer while Mark Knopfler is a great guitarist and singer. With the exeption of Christina Aguilera who is a good singer all of todays so called artists are absolute garbage.

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