Voice your opinion. Do you think that music has 'died'?

Question

For the past many years, i've felt that music has essentially 'died'.

Just listen to a radio station for an hour that plays the hit songs of present times and you will see it. We have a large majority of so-called 'artists' that can't even sing and have to depend on technology to make their voice better. No longer are the days of great live concerts with real bands and everything present. Now we have to pay insane amounts of money to go to a show where essentially, the performer is just dancing around as they mouth the words to their songs while the studio-edited, technologically enhanced version of the song plays for you.

And the content of the songs? It all seems to be the same now. The beats, the words, the meaning, the lack of connection and feeling.

Will those days I miss so much ever be back? I yearn for great musical eras like the 60's, 70's, even the 50's, all of which produced musical LEGENDS. Not just fake, manufactured, clones trying to be something they aren't.

Answer 1

actually i seriously agree. all music is today are catchy beats and hooks. there is no talent. it all sounds the same. the music of today makes me wish i was born in the 70s. its so obnoxious. music is polluted and a disgrace. its all horrible sounding and overplayed. it takes no talent to make a good song. the number one songs are mostly about some hip hop artist screwing a fat *** black chick while hustling on 40 inch rims and while wearing grillz. thats all its about. there not variation like there was 30 years ago. when music was original and new sounds were being made everday. i haven't heard of a new type of music in the last 15 years? im only 13 but there have been no innovations in music in a long time. the last offical true rock star to me was kurt cobain. after he died. a whole generation died along with him. now after he died there hasnt been anyone to take over the music buisness and make it their own. so yeah thats how i see it. correct me if im wrong but music today is crap and doesn't look like its going anywhere but down....way down

Answer 2

Yes, in a way music has died for the most. I have expierienced listening to the same CDs time and time again. I also like the 70's and 80's and even the 90's on the radio. Where is the country music nowadays? I find myself missing the simple rock, you know, the kind that makes you feel the song.... I miss the songs that once brought music lovers together. All of the simple songs are like old news. Now the so called " hit songs " are full of " words that do not make sense that you can barely make out unless you see the lyrics" as my Christian Living teacher calls the rock, heavy metal, hiphop, and punk songs in the music industry. I hate all the fake, manufactured clones that take the name of music in vain! They have absolutely no talent, except for usually being a handsome/ pretty face!

A fellow music lover!

Answer 3

No. It could have a lot to do with where you are. I live near Salt Lake City but travel to Bakersfield California for about a 2 week stint per month. In Utah there are a lot of great stations (especially many different formats of alternative rock bashing it out in the market). In Bakersfield the radio is so bad I listen to a funk station and a spanish music station (think Cumbiah and Mexican songs) because the variety is so aweful. When I'm in Bakersfield I occasionally go into Los Angeles. Los Angeles is quite a bit better than Bakersfield but stunningly enough is a dim bulb compared to Utah. I couldn't believe it Los Angeles is the second largest City in America and the radio selection is just OK and really not great! ...and in Bakersfield a city of 312,000 radio is downright depressing. When I'm coming back toward Salt Lake on my return trip it's so exciting to start picking up those great stations about 120 miles out. It's almost like returning from the moon! I go through Las Vegas each way and it's not much different than Los Angeles. Utah has the youngest average population of any state in the nation and when you think of it the best music of any era has always been the music the young kids listen to and maybe that's why Utah is different. There's a high school station here run by a bunch of horribly incompetent DJ's (the radio station is their assignment in their broadcasting class) and it's fantastic as far as what gets played and it's only one of several bright stars in the radio market here. I lived the '60s in California and loved it. I'm living the 2000's in Utah and still loving it.

Answer 4

Yes !, the music had definitely died , alot of it these days are bands trying to be like bands from the past. There is nothing original , some of the songs are from the 60's or 70's , they are just remade to sound different. When the old bands such as The Stones, Paul McCartney, Rush, Eric Clapton just to name a few, finally hang it up there will be nothing worth listening to but the oldies, these new bands have no imagination.

Answer 5

Firstly, stop listening to the radio. It's bad for anyone with musical taste. I am fortunate to live in an area with a lot of good local bands... have you tried checking out any of your local bands? You might be pleasantly surprised and the cost to get into their shows is pretty cheap. Just go to myspace, find some local bands, listen to some of their songs, and if you like it then see if they have any shows soon.

I do not think music has died but I've had to listen to a lot of music from the UK to not lose faith in music lately. I think things actually have improved though. Boy bands are pretty dead and now Britney Spears is just a has-been. So, things were worse a few years ago.

Answer 6

not completely...but i agree alot of the music on the radio is played all the time and not very good. i prefer the 80s and 90s music, thats what i grew up on. but one good thing I like about this era particularly the music part of it..is

DRAKE BELL!!!! he's the best singer ever and very poetic w/his personal lyrics and not just cuz hes hot. soon he should overpower alot of these mainstream singers on the radio...

one of his songs was released to the radio but they never play it. IGNORANT radio!!! i try requesting it on a few stations and they have a lame excuse for not playing it or act like they're gonna play it. the one i think played me for a fool the way they were talking.
but he is definitely a good modern singer, now he won't be as legendary as the Beatles but he does model after them...and one things for sure, hes definitely his own person...he sticks to what he likes and does not follow the latest trends but yet hes classic at the same time. he loves his music and he would never play something that did not have meaning for him for glamour. one day they will all understand the greatness that is Drake Bell!!!! thank you and goodnight.

Answer 7

The Who were the most influential. Pete Townshend invented the power chord. John Entwhistle influenced every rock bass player to come after. Keith Moon was the symbol of the wild rock drummer, and Roger Daltrey was the blonde rock god. His scream on We Won't Get Fooled Again is rock history. Tommy, Quadrophenia...put them in a class above. Add - why would someone cut-and-paste an answer to this?

Answer 8

You nailed it! It is all for the money not the love for music. You can go all day and not hear a good new song! Where is the variety that we enjoyed in the 70's and 80's? Notice the movies and commercials that all go back to the oldies for good music. Good question!

Answer 9

Youve made tons of valid points,the cost of even going to a concert these days especially to see a legend band like the who as an example.face value on the seats go up to 250 dollars for the recent tour.Alot of acts are studio bands,like Nickleback.Horrible in concert,boreing.I admit i do like them on disc.Well classic artists stil come out and put on a great show,like Alice Cooper recently and he never dissappoints in concert,great show.

Answer 10

No, it's just that mainstream radio plays crap and MTV plays worthless sophmoric dating shows.

Real music exists in this day and age, it just needs to be actively sought out. Check out Ben Folds, Elliot Smith, Radiohead, Jack Johnson, Barenaked Ladies and The Flaming Lips. There are artists out there doing amazing stuff, they just get no play on most radio stations.