Why is mainstream music so trash?

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Recordist 2017. szept. 7., 4:55

Look at the apple or spotify top 50 charts, observe the trash and listen to it. A trend noticable is

1. Mindless and meaningless rap
2. Autotune
3. Extended periods of synth solo's to decrease effort required
4. Lyrics with no/stupid meanings
5. Constant and unchanging 'beat' throughout the song.

What happened? I know this doesn't apply to all music in the top 50's. I still enjoy Imagine Dragons and Paramore etc... but they actually play real instruments, write their own songs, and they generally have some sort of meaning (not always; again.) Skip back to the 80's, 70's and 60's (forget about the 90's), there was significantly less meaningless rap, autotune was almost non-existant, synth solo's were replaced with guitar solo's, lyrics(s o m e) were (u s u a l l y) meaningful, and that dreaded 'beat' not only changed in the song, but it was different to every other song.

What really pisses me off is seeing this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 20-30 year old mentally challenged people, wear shirts that hang to their knee's, have gold chains around their neck heavier than their actual head and blurt out monotonous and drab, slurred and barely comprehensable 'lyrics' (that they almost never write themselves) and get paid (a lot) for it. It's just silly.

Legutóbb szerkesztette: Recordist; 2017. szept. 8., 16:09

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»' Just GirlPower | Nana♥ 2017. szept. 7., 9:16

Nowdays music has never really been me at all, but sometimes it happens to be something out there i like > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e9NSMY8QiQ

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Dagný 2017. szept. 7., 9:21

AtTheGates eredeti hozzászólása:
Ágætis byrjun eredeti hozzászólása:

the best and most diverse decade in music in my opinion

Yes and no. Certainly better than the 2010s.

better than the 10s, 00s, 80s, 70s...

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Dagný 2017. szept. 7., 9:25

»' Just GirlPower | Nana♥ eredeti hozzászólása:
Nowdays music has never really been me at all, but sometimes it happens to be something out there i like > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e9NSMY8QiQ

the're good, but Heartthrob is far from their best album, you should check their discography out.. especially 02' "If It Was You", that album is awesome

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Mossy Snake 2017. szept. 7., 9:27

It's designed to sell rather than to be memorable or good.

This is a trend that started way back in the 70's and 80's, and there's nothing you can do about it.

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Dagný 2017. szept. 7., 9:28

AtTheGates eredeti hozzászólása:
Ágætis byrjun eredeti hozzászólása:

better than the 10s, 00s, 80s, 70s...

00s yes. About on par with the others.

90s had post-hardcore, post-rock and trip-hop, so 90s >>>

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WERElektro 2017. szept. 7., 9:31

Without reading the op...(well.. I did read some of it... it's basically a rant.. personal opinions.... and butthurt)
Things change
values change
trends change....
Just because you consider it "trash" doesn't automatically make it "trash".
You just can't objectively say that modern music is trash.
Taste in music is subjective.
Don't get me wrong... I can't stand 90% of the "modern" music either.
It's just not what I grew up with - what I learned to like.
But that doesn't make it trash in general.
I prefer to listen to 90's music....and early 2k's maybe. So what?

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Pr.Jitterskull - best bug fixer 2017. szept. 7., 10:55

Boyd the Reaver eredeti hozzászólása:
Pr.Jitterskull - best bug fixer eredeti hozzászólása:
no
Let's not do that today, Jitterskull. You need to go to sleeeeeeeeeep.

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Mr. Shaggnificent 2017. szept. 7., 11:01

Recordist eredeti hozzászólása:
[...]I don't like music past the 60's btw

How much of that music is hits that have survived the test of time, and how much is what was actually popular back then? The reason it apears music was better back then is because all the crap has been filtered out. Thirty or fourty years from now, some other stooge is going to say the same thing because they'll only know the stuff that lasted until then.

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Eat3n 2017. szept. 7., 13:28

The complete commericalization of music is why music is so "trash" today:
-Committees and other paid writers that write music instead of the actual artists
-Record companies paying for good reviews.
-Record companies paying for billboard placement
-Record companies paying for awards (Grammys)
-1 person or group has an original idea, 100 knockoff copies ruin that idea by oversaturation
-Lack of incentive for good art, no musician today has been a "starving artist", with youtube everyone is a "star".
-Record companies buying fans
-Controversy sells. Why make good music like Taylor Swift when it's so much easier to be a ♥♥♥♥♥ like Miley, Britney, Rihanna, etc, etc.
-Kick backs from youtube. Record companies put out videos for songs, video is always monetized, almost never get demonetized, youtube gets there revenue cut when the video hits 100 million.

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LightningJedi55 2017. szept. 7., 13:45

Oh boy. The "le wrong generation" debate.

Trashy pop music has always, *always* been what the music industry promotes. There are plenty of talented and creative recent bands and artists. Ever heard of Tool? Opeth? The Mars Volta? Mastodon? Devin Townsend? Gojira? Animals as Leaders? Death Grips?

All talented artists, prominent in this millennium/this last generation, that have skill and creativity and don't use autotune. In fact, AAL is instrumental.

If you really want to hear great music, don't look to the radio and top 40 to just hand it all to the public. You have to dig and listen to bands outside of the popular and trendy region of the music industry.

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LightningJedi55 2017. szept. 7., 13:47

Mattmoo eredeti hozzászólása:
There's plenty of good music out there, just have to discover it.

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Maelstrom 2017. szept. 7., 14:23

Sturgeon's Law: 80% of everything is crap. Everyone forgets all the old crappy music, only the good stuff survives.

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Azza ☠ 2017. szept. 7., 14:56

This pretty much explains it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn4GTLPT4m4

Quality music use to focus "music" aka the lead guitarist and drummer. Music these days focus the "singer", which is extremely hard to get right. Therefore lazy/untalented ones will throw auto-tune, over the top.

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