Is pop music getting worse, and can it be proven scientifically?
Well, if science can tell us that man is going to cover the world with thawed ice because we drive cars, yes, yes they can.
ht/ billy fuster
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Pop music has always sucked, especially since mtv and autotune was invented.
I stopped listening to the radio around 1992’ish. I got tired of the auto-tune, the ‘sampling’, the grunting, screaming and mumbling, etc. The foul mouthed non-English rappers makes the 80’s Madonna really look like a virgin. Everything now has already been done. The difference is the tempo is faster, and 95% of these people can’t sing.
What Bongo said.
I actually watched the first day of MTV, by the second day, I was over it. LOL
South Park already covered pop-music sounding like crap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWWIpECf3Sg
Isn’t science also telling us if we’re born male we can become female, and vice-versa? Yeah, we just have to work on the DNA stuff.
Listen to anything from the seventies. ..and then listen to anything today…
Everything today is digital
I listen to vinyl, classical music and big band. Is that a boy or a girl on the first page?
I also stopped listening to ‘radio’ but in the early 80’s
@Patriot – it wasn’t until after that episode that Randy became Lourde. Thanks to Autotune, naturally.
Interesting perspective. I tend to agree with his analysis. Music really began going downhill in the 80s.
…” Everything now has already been done. The difference is the tempo is faster, and 95% of these people can’t sing.”…
10-4 to that
Two master musicians that stick out in my mind: Elton John and Billy Joel.
A very recent study found that 83% of all studies are wrong.
I agree with Mary Jane so called rock music has been on the downhill suck since the first clinton administration! And I’m afraid “new age” country is hot on it’s heels!
It sure ain’t getting better.
Too much corporate promotion and production today, and true artistry is ignored in preference for business/family relationships.
yes, Yes it can! Just look at the three clowns up there.
I’m a scientist and I approve this message. BTW, the Madonna comment was brilliant!
No need for a scientic study. Just ask me.
The answer is yes, even if you don’t include hip hop and rap, which I don’t consider music.
There are a lot of good indy music out there and it is easy to find. The days of the gate keepers deciding who gets recorded and publisized is over. The may still rule the airwaves, but they will never rule the internet.
Listened to Ella and Louis Armstrong last night
Oh no you can’t take that away from me
The last good albums were Santana supernatural and Mark knopfler sailing to America.
And I’m all over the musical map. Pixies are still my favorite band, for instance.
Oh. And I have worked in the biz most of my adult life. I don’t know why. That’s just the way it turned out. Shrug.
There was a time when music was inspired. Lyrics were poetry, musicians were artists, and songs had something. After the chaff had blown off the “British Invasion” a new quality began to arise:
a reimagining of American blues, which provided a foundation for some serious Rock. Blended with folk, country, and psychedelia it expanded throughout the golden age of protest. By the ’70s the music industry caught on and began to promote supergroups. Serious money was generated, and legendary excesses occurred.
Younger listeners were subjected to punk, new wave, grunge, new age, industrial, rap, hip hop, and finally the autotuned overproduced crap that passes for music today.
So sad.
Look to the old guys for real music.
Incidentally. Everything that guy said is true.
“Look to the old guys for real music.”
And give Bola Sete his proppers!
Look who fills stadiums around the world, it’s not this new scum…It’s SENIOR CITIZENS like the STONES!
My Daughter actually sees this , and prefers Unique bands or 70s music !
Sadly for me they’ve also destroyed most Reggae , and that’s because
“computers do’nt do Island Time”
There is a world of literature, jazz, classical and art to occupy 20 lifetimes. There will always be Zeppelin, there is no need for Pop.
Yes, Moody Blues, Genesis, Alan Parsons. Most of their early stuff – bands that could do it all. Rich tones, poetic lyrics, different styles and varied beats – sometimes all in one song.
I’m sure I missed some; that list is only the beginning.
It’s telling that a lot of folks on this site like music for the talent, no matter the genre.
next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways, still rock in roll to me
I like a lot of different stuff for a lot of different reasons
There are new bands I like for a song or two, but I agree, its not like the old days when an album was an experience.
Wish you were here comes to mind.
I’ve recently tuned into a classic station here on Guam, 104.3. Love it!! I forgot how much I loved listening to Kansas.
Link.
https://tunein.com/radio/KIJI-1043-s98863/