Today’s "popular" music

Ok recently i played some friends close to the edge, just the song, as i have just got into Yes and wanted to share it with everyone. I said "Listen to this, it'll blow your mind!" After about 15 minutes it was turned off after much protest by myself and replaced by some crap dance music (this is in our 6th form common room, where there is a CD player, and you are supposed to leave a song alone and wait your turn.)
I therefore asked people what they thought and many people said it was "crap" and that it "sounded like it was a random keyboard song made by a bunch of idiots." (Upon which i slapped them round the face and went off in huff  only kdding) I Simply said, if this is true how can they play it live?

Anyhoo, this is an example of how todays music is seriously dumbing people down. The popular stuff, in England any way, i guess is pop and indie! INDIE?! You may ask "Well what is wrong with that type of music?" Well i shall tell you, i think it offends me! To think these people get payed to play this crap music! If you've ever heard the "Kaiser Chiefs" you'll know what i mean, the chours of a song is to repeat the line "I Predict a riot. I predict a riot!" Over and over and over and over...

This is the same in many bands, tunless songs being made like B-movies to get in people's heads so they invest money in it. I will respect other people's taste in music only for so long and now i'm at a boiling point about it. There is nothing new and original in music today and i fear that this trend may continue.

Which is why "older" music such as Prog, Rock and to an extent Blues is now being looked into by younger people as they are bored of new music, I certainly was which is why i got into the music i like such as Prog. I think soon the record companies may experiance a backlash and these bands will become unemployed very quickly. I just pray for the day.

Ok rant over, just needed to vent that. If anyone would care to correct me, or express their oppnions go right ahead.

Edited by Cygnus X-1

"Indie" rock is one genre I can't stand. Canada is full of it.

dude, what the hell are you doing on this forum?!

Britney spears is a bitch

Solution- get yourself an mp3 player and a good set of earphones- the kind that remove external noise such as the shure on stage earphones - and listen to what you like.

emo surrounds me allthese punk kids around really piss me off

What else is new?

 

I agree in a way. When pop and current rock music is made in a classy and...well...talented way, it's a good thing. However, there is so much crappy music out there right now that when a talented artist comes along, they're completely forgotten and disregarded in place of the untalented artist. Popular music revolves more around what's current and trendy now, basically what sells to the young public, and less about the talent behind the artists.

One example is The Flower Kings(bad example if you don't like them, though.) They put out a new fantastic release every year with excellent material and playing. Compare that to all the current popular artists who take 4 years to put out a cd with a few good tracks and mostly containing rubbish. No wonder the recording industry is screaming bloody murder when kids download songs off the internet to get the few good songs.

Edited by ProgRockerJDS

Oasis at least writes a few catchy faux-Mott the Hoople type songs. I'd
rather hear bands ripping off good 70s ideas than the worst of the 80s.

I have no idea what Franz Ferdinand (or Canada's version, the Marble
Index) are up to, or Bloc Party... are they trying to sound like Gang of
Four? Because if so, they've failed.

cobb wrote: Solution- get yourself an mp3 player and a good set of earphones- the kind that remove external noise such as the shure on stage earphones - and listen to what you like.

Agreed.

The Miracle wrote: emo surrounds me allthese punk kids around really piss me off

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