This has been something that has been going through my mind the last few days.
It seems ever since the mid 90's, music has been slowly going downhill to what we have today. Boring, generic mainstream Pop and Rap dominate the airwaves now a days.
I was born in 1992 and grew up listening to 80's music due to my parents. Bands and Artists like Rush, U2, The Police, Billy Idol, Led Zeppelin, A-Ha, Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Queen, etc. I could go on and on. IMO this was the golden age of music. Every song had a meaning and story behind the lyrics. Whenever you listened to these songs you felt some emotional connection to the song that current songs today don't have. The music created by these artists/ bands is music I can listen to over and over again for hours on end without ever getting tired of it. Like "Take on Me" by A-Ha, I've been listening to that song for a few days now, can't get enough. Or "Rebel Yell" by Billy Idol. Music today is a different story.
Everything sounds so bland and horrible. I listen to it once on the radio and I just can't listen to it again. The lyrics have no meaning and it feels like they weren't put together with too much thought. Auto tune dominates every song now and that makes every song sound just that more similar to the next. There are still many amazing bands out there don't get me wrong, but do you ever hear them on popular radio stations today that play the Justin Bieber's, Carly Ray Jepsen's, One Direction's, etc? I'd say no. It's all mainstream now.
What do you guys think? Agree or disagree? Like I said, this has been something that has been on my mind for a few days now. I was curious what everyone else thought regarding the topic.
It seems ever since the mid 90's, music has been slowly going downhill to what we have today. Boring, generic mainstream Pop and Rap dominate the airwaves now a days.
I was born in 1992 and grew up listening to 80's music due to my parents. Bands and Artists like Rush, U2, The Police, Billy Idol, Led Zeppelin, A-Ha, Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Queen, etc. I could go on and on. IMO this was the golden age of music. Every song had a meaning and story behind the lyrics. Whenever you listened to these songs you felt some emotional connection to the song that current songs today don't have. The music created by these artists/ bands is music I can listen to over and over again for hours on end without ever getting tired of it. Like "Take on Me" by A-Ha, I've been listening to that song for a few days now, can't get enough. Or "Rebel Yell" by Billy Idol. Music today is a different story.
Everything sounds so bland and horrible. I listen to it once on the radio and I just can't listen to it again. The lyrics have no meaning and it feels like they weren't put together with too much thought. Auto tune dominates every song now and that makes every song sound just that more similar to the next. There are still many amazing bands out there don't get me wrong, but do you ever hear them on popular radio stations today that play the Justin Bieber's, Carly Ray Jepsen's, One Direction's, etc? I'd say no. It's all mainstream now.
What do you guys think? Agree or disagree? Like I said, this has been something that has been on my mind for a few days now. I was curious what everyone else thought regarding the topic.
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