Why modern music is terrible.

Like everyone else said, not all modern music is terrible.

OP I don’t think you’re looking hard enough this is such an amazing time in music right now it’s an understatement. I constantly feel overwhelmed by how much quality music I find. It’s a shame that virtually nothing of merit is making it in the mainstream aside from a few but thats ok everything seems to be flavor of the week/short term right now. I’m not sure what genre you’re into but as others have done i’ll post a few

Mainstream music sucks. Peel beyond the layers and you’ll find the quality stuff.

Hybrid – Dream Stalker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vei8lUYsJ5U&feature=relmfu

Teenage Girl Fantasy – Portofino: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejdefRIOsho

@rachclam, i’m from cleveland (their home) I can’t tell you how manny times i’ve missed out seeing them. Once in a great while we produce great things :)

Fleet foxes, Bon iver ,Black keys,Mumford and sons and a few more, is all i listen to

They say that when we listen to music, our heart beats slowly harmonize with the tempo of the song and our bodies react as if it is gradually accepting it as apart of itself. Very ancient cultures around the world held the power of music as one of the most powerful forces of humanity, attributing it to harmonizing with the natural and spiritual world in its power. Music creates who we are on a highly spiritual level. To listen to this modern ” Pseudo-music”, with its constant repetition and sometimes extremely negative messages, seems to give strong offence to such a beautiful and universal language.
All music is creative and extraordinary in its own way, and many of you are right to say that musical taste is subjective, but today’s music that so many see as being “just harmless, catchy beats” is subtly writing the future of its listeners and the world day by day.

@spaceman5150, P.S. Not everyone hated disco and not all disco was bad (in fact, some was better than what I hear on top 10 now). I wasn’t a real fan of it, but I have to add that someone like Donna Summer worked with some pretty fantastic musicians.

I really relate musical preference to dining preference. There are lots of different kinds of food which people may care for or not, but their tastes will change in time and for a variety of reasons: a desire for something new, to change an undesirable effect of something you currently consume, or simply because you’re friends have introduced you to other tastes.

“Taste” is quite a good word to refer to artistic preference. Though, it is best to learn to appreciate a variety of flavors, or at least appreciate why others appreciate those flavors. It usually has to do with the flavors you have been acquainted with most in the past. An open mind more often leads to what some might deem “strange tastes”, though the meaning of those two words can dance a fine tune.

I used to think the same as OP, but I realised there’s always music that’ll elevate you and take you on a journey, it’s just at times you have to search a little harder – I think that also makes it even more rewarding/special.

I’ve always been a rap/hip-hop fan and I personally like alot of Lupe Fiasco’s stuff –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsZUSP1p20s & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLvNl3IJT5g

My favourite rapper, I really recommend you check out his other stuff –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBNeD57-RVg

This shows how key passion is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0e_BqH9I80 & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55oREaKmcHA

And I agree, it’s not always about lyrics –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HjIh2sU1WQ

I always believe, that synthetic sounds become outdated, new technology comes along, and makes last decades sound old and outdated. Music should be produced live, with every part of the songs recorded together, there shouldn’t be touching up of records, adding of electronic sounds or autotuning. Music like that only goes out of date.

I think this is why im quite into music like Sinatra and Crosby’s it was real, pure and unedited.

Yes, Disco is awesome.

It usually takes me about 10 years to warm up to music these days. In the 80′s and 90′s I loved all the current stuff and kept up as it came out. I have a 21 year old brother who is into a lot of new stuff, mostly rock, indie and punk, and I have a 15 year old sister who is into all that pop. But I hated the naughties, but now I like a lot of it. In 10 years I may like some of the junk from now. The last song I liked was Lonely boy, but the thing is there is still a lot of old stuff I can explore, probably enough for the rest of my life so I don’t have to waste time with this modern stuff.
Another thing is I’m a huge 80′s fan so don’t dis synthesizers :)

many argue that todays pop music is created for economic purposes, rather than artisitc purposes. It is the effect of a consumerist based economy. Artist live because they sell their music, not because people like it, and music that sells is that that appeals to the larger public. The public of today parties, and in parties they play the same music because people like to dance to one same rythm because thats all they know. That is why artists like Pitbul makes so much money.