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Music INDUSTRY has gone down hill....what has happened to REAL music
LydiaRowling
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What has happened to music?
The structure of songs seems to have completely fallen by the wayside
Take for example 'i get a feeling' or Tulisa's 'were young'
Its literally the same line over and over and over and over and loud beats
Its god awful
What happened to songs you could actually sing along to,
Every track that comes out latley is a confused, writhing mess with no direction and relying on autotune, loud beats and 2 LINES of song
The structure of songs seems to have completely fallen by the wayside
Take for example 'i get a feeling' or Tulisa's 'were young'
Its literally the same line over and over and over and over and loud beats
Its god awful
What happened to songs you could actually sing along to,
Every track that comes out latley is a confused, writhing mess with no direction and relying on autotune, loud beats and 2 LINES of song
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Exactly. If you want to find something good and original in this climate it's going to take more of an investment of your time than turning on the radio or TV. It's out there.
Asides from the loud beats...many many old pop songs also do that. For example The Beatles "All You Need Is Love" is just that repeated. Then they switch it around. Then they repeat love. That's because they know this = a catchy song.
I am not saying Tulisa is a good as The Beatles. Just that change doesn't always = bad.
+1 This.
It's OK to listen to music which is outside of the current chart, new and old it won't kill you, it'll only do you good really.
(pop/rap/rock) artists/bands, and take a look at some. That's how I found Finntroll and Skyclad.
Amy Studt
Donovan
Paul Simon
Devin Townsend/Devin Townsend Project
Yoko Ono
Harry Nilsson
Goldfrapp
Everything Everything
James Blake
Klaus Nomi
Serafina Steer
Villagers
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Gong
Caravan
Judee Sill
Randy Newman
Van Dyke Parks
The Moody Blues
Kate Bush
Anastacia
Sinead O'Connor
Erykah Badu
Nina Hagen
Just random acts I enjoy, mix of folk, rock, pop, soul etc.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Roisin Murphy
Bat For Lashes
Future Perfect
Parralox
Northern Kind
Goldfrapp
Caro Emerald
Loreen
Little Boots
Laura Marling
The Raveonettes
Marina and the Diamonds
Katy B
Within Temptation
Charli XCX
Katie Melua
Client
Just a few random less mainstream/commercially successful (or not at all mainstream) acts I listen to. There's a mix of pop, rock (Within Temptation), folk (Laura Marling), jazz (Caro Emerald) and electronica there. Just search the internet and you'll find them. A lot of those acts have music on iTunes.
I think the irony was lost, I changed it haha
Away from the market-led model, though, there is still a lot of really good music around and, of course, with the ubiquitous and limitless internet you also have 60 years of popular music to mine, so you never need worry about what's in the charts now, so I really wouldn't fret too much if kids are throwing their money away on One Direction. If they want to listen to something else (or something "better") then there's a world of music a click of a mouse away.
I don't listen to chart music because I know it's shit (to my ears at least). But there's plenty of music to be found out there, old and new.
Oh that's what it was.