Why is modern pop music so terrible?

Because of rap and hip hop

Here's another one... (that I found interesting)

Carol Kaye: Session Legend Interview (full)

In this one the legendary session musician, who played on an estimated 10,000 recordings (over 50 years) and who was member of the 'Wrecking Crew'.... talks about musicians over the years, how sounds changed, and surprisingly where she thinks pop music is headed.

Just a byproduct of the times. People have lost soul, so has music.

Modern music is more about a snapshot in time than it is something that hits you on an emotional level. Lyrically it's the dark ages.

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There is so much good music out, but you guys keep saying this shite

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Good is subjective. I've searched every genre out there for something that will make me feel something, and there's nothing timeless out there.

There's a reason many people, even younger people are attracted to older music.

I mean, there's some well put together songs with generic lyrics and a good melody. I wouldn't call all modern music bad, but the artist has given way to the technician.

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I feel that most people who share your opinion are older generations who can't get past the music that was popular or that they liked when they were discovering themselves, i.e. Adolescents through college.

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I had no trouble identifying with music produced in the 90's. I still hear occasional new stuff I enjoy, but it's literally the needle in the haystack.

Its all a product of changing society, life is much more sterile, objective, and centered around a slice of life. Music reflects modern culture.

Not saying there's nothing good out there, but the ratio of terrible to good has never been worse. Pop music has always been 75% trash, but I'd say it's 100% trash currently.

We went through a similar dark ages in the mid-late 80's.

People that cry about music they dont personally like are annoying as shite

Growing up my dad was a hell of a banjo player and all I really heard was bluegrass and country around the house

I started listening to early rap and r&b in middle school but was a much bigger rock fan. Still listen to stones, zeppelin, floyd regularly. My all time fav bands are probably deftones and MMJ tho

All that :csb: shite aside, I probably listen to more new rap in my headphones at work every day than anything else. Alot of what people probably call mumble and just trap shite I guess. No none of it really stands out as masterpieces or whatever. I just like working and working out to it. Rap generally sucks live so I dont go to shows or anything. But theres a ton of solid producers out there constantly pumping out new stuff all the time which I like

If the hook is catchy and I like the beat I'll generally listen to it. It aint that serious

There's a few recent hits that feel "timeless" to me:
"Uptown Funk" by Bruno Mars
"All Alright" and "Heavy is the Head" by Zach Brown Band
"Motivation" by the Hitchhiker
"I Hold Myself in Contempt" by Four Years Strong
"Hate It Here" by Wilco
"I was Born" by Menzingers
"Out of Time" by STP w/Chester Bennington

It's generally bad in any era.
The 70s had great rock music, but the pop music was awful, except for the soul music. And the disco, which was horrible, killed soul. Madonna took disco, turned it into dance, and made it tolerable in the 80s I suppose. And the 80s from a pop standpoint (not rock) was an improvement over the 70s.
I don't listen to the modern stuff, but can't imagine it's any worse than before.

1. The influence of rap and hip hop
2. Make Music for Dummies type computer programs.

Every person in history thinks that their "modern music" sucks.