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re: Why is mainstream, popular radio music so terrible?
Posted on 11/25/13 at 5:42 pm to Spaulding Smails
Posted on 11/25/13 at 5:42 pm to Spaulding Smails
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let's not act like this is some new phenomenon
I'm not...I'm just saying that it's worse now than it ever has been. This new wave of teens are fricking terrible
I grew up as a kid in the 80s and people love to use that decade as their fallback in defense of how sh###y popular music is now but for all the crap the 80s receives (unfairly in my humble opinion), it had way more variety and talented bands and solo acts and music that has held up well over the years. I have a hard time believing that more than 20% of the most popular music made in the last decade will even be remembered or will get airplay 25 years from now.
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Posted on 11/25/13 at 6:52 pm to Govt Tide
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I have a hard time believing that more than 20% of the most popular music made in the last decade will even be remembered or will get airplay 25 years from now.
So just like 80's pop music.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 7:15 pm to CBandits82
The only demographic that purchases albums in mass these days is teenage girls. Major record labels have a very low tolerance for failure so they play it safe. They find a formula that sells and beat it to death. Then, every 8-10 years, they switch their formula up slightly, repackage it, and keep going.
As album sales have plummeted, the number of independent labels has soared. Thanks to the internet, devoted fans and music enthusiasts can get their favorite band's music directly from the band. The bands make their money from touring. Anyone can find music from any band anywhere anytime and listen. It truly is a great age to be an audiophile.
As album sales have plummeted, the number of independent labels has soared. Thanks to the internet, devoted fans and music enthusiasts can get their favorite band's music directly from the band. The bands make their money from touring. Anyone can find music from any band anywhere anytime and listen. It truly is a great age to be an audiophile.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 7:37 pm to CBandits82
i honestly believe its directly tied to the end of the world.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 8:17 pm to Govt Tide
20% would be an incredibly large (unrealistic) number for any period. Do you realize how much music gets made every year?
Posted on 11/25/13 at 8:24 pm to kingbob
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As album sales have plummeted, the number of independent labels has soared. Thanks to the internet, devoted fans and music enthusiasts can get their favorite band's music directly from the band. The bands make their money from touring. Anyone can find music from any band anywhere anytime and listen. It truly is a great age to be an audiophile.
Exactly.
My favorite music from this era is my favorite music of all time
Posted on 11/25/13 at 9:49 pm to Peazey
That's actually a good point. I was mostly referring to Top 40 music of the last decade. Having said that, you're right. It's probably closer to 2% of current music that will be remembered 20 years from now. You could probably name dozens and dozens of respected artists on top 40 radio in the 80s who still have their music played on classic rock/pop channels to this day. These groups were immediately recognizable to rock/pop music lovers of all ages. Listen to a top 40 list today and I bet you less than 10% of the music loving public over the age of 25 couldn't name a dozen of the popular groups/solo artists of the last decade. 25 years ago not only were there good new bands and solo artists but a lot of 60s and 70s artists were still making great music. Nowadays, it seems like a wasteland by comparison.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 10:47 pm to CBandits82
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True, but it never used to be this bad.
Yeah, but in the old days there was only one medium for music, and that was radio. Now, internet offerings cater to specific tastes and that leaves radio to cater to a much different group of folks than they did 30, 30, 40 years ago.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 11:53 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Whoever said corporate america is onto something. Clearchannel and other big radio corporations have a lot to do with all the watered down BS played on the radio.
Posted on 11/26/13 at 12:18 am to SUB
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Whoever said corporate america is onto something.
The industry has been controlled by a few, regardless of who owned the stations for decades. Syndicated shows haven't done it any favors of late though.
Posted on 11/26/13 at 7:21 am to RogerTheShrubber
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Syndicated shows haven't done it any favors of late though
American Idol has done irreparable damage.
Posted on 11/26/13 at 10:51 am to Salmon
quote:There were some. There were also great ones. There are no more great ones. It's all bad now.
you don't remember the truly awful songs because they didn't last
Posted on 11/26/13 at 11:02 am to CBandits82
Lack of originality is a big problem. It is an issue plaguing the entire entertainment industry.
Posted on 11/26/13 at 11:21 am to GetCocky11
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Lack of originality is a big problem. It is an issue plaguing the entire entertainment industry.
THIS
That's why Hollywood blows right now and non cable TV is terrible. (AMC, HBO, etc...get passes)
Posted on 11/26/13 at 11:29 am to Spaulding Smails
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THIS
That's why Hollywood blows right now and non cable TV is terrible. (AMC, HBO, etc...get passes)
I had a professor once argue that there hasn't been a completely original form of music created since the 1970s. Everything today is just a sample in one form or another of something created back in the day.
Posted on 11/26/13 at 12:25 pm to GetCocky11
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Lack of originality is a big problem. It is an issue plaguing the entire entertainment industry.
100% agree, especially in the movie industry.
Posted on 11/26/13 at 2:58 pm to kingbob
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It truly is a great age to be an audiophile.
Very true, the consumer has all the power now.
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