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Okay let me think here…

So, I’ve been discussing stuff with various people, and a topic came into my mind. Our generation’s music compared to previous generations.

When I say this generation, I don’t really mean the jazz and orchestrated music made during this time, but the new genres made now-a-days. Do you think this generation’s music is better, or do you think that we’d be better off without the “horrible excuses for music?”

Me, personally; I love the music that was made before, like in the roarin’ 20s, with all of the great jazz, or even the classic 8-bit music in the 90s. Even the rock music in mid to late 1900s. All great music that took a lot of thought, and actually sounded great. Had meaning to it, ya know?

Now, this may be stereotypical, but the music now influences kids to do stupid things, and doesn’t even sound too good.

What do you think?

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Okay let me think here…

It’s not only the music though, but the way their attire is makes girls now feel like they need to be perfect. Most rap songs are about big butts and breasts and stuff, so when girls hear it, they expect to also have the same physical appearance to be “socially accepted.”

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Grendel

Though my knowledge of rap culture is not the best, I can say that I don’t believe that it’s helping the female’s struggle to be treated as anything other then a sex object.

tbh I think that most the popular music of today is over sexualized.

I always seem to find my way back here!

Superbanjo65

There were plenty of mindless, rock ‘n’ roll and jazz tunes that were super popular and didn’t take much thought or artistic design whatsoever.

Each generation has its crap and its gold, there are plenty of modern artists dabbling in modern genres that really put a lot of time and effort into their work. That being said, there is also a lot of crap, but it helps to put things into perspective.

somebody please help ive been trapped in this signiture box for 3 days. seriously somebody call
the police theres no food or water here

Sturgeon’s Law: 90 percent of everything is crap. Definitely applies to music, regardless of genre.

HockeyMonkey
Weather Reporting Rebel

Or year, really.

I can’t think of any examples of a song that was so bad it degenerated our nation’s youth though.

“The only man I ever knew who listened to Aaron Copland to relax.”

When I go forwards and you go backwards, somewhere we will meet.

I love anything to do with Damon Albarn. Blur. His solo career. But especially Gorillaz. It, as people have expressed before, shows what hip hop can be like if people try hard enough. In fact, music in general. Thus, not all of today’s music is crap. And if you’re talking about newer acts, examples include Bastille, John Legend, Lorde, etc.

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The Dracula Spectacula

God, I do not like Lorde. Queen Bee was tolerable when it came out, but I heard it too much. And why is her music always slapped onto every single commercial ever? All the songs sound the same! I’m sorry!

“I won’t accept the ban from anyone but my true love Jordan Keller.”

Latios

pop music owns and right now is an incredible time to be alive for it. there are tons of amazing, talented, smart, thoughtful, creative women making music and being in charge of their own image right now and anyone who brushes them off is embarrassing themselves.

Blandish:
Though my knowledge of rap culture is not the best, I can say

lmao if you dont have good knowledge of a particular subject, how about you go ahead and just dont say.

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floydhead42

Blandish:
tbh I think that most the popular music of today is over sexualized.

sorry to break this to you but popular and traditional song has almost always been lewd as hell and it’s no different today

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(p.s. and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with writing songs about sex)

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I consider myself more of a puckish rogue, really.

music now is automatically better than music from the past because we have Devin Townsend

There’s no point if it stops being fun.

Okay let me think here…

Speaking of music, anyone hear about how Taylor Swift trademarked the phrase “This sick beat?” U honestly think it’s kinda dumb to do…

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floydhead42

it actually makes perfect sense, how much money do you think drake lost on all the clothing that had “yolo” printed on it

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Okay let me think here…

Yeah, the term Yolo was used quite a bit. Who the hell says “this sick beat” a lot? I haven’t ever said it once in my life until talking about how she trademarked it.

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I, too, would like a donut.

PsychoKineticBeats:
Speaking of music, anyone hear about how Taylor Swift trademarked the phrase “This sick beat?” U honestly think it’s kinda dumb to do…

“Oh man, what a sick beat!”
“Holy crap man, let’s call the cops for unauthorized use of copyrighted content!”

People shouldn’t be allowed to copyright phrases.

“Corr… a giant Ice Key!”
“I know where I’d like to stick that…”
“KAZOOIE!”

Okay let me think here…

Yeah, it’s very stupid. It’s not like you came up with the phrase. Tons of other people have probably said it before, so making it your own is kinda silly.

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Superbanjo65

PsychoKineticBeats:
Yeah, the term Yolo was used quite a bit. Who the hell says “this sick beat” a lot? I haven’t ever said it once in my life until talking about how she trademarked it.

I mean, as soon as you bring that sort of attention to a phrase like that it instantly becomes not cool anymore.

“This sick beat” just kinda sounds lame now.

The more I say it the lamer it sounds

Celebrities ruin everything.

somebody please help ive been trapped in this signiture box for 3 days. seriously somebody call
the police theres no food or water here

When I go forwards and you go backwards, somewhere we will meet.

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a human face being stamped on by ‘This. Sick. Beat.’ Forever.

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save me, president jesus.

HockeyMonkey
Weather Reporting Rebel

Superbanjo65:
Celebrities ruin everything.

To be fair, how often were you saying “This Sick Beat” before?

Think we all need to step back a minute. I mean, T.Swift is pretty great. I forgive her. Plus, I’d be a hypocrite if I didn’t, having copyrighted Its On Like Hockey Kong™

“The only man I ever knew who listened to Aaron Copland to relax.”

Okay let me think here…

This is my opinion, but I don’t care for her music. As for trademarking, I think the whole trademarking a phrase crap is unneeded. I never once said the phrase she trademarked before, I only said it a couple of times whilst talking about it, and I don’t plan on willingly saying it again. Want to make a phrase popular? Make a song about it. The phrase, I believe, is used in one of her songs as the bass drop, or something? Idk, but if you really want a phrase to get popular, you can just make a great song about it and have it used quite a bit. Like YOLO.

EDIT: Did you know that Warner/Chappell Music has trademarked/copyrighted the Happy Birthday Song. Anyone who publicly performs it risks a fine of $150,000 to them.

Source: http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/14/news/companies/happy-birthday-lawsuit/

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HockeyMonkey
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At any rate, songs have meaning today, you just refuse to listen to them.

Who are you to say they don’t have meaning? You didn’t write them.

“The only man I ever knew who listened to Aaron Copland to relax.”

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Got to sum it up when it comes to music…..to each their own. Music touches the primal part of all of us, so its like a musical snowflake in our brain, each one shines brilliantly and uniquely.

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HockeyMonkey:
At any rate, songs have meaning today, you just refuse to listen to them.

Who are you to say they don’t have meaning? You didn’t write them.

Sorry, can’t seem to remember when I said they had absolutely no meaning.

Got to sum it up when it comes to music…..to each their own. Music touches the primal part of all of us, so its like a musical snowflake in our brain, each one shines brilliantly and uniquely.

And to build off of that: Though each snowflake have a true, unique beauty, some do not see the same beauty as others. These are called “opinions.”

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Grendel

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Blandish:
Though my knowledge of rap culture is not the best, I can say

lmao if you dont have good knowledge of a particular subject, how about you go ahead and just dont say.

That was a disclaimer, just because I’m not an expert doesn’t make me ignorant. I’ve listened to rap before, and I’ve developed views from what I’ve heard. So getting to say what I believe leads to others saying what they believe, which lets me sort of compare notes and become more knowledgeable. If I said nothing then I stand to gain nothing, as the conversation might have never been had.

floydhead42:
Blandish:
tbh I think that most the popular music of today is over sexualized.

sorry to break this to you but popular and traditional song has almost always been lewd as hell and it’s no different today

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(p.s. and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with writing songs about sex)

Still not as flashy about it as- actually never mind I think I understand the innuendo of the second song now.

Whether it’s wrong to write/listen to songs about sex depends on ones own idea as to what moral integrity is.

I always seem to find my way back here!

The Dracula Spectacula

I can agree that there are songs today that have meaning, and that there are songs from yesterday with no meaning, but you gotta admit, there’s a lot more meaningless songs today than ever. What was All About that Bass about? Booty?

“I won’t accept the ban from anyone but my true love Jordan Keller.”

This is Bee, your also mutual friend.

All about the base is supposed to be a song that embraces the idea that "big" and "curvy" women are just as, if not more attractive then the thinner Taylor Swift types. However the message was poorly conveyed in the song and is more "insulting skinny girls" than "encouraging and loving bigger girls". I’m not a fan of the song as a song.

I think that the music we hear on the radio (PSI not included) tends to be the worst of the worst. For example, most country stations play newer country music that is essentially pop music with a twangy guitar in the somewhere and some southern accents.

But to each their own. I certainly like my share of "bad" music. I downloaded and five starred the opening theme of Catz for the DS.

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refusalskills

To spring off of the worst of the worst thing, that’s what the radio is, except for classic rock stations or whatever. Pop stations play the same songs over and over, ruining the song for everyone. You would think they would sprinkle in a variety. Like Green Day’s Brutal Love, Imagine Dragons’ Warriors, or some other bands and musicians. It’s almost always music of the past six months, as well. It lacks variety. If they played a variety, maybe more appealing songs could be played.