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Music has only gotten worse since this doc was made

posted 10 years ago by KatiesGhost
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I know during the early to mid 2000's everybody hated popular music because it was "manufactured" and "artificial" but at least some of it was listenable. Now the majority of music being made today is completely unlistenable and horrible.

And it's funny, Erkyah Badu trashes the pop stars during that era and calls them "butt naked Wednesdays";. If she thought THEY were butt-naked, oh boy, she'll have a LOT to say about today's pop divas. Y'know, this documentary was made in the mid 2000's, when Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera, Fergie, the Pussycat Dolls, and Nelly Furtado were popular. They were sexualized but not borderline pornographic. Even the Pussycat Dolls are tame by today's standards. You never saw Gwen Stefani in nipple pasties or Nelly Furtado showing her ass in a thong.

[–] JayMusicGirl 9 years ago

Very true! I couldn't agree more with what you're saying. One name comes to mind: Miley Cyrus. And she's not the only "artist" nowadays who fits all the criteria you mentioned. Early 2000's to mid 2000's pop music wasn't as ccompletely terrible as it is today.

[–] KatiesGhost 9 years ago

I wonder what the people who made this doc and who were a part of this doc would think about music today...

[–] splumer 9 years ago

I'm 48 years old. Pop music has always been terrible. In the '70s there was Donny Osmond and Shaun Cassidy. At least now pop-trash pushes the envelope a bit. Musically it still sucks, of course, but at least Miley is a little controversial.

That said, I think the big issue now is that pop music is treated as much more of a consumer product than it ever was before. Remember, Miley had a TV show, and she has a fragrance (Miley's Desperation?) and a buttload of merchandise, etc. It has nothing to do with music; her "music" is just another product in the Miley Cyrus line.

There are a few performers (I refuse to call them artists) who are over-commercialized, and that tends to drown out serious musical artists. But I also think most people don't want to be challenged. They treat music like fashion; whatever's popular right now is what they listen to. The music doesn't speak to their experience or have any meaning to them, except maybe on a very superficial level, like "Oh yeah, I have a boyfriend, too!"

People love to whine and complain about how bad music is now, but 'twas ever thus. You just gotta poke around.