Today was a different day at work (assisting with a property audit as opposed to a normal day of accounting), so this blog post is gonna be a little different. I heard some utter crap, but I feel like writing randomly.
-With fewer producers making hits (David Guetta, Dr. Luke, etc) songs are becoming more homogeneous than ever. There was a time in the 90's when half the hip-hop songs on the radio were produced by Timberland and the other half were produced by the Neptunes, but it feels different today. DJ Earworm is gonna have an easy time making a best of 2011 mash-up. I mention this because Firework came on the radio, and the intro sounds quite similar to I Like It. Different tempo, but same key.
-Katy Perry has lame songwriters. "Have you ever felt like a plastic bag?" is one of the worst opening lines I've ever heard.
-Roscoe Dash's song Show Out is a blueprint for why rappers end up broke. We understand that rappers brag about material possessions they don't actually... posses, but this song takes the excess of modern rap to new levels. I have a lot of money and spend it on foolish things. What an amazing message!
Today's "hit" music is why I listen to either talk radio or metal music from the 90's. Its now all about the flash. Rappers who claim to have a Gallardo. Seriously? I guess with car makers creating even more high-end cars that rappers can no longer enter the upper echelon (Murceilago- sp).
ReplyDeleteHalf of the time the words to music now would make more sense if under the influence...like when it's a good idea to try to hit a golf ball off your friend's forehead.
I can't believe that's the opening line to "Fireworks". LOL How banal.
ReplyDeleteThere's a reason I don't listen to anything after 1999. Music nowadays is garbage; the melodies sound like one hundred year old dying machines, the "singing" is like cat caterwauling, and the content is like something Marlyn Manson mixed with Three Six Mafia.
Gonna have to agree with you on this. I don't get out much, being a SAHM and all, so I'm not constantly assaulted by the songs on the radio. This week, however, we're on vacation. We spent 6+ hours driving to Orlando from middle Georgia and we're driving all over creation down here, visiting stuff. I found myself annoyed with today's music and stopping on the high school and earlier stuff.
ReplyDeleteI'm so over Lady Gaga. She's not unique. Her new song? The Born This Way one. It sounds exactly like Madonna's early stuff. Not that it's bad, just that they keep sampling stuff and ruining it. It's all crap.