One Republic - Secrets

I hate this song.  I hate the chorus.  I can't really put my finger on why though.  Something about it just annoys me.  The singer says he's sick of all the insincere, but he sounds insincere.

Rock today just sounds too slick and overproduced.  There isn't any soul in the music, it's just kind of there.  I want some substance in my music.  Such bands exist (Radiohead and Muse come to mind), but popular rock is just embarrassing. 

I think you can listen to a CD and determine if it's going to be of lasting quality, or is going to be a guilty pleasure.  Back in the late 90's and early 2000's I knew that Limp Bizkit was going to be a guilty pleasure.  You didn't have to be a genius to know that in 10 years Nookie was going to make you laugh.  I also knew that Smashing Pumpkins had several discs that would largely hold up.  I'll never give my son a copy of Significant Other, but I'll happily pass along Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

I want to start hearing some cultivated quality music, something that isn't just a one-hit wonder.