Why is Modern Music so Awful?

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[mornepretorius]

What is really sad is that there are musicians that are talented but are being kept in the dark

[saraa]

"Music was better when ugly people were allowed to sing"
-some random from twitter

[parasiticangel]

Modern pop music is temporary, but minecraft background music is forever.

[Mica_]

This is basically why i listen to smaller music creators a lot, they tend to be more original and creative with the wording, melody, tempo...

[samforier]

Good music isn't dead, it's just considered underground these days

[karlos]

When miley cirus licks a hammer its "art" and "music" when i do it im "drunk" and "have to leave the hardware store"

[analog]

"We are in a golden age of music. There will be a time when technology becomes so advanced that we'll rely on it to make music rather than talent. Music will lose its soul."
-Freddie Mercury

[Jcon]

Modern music is just about trends rather than longevity, so many popular songs from even 5 to 10 years ago are forgotten because they lack substance but many songs from the 70s, 80s, 90s, are still remembered to this day

[facemcshooty]

"why is modern MAINSTREAM music so bad?" would be a more accurate title

[aguywithnames]

Replace "modern" with "mainstream" and you got an accurate title.

[sushi_tech]

what happens when music producers feel forced to make music as fast as possible by creating deadlines in order to please the people? They get lazy and repetitive...(just one of the many possible reasons for this)

[brutalriff]

Music was better when "ugly" people were allowed to make it

[martinjeffery]

Its so bad because its not about music, its about selling an image

[jedizombiekiller]

How to make a DJ Kaled song:
1. Get another singer to feat (aka sing most of the song).
2. Yell one of the following:
a. DJ KALED
b. WE THE BEST MUSIC
c. ANOTHER ONE
3. Add some royalty free drum loops, chords, insturments.

[thomasjamison]

I think that schools dropping music education also played a role. Odds are that someone hearing Sgt Pepper for the first time had at least one music appreciation course in high school. As I understand it now, most don't.

[_marshP]

"Why are all the songs about love"
"You'll understand when you're older"
*gets older*
"Ok now I know that it's also about sex but I still don't know why"

[DM-wuhn]

Most of it is designed to drag you down. You will notice how good you feel when you finally hear something that is designed to make you feel good.

[lukitsu]

Solution: don't listen to the radio, find artists that you like and stick to them

[Ruddigore]

I'm so glad my teenage years were during the 1960s, it's almost impossible to convey just how much pop music dominated culture in those years, I'm just thankful I was a part of it.

[mrdavisdance]

The music industry really said "we're just gonna play 3 chords and talk about cash/mating for every song on the radio from now on" and people still bought into it