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Is today’s contemporary music lacking?

I listen to various genres of music, and I am a big fan of rock/pop from the 1950s to today.

When I turn in the radio to hear new pop/rock songs, I often hear “monotonous” verses with minimal melody repeated again and again (4x) then the chorus not quite matching the music of the verses. The artist seems to try using a good voice trying to make the song sound good but these songs seem to lack a good “melody”. Anybody else notice this?

Also, because pop/rock music is well established, is it more difficult nowadays to create new good melodies - are artists running out of creative ideas?  This thought has often crossed my mind whenever I hear another song remake.
kennyc
schubert
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I would say just sucks 
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larsman
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Yeah, all modern music is terrible - I've listened to all the many thousands and thousands of albums of all varieties of pop and rock, and yep, all bad. They should have stopped making new music back in the 70's. Please note irony content. 
sevestan
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Evidently you have not combined psychedelics with Spotify yet.
schubert
7,386 posts
 
True , but we turnout few excellent people  .
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simonmoon
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I get so frustrated every time I see this subject come up on music forums. 

Listen, I am in my 60's, but the main problem I have with new music, is keeping up with all the great new stuff coming out, in several genres, from all over the world.

I there have been quite a few studies done, that show, that most people's musical tastes stop evolving at the age of 30. For most people, their favorite music is the music that was the "soundtrack of their youth", and once they settle into their lives at the age of 30, music no longer servers that purpose.

As long as one avoids the mainstream, has an open mind, an inquisitive attitude, and is not trying to relive their youth, there is so much great music out there.


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