Why is modern pop music today so terrible?

bdp24, have you heard the tribute to Doc Pomus CD (I think it's called Save the Last Dance for Me)?  It's got Dylan, Los Lobos, Shawn Colvin, Dr. John, Brian Wilson, B.B. King, Lou Reed and others.  Pretty fine, IMO.

Sure do, tostadosunidos! I just programmed out the Lou Reed track ;-).

why, because its all rap based, and eboniks teachings. star clear !



 LISTEN TO MOTORHEAD INSTEAD !!!!!

i was at my kids school today, and she AXED my child a question. I replied " its asked" she was bent.  too BAD< teach properly !  leaving the school soon me thinks !  F that !!!!!

It could be another unintended consequence of digital technology as pop songs are constructed by digitally controlled machines and formulas that produce a level of perfection that doesn't capture the ear.  I loved my old handmaid, British MG, but don't have an emotional response to today's much better sports cars.

Reinstating the military draft would probably improve the songwriting.

Hip-hop and rap kinda took the swagger out of pop.

All that said, I think Green Day produces good stuff -- ragged, tuneful, empowered, and not manufactured in a digital lab.