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music these days....

I was flipping channels today and noticed a show where Beyonnce was being interviewed.

She stated without hesititation and with comfort and conviction something to the effect that "when I write music I feel more empowered than I could be in real life"

So, the last I checked, Beyonnce has about ZERO % influence on her music, I have no doubt that she writes the lyrics, but writing lyrics aint on the same level as writing music or creating music.

Most lyrics these days could be written by a 12 year old.

Is it just me, but does this bother you? It bothers me, because it provides too much underserved credibility to todays "artists". I think if you take the average person, especially a 15 year old, they can't make the distinction or perhaps don't care enough to investigate. I feel this opens the door to every talentless Joe or Jane (see American Idol tryouts) who thinks they can do the same which could answer why we are in this sad state of Popular Music these days.
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sogood51
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I like it when they shut up and play...if they can play of course.

Dave
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jdlepera
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Most Mainstream Music has sucked since the mid 70's when Punk came around,Was getting real good until then with Psych,Prog, Art Rock etc..Since Nirvina hit it big and EVERYONE copied them to death Mainstream has really gone down the toilet with so called alternative music.Not to mention the popularity of spoken word/talking without real music called Rap which is found in a sewer,The biggest waste of Airtime TV & Radio EVER.Many kids today don't know what good music is because of listening to above mentioned garbage.The Best interesting music today is the international scene of Prog,Electronic and British Invasion revival going on.The best music since the early 70's for me has always been on then underground FM stations and now the Net.Top 40 is The major's marketing tool bought and paid for by them to promote teen acts etc. with the odd underground artist breaking through from time to time.All of the above IMHO only....JD
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rx8man
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To me, it's repetitive rhythm machine stuff with little or no improvisation or originality.
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synthfreek
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Pretty typical thread from people who are more into their gadgets than music. How absurd to proclaim that no good music has been made since 1979! Simply untrue. I hate when people generalize the entire genre of "music" by implying that all of it sounds like "insert current pop-star's name here".
pawlowski6132
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Synthfreek. How absurd to think that this thread is composed by people who are more into gadgets than music. I'd be interested to know how you came to that conclusion.
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