What is happening to the music industry?

Gundog48 · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:42

Let's set this straight first, I am 15, and unlike a lot of my friends I can appreciate music that is over a year old! So many people will only listen to music that has just been released and anything else is labelled as old which is apparently a suitable reason not to listen to it. Personally, I can appreciate all music which I like, way back from the 60's, to Paul Weller and the Jam, to Oasis all the way up to Coldplay and Eminem's newest albums. I like plenty of other music, but am not a fan of most rap music, just the stuff I like that is not just some idiot shouting about how many drugs he takes.

It does beg the question, what kind of a state is the music industry likely to be in when all people want to hear is popular music that is only a month old? It will just lead to more copycat, generic songs that everyone will love for a month, then forget. What about originality? What will happen to the development of music that will stand the test of time?

And I think the following demonstrates how bad it is these days bearing in mind this is genuinely considered as music:

Its_Me · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:45

Can't wait to see your effort

aardvark · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:45

its always been like this - it doesn't matter how far you go back there has always been a lot of crap music!

manbearpig · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:46

Well with 718,000 dislikes people think the same thing.

Trifid · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:47

Gundog48 said:
I can appreciate all music which I like, way back from the 60's,

I hope that is 1660 to have a point with that statement...

Castiel · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:48

Bros!

loltim · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:48

What?

I like it

Which seat can I take?! um, the one with no-one sat in?

vicisthebest · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:49

What I don't like (and maybe I'm a prude but I'm a teacher of 9 and 10 year olds who are very influenced by this sort of thing) is the music videos by people like Lady Gaga which basically consists of her writhing around in a bra and thong.

You see girls at school discos now dancing like little prostitutes - blooming awful.

RomanNose · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:49

Op obviously is not an artist and does not understand that problems that we have.
WE HAVE TO DRESS UP EACH DAY
WE HAVE TO POST ON TWITTER.
WE HAVE TO ACCIDENTLY WALK INTO A PHOTOGRAPHER.
WE HAVE TO SLEEP!
WE HAVE TO SURVIVE OFF FOOD

You don't understand how hard it is, Our producers have to spend days Auto tuning!
And then the worst part is that we have to Lip sync, it is very hard you are just being ignorant for not knowing

/end sarcasm.

998cc · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:51

That Rebecca Black video cost her parents $2000 at Arc Music Factory... she's not signed with a label.

Everyone hates it. 720,000 dislikes and raising by the 1000's every hour.

4p · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:51

Alpherah · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:52

That song is so bad my ears begin to bleed every time i hear it.

-edit-
The above is much better!

scorza · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:52

Anyone read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley? Songs like Rebecca Black's are how I imagine the synthetic pop music in that book to sound like.

Westyfield2 · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:53

I quite like that song :/

PapaLazaru · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:53

She can **** ** ****** **** **** ******* **** **** :mad:

btw she has NOTHING to do with the state of the music industry, which incidentally, I think is quite healthy.

RomanNose · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:53

Castiel · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:53

scorza said:
Anyone read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley? Songs like Rebecca Black's are how I imagine the synthetic pop music in that book to sound like.

Indeed.

Classic Book, one of my all time favourites.

Raikiri · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:56

As always you have to look outside of the top 40 chart to find most good music.

Shayper · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:59

Much better

Freeman · 25 Mar 2011 at 20:00

All I start singing when I hear that song is 'friday friday friday OooOOOOh' by bieber.