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In reply to the discussion: I hate to sound like an old fogey [View all]Garion_55
(1,915 posts)I guess my main point was that rap was new, scratching records was new, hair bands was new, synth pop was new, skateboard punk was new. All these new styles of music were being created. And lots of different styles.
Was a lot of it bad music? sure. but there was also a lot of good. but with 5 different radio stations you could find 5 different styles of music playing.
the main thing was the work put into creating all this stuff and trying to get it heard. the experimentation. the practice. the creativity.
what do they do today? everything is auto tuned. the biggest female singer in country today cant sing for crap live, she sounds awful. prepackaged, auto tuned, no talent, no work involved, studio created, no originality, mush. and every radio station out there is playing the same mush.
rap used to be about the struggle of getting out of the ghetto, to trying to live through the pain of poverty and drug addiction and even some feel good songs about getting together with your friends and dancing. now its all popping bottles in the club smacking the asses of females, showing your guns and having fat rims on your tires and thats pretty much it. the message itself is a turn off, its tough to get through thats to see if the music is any good.