cagedWINGS
The Poké-theorist.
Pop music is extremely average. I hate to be 'that guy', but eh.
The thing though, and what's really frustrating, is that pop music consists of watered down versions of genres that I actually liked. I say 'liked' in italics because I used to enjoy these genres until the music industry got their grubby claws onto them and oversaturated the market.
Example, dubstep.
Dubstep is meant to be a very underground music genre. From those who don't really follow it, its a genre that started in South London where people used to MC over the top of drum & bass and reggae music. Initially it was very 'wobbly' and chilled-sounding but over time it evolved into something a lot more mechanical sounding and aggressive and could be mixed easily by DJs into their drum & bass setlists and such. All very very cool. The popularity really started to pick up though the genre was still very much underground.
Then some money grabbing suit and tie dude at a music label, who doesn't even know what the hell music even is, caught the scent of dubstep music, thought it would sell and then forced random pop artists to make dubstep songs to cash in on all the hype. The result? We have talentless nomarks like Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez bringing out VERY weak dubstep songs and over saturating the market with their filth, causing people like me (i.e. someone who actually has a taste in music and doesn't just like a pop 'artist' because they're on the radio and have a catchy melody to one on their songs) to completely lose interest in the great genre that all this blasphemy sprang from. I actually feel like a bit of a noob saying I like dubstep now quite honestly!
Eventually dubstep will die off and it will be no thanks to greasy record companies and their slave artists.
Very ranty but pop music frustrates me. It happened with house and dance music, now it has happened to dubstep. Whatever next?
The thing though, and what's really frustrating, is that pop music consists of watered down versions of genres that I actually liked. I say 'liked' in italics because I used to enjoy these genres until the music industry got their grubby claws onto them and oversaturated the market.
Example, dubstep.
Dubstep is meant to be a very underground music genre. From those who don't really follow it, its a genre that started in South London where people used to MC over the top of drum & bass and reggae music. Initially it was very 'wobbly' and chilled-sounding but over time it evolved into something a lot more mechanical sounding and aggressive and could be mixed easily by DJs into their drum & bass setlists and such. All very very cool. The popularity really started to pick up though the genre was still very much underground.
Then some money grabbing suit and tie dude at a music label, who doesn't even know what the hell music even is, caught the scent of dubstep music, thought it would sell and then forced random pop artists to make dubstep songs to cash in on all the hype. The result? We have talentless nomarks like Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez bringing out VERY weak dubstep songs and over saturating the market with their filth, causing people like me (i.e. someone who actually has a taste in music and doesn't just like a pop 'artist' because they're on the radio and have a catchy melody to one on their songs) to completely lose interest in the great genre that all this blasphemy sprang from. I actually feel like a bit of a noob saying I like dubstep now quite honestly!
Eventually dubstep will die off and it will be no thanks to greasy record companies and their slave artists.
Very ranty but pop music frustrates me. It happened with house and dance music, now it has happened to dubstep. Whatever next?