The other day my mom and I were in the car, and I said that her generation had better music than mine. She agreed. For some reason, half of the music execs these days seem to think it's okay to sell the same song over and over. The same two-and-a-half notes.
And the same shallow lyrics.
I am tired of stripper songs. By stripper songs, I mean the songs that go something like this: I went to a bar and/or club // I got high and/or drunk // I saw this [derogatory female pronoun] there // [Explicit description of said female's hotness] // I wanted to do things with/to her that are inappropriate for young children to hear even though this song will be played on the radio during daytime hours // I couldn't stop thinking about this girl, even though in real life we all know I would have moved on to the next one by the time this song was done playing because I only view women as objects // Chorus, bridge, repeat.
First of all, let me just say that this is sounding a lot more feminist than I was intending. All moral arguments aside, I find these songs annoying simply because they are a waste of space. They have no depth. They aren't even aspiring to have depth. Music is a form of art, and, well, this is not art.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but music used to mean something. Music used to be an artist pouring a part of his soul into something that would enrich the lives of those who heard it. This also holds true for lyrical ballads and poetry. Lyrical music should then be even more powerful because it combines those two media. And sometimes it is. Some music out there is moving and powerful and breathtakingly beautiful. So to write something that is so much less is just backward. It's an insult to both Beethoven and Keats.
And for the record, don't think that this only applies to male recording artists. There are plenty of women out there who sing about objectifying men.
In conclusion, I think I'm done with my rant now. You can put the earbuds back in and go back to listening to Lady Gaga and Flo Rida. Or not.
