arc1991 said:
right im the kinda guy that (1)listens to pretty much anything...from Beyonce...to Hollywood Undead...30 Seconds to Mars...to Westlife and i see posts where people are harrasing popular music, and i hear people talking about it's like its another plague.
i wanna know...y people hate it, i mean (2)some singers get accused of being a fake artist (because they dont write their own material bla bla bla) but they acctualy do, Alexander Burke for example (winner of X-factor 2009) even stated that her songs have come from her diary. yet she gets accused.
i just want to know why people hate the popular type of music, not just because they don't write their own material...i want more reasons cause that reason has been done to death =P
(3)EDIT: something im noticing here, i said popular music and most of you refer to "pop" lol =P hehe something tells me people have lived in the dark and not shoved the charts on have they =P
First, I'll address the question in the title of the post, and then I'll address the content of the OP. While there is a relatively small faction of people who dislike anything that gains popularity (the only reason to hate Kings of Leon, for instance), these people are pretentious twits who need to be strapped to a rocket and fired at the moon. However, these people are far outnumbered by a far less intelligent, far less interesting crowd that - you guessed it - just LOVE everything new and shiny and popular (remember Hootie? Gin Blossoms? Yeah, there's a reason that you don't). THESE people need to be strapped to a rocket and fired at the SUN.
I can tell you why I, personally, cannot stand the overwhelming majority of popular music today (and it IS bloody pop) - it's the absolute disdain for actual songwriting, for the instruments that (used to) MAKE music, the hatred of anything that sounds different or adventurous or experimental or interesting. And it absolutely all sounds the same. Beyonce is certainly talented, but what she actually chooses to do with those pipes of hers makes me cringe - Aretha Franklin she's not. When I hear modern pop (or "pop rock," giggle), it sounds to me like contemporary christian music from over a decade ago.
(1) This is not "pretty much anything." Everyone you mentioned can be heard on a top 40 station. Here in Dallas, and numerous other places in the states, the local top-40 disposable commodity station music of Clear Channel is referred to as "Kiss FM music."
Have you ever listened to folkster Damien Rice? His music has been in the movie Closer and on episodes of CSI. How about power-pop band Rilo Kiley? Their songs have been on Grey's Anatomy and several other shows? Ditto Mike Doughty, ditto Yeah Yeah Yeahs. "Prog-punk" (hate that term) band The Mars Volta have been featured in a Guitar Hero game. My point is, you don't have to go indie to find music outside of the mainest of the mainstream, music that is far more interesting and challenging. Most of the music you mentioned is of the sort that is usu. defended by (a) "but everybody loves it, bro!" or (b)meh, it's got a good beat.
(2)A good point. I see you're 18, so you're probably not familiar with the duo Milli Vanilli from the early 90's. If you want a good laugh, look 'em up on youtube. They were at the absolute top of the charts, and the world, for about 2 months, when it was discovered that they didn't write their own songs and in fact lip synched on stage. And they were banished, I say, banished! Sound familiar? Madonna, Britni Spears, Ashleeee Simpson, AFI, any given top 40 rapper? They all lip synch. But of course, Madonna, approaching 60, can now play guitar like a first year student. Bravo, Madge! Now it's just accepted. Miley Cyrus('s producer) writes a song that is an obvious plagiarism of 80's hit "I Wear My Sunglasses At Night," and few even bat an eyelash. Some truly talentless turds remake "You Spin Me Right Round," an other 80's hit, without crediting the artist, and it's the flavor of the month (can't wait for the intellectual property suit over that one). So no, they're all basically aping each other, their producers are composing albums that they think will sell to the target demo of tween girls who haven't yet developed taste - another reason to hate these fools when they get up on stage and dance like monkeys on speed and try to move their lips in tune to the computerized muzak.
(3)If it's top 40, and on the radio, it's pop. Kings of Leon may just get an exemption, because there's quite a bit of rock and soul in there, but every single artist you mentioned is not only pop but sticky-sweet bubblegum pop.
