Modern music leaves writer singing the blues
By: Nicole Newby
Issue date: 9/29/08 Section: Opinion
Classic country music used to tell love stories and anecdotes of struggles to attain the American dream. Contemporary Nashville country is transitioning toward a pop integration, which is causing it to stray from its origins.
Moreover, rap music has received a lot of flak for its sexist lyrics and sexually explicit and politically incorrect content. Sexual innuendoes have been created through candy analogies with artists like 50 Cent and Lil Wayne. Others recite lyrics that relive their days in the slums and how many times they have been shot. Feats like that are impressive, but they belong in a news story, not an entire category of music.
Many contemporary pop artists, like Spears, sing about fame and fortune and how much they love or hate it., and other artists sing about cheating in relationships.
The true lyrics of heavy metal music that incorporates shrill screams still remain an enigma to many people. The artists yell the lyrics so fast that they are not even understood.
Nowadays, the beat of the song catches more attention than the lyrics. People sing along with songs in sync with the words, but do not pay attention to what those words are saying.
Nicole Newby is a journalism junior from McKinney
Moreover, rap music has received a lot of flak for its sexist lyrics and sexually explicit and politically incorrect content. Sexual innuendoes have been created through candy analogies with artists like 50 Cent and Lil Wayne. Others recite lyrics that relive their days in the slums and how many times they have been shot. Feats like that are impressive, but they belong in a news story, not an entire category of music.
Many contemporary pop artists, like Spears, sing about fame and fortune and how much they love or hate it., and other artists sing about cheating in relationships.
The true lyrics of heavy metal music that incorporates shrill screams still remain an enigma to many people. The artists yell the lyrics so fast that they are not even understood.
Nowadays, the beat of the song catches more attention than the lyrics. People sing along with songs in sync with the words, but do not pay attention to what those words are saying.
Nicole Newby is a journalism junior from McKinney
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dj graytape
posted 9/29/08 @ 1:03 PM CST
if ya over 18 doin' that soldier boy STOP!
Andrea Laham
posted 9/29/08 @ 6:35 PM CST
I've been feeling the same way about most mainstream songs. It's a shame that whenever people say that they couldn't care less what the artist was communicating in their songs. (Continued…)
lil' augurey
lil' augurey
posted 9/29/08 @ 6:42 PM CST
I've felt the exact same way about mainstream songs ever since I entered sixth grade. >.<*
It's like whenever I ask someone what the artist is communicating in the song, it's either, "Don't know, don't care" or "What? I can't hear you! The music is too loud!"
'Course, they never bother to turn down the volume. (Continued…)
Al
posted 9/30/08 @ 2:21 PM CST
The real test of whether music is GOOD or not is how it holds up to the test of TIME. Will the song be considered good 75 or more years from now? Will it still be sung or performed? Will anyone even remember it?? Music by trendsetters such as Presley and the Beatles probably will be remembered for quite some time. (Continued…)
Girl
Girl
posted 10/01/08 @ 7:56 PM CST
I am one of those kids that listens to music from like two generations ago. I rarely keep up with todays music bc if I get into a band or an artist, they are out in like two months. (Continued…)
susan
posted 10/03/08 @ 5:12 PM CST
Ah, somethings never change. This letter could have been written in any decade - "old" music is always better. I know - I wrote a letter to the editor about the same thing when I went to SFA - in the 80's. (Continued…)
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