UPDATE: The Howie Silbiger Show will not be airing next Sunday and Monday as well, so no On The Mark until further notice. Once again, I'll keep you posted about it when it does return, so stay tuned.
Welcome to another post in the "Absolute Rubbish" series. Today's post (or rant) will focus on the music of today.
I love listening to music. I have it on when I'm working and when I'm on the go, and I find it be both therapeutic and relaxing. The genres of music I enjoy the most are jazz, smooth jazz, and classic rock. Almost everything that I listen to falls into these categories.
As good as this is, I find that today's music is severely lacking in quality. When I hear popular music on the radio, I can't help but feel that this mindless drivel was haphhazardly put together in order to sell it kids who consume this stuff as if it was candy. The songs I hear on the radio are basically the equivalent of ear rape. Some of the artists are so bloody annoying, it's not even funny. And the worst part of it is that Top 40-formatted radio stations throughout North America and the world forcefeed it to us by repeating the same songs several times within an hour. Here in Montreal, Virgin Radio 96 and 94.7 Hits FM are notorious for doing that.
When I hear music from Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, and others, I seriously want to ralf. It sounds absolutely terrible. Lady Gaga may be a marketing genius with her crazy costumes and all, but her music is atrocious. I bet she sounds terrible without all of the computers that have enhanced her voice. I find her music to be repetitive and extremely annoying. Poker Face made me want to break out in hives, while her latest single, Alejandro, is just plain awful. Some people are billing her as "the next Madonna". While I can see the comparison (the aforementioned crazy costumes are one example), I think this is taking it a bit too far.
Ke$ha, or Kedollarsha, as I like to call her, is just plain painful to listen to. Her music is shrill, and her voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard. This is basically rubbish masquerading as music. I can't believe that this talentless hack actually has fans. I recently watched a parody of her song Tick Tock called Glitter Puke that was both hilarious and very accurate. You can watch the video here here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7n8GqewJ2M
Another popular artist who I cannot stand is Justin Bieber. He (or is it she?) epitomizes everything that I hate about popular music. He can't sing to save his life, and yet, every 16-year-old girl is obsessed with him. There have even been reports of injuries sustained while a bunch of his adoring (read: overly obsessive) uber-fans were waiting for him to make an appearance. Wow. If only these young women could see just how blind they were. This kid has more cheesecake than the sweet table at my bar mitzvah party did. Justin Bieber serves as yet another example of poorly-crafted music created for Disney Channel slaves. I await the day when this little pisher's 15 minutes of fame are up. He is an absolute abomination, and I fail to understand why he is so popular. One days his fans will realize that he really isn't that good after all, and maybe then, they'll stop throwing their training bras at him.
I long for the days of yore when the music was well-written and worth listening to. These days, it's just about how drunk you got at a club, how many girls you can attract and subsequently cheat on at once, or how much money and "bling" you have. The music of the past really spoke to people. It dealt with important issues, and actually had a meaning. Today's music is pure trash, and is severely lacking in quality. No way in hell will I ever submit myself to this auditory purgatory. It's classless, tasteless, and shows little effort. The music industry has really deteriorated over the years, and the sad thing is that there's no end in sight.
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