afternoon all,
there hath been several thoughts silently screaming in my overprocessing psyche for quite a while, and i believe that the time is now ripe for said thoughts to be voiced. or rather, typed. it has come to my attention (and i'm sure i am not the only one), that in the world of mainstream music, songwriting is dead. or rather, writing of songs that are comprised of more than a few sentences of lyrics that get repeated over and over again amidst some repetetive beats and a simple tune. whilst such songs are catchy and enjoyable to dance to, and can make social gatherings such as parties and clubbing/pubbing rather fun, i wonder if this slightly troubling trend in the music world is cause for concern. because mainstream music never used to be like this, for example in the 90's and early 'noughties'. example one, a song that inexplainably is one of my favorites and will always be so,
'Break My Stride' by Unique II. though i am sure you are all familiar with this amazingly catchy song, i will recite a few lyrics:
"last night i had the strangest dream. i sailed away to china, in a little rowboat to find ya, and you said you had to get your laundry cleaned. didn't want no one to hold you, what does that mean? and you said..."
we all know the rest. *breaks out into chorus, dancing like a total dork* now this is just my opinion, but is it not a truly wonderful song? it tells a story, it has some great original lyrics AND a catchy tune. compare that, to what the cool kids are listening to these days, exhibit B, 'Barbra Streisand'
"Barbra Streisand woooooooooo woooooooo wooooooo etc" and repeat... about 89367326476243 times. well maybe that's a tad exaggeration. but you get the gist.
anyway, i would love to flesh out this argument more, but right now my silently screaming overprocessed thoughts have been satisfied, and i have to bake cookies and clean the house, like a true housewife in the making.
i love the nineties, and german boy bands
ciao for now.
oh ps, have a think about that haha i'd love to hear thoughts in response
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ReplyDeleteFun Fact: Break My Stride was originally sung by Matthew Wilder in 1983. :)
ReplyDeleteP.S. I concur with this blog!
break my stride is a brilliant song. and i love fun facts :)
ReplyDeletei agree, tho i think you exaggerate some songs from the nowies are okay, but some epic fail too of course.
ReplyDeletep.s. i think you'd make an awesome house wife those cookies were yummy:)
Gah stole words from my mouth. How an artist can get payed millions and millions of dollars for singing "talking this BLAHHH BLAAHHH BLAAHHHH" or "DJ ima slut slut slut slut" .... oh well thats what i heard anyways....astonishes me. Or a slightly more annoying thing is the thought that there are literally like over 1,000,000 more talented musicians out there but only the daughters and sons of famous people are getting the chance nowadays. i.e. miley cyrus and the worse one: Willow smith. If someone can listen to "I whip my hair back and forth" over 1000 times then they must have some sort of mental deficiency. But the issue is, I can think of 20 people I know who have more talent than any of these wannabe's. And they miss out. Stupid music industry.
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