Can you relate to modern chart music? (featuring Pitbull)

whirlpool

With every second song on the radio these days being about being drunk, being 'in the club' or being a whore, do you feel any connection to modern chart music or is it totally lost on you?

I've reached the stage where it's totally lost on me and that's kinda sad, because I used to really enjoy the charts.

Festy

Music today is ****ing sh1te

Muise...

did you mean to post here, OP?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057062870

Hande hoche!

I blame that Elvis fellow, with his dangerous hip movements.

razorgil

yeah, its' shíte today. god be with the days of "chart hits 84" with the likes of toyah, ultravox, ub40, and so on...

phelixoflaherty

Money
Having it
not
spending it
them wanting it
where to get it

All this being five decades away from a miniscule pension

Hande hoche!

What/who is Pitbull?

GLaDOS

Chart music is ****e (mostly), lots of good artists out there, the internet is fantastic for smaller/independent artists, especially the likes of soundcloud and bandcamp.

DarkJager

Hande hoche! wrote: »

What/who is Pitbull?

The unfortunate offspring of sperm that should have been wiped off the curtains or swallowed.

whirlpool

Muise... wrote: »

did you mean to post here, OP?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057062870

I don't think it's because of me getting older, I think it's because of music getting emptier and shallower and these days being created specifically for d*ckheads.

Festy

Hande hoche! wrote: »

What/who is Pitbull?

Some bald c##t that people tell to shut up.

Links234

Pfft, modern music is awesome Who can't relate to this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE

FearDark

whirlpool wrote: »

With every second song on the radio these days being about being drunk, being 'in the club' or being a whore, do you feel any connection to modern chart music or is it totally lost on you?

I've reached the stage where it's totally lost on me and that's kinda sad, because I used to really enjoy the charts.

Tbh its part of that MTV culture, the one that promotes the likes of the absolute degenerates in shows like Jersey Shore, Super Sweet 16, Ke$sh's show etc. Music just reflects that, rappers rapping about how rich and powerful they are, women singing about how slutty and drukn they can be while posing in their underwear in their music videos. Modern music is a load of trashy people talking about trashy things and you wonder why on a night out every second young one has their hair dyed red like Rihanna and vomiting from their eyeballs while being fingered outside their local chipper.

whirlpool

Hande hoche! wrote: »

What/who is Pitbull?

Ignorance truly is bliss.

Don't ask any more questions.

Dr. Bre

another music is **** thread

SV

Music today isn't shít. Chart music today is 99% shít.

Chart music in the 80s was 99% shít aswell, though.

whirlpool

Dr. Bre wrote: »

another music is **** thread

When people say things like this, all they're doing is revealing that they spend far too much time here.

Femme_Fatale

SV wrote: »

Music today isn't shít. Chart music today is 99% shít.

Chart music in the 80s was 99% shít aswell, though.

The Specials, Madness, Dexys, Blondie, The Jam? I know there was crap too, but overall, I think it's fair to say there has definitely been a decline when it comes to chart music.

Pumpkinseeds

I don't even know who most of them are, sigh, I feel old now. I'm going to see Depeche Mode in a couple of weeks, yey, decent music.

MonstaMash

I find as I get older I'm listening to stuff that's older than me...30's blues/jazz etc., although I've an eclectic taste in music & will always be a punk at heart :cool:

FurQyou

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Chart music is ****e (mostly), lots of good artists out there, the internet is fantastic for smaller/independent artists, especially the likes of soundcloud and bandcamp.

This one time... at bandcamp...

SV

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

The Specials, Madness, Dexys, Blondie, The Jam? I know there was crap too, but overall, I think it's fair to say there has definitely been a decline when it comes to chart music.

I really don't think so. Look at the amount of bands that have been around, I think when people look back it's easy to just pick out the good and dismiss the bad because noone remembers them anyway because they were so dire.

People will look back in 20 years and talk about how good music used to be with Florence and the Machine, Adele etc etc etc conveniently ignoring the likes of Bieber.

Bullseye

SV wrote: »

I really don't think so. Look at the amount of bands that have been around, I think when people look back it's easy to just pick out the good and dismiss the bad because noone remembers them anyway because they were so dire.

People will look back in 20 years and talk about how good music used to be with Florence and the Machine, Adele etc etc etc conveniently ignoring the likes of Bieber.

I hate florence and the machine. Evertime those screaming songs come on I die a little.

S28382

Iv a 4month old daughter im already scared sh*tless of what she will be exposed to when she gets older seen as the stuff out now is already from the gutter.

Bipolar Joe

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

The Specials, Madness, Dexys, Blondie, The Jam? I know there was crap too, but overall, I think it's fair to say there has definitely been a decline when it comes to chart music.

Look back at what was number one at whatever date years ago, I can say with 96% certainty that it would have been awful, awful shite. Chart music is basically always going to be terrible, because it's homogenised and made to be palatable to the ones who will buy it.

brummytom

I'm usually drunk and often in clubs, but no, I can't stand 'modern music'.

anncoates

Maybe it's my age but any song with those auto tune vocals make me want to puke.

The Backwards Man

Remember when the summers were always good and it always snowed on Christmas?

People remember the good stuff.

FameHungry

Are you actually basing your opinion of modern music from the charts? Oh ffs...

Ruu

No idea, listen to oldies or 80s radio.

tim3000

I think its unfair to judge chart music as complete sh1te. You get different things from different types of music. Sure Queen are better than Pitbull (in every conceivable way) but in a club people are more prepared to dance to Pitbull. Pitbull has his use there. Its not fair to compare apples with oranges. On the other hand most music from any decade will be terrible to look back on.

karaokeman

If you post a music is ****e thread you are a drunk in a club.

TeddyTedson

I think music has picked up in the last few years. In the early to mid 00s it was at it's worst.
But come on, it's chart music. It's always going to be forgettable and flavor of the month.

lahalane

FameHungry wrote: »

Are you actually basing your opinion of modern music from the charts? Oh ffs...

In fairness, he/she is talking about modern chart music, not modern music.

I relate to very little music anyway. I just like what sounds good. I don't listen out for the lyrics and even if I do, I rarely try to decipher them. I just like a good melody and the modern stuff is as good or bad as it ever was for me.

take everything

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

The Specials, Madness, Dexys, Blondie, The Jam? I know there was crap too, but overall, I think it's fair to say there has definitely been a decline when it comes to chart music.

And The Smiths.
An example of a great band no stranger to the charts or TOTP.

anniehoo

I'm an 80s ballad lover, 90s raver...but looooove Pitbulls tunes.

Thanks OP, was winding down..and now I'm hyper after youtubing vids. If this is playing...I'm dancin!:D:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po5wWmKEaI

Uaru

http://www.everyhit.co.uk/retrocharts/1993-August.html

I was 9 in August 2003 but I still know who 95% of those bands are in the link above.

If I looked at this months UK charts I would probably recognise about 5% of the names. In 20 years time a 29 year old will probably know who most of the current bands are but I still won't because I have lost all interest in modern chart music as do most people eventually.

MadsL

S28382 wrote: »

Iv a 4month old daughter im already scared sh*tless of what she will be exposed to when she gets older seen as the stuff out now is already from the gutter.

My daughter's iPod has a far better collection than mine, mostly stuff recorded 1970-1999. She's writing a thesis on Punk and Politics in the UK 1976-1986 for her TY.

It's how you rear them

Irish Guitarist

You mean as opposed to all the great music that was in the charts 25 or so years ago when Stock, Aitken and Waterman wrote and produced about ninety percent of it?

sdanseo

80's ftw

mfceiling

Everything is "featuring"

Rhianna featuring The bullet

Pit bull featuring DJ Slam

Akon featuring Random Crap


Seriously who remembers anyone from 2 or 3 years ago?

Stone Roses, Oasis, Blur will be played on the radio for years to come....will any of the crap that passes for music ever be heard again?

gramar

I'm surprised they still bother compiling charts anymore because no-one bothers with them. I can honestly say I wouldn't recognise one song from the top 50 for the last 5 years. Probably a sign of my age.

Gongoozler

Jesus before ya know it we'll all be out looking for those 80s discos. I feel so old right now.

jimgoose

Even as a teenager I never really took a blind bit of notice of the charts. I like '70s rock, a lot of electronica and '50s rock'n'roll/rockabilly. If I ever found myself "relating" to the charts I should hope my friends would think enough of me to take me off somewhere nice and secure where I could make sandcastles without upsetting the nice people.

GorillaRising

People who say modern music is sh!t obviously don't maintain much of an interest and just accept the rubbish they're fed by most radio stations and music TV.

There are some f*cking great bands out there.

The stuff in the charts is throwaway stuff. Get to no. 1 in the charts and move on. It's a factory line of pop tarts who are given 'hits' to sing and make money. That's it.

I find chart music has a complete lack of mood or feeling to it, or effort for that matter.

Having said all that a guilty pleasure of mine is watching X Factor! Obviously it's not for the music!

Savoir.Faire

I'm hopelessly and willingly out of touch with modern music, the Coldplays and the Rhiannas of the world. I'd much rather listen to some Woody Guthrie or Ol' Blue Eyes.

I did 'catch a tune' recently while sitting in a doctor's waiting room. It was about a 90's bitch who drives her car into a bridge, watches it burn, but just doesn't care. A very stupid song. Would she not consider ringing her insurance company?

I like chart music myself, listen to a lot of it and yes I like most of the stuff featuring pitbull . I listen to a lot of classic dance and hip-hop stuff too. Some rock is ok but I wouldn't listen to it too often, I absolutely despise indie stuff and heavy metal though.

Jamsiek

Dexter Long Penny wrote: »

I absolutely despise indie stuff

Very sweeping statement tbh.
How do you define indie?
It's a very broad variety of music.

Jamsiek

Since I moved to Canada last year, I find myself listening to different music due to the different charts they have here.

I tend to avoid mainstream teeny/charty music like the plague and luckily there are radio stations that play my kind of music and nothing else so I can leave the radio on and not want to throw it in the bin.

Shiraz 4.99

Once The Beatles were finished they should have just closed the book.

wandatowell

Only tossers "relate" to music. If a song is good its good, if its ****e then its ****e.

All this "relating" talk is utter ****e imo