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Shit on the Radio
16 years ago
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Pull up your pants, that wasn't an order.
I would just like to take the time out to complain about some of the crap we have to endure on the radio waves these days. They used to play music by GOOD artists, like Luther Vandross, and Stevie Wonder. You know, people who dominated the biz back when popular music actually had meaning. You know what we have to deal with now? Empty, soulless, slutty shit by Britney Spears and the like.
Oh no, Ryota isn't going to start bashing Britney, is he? Yes, the fuck he is. I'm sorry, I have absolutely no respect for her, or her work, if indeed it qualifies as work. Her, and her replacement Miley Cyrus, and those dimwitted Disney poster boys, the Jonas Brothers. Granted, they're okay... if you're under the age of twelve, and have no idea what real music is. I actually feel sorry for our generation, and truly stand in horror of what it has chosen as "popular."
Such as all this craze over bands like Boys Like Girls. First of all, there are way too many of them, and they all feel like Fall Out Boy clones. Second, why are they popular? Does it have anything to do with the attractiveness of the lead singer? I dunno, it seems to me that every single band of the same genre has the same generic lead singer, with emo hair, wearing his little sister's jeans, and he's always apparently "hot." And you know what, I feel sorry for people who like a band for the appeal of the members. It should be about what and how well they perform, not whether or not they are bangable.
Take bands like Kiss, for example. They do all their live shows with makeup or masks on, and people like them for their music. Or, in the case of Kiss, it's more likely that their pyrotechnics are what drew the fans in. In any case, you get the point.
Now that I've gotten that out of my system, I can relax, and tell you all that I had a lovely weekend, and that I'm tired and going to bed as soon as humanly possible. Toodles!
I would just like to take the time out to complain about some of the crap we have to endure on the radio waves these days. They used to play music by GOOD artists, like Luther Vandross, and Stevie Wonder. You know, people who dominated the biz back when popular music actually had meaning. You know what we have to deal with now? Empty, soulless, slutty shit by Britney Spears and the like.
Oh no, Ryota isn't going to start bashing Britney, is he? Yes, the fuck he is. I'm sorry, I have absolutely no respect for her, or her work, if indeed it qualifies as work. Her, and her replacement Miley Cyrus, and those dimwitted Disney poster boys, the Jonas Brothers. Granted, they're okay... if you're under the age of twelve, and have no idea what real music is. I actually feel sorry for our generation, and truly stand in horror of what it has chosen as "popular."
Such as all this craze over bands like Boys Like Girls. First of all, there are way too many of them, and they all feel like Fall Out Boy clones. Second, why are they popular? Does it have anything to do with the attractiveness of the lead singer? I dunno, it seems to me that every single band of the same genre has the same generic lead singer, with emo hair, wearing his little sister's jeans, and he's always apparently "hot." And you know what, I feel sorry for people who like a band for the appeal of the members. It should be about what and how well they perform, not whether or not they are bangable.
Take bands like Kiss, for example. They do all their live shows with makeup or masks on, and people like them for their music. Or, in the case of Kiss, it's more likely that their pyrotechnics are what drew the fans in. In any case, you get the point.
Now that I've gotten that out of my system, I can relax, and tell you all that I had a lovely weekend, and that I'm tired and going to bed as soon as humanly possible. Toodles!
