Modern Music Morons.
I was driving my son to work this morning and we happened to be in the same mood for some music, so we flipped on the radio and settled for a catchy modern tune. Now, I shock many parents, but even more youth when they find what’s on my iPod or where my kids actually get their music sources. We are a well rounded family, from Mozart to Journey to Earth Wind and Fire, to Carry Underwood and back to Yanni to level to the playing field.
With the exception of Rap, I’m a relatively open guy, so long as the lyrics aren’t trash.
Yet something hit me in this song I was listening to and it seemed to echo many of the latest pop artist tunes and I wanted to bring this thought out.
Has anyone noticed that the very artists who our kids idolize and desire to emulate, are the same ones we find in the news for drugs, adultery, endless counts of ‘he said, she said’ cheating on boyfriend/girlfriend and violence…while singing songs about love, forever, eternity, we were meat to be…yadda, yadda, yadda???
I heard the phrase “we were meant to be” in this song, right after he admitted he was cheating with another woman, but since they were “meant to be” he should be forgiven as if it never happened?
Maybe after his donkey nuts were put in a vice and crushed to a powder, but even then it wouldn’t be likely. Not if the girl had any brains. But does anyone see this pattern in the music of the day? This seems to be the theme in much of the youth bands or pop artists. Kids too young to know how to deal with the pimples on their face, let alone understand what ‘love’ actually is. Certainly not ‘eternity’ being sung by a gangbanger who’s life expectancy is closer to 24 than 74.
Tell me I’m not crazy here. Tell me there are smarter people out there than those wanting to emulate the artificial intelligences like Britney Spears or Beyonce who think being good is wearing a cross between their breasts while they shake them like cheap prostitutes in front of our kids!? Maybe I’m the slow one, I don’t know…but doesn’t this bug anyone but me?
If your a parent or a kid with an opinion on this, I’d really like to hear it…because after unloading this brain fart on my son Evan, he agreed with me fully. I was quite relieved, especially after reviewing his own iPod playlist (which we share).
What’s your view?
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I am a mother of four beautiful daughters, and while NOT a zealot, I too have been sickened by the view our culture has taken of “Talent.” I recently gave a talk on this subject, and brought out the point that “Talent” now covers a broad spectrum. You are considered “talented” if you have a nice bod, play basketball, and get 10 face-lifts in a year! Musicianship now combines sex, gyration, bass and charisma, instead of what I consider to be actual MUSICAL talent…Melody and awesome lyrics…I screen what my daughters listen to like you, and MY music also covers a large range of genres…classical, classic rock, etc…(I can’t handle rap-crap, and country!)
Thank you for the comment Ruth. I think that a great deal continued to change when the American Idol system of generating popularity to generate income came onto the scene. We have youth that believe they can become a star if they just have “it”, rarely focusing on the actual talent of music. Fortunately we then see people like Daughtry rise above it all with talent and to spare, while people like Usher–who truly do have talent, decide to squander it and cover it in the lusts and vomit of the day to appease the masses.
That’s just my own opinion, but with regards to Usher, it came from my own teens (15, 16, 18).
They’re just disgusted with his type.