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Orrex

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6. Yeah, but corporate pop has *always* sucked

Reply to Taverner (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 5, 2013, 12:58 AM

Feb 2013

What kills me isn't the general critique, but rather the pearl-clutching outrage that pop music "has become" so terrible, as if 00's pop or 90's pop or 80's pop or 70's pop or 60's pop were so damn awesome.

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Could we have a few more threads griping about the soulless vapidity of today's music? [View all] Orrex Feb 2013 OP

yeah, personally I think I'm going to start trashing them liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #1

I LOVE today's music. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #2

Who are your favorites? thucythucy Feb 2013 #4

I'll give you a quick list: Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #11

Thanks! thucythucy Feb 2013 #14

my pleasure Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #16

Will you post in meta complaining that this post was locked by hostile hosts? NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #3

That's why I usually listen to indie stuff Taverner Feb 2013 #5

Yeah, but corporate pop has *always* sucked Orrex Feb 2013 #6

Well exactly. Today there are so many sub-genres going on because more people are listening to music Taverner Feb 2013 #12

And what's this "modern art" crap? My three year old could paint that! n/t Scootaloo Feb 2013 #7

Two words: Cold War dogknob Feb 2013 #9

Your OP is simply another on the already bloated and steaming pile of LadyHawkAZ Feb 2013 #8

The check is in the mail. Orrex Feb 2013 #10

I'm a true follower of the metal and there's been a lot of great albums the last couple years. Initech Feb 2013 #13

Most people on DU are not, shall we say, experts in music. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2013 #15

"the soulless vapidity of today's music" sounds like my parents in the 60's. pampango Feb 2013 #17

There is plenty of worthwhile contemporary music... sendero Feb 2013 #18