not sure if this belongs in this forum (rant about modern music)

[RobertPlant]

I think that the music scene now has sold out. The worst thing is that people care more about voice quality than the actual substance of the lyrics. People listen to American Idol and say "OMG, she has a beautiful voice" rather than asking more important questions like "did he/she write their own music"? Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan weren't the best singers but they actually had meaning behind the lyrics instead of a "Moment Like This" crap. Not only that but they wrote their own music and played their own instruments, which is a prerequisite for my accepting musicians. My biggest pet peeve is this Justin Beiber kid. I wasn't alive then but what if this was 1975? For the people who were around then, would he have gotten accepted then?