I already spoke out on this topic but two things sparked my interest in talking about this again. One was watching a few worst of the year list so I started racking my brain for albums I like. I only managed to come up with 5 which were Melophobia- Cage The Elephant, Megalithic Symphony- AWOLNATION(*edit:I'm stupid Megalithic Symphony didn't come out this year.), The Heist- Macklemore, The Marshal Mathers LP 2- Eminem, and Haunted House- Knife Party. This wasn't an awful year for music, but it was a BORING year. This year the music industry decided that country music was just pop music with the occasional twangy guitar, and they decided that WGWAG songs are good(WGWAG=White Guy With Acoustic Guitar). Bands like Florida Georgia Line and Passenger are becoming big hits while people like Lupe Fiasco are being ignored.
Speaking of Lupe Fiasco the other thing that made me want to do this rant is that my friend compared Lupe Fiasco to Lil' Wayne, and when I justifiably got angry at him he told me that I shouldn't focus on lyrics so much. I told him that lyrics are important in music because without good lyrics it's just completely mindless, and he brought up Seven Nation Army(my favorite song ever)saying that it didn't have good lyrics (which I disagree with). I may have worded that wrong, what I meant is that RAP MUSIC needs good lyrics. The whole idea of rap is that it's, in a way poetry set to a beat. Going back to Lupe Fiasco his lyrics are incredible. If you listen to any interviews with him he's a really intelligent guy, and he has many interesting political opinions. His album Food and Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Vol. 1 (that's the actual name of the album!) he voices a lot of opinions on current politics and past and current racism. He even has a song called Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free) which was about the plight of Native Americans when the Christopher Columbus landed. Another rapper with amazing lyrical ability is Eminem. His lyrics aren't as insightful as Lupe Fiasco, but he's a great wordsmith. His lyrics are hilarious, and he's great with metaphors and hyperboles. Speaking of my friend also said that Eminem's lyrics don't make sense which is just.......you know what I don't even want to get into it because I've already written quite a bit and it's late, so just know I think my friend is a moron and hope that he reads this and feels bad because he's bad.....at life.
As I said in my last rant-ish there are still some pinpricks of light at the end of the dark tunnel if mediocrity that is popular music, but I wish that things would get better. I love music, but there like all good things the stupid, bad things are the most popular.
Examples:
This is an incredibly popular movie franchise. (And a massive guilty pleasure for me.)
This is considered high art. I think that I made something like this in 3rd grade.
The release of this was a massive pop culture event.
And THIS....THING is considered a credible musician.
See it isn't all that different is it? Wow I just made myself really sad. Just remember for every Transformers there's a 50/50, for every modern art "masterpiece" there's a Mona Lisa, for every Call of Duty there's a Thomas Was Alone, and for every Miley Cyrus there's a Jack White. I feel a bit better now (and I hope you do too(unless you like Miley Cyrus(if you do GET OUT!!!(just kidding( please stay(wow I'm using lots of parentheses(I should stop( I will(right now(stopping(right now (stopping (now)))))))))))))(Stopped)
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