TAYLOR SWIFT'S MUSIC IS SHIT

 

Readers may have noticed that I'm an old bastard and, while I like music in many different styles and genres I haven't kept up to date with most new 'pop' music. This isn't to say that I'm so crusty that I refuse to believe that there's been any decent thing produced since Buddy Holly took a nose dive as I have listened to, bought and even posted about some stunning new New Zealand artists (look for yourself through the earlier posts).

I am however crusty enough to know that a very (very) high percentage of 'pop' music made and released this millennia is shit.

Don't just take my word for it - have a read of this: WHY POP MUSIC IS BAD

Naturally I found this in an internet search but could have selected hundreds of other 'essays' to link to.

Here's just a snapshot from one page of hundreds that popped up:

Kooper Reece in Medium who wrote the 'Why Pop Music is Bad' article said these things:

"Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, and Ariana Grande, all modern pop music superstars that all share one thing in common, a guy named Max Martin. The Swedish songwriter is the backbone to today’s modern pop music scene. With over 200 songs to his name, he is responsible for a majority of produced music. Being an avid listener of any music besides country, pop, and rap, my personal belief of pop music being the worst type of music is not only backed up by common sense but also proven statistics and research done at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of the Spanish National Research Council in Barcelona . The simple fact of albums sold, recently observed test results, and complexity of instrument use and lyrical concept only further proves the point of pop music being the worst genre of music".

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"Through the years of 1955–2010 researchers and scientists analyzed 500,000 songs and confirmed the opinions of many of our parents, simply put music is getting worse. The research group took these songs and ran them through algorithms that measured the following: harmonic complexity, timbral diversity, and loudness. First off, the tests confirmed that over the past few decades timbre has decreased. Timbre is defined as the richness, texture, color, and quality of the sound within the sound of the music. Basically is can be simplified as richness or depth of sound from the instruments and vocals. Through research, science has proven two things: over the past decades timbre has declining steadily over the decades, and timbre reached its peak in the 1960’s. This means songs have less diversity within their instruments and recording techniques. All summed up to point out that music has become simpler".

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Now, if any of that interested you then READ THE BLOODY ARTICLE!

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Today the Curmudgeon hired a housecleaner to do a 'spruce up' before The Old Girl arrives home next week (he's scared). The cleaner, a nice young woman who has just started her own business did a 5 hour clean and did an excellent job. Before she started, noticing the radio in the kitchen, she asked if she could listen to music while she worked. Figuring that she'd be unlikely to want to listen to the National Programme most of the day, TC found her a music station that suited her. It was appalling! There was very little difference from one song to another and the overuse of electronic voice changing devices was annoying (there may be a technical term for this but - what would I know?). I struggled to find melody, individuality, interesting lyrics, quality musicianship - instead it was just homogenised crap that appeared to have been AI created. Now, good luck to younger and up and coming musicians - long may they up and come but I'd rather say goodbye to those who have been captured by 'the machine' and churn out endless pap that keeps teenies, tweenies and even younger consumers enthralled. Taylor Swift is too bloody old to be pretending to be a teenager 'angsting' about crushes and love affairs - and, her music is shit.