[i spit on haters]

Originally posted by DejaVu

Womanizer is NOT a #1 debut Regardless, I'm not sure how it's success says anything about it's quality.

There is nothing wrong with the quality of the song.

[givemethatpop]

Originally posted by Kool_Aid_King

Pop music is getting boring is all. It's all stupid catchy dance beats. Songs that are focusing on a repetitive catchy beat rather than lyrics.

Ke$ha needs to come back and show the pop bitches how it's done.

What kind of logic?

[Stephen]

Originally posted by Sunderland 4ever

It's true, and to be honest it's not their fault. Media and charts have been bombing this generation so much with the same kind of music that they don't get the chance to listen to something different and have a different perspective of music anymore.

People have the power to vote with their wallet though. If you like a song like "We Are Young," then you should support it with a purchase on iTunes and/or radio request.

[satellites.™]

Originally posted by TheRealKii

How is it empty when its the most competitive we've seen it in recent years??

Competitive how? Everyone racing to work with the hottest producer for a chart topper? Cause it sure is not competitive in critical acclaim, look how easy Adele came and impressed critics with an album that was basically average R&B breakup album sang by a European woman.

[isupportCBE]

Originally posted by Remixed

Yes, we need Gaga back with new music

Lol her pop music IS empty if you ask me

[givemethatpop]

Originally posted by isupportCBE

Lol her pop music IS empty if you ask me

But we didn't ask you.

[NE.]

Originally posted by satellites™

The early 00's is one of the most defining eras of music in general in any genre.

Right. People don't give credit to the early 2000s because of the whole "The 90s was the last true era for music" bull. I just can't imagine myself 10 years from now looking back and having too much to say. This era is boring.

[Benzene]

Originally posted by satellites™

The early 00's is one of the most defining eras of music in general in any genre.

!!!

Even the so-called novelty acts were producing classics.



When will Katy, Ke$ha, and the rest?

[Cap10Planet]

Originally posted by isupportCBE

Lol her pop music IS empty if you ask me

You are asking for it, CBE.

[i spit on haters]

Originally posted by givemethatpop

But we didn't ask you.

[NE.]

Originally posted by satellites™

Competitive how? Everyone racing to work with the hottest producer for a chart topper? Cause it sure is not competitive in critical acclaim, look how easy Adele came and impressed critics with an album that was basically average R&B breakup album sang by a European woman.

OMG, YES. Adele makes great music, but people need to stop acting like she did something new. If it was an African-American singing doing the same songs, she'd be doing Ledisi numbers right now.

[Kool_Aid_King]

Originally posted by givemethatpop

What kind of logic?

You don't notice the basic ass beats used in mainstream music nowadays? It's getting boring.

[Beyond The Fierce]

People like to be nostalgic in general. We like to think things were better in the past and only remember the good stuff but never the bad stuff.

The truth of the matter is that every era has its own bad and good artists.

[satellites.™]

Originally posted by Cap10Planet

Part of GaGa's appeal is her weirdness and her music is good, but it hasn't been something groundbreaking for today's pop music. It all has been done before and better.

I give Gaga her credit because she deserves it, no one can honestly say she didn't bring something new to THIS generation. Everyone was afraid to be risky and out there with their lyrics and image until she came along did it sans Sasha Fierce (who was just a momentary thing for that era). You won't hear a song like Bloody Mary done by anyone else in pop music from our girls, its just not happening. Gaga is in a far lead above the "big pop" girls when it comes to music, and I mean the Katys, Keshas, Britneys, and Rihannas because Adele, Beyonce, Florence, and other girls arent "pop music" in a sense.

[Beatfreak]

The problem is that the genre is oversaturated with females. We need an interesting male pop star. All the ones we have are stale, part of a different genre, or hop on every single track to make it go #1. We don't have anyone like Usher or JT doing anything big right now. There's a vacancy or two right now. Maybe I'll fill it.

[Kool_Aid_King]

Originally posted by NE.

OMG, YES. Adele makes great music, but people need to stop acting like she did something new. If it was an African-American singing doing the same songs, she'd be doing Ledisi numbers right now.

HAHAHA! SOOOOO true.

Same goes for Eminem.. i mean, 50% of his fanbase wouldn't give a **** if he was black.

[DejaVu]

Originally posted by i spit on haters

There is nothing wrong with the quality of the song.

If you don't think there's anything wrong with a song that uses the syllables of one word for the entire chorus and has no emotional depth, or any kind of depth, to it then you are precisely why pop music is in the shitter today and EXACTLY what this article is talking about.

Originally posted by satellites™

Competitive how? Everyone racing to work with the hottest producer for a chart topper? Cause it sure is not competitive in critical acclaim, look how easy Adele came and impressed critics with an album that was basically average R&B breakup album sang by a European woman.

[satellites.™]

Originally posted by Stephen

!!!

The music is so interchangeable. There's not much differentiation between a Katy Perry song and a Rihanna song, for example.

BIG POINT!

All of those girls can sing each others albums without a single issue, but the same cannot be said for Beyonce, Gaga, or Florence for example.

[Sunderland 4ever]

Originally posted by NE.

EXACTLY.

And I want artists to be interested in their own music again. Doing something that reflects them, instead of formulating an album in order to get a hit. It's disappointing really. I don't understand how we've even gotten to this point.

The explanation can be pretty simple, though. During the 60's, rock music was just developing, same as rap and hip-hop (I'm not very into these genres, though, so starting from this point I will be more focused on rock.) People got bored with this peace-and-love, hippie music from the 60's, so they moved to something more powerful; metal and its subgenres were born. Popstars made their biggest impact during the 80's with Madonna, Michael Jackson and others. 90's was almost a perfect equilibrium between all kinds of genres, besides the fact that there were a lot of them. I believe after reaching this peak, it became way harder to come up with something new, explaining the lack of substance on not only pop music, but pretty much all music genres nowadays.

[NE.]

Originally posted by Stephen

!!!

The music is so interchangeable. There's not much differentiation between a Katy Perry song and a Rihanna song, for example.

And this is exactly it.

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