How "singer/songwriters" are ruining pop music

Let me say first that I respect the true singer/songwriter/musicians that write and compose all their own music; however, the current trend of all pop stars selling their own personal lives I find rather disgusting. Suddenly they're all "songwriters" churning diary entries about "my life sucks and it's everyone's fault but mine, but don't feel sorry for me because I'm so tough." *Gag, hurl* Not to mention all the songs are really written by professional songwriters lifting the same old hooks and instrumentals and just rearranging them all to make the songs "new." I understand how something can touch you so deeply that you want to share it in song, but when it becomes more about "look at me, I have so much credibility for sharing my personal life" than about the actual quality of music, there's something wrong there. I think this is a big part of why so much contemporary music sucks; everyone is obsessed with spilling their personal lives all over their albums and don't care or realize how poorly written and derivative all of their music is. Ick. Not to mention that some of these people, in addition to not being real songwriters capable of constructing their own music without professional help, are also not good singers. So now instead of rewarding either good singing or good songwriting, the charts are basically rewarding whose sexiest and shares the most from their sad personal life or their polarizing political views. But what about the music? How about original melodies and beats and meaningful lyrics for a change?

Current mood: disgusted

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