The Weekly Rant with Gary Patella

Thoughts and ideas on various grievances that are relevant to everyday life.

Thursday, August 03, 2006

On Popular Music

I have a large CD collection and, for the most part, this is the only music I listen to. However, from the mere act of going outside, entering stores, or sitting in someone else's car, I hear the songs that are being played on the radio.
After hearing so many of these songs, I have come to a conclusion: they all sound the same. Of course there is some variation depending on the genre. But there are maybe three musical categories heard, and the songs in each particular category sound the same. The worst of them all is what is now classified as punk. All of these "punk" bands have a lead singer with the same exact voice, and play the same three chords.
But the bands are not the main culprit. The fault lies with the people. If people did not listen to these stations and buy the albums of these horrid bands, then this complete lack of talent combined with a whiney voice would no longer be heard. The reason why people do listen to these stations and purchase these albums is simple: people are stupid. There are always exceptions, but the human race as a whole is completely and totally devoid of any type of logic, reason, or thought.
Knowing this about people, a reason for this music emerging as the most favoured can be given. Simple minds gravitate toward simple things. A complex musical composition with notes making rapid jumps of a full octave or more would be intolerable to a simpleton. An undeveloped mind cannot follow and appreciate complexity in anything, including music. Therefore, monotony emerges as the victor. All songs will sound the same, and even within an individual song, the same line will just be repeated over and over again ad nauseum.
The masses have shown what they desire. They desire pure monotony. They don't wish to hear anything new, or complex. It is much less work for the mind to hear the same thing over, and over, and over, and over...

1 Comments:

At 5:23 PM , Blogger Chuck Deggsy said...

Let them have pop, its worse when they start to like bands i like. Or jump on certain bands, the poser...
Like I remember sitting in a graduate course at fake hunter college, and some moron talking about hendrix, thats fine, but if you only listen to him cause you think he was a black guy who shocked white people and played what you think is a mean guitar, you miss the point. To appreciate him you need to understand the other guitarists of the day and where his sound came from, most of all, he wasn't the only one...plenty of great bands in 68-69 with similar sound, why just pick him out? Let them have pop to keep them away from good music they try to claim as their own.

 

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