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bethnoirI had to face up to the fact that I have been depriving my child of something important. He has heard the music I listen to and likes some of it, but he has little knowledge of the modern pop music his friends talk about. I like to think that I listen to music from a variety of times and styles, but truly, urban, rap, R&B and pop are not my bag.
So when number one son asked me "Who are JLS?" I could not honestly answer him and I felt bad that I don't watch talent shows on ITV, or know who is number one at the moment, even though music is my passion.
I had an idea. I should get hold of a recent Now That's What I Call Music compilation and we should listen to it. I got number 78, 80 is on the way courtesy of the library, I'm not buying this rubbish! It was hell, but I came to some conclusions:
1) There is a vogue for digitally altering voices which grows boring very fast
2) Most of the songs were incredibly banal and repetitive, as if made for people with extremely short attention spans
3) Female singers seemed to have a violent, aggressive sexuality makes me glad that I don't have daughters
4) Male singers sound like their voices haven't broken yet and they can't resist going around a note rather than actually singing it
5) Out of a whole CD the only track I didn't mind was by Take That which sounded downright lovely in comparison to the rest
6) I am an old fuddy duddy, but I'm not missing out on anything good, bearing in mind that even when I bought the first one back in 1983 I thought most of it was rubbish
So my young(er) friends, is there anything in the charts I might like? When did you start searching out music of your own, rather than just listening to your parents/siblings stuff? Is popular music much less interesting now than it was when I was 11? I need answers!
So when number one son asked me "Who are JLS?" I could not honestly answer him and I felt bad that I don't watch talent shows on ITV, or know who is number one at the moment, even though music is my passion.
I had an idea. I should get hold of a recent Now That's What I Call Music compilation and we should listen to it. I got number 78, 80 is on the way courtesy of the library, I'm not buying this rubbish! It was hell, but I came to some conclusions:
1) There is a vogue for digitally altering voices which grows boring very fast
2) Most of the songs were incredibly banal and repetitive, as if made for people with extremely short attention spans
3) Female singers seemed to have a violent, aggressive sexuality makes me glad that I don't have daughters
4) Male singers sound like their voices haven't broken yet and they can't resist going around a note rather than actually singing it
5) Out of a whole CD the only track I didn't mind was by Take That which sounded downright lovely in comparison to the rest
6) I am an old fuddy duddy, but I'm not missing out on anything good, bearing in mind that even when I bought the first one back in 1983 I thought most of it was rubbish
So my young(er) friends, is there anything in the charts I might like? When did you start searching out music of your own, rather than just listening to your parents/siblings stuff? Is popular music much less interesting now than it was when I was 11? I need answers!
