The Decline of Radio

I'm not sure when the decline of tasteful radio actually began, wether it was the increase of audio commercials, pop culture, or when rap went bad. The point is that if you were to turn on the radio on an average day [AM and FM stations, not this funky satellite radio fancy shmancy shit people get these days] most of it's either latino music [which for the most part isn't too bad] or C-rap [if you don't understand what that is I feel sorry for you intellectually]. Now I'm not saying that all rap is bad or that latino music is bad but the majority of shit they put on the radio combined with pop music [a la Disney 2nd gen pop stars] is utter shit. Hell the Brits have pop music that puts us to shame and their music videos are done about 10 times better with less of the ass and chests hanging out [a little thing they have called class ladies and gentlemen].

That's one of the problems I have with rap in of it's general structure for the most part. Half of it objectifies women [the other half is the opposite], half of it is a false idea of what it is to be "Gangster" or "Ghetto" [the other half the opposite which is good] and half of it is about drugs [the other half yet again ... is the opposite]. But the mainstream videos I've seen are mainly the bad half of rap where it's all these scantily clad women, guys with guns, and lots of money from selling drugs and whatever else. I have to say I love the people that wear baggy pants and think they're the shit and ghetto because they're really just posers. People in the ghetto don't wear their pants under their ass or wear baggy pants for that matter. They wear mostly form fitting pants that are held up with a belt in the right place because god knows when you may have to run for your live or from the cops. I think the C-rap came about from the Eminem era of it all and that better rap for the most part resides before that. And for gods sakes stop butchering old songs by stealing their beats, chorus, and singing over them in a lame ass attempt to be cool and retro ... it's horrible and does not do justice to the artists that made them.

Now ... pop culture may yet be one of the greatest declines of our social structure in the past 10 years. Mark the start around Brittany Spears and her horrible singing talents [and continue on with her ability to stay in the news ... wtf is up with that?] and bring it around to today. Most artists don't even sing any more they mostly lip sync and that's horrible. Why even make music if all you're going to do is go the way of wrestling and be fake? Stop bastardizing my music and make it or sod off and move aside for someone WITH talent you lackluster underage gits. And people wonder why we have a growing problem with pedophelia these days. Put younger kids on stage, dress them up to be older than they are, and present them with an extended [yet dumbed down] version of sex appeal and of course we're going to have a growing problem with it! Hell most parents will let their under age kids dress as sluts and pimps these days because if they buy them stuff it gets them to shut up [that's a whole other topic to rant about entirely]. I'm not enjoying the mockery of our musical industry with the crap they think is worth putting out to the unyielding masses. Form of expression maybe but not objectified cash cow, go start a strip club if that's what you're really after.

When I want good music these days I have to search overseas because music in the USA isn't even worth listening to any more. Hell MTV and MTV2 barely show a full hour of music videos and feature [scripted] reality television. Apparently if I want good music I'm not allowed to have it produced in the United States which to me is a pack of lies and at the same time a horrible, horrible truth that haunts me in my sleep. When the radio became nothing but pop music and rap I stopped listening to it, one or two stations remained true to the idea that there was other music out there but the Gods know that they're few and far between. When I'm allowed to even find symphonics on the air I'm relieved as the classics are still alive somewhere but sadly the old phrase "Rock is dead" holds it's icy grip on the US.

May the music industry realize it's folly and go back to being tasteful again before they uncover the secret truths that they've become a stagnant breeding ground for implying that killing for money and sex is fine and that under aged artists shouldn't be objectified like adults.