What Music Buyers Really Think

"While one-quarter of the nation's music fans say they've downloaded songs onto their computers — legally or otherwise  a new nationwide poll suggests music executives should look elsewhere to explain their business woes.

Three in every four fans complain that compact discs are too expensive, and 58 percent complain that music in general is getting worse, according to the poll conducted for The Associated Press and Rolling Stone magazine.

"Less talented people are able to get a song out there and make a quick million and you never hear from them again," said Kate Simkins, 30, of Cape Cod, Mass."

I can't believe that 58% of people actually thing music is getting worse. If that's the case, why is so much crap on the radio. And I don't mean songs that I don't like, I mean music that is absolute garbage. I can listen to every genre of music, but the last year or two I've given up on the radio.

"But the poll also found that 49 percent of music fans ages 18-to-34 — the target audience for the music business — say music is getting worse.

"Even if our parents didn't like how loud rock 'n' roll was, or that it was revolutionary, at least they could listen to some of it," said Christina Tjoelker, 49, from Snohomish, Wash. "It wasn't gross. It wasn't disgusting. It wasn't about beating up women or shooting the police."

I never thought I'd be one of those people who say "what is wrong with today's music". I always thought I'd like whatever music might be out. If I love music, why wouldn't I want to listen to it? Well, I didn't know that all this garbage music from down south was going to take over the airwaves.

Honestly, and I don't care who you are or who get's offended by this, if you listen to that god awful southern rap, you are brain dead musically. Don't you realize these song are ababsolutelyutly nothing?

I see a change, but for years now, there has been no true R&B, and if there was an R&B song out, it was alwaccompaniednied by a featured rapper. It's coolcollaboraterate, but not every single artist has to do the exact same thing.

And don't you realize that these artists are only making music to sale records, when in back to back singles, you'll have the same artist sing about how he found a girl worth settling down for, and then come back with a song about never loving hoes and treating them like crap.

I don't get it. I'm not trying to make music sspiritualiual thing, but damn, at least make the musicians put out quality music. Don't just soak up whatever they push at you. Half of you out there wouldn't know what music you like if they radio didn't tell you. Have a mind of your own please.

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Sorry for my bi-monthly rant on how garbage music is, but it drives me nuts, and needs to be said.