All the songs sound the same. Repetitious, limited melody that builds up to a crescendo to nowhere.

usually NPR, but lately??? Not even them...to much political shit, ya know why she lost, how he won, who voted for him, and DMAN IT, JUST DONE WITH NPR TOO. 🤬 🤬 🤬

That really was a golden age for music, wasn’t it?!

smoothed and retouched by machines...

The only thing I really object to is the vapid material and the auto-tune. There have been plenty of like-sounding popular music acts in the past, starting with the Big Band era.

In my lifetime in music, the bar is exceedingly low for pretty people who can sort of carry a tune.

Real musicians spend years on their technique.

and bam, there you have it.....same look, and same song. GIVE ME MY 70’ BACK.

I've tuned it all out. BORING!

painful to hear the drone of many singers and what modern society call "A song". I'm certainly not an elitist but damn...
..seems like a whole barnyard of so-called music nowadays reminds me of "My Baby does the Hanky-Panky" BARF!

...the famous Rhianna song "Only Girl In The World" is a prime example.
An IT guy used to listen to a pop station (loudly) when I was in a temporary office, until the new wing was built.
That song would play a lot.
You can clearly hear the auto tune, but she STILL wasn't hitting the notes. The autotune couldn't move the pitch fast enough to not hear that it was 20 cents flat then work its way into pitch. She had to be off nearly a quatertone
She's a beautiful young woman but clearly couldn't carry a tune if we attached a handle to it.

He was commenting on a lot of the "pop tarts", both of the male and female variety. I can't remember the exact quote, but he referred to a lot of today's music as "McRecords", and said "you should hear what they sound like without all the auto-tune and world-class engineers!".

but best guess is, yes, they all suck. Not ONE of them can hold a candle to Annie Haslam, Linda Ronstadt, Stevie Nicks, or Karen Carpenter.

Proof:

I love Saturday Night Live, never miss an episode, but when the musical guest comes on, I listen ( give 'em a chance) to the first 30 or 45 seconds, grimace, shake my head, and then hit the mute button until the next skit or Weekend Update comes on.

— Ron

let them finish, or trash my DVR copy.

All sound the same too.