The music industry has been 90% crap for sixty frigging years, full of one hit wonders and no talent hacks, image riders, teen-idol types... for every Led Zeppelin there are a thousand Alive and Kickin's (remember them? No? They do birthday parties and wedding now apparently). Like movies or anything else, people forget most of the shit they watch and listen to and remember the good stuff. If we're talking about top 40 radio it's basically catchy tunes punctuated by shite, what else is new? Did I miss some golden age of pop music where it was all good all the time?
All your post suggests to me is that you liked the popular music ten years ago and don't like it now, and probably never went out of your way to find the really good stuff then or now. Music is a bit more packaged these days because artists have to sell themselves as a brand to make money because they don't make much from CD sales anymore and have to rely on tours and merchandise they can put their name on, but that has nothing really to do with the music per se.
What music did you pay to listen to a decade ago for which there is no comparison now?
) and I really like her music. "Bad Romance" is just an awesome, awesome song.
