Music now is mainly dead to me.
Most of it now are rappers and ones like Taylor Swift where they exist more for social media than actual music. People pay more attention to their personal lives, what they post online, or who they are dating than they do to their music. They are more about what they do and say outside of music than their actual music. They are just products designed for Twitter and TMZ. Now it's all about 1 person, a brand to sell. There are hardly any "bands" anymore.
Most music now also lacks a distinct sound, something that seperated them from other muscisians. They have no individual sense of music or do their own thing, they all chase what the popular sound is.
You could play a song I'd never heard before by acdc, motley crue, the kinks, black sabbath, the eurthymics, rolling stones, Elvis, Aerosmith, forienger, Joan baez, bb king, tom petty, etc and I could tell you who it is. Now? They all sound the same.
In 50 years from now people will still love van halen, beastie boys, the Beatles, guns n roses, the doors, crimson king, etc. but no one will really remember Miley Cyrus or Adelle. I'd wager in 50 years more people will listen to dead or alive by bon jovi annually than they will all of the songs combined by Billie eilish.
The music industry is absolute souless dog shit that is the worst it's been ever.
Iron maiden is a better bunch of musicians than any of the top ones today because at least they can write music, play real instruments, sing without using a computer to alter their voice.
Even today's best singers still lack style and individuality. Danzig is great because no one sounds like him, no one sounds like David Lee roth, no one sounds like Snoop dog. But all the singers now sound the same, and all the rappers sound like the same person fast talking their way through a song with some auto tune.
