Song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed – study.

[expat500]

You’re not just getting older. Song lyrics really are becoming simpler and more repetitive, according to a study published on Thursday.

Lyrics have also become angrier and more self-obsessed over the last 40 years, the study found, reinforcing the opinions of cranky ageing music fans everywhere.

A team of European researchers analysed the words in more than 12,000 English-language songs across the genres of rap, country, pop, R&B and rock from 1980 to 2020.

https://www.theguardian.com/science...science-prize-aaas-dance-your-phd-competition
Before detailing how lyrics have become more basic, the study pointed out that US singer-songwriting legend Bob Dylan – who rose to fame in the 1960s – has won a Nobel prize in literature.

Senior study author Eva Zangerle, an expert on recommendation systems at Austria’s University of Innsbruck, declined to single out an individual newer artist for having simple lyrics.

Song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed â study

Researchers analysed the words in more than 12,000 English-language songs across several genres from 1980 to 2020

www.theguardian.com

 

[SweetSue92]

You’re not just getting older. Song lyrics really are becoming simpler and more repetitive, according to a study published on Thursday.

Lyrics have also become angrier and more self-obsessed over the last 40 years, the study found, reinforcing the opinions of cranky ageing music fans everywhere.

A team of European researchers analysed the words in more than 12,000 English-language songs across the genres of rap, country, pop, R&B and rock from 1980 to 2020.

âJoyful madnessâ: ANU scientist wins global prize for âdancing his PhDâ about kangaroos
Before detailing how lyrics have become more basic, the study pointed out that US singer-songwriting legend Bob Dylan – who rose to fame in the 1960s – has won a Nobel prize in literature.

Senior study author Eva Zangerle, an expert on recommendation systems at Austria’s University of Innsbruck, declined to single out an individual newer artist for having simple lyrics.

Song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed â study

Researchers analysed the words in more than 12,000 English-language songs across several genres from 1980 to 2020

www.theguardian.com

Luckily, my students really love music from what I call the "Golden Age of Songwriting"--the late 60s/70s. We listen to all kinds of music but they really dig this.

Well, they have taste

 

[1srelluc]

There are no "fun" songs anymore either.

 

[ScorpioRising007]

You’re not just getting older. Song lyrics really are becoming simpler and more repetitive, according to a study published on Thursday.

Lyrics have also become angrier and more self-obsessed over the last 40 years, the study found, reinforcing the opinions of cranky ageing music fans everywhere.

A team of European researchers analysed the words in more than 12,000 English-language songs across the genres of rap, country, pop, R&B and rock from 1980 to 2020.

âJoyful madnessâ: ANU scientist wins global prize for âdancing his PhDâ about kangaroos
Before detailing how lyrics have become more basic, the study pointed out that US singer-songwriting legend Bob Dylan – who rose to fame in the 1960s – has won a Nobel prize in literature.

Senior study author Eva Zangerle, an expert on recommendation systems at Austria’s University of Innsbruck, declined to single out an individual newer artist for having simple lyrics.

Song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed â study

Researchers analysed the words in more than 12,000 English-language songs across several genres from 1980 to 2020

www.theguardian.com

I enjoyed when lyrics use to be cryptic and made you think. Don Mclean, Wheezer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eagles, Tool, Grateful Dead, Phish, Offspring.

As a kid when I first listened to American Pie on the radio I found the song to be a fun puzzle. I got obsessed with decrypting the songs lyrics.

 

[gtopa1]

Melody is DEAD!!! Songs don't sound nice anymore. Aussies had some fantastic songs and I think they outlasted most but by the 90s the Music had died. Maybe the loss of the Folk influence.

OK: nostalgia time.



My God we were spoiled!!!



Greg

 

[gtopa1]

I missed this songbird; she died before I really listened to her. Jazzy and a good sound.



But too few and far between. Rehab was frankly BORING.

Greg

 

[luiza]

Simple people , simple songs .

And then there's Rap .

 

[Mr Natural]

Simple people , simple songs .

And then there's Rap .

You mean CRap?

 

[Libby von H]

You’re not just getting older. Song lyrics really are becoming simpler and more repetitive, according to a study published on Thursday.

Lyrics have also become angrier and more self-obsessed over the last 40 years, the study found, reinforcing the opinions of cranky ageing music fans everywhere.

A team of European researchers analysed the words in more than 12,000 English-language songs across the genres of rap, country, pop, R&B and rock from 1980 to 2020.

âJoyful madnessâ: ANU scientist wins global prize for âdancing his PhDâ about kangaroos
Before detailing how lyrics have become more basic, the study pointed out that US singer-songwriting legend Bob Dylan – who rose to fame in the 1960s – has won a Nobel prize in literature.

Senior study author Eva Zangerle, an expert on recommendation systems at Austria’s University of Innsbruck, declined to single out an individual newer artist for having simple lyrics.

Song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed â study

Researchers analysed the words in more than 12,000 English-language songs across several genres from 1980 to 2020

www.theguardian.com

Listen to Roads To Moscow and see the precipitous fall