Hate that most music today is superficial, or simply, sexually explicit

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Ok, I have to get this off my chest. Don't get me wrong, I'm an open minded music fan.. but I've gradually become sick and tired of this 'LOVE' theme about most of today's music. If it's not about a guy whining about how he misses some girl who dumped him because of... I guess, his whining, it's a woman confessing how she can't go on living without some random dude's touching, hugs, kisses and such, because the dude got bored and moved on to another relationship. There are other lyrics that are simply superficial in my opinion, where a man is promising to do almost impossible to outright impossible things to win a woman's love. Then, enter the world of RnB, Hip Hop, Rap, and Dancehall, and you have tons and tons of songs simulating sex. It's booty, twerking, butts, spreading legs, pussy, dongs, "..touch my body..", "..i'll make you wet.." and others having profanity for profanity's sake. I find these lyrics shallow. I have to mention that there are songs which approach the subject of passionate love in a deep, authentic and captivating fashion though. I usually discover such gems in the indie and indie-folk genres. My point is, I want to listen to more songs that explore the subject of love and sex in a sincere way. Or better yet, songs that explore other social subjects with an artistic approach. My examples of such songs:

Travis - Driftwood (About throwing one's life away.)

Youssou N'Dour & Neney Cherry - 7 Seconds (Anti-racism)

Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me (Childhood nostalgia)

Flipsyde - Happy Birthday (Regret about involvement in an abortion)

So that's it from me for now, peace!

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SmokeEverything

4 years ago

If you listen to pop radio its going to be the same 15 songs about generic basic stuff. Those people don't write those songs, and they're designed to be easy to make and reproduce. They don't want to take a risk when they know they can follow the same pattern and guarantee make money off boring people.

Choking victim was a pretty good band.

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leggs91200

4 years ago

Music abut sex like you mentioned - it is there to appeal to dumbass ghetto residents who have NO concept of anything intelligent.

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- Clunk42
  
  4 years ago
  
  I can only think of one song about sex that's good. "Swimming in your Ocean" by the Crash Test Dummies. It's only good because it's a joke, though.
  
  https://youtu.be/OVYDTyGAj8s
  
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- YE
  
  4 years ago
  
  Exactly!
  
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Clunk42

4 years ago

Here are a few songs you may like:

REM- Everybody Hurts (anti-suicide)

John Mellencamp- Peaceful World (anti-racism

Crash Test Dummies- (2 songs) "Afternoons and Coffeespoons" (terminal lung cancer and mental delusions) and "Swimming in your Ocean" (interesting song)

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- YE
  
  4 years ago
  
  Oh no! There's Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' Learning To Fly... I don't know, I could go on and on, but I think that buy now you get my drift, even without pointing out the indie and indie-folk 'treasures' in particular. 'Afternoons and Coffee spoons' was yet another worthwhile find by the way, many thanks.
  
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- YE
  
  4 years ago
  
  Some additions that have come rushing to my mind right about now;
  
  Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me
  
  The National - About Today
  
  Alice In Chains - It's Your Decision
  
  New Order - Ruined In A Day
  
  Family Of The Year - Hero
  
  Coldplay - See You Soon
  
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- YE
  
  4 years ago
  
  https://youtu.be/yZAVlJaTNHc
  
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  - Clunk42
    
    4 years ago
    
    Yeah, I just had to mention that one. I thought it would be quite funny.
    
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    - SmokeEverything
      
      4 years ago
      
      I totally forgot, Connor Clapton committed suicide because his daddy sucks by Anal Cunt was pretty good.
      
      Actually I don't think Anal Cunt ever had a song that wasn't good.
      
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- YE
  
  4 years ago
  
  REM's Everybody Hurts is another good example. I'm off to listen to the other three recommendations.
  
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LornaMae

4 years ago

Yup, normal. I've listened to Travis and Neneh Cherry on repeat thousands of lives ago. Loved them both. The other two I haven't though.

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Hubbard

4 years ago

John Lennon literally used the word masturbation in a song from 1969

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- YE
  
  4 years ago
  
  Song title?
  
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  - Hubbard
    
    4 years ago
    
    Give Peace a Chance
    
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SunSnow

4 years ago

U will love Nikki Minaj

My anaconda don't want none unless you got buns hun

And

takeshi 69.

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- leggs91200
  
  4 years ago
  
  I am wondering if these two upstanding ladies are Nikki Minaj fans?
  
  I was going to mention the "Cash me ousside" woman but I am not sure if she was ghetto enough.
  
  http://www.ghettoredhot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/white-girls-be-like-ratchet.jpg
  
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  - SunSnow
    
    4 years ago
    
    O.o no lady m a lad
    
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- YE
  
  4 years ago
  
  He he he! My research is currently centered on a creature named Stefflon Don.
  
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d0esnormalmatter

4 years ago

I mean I disagree personally but I still said normal because I know other poeple think like this and I mean it makes sense.

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- YE
  
  4 years ago
  
  Spontaneous combustion, however, totally real.
  
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donteatstuffoffthesidewalk

4 years ago

the cramps wrote many beautiful love songs such as jackyard backoff and her love rubbed off

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- SmokeEverything
  
  4 years ago
  
  If you dig the cramps you gotta check out Hasil Adkins.
  
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  - donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    
    4 years ago
    
    i also worship at the altar of the reverend horton heat
    
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    - YE
      
      4 years ago
      
      "I also worship at the altar..." Cleverly stated I must say.
      
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ellnell

4 years ago

That all depends what you listen to.
There's plenty of bands and artists making meaningful music, they just don't get acknowledged.
Many indie rock and psychedelic rock bands especially definitely.
There's still punk and post-grunge bands forming which definietely write a very minimal amount of love songs if any too.
I usually find them by accident, because they never get "mainstream", through listening to old bands in those genres and getting new ones recommended on spotify, sometimes youtube.
Or following people with "different" taste in music on social media.
Love has however always since the beginning of time been a major theme in music. How could it not be? So that's got nothing to do with todays music. It's just that the mainstream music only sounds worse and worse.

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- YE
  
  4 years ago
  
  "...mainstream music only sounds worse and worse." Totally true!
  
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