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Is today’s contemporary music lacking?

I listen to various genres of music, and I am a big fan of rock/pop from the 1950s to today.

When I turn in the radio to hear new pop/rock songs, I often hear “monotonous” verses with minimal melody repeated again and again (4x) then the chorus not quite matching the music of the verses. The artist seems to try using a good voice trying to make the song sound good but these songs seem to lack a good “melody”. Anybody else notice this?

Also, because pop/rock music is well established, is it more difficult nowadays to create new good melodies - are artists running out of creative ideas?  This thought has often crossed my mind whenever I hear another song remake.
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I agree with bdp24-- I've encountered many highly-talented younger musicians and songwriters in the catch-all genre known as Americana.


Most of them are story tellers which goes well in some genre but  is   mostly wasted in R&R. A case in point is Led Zeppelin. I was a fan, a devotee, a protege of sorts of Zep from the the 1st day I heard it. First time is needed to invert your mind to decipher.  Anyway , even though I learned every song drums & vocals, I never understood the lyrics fully. Even though I sang it, I just filled in the parts I didn't know. The crowd didn't notice cause they understood them no better than I did. FWIW, a local radio station did a segment called "Plant or Animal?" Then they would play a scream from a jungle animal and then Robt. Plant. You had to guess...Plant or animal?
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