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.
kennyc

Showing 1 response by frogman

For those who don’t believe that pre-year 2000 popular music represents the pinnacle of the genre and that nothing of value has been produced since, here are just a few of the great and unsurpassed chart toppers from the 60’s-90’s:

https://youtu.be/VECljlG--gE

https://youtu.be/r3BWaRkJ58M

https://youtu.be/C7T4aQMxTTM

https://youtu.be/zfLU3Mv_O9w

https://youtu.be/asQxeXYFYgg

https://youtu.be/S3Oyipl36YQ

https://youtu.be/by6xt5NX4ZM

and, of course, who can forget this gem? :

https://youtu.be/KYgK97aioNA

Hell, let’s go back a little further:

#1 on the Billboard pop chart in 1956:

https://youtu.be/-OHYREiQzK4