Sunday, August 1, 2010

Is there any good entertainment left?

My mom taught me when I was a little girl that lyrics are a very important part of music. Music should not just make you feel good but it should be saying something worth listening to as well. Today the majority of music played on the radio and t.v. is full of sex and cursing , the old saying 'sex sells' is the entertainment industry's reasoning behind using it so heavily as if sex is the only thing that sells. As far as cursing goes that is used so much because it use to be at least, shocking but once someone is cursing every other word the shock value completely disappears.

Is it too much to ask for a little originality?

The majority of the songs I hear on the radio I know have been sampled or later on find out have been sampled. Rappers have a lot of the same sayings that the pioneers of rap use to say instead of making up their own. Outside of the realm of music, some of the fashion from decades past are now back in fashion. Things like this really make the old saying 'there is nothing new under the sun' true.