Bearrood Rants: Popular Music Rant of the Century (okay, maybe it’s “Popular-Music-of-the-Century Rant”)

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Written by Anna Bearrood, Writer

What the heck? Honestly, what is up with the music that plays on the radio these days? There certainly are some great songs. Example one: “Faster” by Matt Nathanson. What a cute, feel-good song.

The rest, not so much.

First of all, half the songs are not even how the singer actually sounds. As one teacher says: “this song brought to you by Autotune.”

Second, who wants to listen to the nasty lyrics that most of the songs have? Is it really that hard to use the epic beats of “Sexy and I Know It” to lyrics (or music videos for that matter) that don’t make you want to throw up?

Third, do we really need to hear the same songs over and over again? Do you know how many songs are out there? Let people decide they like a song and overplay it on their own. Here are some songs and bands I would recommend:
Never Shout Never (listen to “Happy”)
Owl City (anything but “Fireflies,” the saddest case of radio overplay)
Gavin Degraw (listen to “Candy”)
Matt Nathanson (listen to “Drop to Hold You”)

Boom! Now those are some good bands to rock out to when you are home alone and feelin’ like an epic jam sesh. Don’t waste your life on nasty, not-feel-good songs that play on the radio. Listen to songs that make you feel good and “Happy.”