Eh...Music of this generation isn't that good. So far I found only few good bands while rest...oh well...I guess that I'll have to agree with Oldschool777. Since other decades had really great music (80's or 90's for example).

Really there's nothing wrong with the music now-a-days, just that there's a lack of imagination! Most pop songs have just a simple beat and melody. That is the problem for me, but it may see a revival, sort-of like what happened during the 50-60's that changed the way music was. It went on till roughly the late 90's 00's. It then kind of fell into a groove of simple nothing. 

I view it as a slump, not being intrinsically bad. The music that's "bad" will get better, it'll just take an artist to break the molds!

yoshirulez! : It's interesting that you said music says nothing so it's bad. That's the gist of your message.

But what is the objective of music? Does it have to be something to spark a revolution? Does it have to criticize government or society or bring about change. Not every song can (or should) be an anthem for a movement.

Some music is fun because it says nothing and it allows people to forget the problems of the world. Some music is escape. It takes them back to when things weren't so crowded with thoughts and worries and they like the beat, they like the nonsense, and they're happy.

If music makes someone happy, it is impacting their emotions. Anything that changes a person's emotions has power to it, whether there's a deeper message or not. Bieber isn't going to change the world, but he can make people smile and dance and have a good time with his music. That is just as "good" as any other music.

I absolutely loathe modern radio pop. Annoying noises, over-processed vocals, lazy writing involving repeating the song name over and over again, and also the frequent innuendo.

Like other people have said before, I prefer the music that was made before the 2000s.

This is too broad of a topic to answer yes or no.

Is the sound bad? Every generation is told their music is bad. When my parents were kids, their music was bad. Too crazy and loud. When I was a kid, my generation's music was too crazy and loud. Bad. This generation's music is bad. Blah.

It's kind of like a story I once heard: two old men were sitting on a porch together, when a car with two young teenage boys sped by, driving far too fast. Old man one looks at old man two and says "I'll tell you, Jim: I don't know what to think of this generation."
Fast forward sixty years, and those two teenage boys are in their seventies, when one day. while they're sitting on a porch together, a car with two teenagers speeds by, going far too fast. One of the now old men looks at the other and says "I'll tell you, Jeff: I don't know what to think of this generation."

Long story short, every generation, for the most part, thinks their generation is the best and the new one is bad for being different.


HOWEVER, as tornadocam said, songs glorifying rape and the like are bad no matter how you look at it. I mean are you going to watch a movie about the holocaust, child molestation, or mutilation of POW, and call it entertaining to watch? Hopefully not. Same with those kinds of lyrics. Hurting people is wrong, and it isn't okay to listen to songs about it because it's meant for fun.


But then not all music in this generation is like that. For example, I listen to Red all the time. My family thinks it sounds awful, and they sometimes question if it's evil. lol Why? Because it sounds so different from what they're used to. People fear and hate what they don't understand. It's normal, so I don't blame anyone for it.


So... no but yes? Depending on how you mean it.

Some of today's music is awesome. Fitz and the Tantrums and The White Stripes, just to name two. However, it seems that a large amount of music today is using Auto-tune to try and disguise/cover over the artist's voice problems. I am one of those that think the music from the 60's and 70's was the best as far as tremendous voice talents, like Gary Puckett (Union Gap), Jim Croce, Burton Cummings (The Guess Who) just to name a few. Overall, I think that every generation has something to offer and if you are willing to hunt you can find some real gems.

I may be older than most ppl on the game room I must say I do not like the new music out there as its aimed at the young generation so I stick to my Gen that's 80's 90's early 2000's I listen to pop/dance/trance thou some the new music is alright its just not the same as it used to be. 

It depends on if you mean video game wise or normal wise. The former, I'd say no to, but the latter... Eh, I dunno.

It depends on where you look, if you look at the billboard hot 100, you'll find tons of crap with some gems here and there, but if you look deeper, you'll find some awesome music.

It's similar to drawings on Deviantart, you'll find tons of Rule 34, but if you look deeper, you'll find some art that's original and beautiful.

If you think this generation's music is bad, it's because you haven't looked very hard. Beneath the hordes of meaningless bubblegum pop, generic rap, and generic rock, you can find some real gems. I've been into some less than mainstream bands for a while now, but the deeper I go, the more amazing music I find. Just gotta keep your eyes open to find it

This generation's mainstream music is pretty bad. Some of the gems are less popular, but I'd take things like Megadeth, or even some independent metal artists doing video game covers on YouTube compared to any Pop music released in the past couple of years.