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Originally posted by Stompy
Like I said in the other thread about her...
This music is mass marketed toward impressionable teenagers for the sole purpose of making a quick buck for the labels. People say, "If she sucks so bad, then why did she sell millions of albums?" Same reason Milli Vanilli, Vanilla Ice, NKOTB, NSync, BSB, etc did.
The thing is, she seriously DOESN'T have talent. She does NOT have more talent than Ludacris or 50 Cent, trust me on that one.
This hatred of modern music is not like those grandparents who think Led Zeppelin and KISS are a bunch of noise, either. People dislike most of today's music because they realize how TRULY talentless it is and how quickly it's churned out toward those who will buy it without question.
This music wasn't made for the sole purpose of being creative. She was picked, had songs written for her, and was given an image. She will not be remembered in 10 years. Sure, bands like Soundgarden and Alice In Chains were signed up ONLY after Nirvana was discovered because labels thought they'd make them a quick buck, but the difference was... they were actually talented and wrote songs about real things as opposed to writing shit like "he was a sk8r boi, she said cu l8er boi" C'mon, my 7 year old brother could write that..
I notice a lot of people on this board who dislike rap and are quick to claim that rappers have no talent. Just because you don't like that genre of music doesn't mean the person in question isn't talented. At least rappers write their own stuff and throw out nice rhymes. You might not like what they rap about, but have you ever heard them freestyle? You can't tell me that isn't talent. 2 minutes of freestyle from the WORST rapper would contain more talent than Avril's entire career put together.
She is the epitome of non-talent. If anyone should complain about no-talent goons, it should be HER, not rap/country stars. I could write PAGES containing valid arguments about why she has no talent. If I were to write about why I dislike country singers, I wouldn't really get beyond the "I don't like that type of music" argument. I don't like the music, but at least I recognize that they have talent.
You could seriously look at the trend in popular music over the past 10 years and notice a straight DECLINE in quality. I don't see this changing anytime soon simply because the general public is too ignorant and closed minded to see the difference.
So yeah, IMO, that's why people get angry about it.. at least, that's why *I* get angry about it.
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Don't worry, I completely agree with you. But I am wondering why as soon as someone says they don't like her, or Britney, or any of the other popular people of the time, they are, in the eyes of the fans, only being hateful and jealous, and apparently don't know good music when they hear it.
It pains me to see that people get so defensive when they see differing opinions, and cannot justify a correct or logical response to it, other than "Stop hating!"
There are very few acts with any talent anymore- the ones that have talent can only be heard through word of mouth. I hope something changes, because I cannot listen to any more "Sk8er Boi" lyrics anymore!