The most popular song in music history is “Gangnam Style.”
It has more than 2.4 billion views on YouTube. Quality has become irrelevant. Only an artist’s image or sociopolitical persuasion holds water. For example, Rihanna has had 13 No. 1 hit singles on the Billboard Top 100 and Led Zeppelin never had one; the cast of “Glee” has had more chart-toppers than the Beatles. (This may or may not be due to declining IQ over the past century.)
Pink Floyd told the Man to “leave those kids alone.” Beyonce wants to be the Man and ban words. Everything is safe and easily digestible — like baby food. No one expresses what’s in their heart anymore; they only want to make it to the charts, which inevitably leads to stale, superficial tracks that are “in” one week and “out” the next.
http://www.craveonline.com/mandatory/1062828-11-reasons-music-sucks-now-more-than-ever
