Usually people who love music (like myself) tend to like to write about music they love (for me that would be groups like Led Zeppelin, Oasis, & Ween.) But sometimes it’s fun to talk about bad music. In fact in some ways it’s more fun. And it’s certainly much easier to find. Just check out MySpace music to see what I mean. The worst thing to me is that most of the absolute worst music I’ve heard on MySpace is also the most popular.
Hollywood Undead has to be the greatest example of this. They are incredibly bad and even more incredibly popular. I mean I know it’s normal for “the kids” to be into awful music, but isn’t this just taking it a bit too far? Usually the really awful music in the past had some sort of musical quality to it. I mean Milli Vanilli may have been cheesey but it sure as hell was catchy at least. But with Hollywood Undead there is not even a hint of quality to be found.
But they are just one of many awful “artists” in the universe of bad music
How about country pop singer Dierks Bentley? Have you heard this stuff? He’s incredibly bad. I had heard his name before but had never listened to his music before as I have absolutely no interest in country pop but one day I came across his latest single “Feel That Fire” and I was just floored because it was so much worse than I thought it would be. And that’s saying quite a bit because I assumed it was be flat out terrible. But no, it’s far worse than that.
It’s no big deal that people are recording crap music. There is nothing new about that. The big deal to me is that so many people actually think this is good music. Why is that? Why are people just so incredibly clueless about what constitutes quality?
American Idol is the easy to blame culprit. And I’m sure that does have a part to play. Now millions of people think that having a pretty voice is the only thing that matters. This means these are people who have no way of understanding music with any depth or any real artistic value.
But I’m sure it must go much deeper than that. Of course it’s not like people being into awful music is a new thing. The masses are always attracted to the easy to swallow formless pap that usually fills the top 40 every week. And it’s the true music that real music lovers listen to and that lasts for years.
Obviously no one will be listening to anyone from American Idol or Dierks Bentley in 30 years (except out of pure nostalgia or as a joke) while people will still be getting into the music of true musical artists like The Beatles & Jimi Hendrix.
Tags: Bad Music, Country Pop, Dierks Bentley, Hollywood Undead, music, Music Critic, MySpace Music