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Usually people who love music want to like to write about music they love (in my case that would be musical legends like The Beatles, Primal Scream, & 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 music on MySpace to see what I mean. It’s most annoying to me that most of the most awful “artists” I’ve listened to on MySpace is also among the most popular.

Hollywood Undead has to be the most exceptional example of this. They are shockingly bad and even more shockingly popular. I know it’s nothing new for “the kids” to love crap music, but I think Hollywood Undead just takes that concept too far? At least most of the awful music of the past had at least some redeeming value. Sure Milli Vanilli was cheesy but their songs were catchy and had some good production values. But with Hollywood Undead there is not even a hint of quality to be found.

But they certainly are not all alone in the big world of bad music.

How about country singer Dierks Bentley? Have you heard this fluff? He’s amazingly bad. I had heard his name before but had never listened to his music before as I have 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 really is saying a lot because I thought it would be flat out horrendous. But no, it’s much worse than that.

It’s no big deal that people are recording horrendous music. There is absolutely nothing new about that. The big deal to me is that so many people actually think this is good music. Why is that? How can people be so amazingly clueless about music?

The easy thing to blame would be American Idol. 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 really 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 garbage that usually fills the top forty every week. And it’s the real music that real music lovers listen to and that lasts for years.

Obviously there will be no one listening to anyone from American Idol or Hollywood Undead in 30 years (except out of pure nostalgia or as a joke) while people will still be listening the music of true musical geniuses like Ween & Jimi Hendrix.

Technorati Tags: Bad Music, Country Pop, Dierks Bentley, Hollywood Undead, music, Music Critic, MySpace Music

Usually people who love music (like myself) tend to like to write about music they love (for me that would be musical geniuses like The Kinks, Primal Scream, & Pink Floyd.) 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 bands to see what I mean. It’s most disturbing for me that some of the most awful music I’ve listened to on MySpace is also among the most popular.

Hollywood Undead has to be the most exceptional example of this. They are shockingly bad and even more shockingly 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? At least most of the awful music of the past had at least some redeeming value. Sure Milli Vanilli was cheesy but their songs were catchy and had some good production values. But with Hollywood Undead there is not even a hint of quality to be found.

But they certainly are not all alone in the big world of bad music.

How about country star Dierks Bentley? Have you heard this guy? He’s amazingly awful. 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 really is saying a lot because I thought it would be flat out horrendous. But no, it’s far worse than that.

It’s no big deal that guys are releasing bad music. There’s absolutely nothing new about that. The big deal to me is that so many people actually think this is good music. Why is that? How can people be so amazingly clueless about music?

The easy thing to blame would be American Idol. And I’m sure that does have a part to play. It’s taught people that the only thing that matters in music is having a pretty voice. This means these are people who have no way of understanding music with any depth or any real artistic value.

But really 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 there will be no one listening to anyone from American Idol or Hollywood Undead in 30 years (except out of pure nostalgia or as a joke) while people will still be listening the music of true musical geniuses like Akron Family & Led Zeppelin.

Technorati Tags: Bad Music, Country Pop, Dierks Bentley, Hollywood Undead, music, Music Critic, MySpace Music