Every time someone invents another genre, 1000s of hours are lost to rewriting these pop songs – 'unrequited devotion', 'overdue break-up', 'manic anthem', 'bittersweet nostalgia', etc etc. And that's before people complain about the tired tropes and outdated attitudes their predecessors have accrued over time. More wasted time as people try to get to grips with yet another style of hipness, coded-language, and personalization to fit real world expressive uses.
I'm all for innovation and advancing the state of the culture, but there has got to be a better way of dealing with these basic emotions. All we're doing here is creating projects for those with time on their hands, frustrating those with none, and keeping the Record Industry in business.
I'm all for innovation and advancing the state of the culture, but there has got to be a better way of dealing with these basic emotions. All we're doing here is creating projects for those with time on their hands, frustrating those with none, and keeping the Record Industry in business.