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deadtower · 2 years ago

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been at work for five hours now and a solid 50% of the songs that have played since 9.30am have been subpar covers of songs from the early aughts. it’s like the saddest fucking thing because like i love a good cover but people legit do not know how to make new songs anymore. there’s one beat that’s obviously difficult to translate into a text medium but legitimately every club song (which is most songs because people … aren’t making new songs that aren’t manufactured solely to be played in a nightclub by any bratty rich kid with a turntable among 14 other near-identical songs all also manufactured solely to be played in a nightclub by any bratty rich kid with a turntable) has it because they are quite literally all the same song

and oh my god it’s so fucking depressing. like i really and truly kept an open mind because i didn’t want to be like “back in my day blah blah blah” but like i’m a professional musician and it’s … literally the same song with slight variations and that’s the only song that exists now. that and covers on top of covers on top of covers

(i have to make it clear i am NOT talking about lizzo, she is beautiful and perfect and original and everything she does is magic. i love you lizzo)

#but like oh my god is this it is this the end of music #like as we careen into late stage capitalism it’s like …#things are really and truly only being made for money anymore #writers are banging out these songs as quickly as possible so they can make their quick buck #and half the time the songs have maybe like 4 words total in them bc the rest is just ‘remixed sample i ripped’#also like covers are fine i LOVE a good cover i promise i promise i promise but #the cover of Blue by Eiffel 65 #is without a doubt the most soulless cover ive ever heard of anything in my whole life #besides the cover of Sk8r Boi that was done by Ashnikko #where the ENTIRE appeal of the song was that it started off mostly the same #and then suddenly ashnikko says ‘he couldn’t make her CUM’#and i guess that was like for shock effect? or something? and you’re like WHOAAA HOW EDGY #SHE TOOK A BELOVED EMO HIT OF THE 2000S AND MADE IT ABOUT SELF CAREAND ALSO SHE SAYS SWEARS IN IT!#*CARE AND #bc yeah sure THAT’S what makes a cover worth listening to #the fact that it’s hardcore now bc she mentioned sex and swearing #like not to be all old man yells at cloud but #i am so fucking tired man #it feels like a nightmare being in this time period #creativity’s completely dead and it only took 15 years to do it #listening to my parents’ music is different bc like yeah our music and theirs were quite different but #they were both unique and interesting! on both sides! but that’s not the case with the music now #like this is purely from an objective standpoint and the view of a legitimate musician lmao #anyway. rant over i just needed to put that somewhere and ive been trying to put more personal posts—#—on my tumblr lately because i used to do it all the time and people would actually talk to me then #and idk man i’m lonely i crave human connection especially lately #gotta stop self-isolating tbh #anyway. if i put too many tags they’ll get cut off at a certain point so adio #*adios.

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