Why is todays music so crap?

Because the overwhelming majority of the public regard music as a lifestyle-accessory rather than something to be cherished. They no more genuinely 'appreciate' Lady Gaga than 'support' Chelsea; they just crave the effortless validation of a collective circle-jerk. Hell, transport these people back in time to an era of flared trousers and they would've pretended to like Sister Sledge, Chic or EWT with equal fervour: just smile, nod, divert your efforts elsewhere, and such moribund, milquetoast morons needn't perturb you anymore.

You sound like a spitting dictionary.

Cheers. You sound like someone who had to look-up the word 'dictionary'.

Because the overwhelming majority of the public regard music as a lifestyle-accessory rather than something to be cherished. They no more genuinely 'appreciate' Lady Gaga than 'support' Chelsea; they just crave the effortless validation of a collective circle-jerk. Hell, transport these people back in time to an era of flared trousers and they would've pretended to like Sister Sledge, Chic or EWT with equal fervour: just smile, nod, divert your efforts elsewhere, and such moribund, milquetoast morons needn't perturb you anymore.

i love justin bieber music even though i get abuse for it DAILY.

well not daily, only when i force people to listen to it...

but that's not for validation... i don't see why you can't like lady gaga because you like the music... just because you don't like something does not mean other people only pretend to like it/trick themselves into thinking they like it for validation and you are somehow enlightened.

Hahah got to hand it to you for having the courage and admitting that! I personally don't get all the Bieber hatred that goes around. I mean, sure he's a little different and younger than other artists but is that a reason to hate someone with so much passion? I feel sorry for that boy, the amount of vicious abuses and cruel jokes that he gets

But, to be perfectly honest, recently I've also started to feel that music is getting crappier. There are still good songs, but just fewer and fewer as time passes by. My favorite was the 2000-2009 time, most of my favorite songs came up during that time. Sometimes I feel that a lot of artists today rely on technology to make their music sound good, and maybe that's why for me classical music is still the best. Nothing but the basics to work with, so pure talent and skill were the only things playing for all our classical geniuses!

i love justin bieber music even though i get abuse for it DAILY.

well not daily, only when i force people to listen to it...

but that's not for validation... i don't see why you can't like lady gaga because you like the music... just because you don't like something does not mean other people only pretend to like it/trick themselves into thinking they like it for validation and you are somehow enlightened.

Sister Sledge, Chic and Earth, Wind & Fire are all examples of bands whose music I continue to enjoy, but whose initial popularity so transcended the perceived 'quality' of their music that it could not have been adequately explained in terms of aesthetics, lyricism or artistic merit alone. Likewise, these same fickle parasites now gravitate towards Lady Gaga and her ilk: which isn't to say there's anything inherently 'wrong' with exercising a legitimate preference for Lady Gaga (though I personally deem her contribution to the pantheon of modern music to be quite trivial and undistinguished), but rather that most people are predisposed to like whatever enjoys the most widespread endorsement and approbation irrespective of those characteristics which might be considered particular to a given genre or style.

I'm not decrying your tastes per se – much though they might perplex me – but simply a lamentable public fixation on zeitgeist to the detriment of any meaningful engagement.