[sollythewise]

it seems that the vast majority of mainstream music is about being in love, wanting to be in love or having been in love. it also seems to recogise only one positive emotion: love.

is this accurate or am i missing something?

[Miracle Day]

Let's analyse the Top 10..

"Call me maybe" - Yup
"Can't say no" - Yup
"We are young" - Nope
"Ordinary people" - Yup
"Laserlight" - Nope
"Somebody That I Used To Know" - Yup
"So Good" - Yup
"Starships" - Nope
"She doesn't mind" - Yup
"Boyfriend" - Yup

7/10

[janet9]

I'll say it's more lust these days, than love.

[metalthrashin'mad]

People I know say they listen to this kind of music because the lyrics are good -_-

[Willum Infanta]

It's always been that way in pop music

[dgeorge]

(Original post by sollythewise)
it seems that the vast majority of mainstream music is about being in love, wanting to be in love or having been in love. it also seems to recogise only one positive emotion: love.

is this accurate or am i missing something?

Is this something new?

[Vixen47]

"Love and women"? More like sex and *ahem* "hoes"

[miss_sexy]

(Original post by sollythewise)
it seems that the vast majority of mainstream music is about being in love, wanting to be in love or having been in love. it also seems to recogise only one positive emotion: love.

is this accurate or am i missing something?

OFFCOURSE, THE WORLD HAS ALWAYS BEEN OBSESSED WITH THESE TOPICS (nothing new)

[karateworm]

Boy like girl. Girl like boy

It's something that is pretty universal. Writing about the struggle of living in a council estate in Wigan is never going to reach out to that many people. If you want a hit, romance is a safe bet.

[plimsolls]

Guns, bitches and bling.

I think the quota for 'songs about arse' has been filled for the next million years.

[Dux_Helvetica]

Not just love, but sex too. As well as material desires such as money.

[Linweth]

(Original post by Miracle Day)
Let's analyse the Top 10..

"Call me maybe" - Yup
"Can't say no" - Yup
"We are young" - Nope
"Ordinary people" - Yup
"Laserlight" - Nope
"Somebody That I Used To Know" - Yup
"So Good" - Yup
"Starships" - Nope
"She doesn't mind" - Yup
"Boyfriend" - Yup

7/10

Laserlight is also a love song.

[Mastermind`]

Just mirrors society, really.

[Arekkusu]

It was better in the 80's when you had epic romantic ballads, now it's more about grinding and bonking than escapist love.

[Miracle Day]

(Original post by Linweth)
Laserlight is also a love song.

Sort of. But not the obvious choice.

[rj1990]

To be honest, alot of music is about love. It's arguably the strongest emotion we feel, and 90% of people write music to express their emotions, and to let their emotions free. Normally when sad/depressed, normally after a breakup, or when in love with someone.

It's normal.

Some people say The Beatles wrote the best song's in history, almost all of their songs are about love, but with happy melodies.

[HF guitar]

lots of mainstream music is boring, its best to listen to lots of different types of music. but most music in the world is about love,

[looneylamb]

I also think it's funny that a lot of the lyrics sound the same. I can't count how many times I've heard something along the lines of "DJ play that music louder" in various songs. The impression I get is that they just have nothing else in their lives to comment about. Harsh, but... yano.

[rj1990]

(Original post by looneylamb)
I also think it's funny that a lot of the lyrics sound the same. I can't count how many times I've heard something along the lines of "DJ play that music louder" in various songs. The impression I get is that they just have nothing else in their lives to comment about. Harsh, but... yano.

It's because these people are making their music on computers with digital samples, without needing creative talent. And obviously they don't have creative abilities in writing lyrics so they just put dumb lyrics to their sampled made tracks.
It takes no creative talent to make the music in the charts.

I even heard a story, that once a guy wrote a real cool song called "underground sound". But he just hadn't written the lyrics to it yet, but he played all the instruments and beats and everything, and sent it off to record companies. Later that year, girls aloud released a song called "sound of the underground" with the exact same melody and music that the guy made.

They just steal off talented people and then have pretty faces to sing be the face of the music. It's stupid.

[looneylamb]

(Original post by rj1990)
It's because these people are making their music on computers with digital samples, without needing creative talent. And obviously they don't have creative abilities in writing lyrics so they just put dumb lyrics to their sampled made tracks.
It takes no creative talent to make the music in the charts.

I even heard a story, that once a guy wrote a real cool song called "underground sound". But he just hadn't written the lyrics to it yet, but he played all the instruments and beats and everything, and sent it off to record companies. Later that year, girls aloud released a song called "sound of the underground" with the exact same melody and music that the guy made.

They just steal off talented people and then have pretty faces to sing be the face of the music. It's stupid.

Really? I swear that'd be illegal unless they got permission from him.

Once people become famous, I think their music becomes a lot more impersonal. Although I'm not a fan of her, Pixie Lott came out with that Mama Do song which was quite unique and now she's doing absolute trite because she knows that it'll sell.

It's sad.