Again....but this time with feeling (rant)

This is something that has been bugging me recently, it seems to be an epidemic in the music world, both Christian and "secular". What is it......whiny vocals!!! I despise Coldplay, Keane, Embrace, Dido, etc etc. Well as a Christian better follow biblical principles so , "Love the musician, hate the music". What has happened to having some cajones in a vocal performance, I might sound like an old git, but it seems there isn't any middle ground between Norah Jones and Slipknot. Bands and artist are stuck in their genre, no dynamics or variety allowed. Could you imagine a band like Led Zeppelin getting a deal these days?

Instrumentally I like some of the stuff Coldplay has done, nice piano and guitar parts, but why does Chris Martin have to sing like he's asleep. There are also lots of bands copying Green Day. Now I use a couple of Green Day songs in my teaching as they are good (ie. easy) for beginners, but everytime I see a video I want to slap them. They seem like a bunch of middle class thirty somethings trying really hard to be punk but just coming off like a parody (don't get me started on Good Charlotte, Sum41 etc). I was never really into punk, the closest I've ever got was The Jam and a few listens to Never Mind the B*ll****s. However I know enough that if green day had tried to play in London in 1976 on the original punk scene they would have been spat at and bottled off the stage.



Last night before I headed up to bed I was flicking through the music channels as I often do,. The videos consisted of :

1. Britney Spears in short top, heavy makeup, looking like a car crash
2. Snoop Dog showing us how much money he has, lack of discernable talent and his love of the slow motion effect
3. Another hip hop video, with girls in bikinis, lots of words blanked out and lots of slow motion shots.

By this time I was losing the will to live, until I hit VH1 Classic, they were playing a live version of "Feel like making Love" by Bad Company from 1970 something. Ok it's cheesy classic rock, and my tastes are old fashioned, but it seemed like an oasis of music, feeling and talent in a world full of soft porn jingles and whiny lead singers.

So, lets try that again, but this time, with feeling!