Last night I listened to Ke$ha for the first time, to see what the big deal was. You know you’re in for a treat when you’re listening to an artist with a $ sign in their name right? Soon after I couldn’t stop listening to her song “Tic-Toc”, even though I knew her singing was horrible. Almost anything can sound good auto tuned, hell I’ve seen auto tuned videos of the infamous “Charlie Bit My Finger” that sound like we should all be dancing to them at clubs. The question it got me really thinking what does this mean for the future of music as a whole or our generation?
Sure it may be fun to “Don’t stop, make it pop” or “get down, down, down, even if the sky is falling down”, but where are the meaningful lyrics of our parents generation? What happened to the music of the 60’s that caused political and social upheaval? You’d be hard pressed to find a song that sends such a strong message as Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are a-Changin’”, though some might argue that the chipmunk version of “Tic-Toc” sends the message that it’s ok to be adorable in this tough tough world we live in !
Do the artist who are auto tuned really deserve all the praise and attention we give them? Back in the day we criticized Ashlee Simpson for lip-synching to her own song during a live taping of SNL. Have we gone so far into the sewage that now a singer can be totally computerized, and we consider them talented?
What about the image the music we like to listen to produces? Sure every generation was criticized for the new music that their kids seemed to like, but when ours is just about getting drunk and partying all the time I think there might be a point this time. Once you get past the catchy beats that you can’t help shake it to, you notice the lyrics all say the same thing. Do we really want to be remembered as the generation that destroyed any meaning behind the music? If these artists are making it while being auto tuned what’s to stop me from writing a song about my puppy, getting it auto tuned, and then getting a record deal?
This is something to be pondered while I shake it to that auto tuned version of “Charlie Bit My Finger”.
Until next time,
I’m just your friendly neighborhood bloggerman
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