I am not sure that that is even true. At what point does music become "simple"? Is G, D, Am too simple as a progression? For John Petrucci everything Tool play is probably supersimple. Is "Stinkfist" by Tool a better song than "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen? Who spent more time making their respective song? Tool? Or the team around CRJ? Does it matter who spent more time? Last weekend I made a dubstep-inspired album (!) of 8 (!!!) songs in 2 days. Just to piss off haters who bitch about everything. Is that album my favorite album? No. Is it the worst album ever made, cause it's made from scratch in 2 days? Definitely not.
I understand your general statement, but I never understood why music that is simple and possibly made only for commercial reasons is deemed "bad"? In the end it doesn't make a difference if some 15year-old girl dances to a pop-song in the bathroom while getting ready to go out on her first date or some 44year-old cries because he is listening to a complicated prog-metal song that gives him goosebumps. As long as someone is affected emotionally, then a song is good.
No, I've been through that discussion allready, I'm not trying to judge the quality of music based on how many chords there are, how good the progression is, how much time spent on writing etc.
Hell, most of the songs I still like the most after having played them a hundred times, are those which took the least time to write.
So it's not about that for me. I wouldn't listen to a lot of the stuff I listen to if it was that way, and had to listen to a lot of stuff that I don't touch from afar.
Stuff that is designed to go at number one is considered bad music for me, cause of the reason why it was created in the first place.
Not saying you can't dig some of these songs, but I know people who only have that kind of stuff running as background noise (wouldn't say they listen to it). And I just think that this is sad for them, cause it's a loss on their end. But I understand if they don't value it the way I do.
Propably the same discussion is going on with me, when I say I don't want to go skydiving
So it's just a general "what a shame" thought of mine. That a lot of people make a lot more money with that, than other guys who I think would deserve it more is a shame for me too.
Maybe I'm also not sensitive enough to be emotionally touched by a lot of pop songs
I do however see the sense behind that statement.
Just a pitty that this kind of music takes away attention/place from stuff that would maybe also fit for the "easier" kind of audience, and isn't designed to be in the ears of everyone.
Cause whenever I turn on the radio I get the feeling I'm beeing forced to like the same 8 songs, cause it's all you get to hear in an hour between commercials.
But that's another story I guess.
I didn't think I was bashing anyone. I was criticizing a general demeanor, just like people criticize that I think "too strategically". I might be wrong, they might be right. In those situations I usually say: "Don't get mad unless I'm talking about you!"
Then it had to be your wording, that made it come across in different way than how you meant it.
Just for the record, my gut reaction wasn't even "this is terrible". It was just "meh, whatever"...there has allready been way worse in the near past.
Which is kinda sad, actually
