I think music nowadays has become disposible.
with the advent of the digital music movement, along with mp3s and ipods, people tend not to listen to the same things too often. play something you've downloaded cheaply off itunes five times and you're ready to buy a new tune online again.
and so to cater to fickle consumers, music factories have had to churn out more artistes, more songs and more albums just to keep up.
jay-z calls them "auto-tunes", and i think i'll have to agree. there are less golden melodies and more forgettable white noise dominating the airwaves these days.
i miss the days when i made my own mixed tapes, and when i mulled over which cd to buy because they were too expensive for a 15 year old.
some feel-good songs that you hardly hear on the radio these days:
Lenny Kravitz, "It Ain't Over Til It's Over" (and here he is, looking incredibly good in this live performance)
Mark Morrison, "Return of the Mack"
The Cranberries, "Linger" (i can still remember all of the lyrics!)
East 17, "Deep" (i loved east 17 before i ever began to like take that. my idea of the best boy band from england.)
PM Dawn, "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" (i think i only ever liked spandau ballet's "true" because of this song)
ah, the simple bliss of nostalgia.
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