Misery Wednesday

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

A couple of weeks ago we did a thread on what's exciting you about music at the moment.

Here's its inverse: what's annoying you about music at the moment, and why? I'm tempted to ban discussion of Kate Nash upfront - anyway I'm not really after specific acts, more the trends and ideas that make those acts' popularities a bad thing.

And - what do you think could be done about it (if anything)?

(Orgafun update: the missing Pop Open player has been located and a track is hopefully on its way)

Comments

Re: EASY

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

A bit of both - saturation + more clued up lasses = unblinking perhaps, but not 'acceptance'. More like 'ignoring'? If Will.I.Am wants a video full of sexy ladies then he's perfectly within his rights to. The dancers aren't exactly being exploited (I assume they are all adults and are getting paid). We don't *have* to watch it, after all.

What IS awful, sexist and completely irredeemable is the Offspring video I saw the other day - sexism is by NO MEANS limited to rap/rnb and is probably worse lyrically in emo/indie where there are fewer women sticking up for themselves.