[quote=@chukklehed]
there's a difference between SOME songs and ALL OF THE SONGS. I have yet to find a popular, current artist who is worth listening to, with some very limited exceptions.

Music isn't ABOUT having a catchy beat. When you listen to music, it's supposed to make you FEEL something, to connect with it in some way. A good song makes you feel like you're a part of something larger, and NOTHING in the current pop makes me feel that way.
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If you're simply looking in pop music you're intentionally limiting yourself. There's much more music than just what is on the Billboard charts and even still, just because you don't feel anything from pop music doesn't discredit it as music. I mean, I happen to think a song like Shake It Off is catchy and easy to dance to, and there's an entire genre of music devoted to having beats you can dance to. 

I happen to think that most 'classic rock' bands don't make any music I'd qualify as good, but that doesn't make them any less talented as musicians. I think most, if not all, metal music is hot garbage and all I feel from them is a massive waste of time. But I don't then go on to proclaim the music I listen to better than some other genre of music. That's silly. People can like pop music and people can like metal music, there doesn't and shouldn't have to be this animosity or this feeling of "My music is better than your music". 

And if music isn't about catchy beats, then funk music says what up. That entire genre is all about groove and making people want to dance with their smooth and funky, and yes, catchy, beats. It's why [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPf0YbXqDm0]Uptown Funk[/url] is such a massive hit: because it harkens back to the days when you just wanted to get on the dance floor and groove. 

Music doesn't and shouldn't be locked into this mindset of connecting you with something. I love K.Flay but I can't relate to her lyrics in a personal way, but the way she flows and the way her tracks come together work together beautifully. Music is a wonderful thing, and much like with other art forms there's a large selection of it out there for a reason. People that only listen to one genre are doing themselves a disservice. 


[quote=@Rusalka]


<Snipped quote by chukklehed>

YES!!!!  Thank you Chuck!  Someone finally gets it!!  I love metal because it makes me feel strong and empowered!  It's been my most cherished genre of music forever and you're damn right we metalheads are part of something, a brotherhood we call the Metal Militia! \m/
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And yet the same militia will have fights over which subgenre of metal is better. Metal is silly.