Monday, May 23, 2011

Someone fire the Robot DJ

I know I usually write about  movies or TV shows but this one goes out to all the angry music lovers out there. Am I the only one having an I,Robot moment? Where robots have taken over the music planet and we are now being forced to listen to what sounds like two machines getting their grove on. That's what it sounds like! Two robots diddeling each other. Perverted. They shuffle, they Cat Daddy, they Douggie, all to this music. A bunch of  beeps and techno beats. Three minutes of lyrics that make no sense or no lyrics at all. The only safe middle ground is the Black Eyed Peas that mix music and techno with actual lyrics to create a safe environment for us non-shuffling folk. I miss the sound of guitars and drums. I miss the booming of bass pedals. I understand that hip-hop has always been somewhat electronic, I get that. But I miss the real stuff. I'm sorry but robot copulation doesn't please me. Tone it down. Don't destroy it, just take it down a notch. Mix your roots in. I don't like the whole "Hip-Hop is dead" concept so breathe life back into it please. Because this is touching Rock & Roll. The Limousines sang, "They trade those guitars in for drum machines and disco balls." Disco = Techno. That's where they get their whole concept from. Same concept different name. But they also sang, "Did you hear what they said? That rock and roll is dead? Yeah it's like a zombie it will dig itself back up again." I have no fear that rock & roll will live on. But hip-hop, not so much. It's dying. Ask anyone. It's like the masses wanted a 2.0 upgrade and now its coming back to bite them in the rear end. So fire the DJ, remove the dirty robot noises, and bring me back the glory days.

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