They don't make songs like they used to anymore...
I was hungry for something old, nostalgic and can bring me away to some far away land or perhaps "time-warp" me into another era and to another place. So when I got home, I searched for old songs and even older songs... Local of course! Some of you might have this impression that I am not much into pop music, yes, I am not into pop music at all, modern pop music that is. Exceptions of that are the pop music of the 90s, 80s, and even 70s... Just because pop music these days are just full of crappy lyrics and crappy sounds and shitty arrangements and compositions... That's my reason for not liking most modern pop music(local or otherwise), at all.
In the local music scene, where did the brilliant composers go? Yes, we have so many marvelously gifted singers locally, but songwriters? Where are they? Even Gary Valenciano and Ogie Alcasid, who are two of my most favorite local singers and composers don't make music the way they used to back in the olden days. If ever they make new songs now, it just doesn't have that "ooomph" anymore. Unlike back in the 80s or 90s, lyrics and beats just captures everyone's ears, hearts, and imaginations. Lyrics were beautifully written, cheesy but intelligent, and they were composed well enough for both the masses and the other classes of society to get hooked and stir their emotions.
Manilyn Reynes, she was a hit back in the 80s, where are the people who used to write songs for her? Ogie Alcasid could be one of the people who wrote songs for her. Do you remember her first single Sayang na Sayango as well as her major hit Ikaw Pa Rin? Which I think the latter have been remade several times by many singers, but still, nothing beats her version, the one and only original.
I think the deterioration of the quality music, the popular genre in particular, stems from the advances in production and reproduction, manufacturing, and packaging of recorded music. Back then a single recording would take months to do, and a take would include a lot or prep-work. These day, a bad take could easily be fixed digitally. Back then reproduction was analog and cumbersome, limited by the speed of the machinery and the quality of the materials, these days leaking singles online are becoming a marketing requisite.
Because it is easier to create and recreate music now, the effort and discipline of making sure each song is perfect has lost its appeal. No longer do composers spend as much time perfecting the piece, or the performer collaborating on how it should be performed to show what the song really meant.
Society today is consumerist, never wallowing to understand what a particular song means, our short attention span requires a different brand of popular music. One that relies heavily on synthesized effects and beats, catchy phrases and scandalous videos, rather than the poetry of lyrics and the discipline of musicality.
well sharon is still visible pero ang crdit sa mga composer ng kanyang kanta... db... nasan n kaya sila ung iba patay na... ung iba wala na atang magawang kanta...
Victoria yup i rememebr her as MTV icon before...
opm music way back its GOLden days tlgang panalao...
@Red: I agree with everything you said. With the convenience of technology, comes the lack of discipline (as you said) in creating worthy songs that makes sense. Peoples' tastes may have changed to a global scale, but as well as their capacity to comprehend and appreciate a song. Most are merely contented with digital beats rather than what the song conveys, the more high tech a song is, the more they are drawn to it, which in my opinion, should not be the case.
@Uno: True! Puro remakes, wala na kasing maisulat.
Hahaha, with my OPM, Manila Sounds and Oldies collection, I won't have a problem dealing with Pop. Nako marami akong music entries this month!
ReplyDeleteI think the deterioration of the quality music, the popular genre in particular, stems from the advances in production and reproduction, manufacturing, and packaging of recorded music. Back then a single recording would take months to do, and a take would include a lot or prep-work. These day, a bad take could easily be fixed digitally. Back then reproduction was analog and cumbersome, limited by the speed of the machinery and the quality of the materials, these days leaking singles online are becoming a marketing requisite.
ReplyDeleteBecause it is easier to create and recreate music now, the effort and discipline of making sure each song is perfect has lost its appeal. No longer do composers spend as much time perfecting the piece, or the performer collaborating on how it should be performed to show what the song really meant.
Society today is consumerist, never wallowing to understand what a particular song means, our short attention span requires a different brand of popular music. One that relies heavily on synthesized effects and beats, catchy phrases and scandalous videos, rather than the poetry of lyrics and the discipline of musicality.
i agree with you nasan na sila?
ReplyDeletewell sharon is still visible pero ang crdit sa mga composer ng kanyang kanta... db... nasan n kaya sila ung iba patay na... ung iba wala na atang magawang kanta...
Victoria yup i rememebr her as MTV icon before...
opm music way back its GOLden days tlgang panalao...
now puro revival n lng nagyyari eh
@Mugen: Aabangan ko yang mga posts mo na 'yan!
ReplyDelete@Red: I agree with everything you said. With the convenience of technology, comes the lack of discipline (as you said) in creating worthy songs that makes sense. Peoples' tastes may have changed to a global scale, but as well as their capacity to comprehend and appreciate a song. Most are merely contented with digital beats rather than what the song conveys, the more high tech a song is, the more they are drawn to it, which in my opinion, should not be the case.
@Uno: True! Puro remakes, wala na kasing maisulat.
Nice! I like those two Rachel Alejandro songs!
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