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Bad Music Defined: Hollywood Undead

Usually people who love music want to like to write about music they love (for me that would be musical legends like The Beatles, Oasis, & The Zombies.) But sometimes it’s fun to talk about bad music. In fact in some ways it’s more fun. And it’s certainly much easier to find. Just check out music on MySpace to see what I mean. The worst thing to me is that some of the absolute worst music I’ve listened to on MySpace is also the most popular.

Hollywood Undead has to be the most exceptional example of this. They are shockingly bad and even more shockingly popular. I know it’s nothing new for “the kids” to love crap music, but I think Hollywood Undead just takes that concept too far? At least most of the awful music of the past had at least some redeeming value. Sure Milli Vanilli was cheesy but their songs were catchy and had some good production values. But with Hollywood Undead there is not even a hint of quality to be found.

But they are just one of many awful “artists” in the world of crappy music

How about country star Dierks Bentley? Have you heard this fluff? He’s amazingly bad. I had heard his name before but had never checked out his music before as I have no interest in country pop but one day I came across his latest single “Feel That Fire” and I was just floored because it was so much worse than I thought it would be. And that really is saying a lot because I thought it would be flat out horrendous. But no, it’s much worse than that.

It’s no big deal that guys are making awful music. There is absolutely nothing new about bad music. The big deal to me is that so many people actually think this is good music. Why is that? Why are people just so incredibly clueless about what constitutes quality?

American Idol is the easy to blame culprit. And I’m sure that does have a part to play. Now millions of people think that having a pretty voice is the only thing that matters.

But really it must go much deeper than that. Of course it’s not like people being into awful music is a new thing. The masses are always attracted to the easy to swallow garbage that usually fills the top forty every week. And it’s the real music that real music lovers listen to and that lasts for years.

Obviously no one will be listening to anyone from American Idol or Hollywood Undead in 25 years (except out of pure nostalgia or as a joke) while people will still be listening the music of true musical artists like Akron Family & Bob Dylan.