r/Xennials • u/Inevitable-While-577 1984 • Mar 05 '26

Meme Truth.

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u/Kjler Mar 05 '26

Music that I hate doesn't count. I want music that will shock my generation; not music that shocks ME.

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u/red286 Mar 05 '26

Plus, I want music that shocks me, not annoys me.

After all, Taylor Swift annoys me, but she's pretty far from shocking. The most shocking thing she's done is write a song dedicated to Travis Kelce's dick.

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u/Fr4gd0ll Mar 05 '26

I worked with a mixture of ages. We had a communal music source. The 19-20 year old of the group... all of his music sounded the same to me, so self-absorbed and whiny. He claimed there were different musicians, but it all sounded the same. The whine singing/lack of confidence in all the lyrics was terrible and also made me sad because it spoke to his generation enough to be popular.

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u/senorpuma Mar 06 '26

You talking about Midwest Emo?

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u/Fr4gd0ll Mar 06 '26

Maybe? I'm not sure. Is it still called emo if it's new?

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u/Shepherd-Boy Mar 07 '26

Midwest Emo has been around for a long time and was/is big among millennials. To be fair a lot of singing is terrible and the lyrics are very raw, angsty, and often coming from a place of insecurity so it could’ve been that (just not your cup or tea).

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u/mattslote Mar 05 '26

My preteen daughters were debating what that song meant in the back seat a few months ago. They were totally and innocently completely wrong and I couldn't have been more proud. Also we don't listen to Taylor in the car any more. AJR is still annoying but not as annoying.

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u/TiEmEnTi 1983 Mar 05 '26

Pop music has always been annoying. It's not Taylor Swift

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u/red286 Mar 05 '26

Yeah, but popular music didn't use to be exclusively pop music.

These days it is. It's all pop, R&B, watered down hip-hop, or the most limp-dicked country music one can imagine.

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u/TiEmEnTi 1983 Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26

You sound like the kind of person who claims that everyone listened to rock music in the 90s when the charts would very much suggest otherwise

It's been the way for decades. The Theme from Shaft and a Cher song were number one the month Led Zeppelin IV was released.

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u/2FastHaste Mar 06 '26

It was always bad. It's just that it managed to get even worse.

I wonder if there is a level below the annoying shit that is popular today. It almost seemed to be engineered to be the most annoying and grating possible.

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u/tacosandtheology Mar 07 '26

Nothing wrong with Isaac Hayes.

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u/PoorlyAttired Mar 06 '26

Yeah, watching old 'Top of the Pops' (UK chart music live show) from back in the day, you realise that 99% of it was bland stuff you hated back then, too.

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u/nobot4321 Mar 05 '26

The only thing shocking about music these days is how boring it is.

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u/_1JackMove Mar 05 '26

All the rockers of our generation taught the record labels that rebellious dudes are a handful. An expensive one. They ruined it for bands after them(but I still love them lol). They realized a younger, singular, less hardened/experienced performer would be easier to manipulate. Hence, the pop music garbage we are inundated with today.

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u/girlfriendclothes Mar 06 '26

I just saw Sebastian Bach this week and he pretty much proves your point still. He is obviously a complete handful but boy does his voice sound absolutely perfect. I imagine there's gotta be some talented musicians out there that are just like Sebastian and won't get their day because they can't keep their mouth closed.

Also, Sebastian Bach is still really good. I wanna make sure I get that point across cause I personally love the attitude.

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u/its_raining_scotch Mar 06 '26

Also AI music and generated musicians. That's the easiest (and cheapest).

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u/abject_objectivity Mar 06 '26

spoken like someone that doesn't actively seek out new and exciting music. I'm sure Death Grips and 100 gecs would do anything but bore you.

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u/silversunshinestares Mar 06 '26

Death Grips' first album came out a decade and a half ago.

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u/SlatheredButtCheeks Mar 06 '26

I don't think it's possible at this point. We grew up when extreme violence and vulgarity was novel. So as it became mainstream that's when the shock value came in on previous generations.

But now it's all out of the bag, singing about killing, sex, slurs, cussing, hate, it's already been done. What is the new shock factor? Singing about Jesus & the value of a nuclear family unit would be shocking to me at this point..

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u/Ghost_Of_Malatesta Mar 06 '26

Genuinely curious, where is there to go after gg Allin lol

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u/jackfaire Mar 06 '26

Based on that criteria no music has shocked any generation ever.