The Change in the Music Industry

Have you ever wondered why people listen to music? Everyone listens to music everyday. People's thoughts on music are very different. Some think music is the best thing in life, others think music is a way to express their feelings through soulful lyrics. People use music for many reasons. They use it to calm themselves, concentrate, or to drain their emotions. Ever since the 70's, music from the past few decades have become very different from music today.

In the past music used to be about being happy, having a good time, the ills of society, having a relaxing or dancing feeling to when you listen to it, etc. People were enjoying themselves through the tunes of music back then. If you listen to music from the 70's -90's, you'll probably get the same feeling too. The way people danced to music back then is COMPLETELY different to what it is today. For example, people in the 70's used to dance disco moves. Dance moves like the electric slide, shows that people are dancing and having fun. Music in the past is mainly known for people enjoying themselves through dancing to music. 

However, music today is totally different to what it was in the past. Pop music is all the same, rock music is mainly about expressing your sorrows. All these genres have changed in its own way. A type of music genre that has changed the music industry immensely, is rap music. Rap has a catchy tune, but it can be very offensive. Today, rap music has a lot of obscene language, urban meanings, inappropriate and sexual meanings,etc. It's not a good example for kids to be listening to, because they often repeat the lyrics in places they shouldn't.

Dancing has changed a lot from the past to today. In the past the dance moves used to be appropriate and giving the message of enjoying the music. Today, all you see on the internet and tv is wining, grinding, backpopping, twerking, and etc. It isn't appropriate for kids to do, neither teens. It shows no respect for themselves. If you watch music videos on rap music, all you see are ladies showing off themselves in obscene ways. It's disrespectful to be watching people dance inappropriately. Imagine yourself as a parent, someone sends you a video of a girl dancing. You click on the video, and you recognize your daughter dancing inappropriately in a public area. How would you feel? Wouldn't you feel embarrassed or disgraced?  A really bad example of a famous person who kids look up to is Miley Cyrus. She used to be Hannah Montana, but she desperately wanted to lose her imagine as her, and began to act inappropriately. Kids have been picking up things after all of this nonsense was introduced to them.

The bottom line is, music has changed a lot since the 70's. It's becoming really disgraceful. I'm not saying that you shouldn't listen to the music or anything. It's your choice, and whatever you choose, you should be proud of it and use it wisely. I'm saying for my opinion, that music has changed drastically and it's not respectful to me at all. I was brought up in life, to be responsible, independent and respectful. Just by listening and watching those music videos made me really offended. My message isn't meant to be offensive. I'm sharing my thoughts on the way life is changing. I don't mean any harm to you or your opinions and I truly respect your thoughts.  

Thanks for reading, I really appreciate all your comments and thoughts.