Clone Music

I just saw Janet Jackson on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. I’ve never had a strong opinion on music. This is mostly due to the fact that I like music of all sorts. I listen to rock, hip hop, R&B, alternative and even pop. Truth be told, I can’t actually tell apart the genres, it has never been important to me. I am more interested in what sounds good. Now getting back to Janet Jackson on Ellen’s show, well that just rubbed the wrong way.
I am not a Janet Jackson fan. I didn’t follow her music when she was at the top of her game and I barely paid attention to ‘Nipplegate’. However, this performance on Ellen got my undivided attention. It actually made me stop and take notice, but for all the wrong reasons. You see I wasn’t looking at the television when she started performing, and I was busy with something else. If asked, at that point, I would have said that it was Britney Spears. I was shocked when I looked at the television and saw that it wasn’t Britney.
Now like I said, I do not have a very strong opinion on music. What I do have a strong opinion on though, is individualism. I have a very strong opinion about music that sounds the same when you close your eyes. Music used to be the language of the heart. In the 70’s it was the voice of revolution, musicians were the poster people of change and new ideas. Today, there’re algorithms that predict the popularity of each song and the music sounds like it has been assembled on a conveyor belt.
Anyone who doesn’t believe me just has to close their eyes and run the recent hits of artistes like Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul, Ashlee Simpson and any other number of petite ‘hotties’ with more good looks than talents and more drama in their life than actual substance to their personalities.
Just Me.