Boring!

I am currently bored by the state of modern music. I'm not just talking about rock music (which has been in decline for a while) but the whole deal, even hip-hop which is enjoying its popularity.
I was watching MTV's Sucker Free yesterday, and the two videos that came on where the new T.I song, and one of those Southern rappers with a song based on a dance (I don't remember who it was, but it doesn't matter). The T.I. video had Wyclef Jean in it, because he produced it. It wasn't anything special, usual T.I. The next video I think is the epitome of what is wrong with rap. It isn't the guy's fault, I understand he wants to make a video and a record and make some money, but the record companies seem interested in songs that they can sell rather than establishing artists with staying power. More one hit wonders plugged into a formula: catchy songs with dances that people can dance along to the song to. But it isn't just the danceable stuff (or snap as my friend Matt calls it) there are other songs by rappers and groups of rappers that will be one hit wonders: "Party like a rockstar", "A bay bay", "Sexy Lady". This seems to be the trend unless there is some "hardcore hip hop" that gets popular or gets exposure, which doesn't seem all that likely.
Rock music is in a sad state also. There are new bands that are gaining popularity and exposure, but they have a very generic sound. I was driving yesterday and heard the new single by the band Flyleaf. It was an alright song, nothing too special, very generic rock sound to it. I liked the chorus melody, but it seemed like that something was missing from it. That is how I feel about the majority of the rock bands now. Nickleback, Breaking Benjamin, Staind, 3 Doors Down, they all have a generic rocking, but not rocking too hard sound. It is almost baffling that they are getting popular (I say almost because most of the people I know like all that stuff).
Another thing that bothers me about rock music is K-Rock in New York. After Howard Stern left the station to go to Sirius, they switched to an all talk format. They called it Free FM, because satelitte radio is a pay service, but you can get talk for free from them. A few months ago they switched back to the station that they used to be, because of the failure of the talk format, now with Opie and Anthony in the morning and music all day after them. The station is back, and so is the same exact playlist. I don't understand why in 2007 they play the same music they did in 1997. Stone Temple Pilots, Metallica, Nirvana, all the bands that I grew tired of because I heard the same songs over and over again on the station. They do try to play newer stuff, but it is new stuff by established artists like Incubus and Tool. They do play some of the newer bands, like Flyleaf, but that is usually reserved for their online "station" called K-Rock 2, which I think is terrible. I don't understand why they don't play the newer or less established bands on the air like they used to. They used to have different shows and programming, now they are almost like a rock jukebox, I don't even think they hired DJs yet, and they switched over 4 months ago.