“The Downfall of Media” pt. 1

Just watched a very heartbroken Todd In the Shadows do a vlog about the MTV Video Music awards.

You know what? If you look at just about any kind of current media, especially music and video games, and compare it to what it was a decade or more ago, you’ll find that current media seems boring, lack lustre and uninspired. You’ll also find that a lot of it seems very much alike. You might think I’m wearing the good old Nostalgia Goggles again, but I’m not.

It’s like we’ve reached a Shakespearean era of media. How many of you know that Shakespeare was not the first man to write “Romeo and Juliet”? How many of you know that the man before him was not the first, either? There was an era in time where stories were recycled over and over again. No one in that era wanted to hear or see anything unfamiliar. It’s like this now, just with music and video games. It’s like we don’t want anything new. How many video game titles have an obscene number of sequels? Final Fantasy The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Super Mario, Megaman, Street Fighter, Castlevania, to name a few. Just what bands, musicians, and singers stand out at the forefront of music? Think about it. I don’t mean how they stand out via personality or how they dress. What do they bring to the metaphorical table that makes their music different?

Growing up in the 90′s exposed me to a lot of music. Nirvana, Our Lady Peace, Green Day, The Backstreet Boys, The Tragically Hip (good god I remember when Much Music played them every half hour), Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera. Listening to the radio wasn’t boring. Every artist had their own distinct sound. There was a lot that I didn’t like and that’s okay. DIVERSITY IS KEY. Listening to the radio now is boring. It all follows the same formula and is usually autotuned. Turn on Much Music and there is only TV shows that can be, and are, aired on other channels.

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