Tuesday, 04 October 2011
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In Totally Obvious News, Americans Really Like Songs About Sex
Apparently musicians, like everyone else, are obsessed with sex. According to a new study released by a SUNY Albany psychology professor, "Approximately 92% of the 174 songs that made it into the [Billboard] Top 10 in 2009 contained reproductive messages." But thankfully the phrase "reproductive messages" hasn't made it into the music itself.They found that by far R&B music contained the most sexually suggestive themes and phrases, usually dealing with everyone's go-to favorites: "arousal", "sexual prowess", and of course, "genitalia". Pop music and R&B most prevalently featured the concept of sex appeal, whereas country music more often discussed issues of relationships, fidelity, and commitment (re: lame!).Do you think music should diversify, and include another topic besides sex for once? If not, what is your favorite genre of music to get in the mood?
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Datingish refused to publish my last two articles for this?
@Chibi_Son_Gokou@xanga - Maybe it's because you post your same old crap about only the "cocky & funny" guys getting the girls, lol, that's why it didn't get published.
I really like electronic or dream pop, eclectic stuff really. Stuff like Fever Ray or M83, Crystal Castles, Glitch Mob. Don't ask me why. I know that's strange hah.
@Chibi_Son_Gokou@xanga - Because you don't date and they are only interested in people with insight.
@oneLBcloser@xanga - hahahaha thank you for making my day.
sex sells...it's not about good music anymore, it's about how much money you're going to make off your music.
I don't like music about sex, it's just disgusting and over done.
lol my girlfriend's favorite music is R&B. Just another indication that she's a keeper.
Yeah...but how much of popular music is about sex? Not really a fair study.
Reproductive messages.... Haaaa.
I think that they forgot to take into consideration that at least 75% of music is about love/sex/etc anyhow.
@superGchik@xanga - The fact that sex sells is not a new fact. How far back are you talking? I'm pretty sure people seeing Rigoletto in 1850 weren't going just for the stimulating intellectual enjoyment of music. They also wanted to see the Duke seduce some Count's daughter (I think that's what happened anyway...) Fair Phyllis was written in like.. 1600ish and it's about some lady meeting some guy in the hills and kissing him. Those madrigals weren't complaining when people payed them for their performances.
I am beginning to very seriously doubt that many people listen to lyrics anymore. A song need not have intelligent lyrics - it simply needs to have a catchy beat and a well known artist behind it. How many people honestly listen to a song so that they can hear about a singer/rappers sexual exploits? However, if you set those exploits to a fantastic beat, you're bound to have more listeners.
All that to say, I'm not so sure that, in general, it's the sex in the song that's causing it to sell. (Unless it really is a song intended to set the mood.) I think it's more that people become devoted to the artist and like the musical qualities of the song - they can pretty much say whatever they want, and people will still listen.
Now if we're talking music videos, I would agree that sex sells. A music video with a sexy guy sans shirt doing his thing is kinda hard to skip over. And, given the popularity of strip clubs and such, it's only logical that someone would also watch a video with a scantily clad girl shaking her butt.
Music is diversified. It just depends where you look for it. If you look for it in narrow places, you get narrow choices. But if you explore amongst the tens of thousands of musicians out there, there's plenty of music that covers just about any topic you could ever desire.
do romantic bards still exist in this age..? i want
I hate songs about sex. Especially those Buckcherry fags.
Someone should sing about fruits and veggies! Everyone would dig that! =D
I've been thinking about writing up a blog about how shitty music is nowadays. ESPECIALLY these past two or three years - literally, it's about fucking, getting wasted or partying, with a very random decent song thrown in there once in a while.
Even that new Nicki Minaj song mentions coke dealing, yet you see fourteen year olds singing it because it's catchy and they heard it on the radio. These songs ARE catchy. But their lyrical content is a fucking joke. I hate that music is always about sex - at least, the popular songs - it's like there's nothing more to life. Where's the class? You hear Katy Perry's Last Friday Night, and there's not a line in there that isn't ridiculously trashy. But is it catchy? Of course!
@boilingicicle@xanga - Death Cab For Cutie. Bright Eyes. Damien Rice. NeverShoutNever. Jack Johnson.
"...whereas country music more often discussed issues of relationships, fidelity, and commitment (re: lame!)."
I can't tell if this is snark or you're completely ridiculous.
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Diversify? Not all songs are about sex lol. i think the damn radio needs to diversify and stop playing the same 5 songs. That's the real problem.
@TallandThinIsBetter@xanga - True and that is why I stopped listening to the radio a long time ago. My ipod is my best friend.
OP:
Actually I rarely listen to songs about sex, it's mostly about love, self, just different concepts all around.
@Lots_goin_on_1_focus@xanga - I agree with you 100% on people not listening to lyrics anymore! I used to love pop music growing up because it meant something to me and I could (kind of) relate. These days pop music is just like what you said, a catch beat with a well known artist behind it. Even Britney Spears has transformed and put out a few songs where the chorus has like two sentences on repeat the whole time. So I just switched to Texas and Nashville country.