'What happened to good music?'

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by AMY SCHMID

I have been thinking a lot about music lately.

I was driving to work one morning and Billy Joel came on, crooning about a piano man.

Tears streamed down my face as he left me sitting in a bar, surrounded by all these lost souls drowning their worries away. God bless that man. I wish we could produce music that told stories, that gives me chills.

Music has changed a great deal over the past 50 or so years. I am a great lover of music from the 60’s right through to the naughties, but I am starting to tire of the latest barrage of Top 40 music making my ears bleed.

Billy Joel

I cannot stand the likes of Johnny Ruffo, Justin Bieber, or Rihanna. Give me the Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival or Queen any day. When did music go from

She gives me everything And tenderly The kiss my lover brings She brings to me And I love her

I’ll be on top of the world when I’m on top of you, girl!

I may only be 24, but I really don’t like the music aimed toward my generation, and younger. I recently watched The Sapphires at the movies, and I have been lapping the soundtrack up ever since.

With songs like Land of 1000 Dances and What a man, (which actually have soul) who needs On Top or Boyfriend?

Don’t get me wrong, I do like some of the music that filters through. I enjoy Jessica Mauboy immensely. I think she is a beautiful role model for girls, with her cheeky smile and powerhouse voice. I just hope the American music giants don’t get their hands on her and strip her down, musically and physically.

Amy Schmid

I am sick of the auto-tune, the rap, the so-called R&B crap that doesn’t hold a candle to Elvis Presley, whose style of music just doesn’t exist anymore. I want old music back, when people actually sang.

I also wish we could embrace real women in music. I was working out at the gym the other week and my eyes were assaulted by Ricki-Lee, a once-voluptuous Australian Idol, now suffering Lollypop Syndrome and gyrating on the screen, having sold her soul to the music sex demons.

I just hope and pray the children of my generation know who The Beatles, Freddie Mercury, and The Dire Straits are.

I really want them to hear the stories they had to tell, grooving to special music and not listening to someone proclaim how they can’t wait to get on top of them.

Amy Schmid works for Network Ten as a librarian and hopes to advance her career in the media behind the scenes. She lives with her boyfriend on the Central Coast.

Take a look at how much lyrics have changed over the years…

Elvis, 'You look like an angel, walk like an angel Talk like an angel, but I got wise You're the devil in disguise'

David Guetta & Akon, 'I'm tryna find the words to describe this girl without being disrespectful Damn youse a sexy bitch'

Etta James, 'At last, my love has come along My lonely days are over And life is like a song'

Britney Spears, 'When I'm not with you I lose my mind Give me a sign Hit me baby one more time'

Buddy Holly, 'When you say goodbye Yes, that'll be the day, when you make me cry You say you're gonna leave You know it's a lie 'Cause that'll be the day when I die'

Bruno Mars, 'Don't feel like picking up my phone So leave a message at the tone 'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything'

Beatles, 'There were birds in the sky But I never saw them winging No, I never saw them at all 'Til there was you'

One Direction, 'Baby you light up my world like nobody else, The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed'

Frank Sinatra, 'The way your smile just beams The way you sing off-key The way you haunt my dreams No, no they can't take that away from me.'

Justin Bieber, 'Baby, baby, baby oooh Like baby, baby, baby nooo Like baby, baby, baby oooh'

Bob Dylan, 'Here comes the story of the Hurricane The man the authorities came to blame For something that he never done'

Lmfao, 'Wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle Yeah'

James Brown, 'This is a mans world. But it would be nothing,nothing without a women or a girl'

Rebecca Black, 'It's Friday, Friday. Gotta get down on Friday.'

Janis Joplin, 'Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose'

Ke$ha, 'Before I leave, brush ma teeth with a bottle of Jack. 'Cuz when I leave for the night I ain't comin back'

Ray Charles, 'Other arms reach out to me. Other eyes smile tenderly. Still in peaceful dreams I see. The road leads back to you'.'

Black Eyed Peas, 'Whatcha gonna do with all that junk? All that junk inside your trunk?'

Jimmi Hendrix, 'Don't know if I'm coming up or down. Am I happy or in misery? Whatever it is, that girl put a spell on me.'

Paris Hilton. 'Nuf said.

Rolling Stones, 'I can't get no...satisfaction!'

Pussycat Dolls, 'Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?'

The Beach Boys, 'She's giving me excitations. I'm pickin up good vibrations'

Nickelback, 'I love your lack of self respect, while you're passed out on the deck. I love my hands around your neck.''

What popular modern music can you simply NOT STAND? And which old-school classics do you love?

Am I getting old or does today's music suck?

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