Myuzeeck

Music. The one non-essential element that practically everybody adheres to and subsequently incorporate it as an integral part of their lives. While music was generated predominantly to convey and express emotions (no?) - via lyrics no less - music nowadays tend to be more a mash-up of catchy hooks, headbanging feet-tapping beats and mindless lyrics (starships were meant to fly... seriously?) with no aim of portraying an ulterior message (unless of course the hardcore sensationalism consensus of the "illuminati" infiltrating music to pervade the masses holds true). Yet somehow, evidently, today's crop of music and singers still manages to capture the attention of the current generation (yours truly included, despite my constant denigration).

It seems weird how diverse and contrasting perceptions can be. Throw a 5 member boyband from the UK straight into the thick of the action, where they garner a Bieber-esque dose of fame and popularity, and it culminates with the band getting berated and labeled gay. For example: "Which way do 5 gay boys walk? One Direction". Yet another 5 member boyband also from the UK -The Wanted-have no such trouble with labels. Safe to say, Justin Bieber is probably one of, if not the, most famous teenagers in the world now. Throughout his whole career he has been afflicted with verbal abuse similar to One Direction. Yet another "blonde white boy" - Jesse McCartney -  had no such problems. Rihanna gets mercilessly bombarded for singing a song about her nether regions, while Flo Rida sings a song about a bj and is hailed as musically gifted and takes the song to number one. Right.

Having said that, in no way is yours truly a fanatic of the abovementioned 1D or JB- with their fans affectionately known as "Directioners" or "Beliebers"- but I do have to say their latest offerings are pretty ridiculously catchy. And as much as I hate to admit it, seems like the Beebs has actually matured as an artiste - really polished and slick dance moves just adds to his repertoire of skills- as compared to his pre-pubescent days of "Baby" and "One Time". Oh well these songs still fall under "mindless" music of today with no meaningful lyrics. If only there were more singers like Adele and Jason Mraz who use their vocals instead of beats to conjure up music.