Ok, is it just me or do all the newer female singers sound a lot alike??

[a kennedy]

Sorry, but dang, new country singers, and lotsa of the female singers shown on Jimmy Kimmel’s show dang near sound a lot alike. Or is it just moi??? I listen to country sometimes just during ads on NPR, oh, and when did NPR start using “outside advertisements” on their radio shows?? Anyway, THEY ALL SOUND ALIKE TO MOI. Gotta start listening to my 70’s babes again......

[jmbar2]

1. Not only that...

All the songs sound the same. Repetitious, limited melody that builds up to a crescendo to nowhere.

[a kennedy]

9. I don't watch tv anymore when on my indoor cycle, and have the radio on...

usually NPR, but lately??? Not even them...to much political shit, ya know why she lost, how he won, who voted for him, and DMAN IT, JUST DONE WITH NPR TOO. 🤬 🤬 🤬

[walkingman]

2. Agree - I think most of the music these days sucks. Maybe because I'm comparing it to 60s and 70s

[WestMichRad]

19. Agree!

That really was a golden age for music, wasn’t it?!

[justaprogressive]

3. Their voices are ALL

smoothed and retouched by machines...

[CrispyQ]

4. I hate to think what that would have done to Janis' voice. -nt

[a kennedy]

6. I know right??? And Stevie Nicks....

[justaprogressive]

7. I literally thought of her...

[a kennedy]

5. Damn.

[LisaM]

8. Yes, but so do the male singers.

The only thing I really object to is the vapid material and the auto-tune. There have been plenty of like-sounding popular music acts in the past, starting with the Big Band era.

[Basso8vb]

10. They're all drop dead gorgeous and can't carry a melody in a paper bag without Autotune.

In my lifetime in music, the bar is exceedingly low for pretty people who can sort of carry a tune.

Real musicians spend years on their technique.

[a kennedy]

11. Sorry, I kinda think they all look alike too.....different hairstyles, but some "sexy" clothes

and bam, there you have it.....same look, and same song. GIVE ME MY 70’ BACK.

[Boomerproud]

15. Same dance moves too.

I've tuned it all out. BORING!

[chouchou]

16. Amen. As a decent classical and Jazz pianist (I'd give myself a "B" player) .....it's almost.

painful to hear the drone of many singers and what modern society call "A song". I'm certainly not an elitist but damn...
..seems like a whole barnyard of so-called music nowadays reminds me of "My Baby does the Hanky-Panky" BARF!

[ProfessorGAC]

20. Speaking Of Which...

...the famous Rhianna song "Only Girl In The World" is a prime example.
An IT guy used to listen to a pop station (loudly) when I was in a temporary office, until the new wing was built.
That song would play a lot.
You can clearly hear the auto tune, but she STILL wasn't hitting the notes. The autotune couldn't move the pitch fast enough to not hear that it was 20 cents flat then work its way into pitch. She had to be off nearly a quatertone
She's a beautiful young woman but clearly couldn't carry a tune if we attached a handle to it.

[keep_left]

21. Session musician extraordinaire Steve Lukather said something like this recently.

He was commenting on a lot of the "pop tarts", both of the male and female variety. I can't remember the exact quote, but he referred to a lot of today's music as "McRecords", and said "you should hear what they sound like without all the auto-tune and world-class engineers!".

[lastlib]

12. It's a litle hard to tell through all the drums and synthesizers and gyrations.......

but best guess is, yes, they all suck. Not ONE of them can hold a candle to Annie Haslam, Linda Ronstadt, Stevie Nicks, or Karen Carpenter.

Proof:

The INCOMPARABLE Annie Haslam, Renaissance.

Renaissance didn't have a lead guitar player. In this song, they used her unequalled vocal range to replicate one, and the result will send chills down your spine! A-MAZ-ing!

[a kennedy]

13. This gave me chills.......Wow

[Midnight Writer]

14. Laura Trump has a different sound. I can't think of anyone with a voice like hers.

[Jeebo]

17. What I hear is just a bunch of caterwauling.

I love Saturday Night Live, never miss an episode, but when the musical guest comes on, I listen ( give 'em a chance) to the first 30 or 45 seconds, grimace, shake my head, and then hit the mute button until the next skit or Weekend Update comes on.

— Ron

[a kennedy]

18. Yup, that like the musical guests on Jimmy Kimmel's show....listen for a few, and either

let them finish, or trash my DVR copy.

[Figarosmom]

22. The pop singers

All sound the same too.

[womanofthehills]

23. Love this song by Lady Gaga

https://youtube.com/shorts/4ULby7yUX_8?si=6A5elMLtktEDe52s