Music videos – Watered down porn?

Precisely that. Mentally fantisizing is just the same, just more internal, so if you dwell on it enough you can build it and have it affect you just like actual porn watching. Some people so weak theyre bodies fuses blow up from just a mental image. Pity them and their state and keep yourself strong.

 

Dark days we live. Porn everywhere even it its more subtle. Kids growing up with all those things implemented in their head.
I hate media. I don't even have a TV man! I quit watching TV years ago. I only have my computer which I work on and play some games/ watch movies that I carefully select. I never really liked the music that's on TV, which is a good thing I guess.

 

Me too. Just started doing it and after a couple months when I saw the crap on TV, at friends houses, etc, I realised I suffered no lossess at all from it. Only good comes from it. A stupid waste of time that flat rectangle is! You want news ? Internet!.. you don't need their special extra andrenaline making songs over dramatic car crash deaths because one of the drivers was drunk; in your life!

 

I am sadly hearing young kids talking about stuff they don't even have yet.( you know what i mean). Disrespecting others with words and phrases that should never come off a kids mind. I wish there were more strict regulations regarding media and content distribution. I don't even know if that we can see today can even be called filtered content.

 

Oh yes there is! Yes there is.

 

Music videos have always been garbage imo. Part of what I love so much about music is that your mind comes up with the imagery! Music videos force what image they want upon you. Of course songs about sex aren’t good for anyone in the first place.

 

Personally my glass is half full rather than half empty when it comes to the music industry. When you compare to what it was like in the 90's and the early 00's it's in a better state. Nowadays we have artists making music from their soul rather than for a commercial gain. Don't get me wrong there's a number who making it for the latter but more and more aren't.

Really, thanks to the internet, the music industry is in the process of changing. Record labels don't have the power like they used to. Instead of artists seeking out labels, labels are seeking out artists. If an artists goes viral online record labels come after them and really if the artist doesn't like what they offer they have power to turn them down. Of course not every independent artist has record labels chasing them and some don't make it but there has been a shift in the power dynamics. I actually think in 50 years time we might not have record labels because there's will no need for them.

I definitely think there will be no music TV or radio. It's a mystery to me why anyone listens to music on the radio today when you have streaming services. Two years ago I got fed up of music radio stations and switch to streaming and have never looked back. I mean why would you listen to a radio stations playlist when you can create your own playlist on Spotify, Deezer or Apple Music? Sure you pay between £5 - £10 a month but considering you can listen to as many albums as you want per month I'd say you're getting a great deal. As for music TV I think it's more and more irrelevant as the days go by. Ok occasionally I put it on if I ever want music in the background when the TV is on but that's like 3 times a year. Lol! I do think there'll be a place for live concerts on TV but MTV is no competition for YouTube. They're trying to fight it but I think deep down they know it's only a matter of time when they're no more.

 

There's plenty of artists like Adele you just have to seek them out. There's someone like Ingrid Michaelson who imo is a lot more talented than Adele (she plays the guitar, banjo and piano - all her songs are written by her and they all seem to be from her heart). Then you have someone like Julien Baker. I just discovered her and all I can say is wow! A lot of her songs are about depression and she says, 'sad songs make me feel better' but she's pretty amazing. Other good artists who aren't using sex to sell music are Mat Kearney, Johnnyswim, Låpsley, Fleurie and Rhiannon Giddens.

It's was pretty hilarious back in 2011 Aaradhna had a bit of melt down and started publicly attacking and mocking her record label. Before the melt down had this pretty girl image with long hair but she ended up shaving it all off, it was really her way of saying f**k you to the record label. Somehow she was able to sort out the issues between her record label because she released another album for them, but lyrically the album was full of attitude and the style was very different. Not sure if I would put her on the list of artists not using sex to sell her music since on her recent album she is

Spoiler: possible trigger

topless with her (now long) hair covering her chest

but I think it's unlikely she was forced to do it, since she wasn't afraid to take on her old record label.

But I do think you guys are being far too negative here. There is great music being made today that will uplift you and challenge you (in a good way) and you're missing out on it. Just because it's not on the radio or TV doesn't mean it's not being made. And the media isn't so bad, the BBC got behind Låpsley before she got a record deal and Rhiannon Giddens album was on The Guardians top 50 albums of 2017.

 

Ya many are turning into harder and harder softcore by the day.

The music industry is full of alot of fake people just looking to cash out. Substance is still there and where substance is "watered down porn music videos" should not be often found if at all.

If this is a concern and music is still desired...SoundCloud or Google Play Music or iTunes yo.

YouTube and Vimeo have some cool music videos without any sexualization but there is always a risk of triggers in this world.

 

Sorry for that song. Not a recommendation.

Um, i can recommend Zack Hemsey for starters. Otherwise check out recovery and inspiring song threads here lots of ideas out there.