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Is today’s contemporary music lacking?

I listen to various genres of music, and I am a big fan of rock/pop from the 1950s to today.

When I turn in the radio to hear new pop/rock songs, I often hear “monotonous” verses with minimal melody repeated again and again (4x) then the chorus not quite matching the music of the verses. The artist seems to try using a good voice trying to make the song sound good but these songs seem to lack a good “melody”. Anybody else notice this?

Also, because pop/rock music is well established, is it more difficult nowadays to create new good melodies - are artists running out of creative ideas?  This thought has often crossed my mind whenever I hear another song remake.
kennyc

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danager
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Hopefully this doesn't cross a line but here goes.
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/female-vocals-stunning-recordings-you-lov...

There is almost 60 pages of female artists new and old and most have a YouTube video associated so you can get a taste what then performer sounds like.  I spent weeks here and discovered quite a few new favorites.  I was so enthralled with the site I spent almost a whole day cataloging the artists and the page they're found on (page 50)

While Pop may be awful there is still a lot of good music being produced today.

Long live steaming :)

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danager
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A lot more than a few. 

By simply opening your mind to different styles of music the last 20 years has produced an incredible amount music that rivals the favorites you cling to.  
Yeah if you listen to pop  not a heck of lot of stuff produced is ground breaking over the last 20 years but what do expect it's pop.
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