I was listening to Brian McKnight's "Back At One" loving his voice ad the lyrics and all over a sudden i felt a pull on my heart. What has happened to love music I remember back in the 90's when Boyz II Men, 98 Degrees, Mariah Carey etc were toppin the charts with love music.

How come we barley hear a love song on our radios nowadays. There was a time back in the 50's where love music was topping the charts. When you listen to songs from Elvis, Johnny Mathis etc. The music was so simple but it made you think. It makes me wonder about the future of music because artists nowadays are so hypersexualized where singing basic words I Love You are not in their vocabulary.

R&B is not what it used to be there is constant 1,2,3 beats and R&B artists have a fetish for always wanting a rapper on their single.

Do you think love music will ever return to being popular in mainstream music.

Actually a lot of songs nowaday's are either party music or love songs.

They are still going on.. but they are just not as good imo

neoretro7 said:

It makes me wonder about the future of music because artists nowadays are so hypersexualized where singing basic words I Love You are not in their vocabulary.

Wasn't old music sexual? It might have been in a disguised form, but it was there. My grandfather listened to the blues and the songs weren't generally about "I love you".

MickyDolenz said:

neoretro7 said:

It makes me wonder about the future of music because artists nowadays are so hypersexualized where singing basic words I Love You are not in their vocabulary.

Wasn't old music sexual? It might have been in a disguised form, but it was there. My grandfather listened to the blues and the songs weren't generally about "I love you".

I know that's right

I understand where you are coming from and you are right who can ever forget Millie Jackson and Minnie Riperton's "Inside My Love" but there was more variety back then and the storytelling was a lot more compelling. There is no soul in the words they say now.

Gunsnhalen said:

MickyDolenz said:

Wasn't old music sexual? It might have been in a disguised form, but it was there. My grandfather listened to the blues and the songs weren't generally about "I love you".

I know that's right

He wasn't listening to Johnny Mathis style romantic songs. That's just what was mainstream at the time, so it was on TV and radio. It didn't have much to do with what was played in the juke joints.

MickyDolenz said:

Gunsnhalen said:

I know that's right

He wasn't listening to Johnny Mathis style romantic songs. That's just what was mainstream at the time, so it was on TV and radio. It didn't have much to do with what was played in the juke joints.

Johnny Mathis was as safe to the white audience as Nat King Cole was.If you guys remember most black acts were more nitty girtty when they were in the chitlin circuit.

You Send Me Sam Cook sounds differnt from Harlem Square 1963 Sam Cook.

neoretro7 said:

Johnny Mathis was as safe to the white audience as Nat King Cole was.If you guys remember most black acts were more nitty girtty when they were in the chitlin circuit.

You Send Me Sam Cook sounds differnt from Harlem Square 1963 Sam Cook.

He wasn't that safe. Nat couldn't get sponsors for his television show.

neoretro7 said:

I was listening to Brian McKnight's "Back At One" loving his voice ad the lyrics and all over a sudden i felt a pull on my heart. What has happened to love music I remember back in the 90's when Boyz II Men, 98 Degrees, Mariah Carey etc were toppin the charts with love music.

How come we barley hear a love song on our radios nowadays. There was a time back in the 50's where love music was topping the charts. When you listen to songs from Elvis, Johnny Mathis etc. The music was so simple but it made you think. It makes me wonder about the future of music because artists nowadays are so hypersexualized where singing basic words I Love You are not in their vocabulary.

R&B is not what it used to be there is constant 1,2,3 beats and R&B artists have a fetish for always wanting a rapper on their single.

Do you think love music will ever return to being popular in mainstream music.

AGREE..... and I think it will come back but not on a mainstream level like it was.... There are artists like Mint, Melanie Fiona, etc that are trying and still do ballads but it plays on R&B stations not mainstream ones.

Unfornately.... teens, young adults, kids, etc dont want to hear love ballads.

They want to hear rap/pop music.

That Bruno Mars 'Just The Way You Are' did pretty well. It was damn annoying but it was everywhere. I'm, sure there are more out there, but I don't follow the charts enough.

smoothcriminal12 said:

Like seriously.

The org ain't poppin like it ususally is. I might have to take a break until things get better.