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Random Music Rants

© Chad Bowar

I'm a pretty level headed person most of the time. But sometimes things just piss me off, and I need to vent. That's what this article is about. These are random thoughts, things that anger or puzzle me about music. I seriously doubt if there will be a big reaction in the music industry to immediately correct what is wrong, but at least I'll feel better. Let the ranting begin!

Why don't record labels put the song titles on the CD anymore? To save space I have pretty much eliminated CD jewel cases. I have a bunch of those photo album like thingees(that's the official technical name) that I use to store my discs. The disc goes on one side of the page, and the booklet on the other. If the songs were listed on the disc there would be no problem. But most newer CDs don't do this. So I have to pull out the damn booklet and open it up to see which songs are on the disc.

Why do musicians have to put 18 songs on a CD? I have no complaints if an artist has enough quality songs to fill up a 74 minute CD. But I can count on one hand the musicians that can pull that off. If you only have 10 songs that are any good, stop there! There is no need to record 8 filler songs that I skip anyway.

Did Warrant really teach us how to love? Why do those TV commercials hawking 80's CDs have to be so cheesy? I know 80's hair metal was cheesy, but that's beside the point. With today's high powered ad agencies and ingenious commercials, why make us suffer through these cheesefests? I know even bad boys have a soft side, but come on! The video clips of the bands are dorky enough without putting in some geeky freaks dancing and headbanging between the clips. (OK, I must admit I did order Monster Ballads, but I told the operator the commercial sucked!)

Why do bands I hate release new CDs every 6 months but the bands I like wait 5 years between CDs? I think Congress should pass a law that bands I don't like must wait at least 3 years between CDs. Bands I like must release new material at least every 2 years, unless a band member dies of a drug overdose. Then I'll give them an extra year to replace the dead guy.