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It is a familiar complaint from those of a certain age： today’s pop music is louder and all the songs sound the same. It turns out they are right.
Spanish researchers carried out a computer analysis of the key features of almost half a million pop， rock and hip hop songs from 1955 to 2010. The Research shows that modern recordings are louder than those of the 1950s and 1960s. They are also blander， with less variety in terms of chords and melodies.
This is thought to be not simply due to better recording equipment but an attempt to make music that catches more attention and is suitable for playing in discos.
Researcher Martin Haro said， “Nowadays， it is more about relaxing， you don’t want to think about what the music is telling you. In the 1950s and 1960s， music was more artistic and for getting messages， things about politics.”
“However， music can only get so loud before it becomes simply unlistenable， and so the same theory argues that this is where musical styles begin to evolve： performers and composers have to find new types of music rather than make their music novel by simply making it louder， and so this is how new musical styles come about.”
analysis分析
bland平淡无奇的
in terms of在……方面
chord和弦
melody旋律
attempt企图
disco迪斯科舞厅
artistic有美感的
unlistenable不堪入耳
evolve演变
composer作曲家
novel新奇的
Spanish researchers carried out a computer analysis of the key features of almost half a million pop， rock and hip hop songs from 1955 to 2010. The Research shows that modern recordings are louder than those of the 1950s and 1960s. They are also blander， with less variety in terms of chords and melodies.
This is thought to be not simply due to better recording equipment but an attempt to make music that catches more attention and is suitable for playing in discos.
Researcher Martin Haro said， “Nowadays， it is more about relaxing， you don’t want to think about what the music is telling you. In the 1950s and 1960s， music was more artistic and for getting messages， things about politics.”
“However， music can only get so loud before it becomes simply unlistenable， and so the same theory argues that this is where musical styles begin to evolve： performers and composers have to find new types of music rather than make their music novel by simply making it louder， and so this is how new musical styles come about.”
analysis分析
bland平淡无奇的
in terms of在……方面
chord和弦
melody旋律
attempt企图
disco迪斯科舞厅
artistic有美感的
unlistenable不堪入耳
evolve演变
composer作曲家
novel新奇的