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There are too many damn love songs. 75% of all music does not need to be about love, relationships, and breakups. I stopped listening to radio because all the damn love songs got annoying.
Can we please have more songs about literally anything else. Weed, flowers, rainy days, animal companions, construction work, types of cars, card games, anything. Thereβs more in life to sing about than just relationships and/or the lack of them!
Sincerely, A person whose sexuality is βNoβ and has no interest in that kind of relationship.
Well godd news then, you can start to enjoy music about religion, cause I feel like every other popular song is about that, and I am just as annoyed as you, be careful though there are overlap betweem the two. π
I feel this so hard.
It's not even that 90% of love songs are for straight people, it's that 100% of them are about gals and guys who have no definining features, beyond their predisposition to breaking the singers heart or making them "feel like woah." Give me an actual story about something beyond just vague descriptions and the musician just saying how they feel without going too deep into why.
I don't want to fill in the blanks with me and my crush/partner/ex. I want a story that puts me in someone else's shoes so I can see the world through their eyes. Extra credit if it's not the same demographics and stories that saturate every other form of media.
For a recommendation of an album that isn't about love, but about a wizard seeking immortality, check out Hypercube Necrodimensions
Which is why I love concept albums where the artist sings a bunch of songs that tell some story of a fisherman who catches a magic mermaid type creature who can cure cancer, but the mermaid type creature ends up becoming a trapped carnival attraction at a freak show instead. Or about the story of a mad scientist type dude who conducts experiments on his patients, creates an evil demagogue who then becomes a tyrant whose reign ends in a terrible war that causes a lot of death and destruction. Or about a bunch of AI who find themselves in disagreement with their creators and then say bye to the solar system and just fuck off into deep space.
As someone on the asexual spectrum, I feel you. I also have intense social anxiety and so those two things combined means it doesn't make sense for me to attempt a relationship to begin with. Occasionally I get sad when listening to love songs. Because they are so ubiquitous and it makes me feel like I'm not even human sometimes because I lack these basic human feelings and experiences.
Certain genres have different themes i find.
For example i think most 'metalcore' songs i listen to are about emotional or addiction struggles, anger at society/moral injustices, inspirational (yes really, overcoming obstacles and living a happier life), life experiences and oddly a lot of christian bands in the genre.
They Might Be Giants
Mountain Goats