According to Noel Gallagher, today’s music is “bland” and it does not make any effort to reflect the mood of the times.
Noel Gallagher Criticizes Today’s Music: “Bland and Meaningless”
According to Noel Gallagher, modern music is “bland” and fails to reflect today’s chaotic world.
In an interview with MOJO, he said: “We live in ridiculous times now. The music today is so bland. It’s nice but meaningless. Then you watch the news, and it’s brutal! Music doesn’t reflect the times at all. I hear Radio 1 in the morning while my kids get ready for school. It’s just mindless pop music. Then the news says: ‘The world is ending!’ What’s going on? The music of George Ezra: Wow!”
Musicians Prefer Solo Careers Over Bands
Noel Gallagher believes the decline of bands is due to artists preferring solo careers. “I spoke to a friend in several bands. I asked what he was doing, and he said, ‘I’m trying my own stuff now.’ I told him, ‘You should be in a band, you look great.’ He replied, ‘Nobody wants to be in bands anymore. Everyone wants to be a singer-songwriter.’ That’s his generation. Everyone wants to be Jake Bugg or George Ezra. The band culture is fading.”
Lack of Studios and Rehearsal Spaces to Blame
Noel Gallagher blames the lack of infrastructure. “There are fewer rehearsal rooms and small studios. It’s easier for one guy to record at home and send it to a label. In my time, we rehearsed in rooms for 20 quid a night. We played together. Now, everyone has a home studio on their iPhone. Cheap studios and venues are disappearing. Soon, artists will either play in small pubs like Boston Arms or headline The O2. There will be nothing in between.”