The year is 1791. In a small room in Vienna, a man paces back and forth with papers strewn about. This man is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and he is spending his last days on Earth composing his Requiem, which would go on to be regarded as one of the best pieces of classical music ever composed. Only seventeen years later, Beethoven unleashes his famous masterpiece, Symphony No. 5 in C minor, upon the world.

Now jump forward to the 1960’s, when The Beatles explode in America and the UK. Week after week, month after month, they would continue to release hit after hit, constantly topping the charts. In ’71 Led Zeppelin released Stairway to Heaven, which would go on to become a classic rock staple. In ’75 Queen released Bohemian Rhapsody. By the ‘80s, there was so much unbelievable music; alternative rock was becoming mainstream, and even the punk scene was rockin’.

But now where are we? Music nowadays takes no talent. Record labels search for the bands that the kids will be sure to like. The charts are dominated by rappers whose lyrical focus only seems to be ‘whips, cash, hoes and booty’. Of course, there is always Hot Topic’s newest fad. If it can make the kids feel cool—they’ll buy it.

Bands these days only seem to have the capacity to write lyrics about three things: overused love scenarios, death, and depression; whatever makes all the kids in the suburbs feel like their life is some kind of mess, or that they are suffering more than anyone could ever understand! Musical groups find three chords and ride them to fame; drummers play a simple beat, and the vocals yelp out a horrid wail into your ears. Even crazy metalcore bands get to pass their drums pounding away with no rhythm and their screaming, cacophonous, dissonant singing about murder for talent.

Even in the past there was bad music. Today great music is still being created, but it is so few and far between the piles of garbage that anyone could come to this conclusion: “The ‘00s will be a huge gap in musical history.”

-FRUIT