VH1 Promotes Cloning

So, I just wrote about MTV earlier and now I'm onto VH1. There's something I like about VH1. I don't know what it is. The whole "I Love Toys" type of show (They had one for the 90's, 70's and about 16 for the 80's.) I become addicted to.
Anyway, I was watching it today as a back up channel. (I have back-up channels for the commercial breaks on my primary show) They were doing some sort of weekly count-down of the hottest songs in the nation right now. Some were decent, but none really struck me as great. Then I began to notice a trend. It began with this punk named Daniel Powter. (That is his actual picture on the right!) He sings this whinny-ass song called "Bad Day."
Then there were about 15,000 other artists that were dressed just like him and just as whinny. You know the kind. Where it looks almost painful for them to sing their songs in the music video. (If it's that painful, perhaps you should look into a different career choice, dumbass.) They all follow the Justin Timberlake trend. The whole preppie, not matching clothes, whinny white boy pop crap.
I was talking with my friend Luke a few months ago about music today. It sucks. It's so formulaic and generic. Very few artists break the mold. And as soon as they do, there are 26.3 others who follow right behind them. Are we just getting old, or does the music of today really suck that much?!
I'm hoping that it just sucks. I want to go back to the days of Collective Soul, Soundgarden and Live. I want Sir Mix-A-Lot and MC Hammer to get back into things. I need Run DMC to sing with Aerosmith again. Hell, the New Kids On The Block are better than some of these whinny preppies posing as "artists."
There's a Nelly song out called "Grills" that annoys the hell out of me. If you accidently stumble on this music video - CHANGE IT IMMEDIATELY!!! It's a bunch of rappers flashing their diamond and platinum teeth. It is disgusting. And in the song it is apparent that Nelly has issues hearing. Because there is a girl that will ask him to show his "grills" and he responds "You wanna see my what?" She then becomes aggravated that he didn't hear her and asks him "how much did you pay?" Again he is unable to hear her and answers back with "What?" She then goes back to her original question. Nelly! If you are reading this, and I know you are, sell an incisor and buy a hearing aid!
This is music? This is absolute crap. To make it worse, one of my co-workers, Alissa, has it as her ring-back tone on her phone. So each time I call her I hear this god-awful song instead of a phone ringing. I can't take it. Music today SUCKS!
Or maybe I'm just an old man.