A quick review of the top 100 songs on iTunes

In a moment of procrastination (act surprised), I sampled the top 100 songs on iTunes right now. I've decided that the songs can be roughly categorized as follows:

• The bazillionth version of that one archetypal rap song.
  
  I didn't like it the first time I heard it back in the late 90s. What the fuck happened to De La Soul? Or Naughty By Nature? Or Tupac? Or fuck, even Eminem? No wonder rap sales are declining...its the same posturing gangsta assholes using the same fucking loops under the same fucking distorted sound effects talking about banging the same fucking bitches. At least Eminem had interesting metaphors, which I'm pretty sure most of the current crew couldn't even spell.
  
  
• The bazillionth version of that one archetypal R&B song.
  
  I have never liked R&B. I probably never will. Will someone please explain to these guys that describing being dissed by a hot girl in a club while alternating between exactly two notes doesn't constitute a novel fucking artistic contribution any more?
  
  
• The bazillionth version of that one archetypal rock song.
  
  I didn't like the first guy I heard screaming over an electric guitar with too much much distortion, and until you give these emo assholes some fucking antidepressants and a lesson in rhythm, harmony, and plugging in their instruments correctly, I have no interest in hearing any of their subsequent work.
  
  
• The bazillionth version of that one archetypal pop song.
  
  My tolerance for bland, manufactured pop was exceeded somewhere between the Spice Girls and Kelly Clarkson. I think it was about at Hanson where my eye began to twitch and I began wondering if indeed society was beyond salvation.

Of course, this all begs the question of what epitomes of artistic achievement grace my judgmental ass's iTunes library. Look, I never said my tastes were any good. I just enjoy judging the other crap that's out there. :) My music tastes are really weird. Lately it's a lot of dance, some techno, etc. Basically, I pretty much never listen to the painfully trite lyrics musicians put in their songs (I'm a firm believer in the principle of, "That which is too stupid to say is typically sung"), so I believe that music should have an interesting rhythm and be dancable. That's about it. Do that and I'm happy.