Bono thinks that music has 'gotten very girly'
'And there are some good things about that, but hip-hop is the only place for young male anger at the moment'
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His personal entry into the competition for the dumbest thing said this year is as follows: speaking to Rolling Stone, the frontman claimed that "music has gotten very girly. And there are some good things about that, but hip-hop is the only place for young male anger at the moment – and that's not good."
Comments seemingly without any substantiation: whatever Bono's interpretation of the situation may be, Billboard found back in September that women accounted for just 14% of U.S. Top 10 hits in the first eight months of 2017, marking an all-time-low. So, not "very girly" after all.
"When I was 16, I had a lot of anger in me," he continued. "You need to find a place for it and for guitars, whether it is with a drum machine – I don't care. The moment something becomes preserved, it is f*cking over. You might as well put it in formaldehyde. In the end, what is rock & roll? Rage is at the heart of it. Some great rock & roll tends to have that, which is why the Who were such a great band. Or Pearl Jam. Eddie has that rage."
While knee-deep in nostalgia by falling back on the old classics, Bono also echoed his son Eli's belief that "a rock & roll revolution is around the corner." Presumably, he's hoping it'll offer back a place for "young male anger".
According to The New York Times, meanwhile, that revolution is already here, and it's being led by women, citing the likes of up-and-comers Snail Mail, Vagabon, Sheer Mag, Diet Cig, and War on Women.
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