Current music has no storyline, artistes just ‘blabber’ – Tommy Annan Forson

Renowned Broadcaster, Tommy Annan Forson has expressed his displeasure with the type of songs churned out currently.

In a conversation with Kwesi Kyei Darkwah on CTV, Monday, December 2, Tommy said the modern songs lack message and content, hence he hardly listens to songs by the current generation.

“I virtually don’t listen to our [modern] music because there’s nothing to understand. There’s really nothing to understand. It’s just blabber music. There’s no storyline,” he said.

According to him, the notion of ‘bad music sells’ is further worsening the situation.

“They say: ‘Bad news sells, bad music sells’. If I tell a musician today to remove these words, he’ll tell me, ‘This is what sells’,” the radio host and comic icon said.

Drawing parallel to his days, Tommy noted “You dare not in our age in broadcasting do such a thing”.

Tommy Annan-Forson cautioned creatives against blindly following the status quo, “and by the time you realise, you’ve ruined your reputation”.

Tommy Annan-Forson further noted that music tells a story, highlighting the need for current musicians to inspire fans with their music.

“When I play Country music, I’m telling a story about myself and the listener. When I play a particular Country song that makes my heart beat, or skip a beat, I know that the listener will like this. It has a good storyline line – it affects you and I.”

Tommy, a doyen of broadcasting, has over 47 years of experience in media and art, and has impacted a lot of media practitioners through his radio training school RABODEF.

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