What do you mean by "real" ? There's always music that has always been a mix of music that has meaning and those that don't make any sense.
Just because they aren't a particular genre, doesn't mean they aren't meaningful songs.
Where have all the "real" songwriters gone?
Real songwriters? Are they like true Christians and true Scotsmen? They're in the mind of the beholder, Zack.
You got me zack , paul mccartney is alive so is robert plant but the world has changed. These days some record firm can promote some fool like justin bieber and he makes millions. Back in the 50s60s70s you better have some talent
Your generation gap might be showing.
Mine always does.
I can remember my grandmother saying
the music I listened to was just noise.
Just remember the music you hate today,
you can hear in the grocery store tomarrow.