Bad Music = Bad Economy?

January 12th, 2009 73 Comments 23057 Views

Posted by Bossip Staff

For those of you who believe that music is a reflection of what’s going on in society, your suspicions may be confirmed. Peep what Beyonce’s newest hit may indicate:

Beyoncé’s worldwide hit, Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It), is not just catchy – it may spell doom for international finance. According to findings by Phil Maymin, professor of finance and risk engineering at New York University, the more regular the beat on Billboard’s top singles, the more volatile the American markets. After studying decades of Billboard’s Hot 100 hits, Maymin found that songs with low “beat variance” had an inverse correlation with market turbulence. Which is to say, the more regular the song, the crazier the stock market.

And Single Ladies is very regular. “If it’s a steady beat, the same beat, no matter if it’s fast or slow, that’s a low beat variance song,” Maymin explained to PRI Radio. These are the songs that signal market volatility. “[But] if [the song] starts off slow and becomes fast and comes back down, that’s a high beat variance.” And it means the markets will be steady.

Some of history’s steadiest hits – such as A-Ha’s Take On Me – were released at times of market crash. Whereas complex songs, “with all these beat changes and stuff”, seem to catch on when the markets are sedate.

“The correlation is pretty strong,” Maymin argued. Weirder still, the beat variance of songs seems to predict the markets – not the other way around. According to his research, the market becomes unstable only after the charts are full of steady tunes – almost as if certain hits can cause market shake-ups. “The turbulence of the music predicts the steadiness of the market,” Maymin explained. And Beyoncé’s chart dominance? Well, it may not mean good things for your pension.

If there’s even a shred of truth to this theory, these heffahs better get out there and record some classic, dynamic music for a change – ASAP. Unfortunately, given the short list of Billboard chart toppers, we may very well be f*cked.

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73 Responses to “Bad Music = Bad Economy?”

Hoodrats are comical

1/12/09, 10:43:am

First

Christilicious

1/12/09, 10:44:am

second

Christilicious

1/12/09, 10:44:am

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Aunt Viv

1/12/09, 10:44:am

WTF?!?!?!

Aunt Viv

1/12/09, 10:45:am

Bad music=Bad music

Re is excited to see GAMBIT in May. FINALLY!

1/12/09, 10:47:am

LOL @ Aunt Viv!

Aunt Viv

1/12/09, 10:47:am

I’m sure Beyonce and her producers weren’t reading the Wall Street journal while making that song…

The Devil

1/12/09, 10:47:am

Bossip Said: “We may very well be f*cked.”
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I agree.

Christilicious

1/12/09, 10:47:am

BS all the way

Aunt Viv

1/12/09, 10:48:am

Hey Re!

me888

1/12/09, 10:52:am

wow. something actually interesting on Bossip

DR.FUNK

1/12/09, 10:52:am

Just some clown looking to get quoted.I prefer to make money on short positions anyway.Few things are more gratifying in life than being a contrarian …and being annoyingly RIGHT.Kinda’ like the people who made millions bidding the price of oil DOWN.

elle

1/12/09, 10:53:am

I somewhat agree with what they are saying, they just didn’t complete it properly. I like to *****ociate music to the feelings of people.

When good music comes it allow people to forget about their problems and kind of escape into a world where it is just them and that good music. And when bad music is present people tend to respond negatively therefore causing negative feelings.

Music is so much more than just a business and once these artist out here get past their hunger for fame and fortune and start to respect the art the better it will be for us music lovers

memchee

1/12/09, 10:58:am

WTF! Stop playing.

Dude needs to focus on something finacially relevant and impactful to his field of study in order to claim a prize.

If the average student turned in a thesis surrounding these findings, they probably would be dropped from any credible program.

I swear anything academically awarded for such findings would make the award look like a joke.

AKeys

1/12/09, 11:02:am

I hate that single ladies song Thanks to Beyonce and others we are Dumbing down everything

chookyman

1/12/09, 11:05:am

Bossip=Stupid?

PURPPLE

1/12/09, 11:05:am

O snap guess who’s bizack…its ms incorrectly correcting grammar in the house…

simonesdad2008

1/12/09, 11:05:am

I would have like to have heard an example sited of a song with high beat variance. Can anyone on here give me an example? This is an interesting article (specially for Bossip)but it feels incomplete to me.

Brook Lynn Choclate Gyrl (Yes My sugar Daddy wears Depends!!)

1/12/09, 11:05:am

Single ladies is the *****, that is like the “Get me bodied” of 08…

Oshie

1/12/09, 11:06:am

The economy can be blamed for anything:
Bad hair
Bad cooking
Bad gas
Bad head
Ad Nauseum…

elle

1/12/09, 11:07:am

oooo I have a fan!! I just knew you were itching to acknowledge me..please no autographs lol

Oshie

1/12/09, 11:08:am

PURPPLE

O snap guess who’s bizack…its ms incorrectly correcting grammar in the house…

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LMAO you wanna conversate about it?

bored

1/12/09, 11:08:am

The Media is a BYTCH!!!

This is crazy!!! But even more funnier!!!

elle

1/12/09, 11:09:am

correction I have two

Triple T

1/12/09, 11:11:am

Beyonce fan base don’t invest in the stock market anyway. So how is this irrevelant.

Honey B.

1/12/09, 11:19:am

This is a bull***** article. It doesn’t even make any sense. People (some white people) really dont like the fact that a black female artist (Beyonce) is on top of music right now. She’s a great performer who can sing and dance and yet this girl can’t catch a break. People always hate on the best. This guy is suppose to be a financial advisor and this is the best he could come up with? So this means our finances are f@cked for 2009. damn

JK

1/12/09, 11:20:am

The single ladies song is bad whether it is a great time for the market or a bad time for the market. It is what it is.

Chef, Kanye West told me im a living legend...lol ***** ITS TRUE!

1/12/09, 11:27:am

huh? wtf!
like Aunt viv said “Bad Music=Bad Music”
that aint got ***** 2 do wit how much money ima make.
People make any excuse 2 not blame the government and all those greedy, money hungry, fat ***** CEO’s and *whispers* vice presidents. they *****ed us up not the music business.
And why blame Beyonce? lol damn cant keep the ***** name out yall mouth can yall huh?
She just gettin her money like everybody else do…

TYTY

1/12/09, 11:41:am

BEYONCE IS TIRED. SHE HAS A REGULAR VOICE. THINK RIHANNA WITH A LITTLE MORE VOCAL RANGE. WHERE IS TAMIA, MARIAH, CHANTE MOORE WHEN U NEED THEM??

Tracey

1/12/09, 11:57:am

Personally I would like to see black artist (especially)come out of the ****ing studio stop twisting pre made *****s with their pre made beats and start using real instruments, without sounding too mundane, boring or noisy….can a good artist achieve that?

Single ladie’s isnt a boring song, it is just one of many Beyonce string of tracks she thinks she can continually release. Last year she had 5-7 tracks put out at once and now another blooming album, is she going crazy or is someone advising her wrong?

If someone wants to be a great record breaking artist they truly need to produce a great album like Thriller or Bad, though Micheal Jackson released nearly every song on those album with so many different sounds and beats on them…..the most important thing is he took time with each and every track.

Fan Of Bee

1/12/09, 11:57:am

Beyonce is so hott!!!!And her sigles and album sales are doing very well lol hate on hate on!!! oh yea Halo is on thhe way and Diva!!!! lol

JK

1/12/09, 11:59:am

@ Tracey
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I totally agree with you. She is putting out a lot of tracks but majority of them sound the same. There is no significant difference betweent the track to make them distingusiable. I use to like her, but now I just wish she would take a break. And, please stop acting.

Don't mind me

1/12/09, 12:02:pm

Mz Blaze

1/12/09, 12:07:pm

Interesting

Mz Blaze

1/12/09, 12:07:pm

Good reason to kill Beyonce so she doesn’t make any more trash music

LOL

1/12/09, 12:08:pm

This is a bit ridiculous…Beyonce’s music has become simple and boring, but most of the people buying her albums and listening to MTV, BET, VHI don’t know real music….so, whatever!

Just because it’s on the billboards…doesn’t mean it’s good, it just means they’ve convinced the m*****es it’s good:-)

Everyone have a great day!

toocute

1/12/09, 12:24:pm

I AM SO TIRED OF THAT SONG,WE NEED MORE PEOPLE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY MAKING SONGS WITH P*****ION AND MEANING ,LIKE THE OLD SCHOOL MUSIC OF THE PAST,IT HAD MORE MEANING,ARTIST TODAY ONLY CARE ABOUT MAKING A DOLLAR, THEMSELVES,AND HAVING A CATCHY BEAT,THATS ALL

barb

1/12/09, 12:46:pm

last i checked, all radio-friendly/pop music has low “beat variance”.

chaka1

1/12/09, 12:52:pm

I don’t understand this article at all.

CreamyPeach

1/12/09, 12:54:pm

Just Dumb

mild sauce part of the sauce family tradition

1/12/09, 13:00:pm

Beyonce looks good always has and she is pretty .. I dont give a damn what *****ody says, she is way prettier in the face than Kim K’s long goat lookingknifed up face!

mild sauce part of the sauce family tradition

1/12/09, 13:02:pm

Look at the white man in back of them with his eye of the booty.. and they say white men dont appreciate the booty, they do they just dont want to admit black men started it!

MsAddikted2Fame

1/12/09, 13:12:pm

THIS ARTICLE IS A BUNCH OF BS. OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE MAKING BAD MUSIC (I.E. R KELLY) WHY WOULD THEY CHOOSE BEYONCE OUT OF ALL PEOPLE. SINGLE LADIES IS CERTIFIED BANGER AND DOESN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ECONOMY. THIS MAN OBVIOUSLY HAS TOO MUCH TIME ON HIS HAND. TALK ANOUT RANDOM RIDICULOUSNESS.

jace

1/12/09, 13:29:pm

This is by far the most ridiculous article that I’ve read on bossip. Just another way to stir up some negative energy towards Beyonce…

W*****up

1/12/09, 13:34:pm

Basically, all the article is saying is that people will appreciate a well constructed up tempo song if real instruments were used instead of a two/three step cheap studio beat; I think people would be more inclined to listen to a song if it were to included the Piano, drums, saxophone, harmonica, Keyboard, Guitar, Violin, Harps, Trumpets, Flutes (as an example) as well as a little b***** thrown in to get the body moving?

To me Beyonce singing Etta James songs were the signs of Beyonce at her best, but she would need to up tempo her songs if she were ever professional enough to ever use actual instruments, but I couldn’t hack an Amerie ‘one thing’ track everyday of the week, it became hetic to ones ears.

I LUV RAY LEWIS

1/12/09, 13:44:pm

STUPID!!!

Its6amHoGetOut

1/12/09, 15:03:pm

Jay got some juicy ***** lips. I love some Jay z posts. I know that ***** can suck a mean dic*. I heard he got a big dic* from that ho supahead. I sure need some of that in my *****.

noelle

1/12/09, 15:13:pm

Tell your trick to make some bette rmusic…and stop trying to imitate Rihanna…how old is she like 47?????

vickie

1/12/09, 15:20:pm

they really reaching with this article. Even if it did effect the economy I dont think it makes that much of a difference. It may play a very small role but not enough to matter… (sounds like my ex) lol..

Its6amHoGetOut

1/12/09, 15:57:pm

bad economy or not, I’ll let Jay wrap those lips around my piece anyday

Its6amHoGetOut

1/12/09, 16:02:pm

@ 6am impersonator
Nice try, but I’d do the all the sucking if I were with Jay. He got nice lips and all, but that aint nothin compared to what I hear about his *****. I love a good gag on an oversized *****.

MsFit

1/12/09, 16:11:pm

That’s some “Fragle-Nackle Bull”…ROFL…Mr. Maymin needs a new career!

chad tim tim

1/12/09, 16:15:pm

so in a way kanye west may be the savior of our souls then?

realtalk09

1/12/09, 16:29:pm

wow bossip finally posts something to make you use your brain, but enough of that. this pic speaks volumes. check the body language, jay looks as if he’s keeping her at arms length, and that dress looks like somebody’s comforter that tina draped and studded with her beadazzler. beyonce/sasha’s barbie doll pose is tired, and those implants look like some kind of floatation devices.

Bringthanoize

1/12/09, 16:54:pm

Jay likes tranny’s and B is creeping with a women- folks wake up!!!!

Corporate mainstream music music is dumbed down crap!!!

We "Blacks" Are The Real Hebrew Israelites

1/12/09, 17:43:pm

There’s a correlation between my bowel movements and stupid articles.

(-_-)

Tiff

1/12/09, 18:30:pm

I’m sooo *****ing tired of People bashing beyonce music…If u like other artist who call put out “real music”..THEN SUPPORT THEM..That’s it u dumb *****s!

But since we are at it..We should blame beyonce for the WAR! Teenager Pregnancy , Reailty TV, GAS, Rihanna Bad Singing..etc!

Theme

1/12/09, 18:42:pm

@TyTy…Agree 100%, I am so sick of this broad. 2009 should be the comeback for the old-school artist.

@Bossip…Beyonce is not the only female singer in the world, this is getting old.

BabyDoll2u

1/12/09, 19:37:pm

LOL this artice is utterly ridiculous and such a waste of thought, Music may most certainly help evolve things but its definately the main objective into why are economy being the way it is, f’d up. If this is one of the conclusions on one of the logics behind our jacked up economy then that is just truly sad. And Why is Beyonce picture under such a title>? Beyonce makes music nice & Single ladies is a great song. The message I get from the song says hey dont waste your time with a man that only wants you for one thing or someone that doesnt want a future with you. Move on Life is short, and plus theres too many women that are just baby mamas instead of wives. Do we really deserve that? Im glad B made that song because it represents a positive message For all women. When you have artist like SouljaBoy recieving recognition for making stupid songs addressed mainly to children? c’mon now, Beyonce of all artist?

BabyDoll2u

1/12/09, 19:42:pm

I meant to say Music is NOT the main objective into why are economy is the way it is.

T-Bird

1/12/09, 20:16:pm

That man is full of horse $#it!!!

CriticXtreme

1/12/09, 20:49:pm

This theory is correct! The more sux-key the song the worst finances are. Record Companies continue to go to what they believe in sure shots such as Beyonce, Lil Wayne and other people. Our music like our country’s finance has been dumped down to the point of retardation. There has to be some new music to shake up some things! I’m tired of hearing the same songs played by radio everyday.

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Shannon

1/12/09, 21:00:pm

This is the lamest ***** I’ve ever heard. I can’t believe someone authorized this *****ty thesis.

Jay

1/12/09, 21:47:pm

(IF that’s the case) then we need dem old school funky artists to get back in the studio! Hopefully, Prince new albums will have some ah dat
Mr. Nelson, I do hope you’re listenin!

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ThatBKChick

1/13/09, 01:23:am

O.K. Dr. Doolittle…tell us some ish we don’t know…we all knew it was down hill when Beyaki would not take a break to make some decent music and release a second album that is full of ish!!! Next Kanye’s album is going to cause the apocaplyse….SMDH!!!!

Come to think of it…that ish sounds like the apocaplyse or a bad damned dream…if the rap game is left to people names like “Goon’ aka Plies and Soulja Boy Tell Em..then we are headed in a downward sprial….

Tracey

1/13/09, 05:23:am

Its a good article.

i.e there is a difference between ***** nympho psycho sex (kids that **** isnt normal) and sensual committed sex.

There is a difference between junk food and real cultured cooked from scratch home prepared cuisine.

There is a difference between forum conversations to actual family conversation

and there is a difference between studio quickly produced music to real instruments and a live band material.

Music today from so many artist is like *****, is like junk food and MSN talk it has no meaning to it and the latest song sometimes seems like yesterdays old frivolous news.

No one actually is producing timeless sensual commitment well prepared well thought out music or lyrics anymore, and I do blame the big coops music companies with some white man at the head of these firms pumping out ***** music for the determent of the black community.

How the ***** do we get from timeless music like etta james, chuck berry, otis reading, luther vandross, ike and tina, sam cooke, whitney houston, micheal jackson, whispers, shalmar, midnight starr, Chaka Khan, Alexander O’ neal and all the other heavy weight great that could make us dance, sing, cry with actual instruments and real beats? Now we have the constant bombardment of this Freemason click of douche junk music rubbish we are getting today!

Do not get me started on rap music for the last 10 years!

bush-eyonce beyonce is bush reincarnated

1/13/09, 05:46:am

@Tracey
How the ***** do we get from timeless music like etta james, chuck berry, otis reading, luther vandross, ike and tina, sam cooke, whitney houston, micheal jackson, whispers, shalmar, midnight starr, Chaka Khan, Alexander O’ neal and all the other heavy weight great that could make us dance, sing, cry with actual instruments and real beats? Now we have the constant bombardment of this Freemason click of douche junk music rubbish we are getting today!

Do not get me started on rap music for the last 10 years!

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Great point especially that in the last para but you need to understand the reason music is not what it used to be is because artist like beyonce is aiming for young imbocile audience(children). you would be lucky if beyonce’s fans that apprieciate good cl*****ics are over the age of 10 years old.
So she can take all of her hits and remix the same track and sell it back to us on a new album title same song same beat,mediocre. Only fans of real music or to timesless cl*****ics will note the obvious
it is easy on a computer why make it with real instruments, the computer is the real star not beyonce

bush-eyonce beyonce is bush reincarnated

1/13/09, 06:12:am

MOST PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH THE ARTICLE it shows your age you are a child and have never held a job because you are either too young or very irresponsible and so young that you have missed out on the best years for music
beyonce will always be good to you because of the size of her butt, and the money in her account and that the music she made as 12 sounds like the same crap she sells at 25 that false fake change is why you like her
some of us lived a life outside the home past the front garden without our parents saying
” don’t roam to far now it’s not safe dears”
and we want more than repetition

Nellie

1/13/09, 08:17:am

Yea. The song is lame. And what is it ( If you liked it) in her song? Her or her cooch?? I mean WTF??

YSR

1/13/09, 14:53:pm

For real enough with B and the Camel. The Dream, Tricky, and Kuk need more press for writing the song! But hey I guess who cares who comes up with good music, dumb ***** people just like the packaging