Picture this. You are a time traveler and it is 1965. It is the day after the 7th Annual Grammy Awards. The Beatles just snagged the gold for best new artist, Gilberto and Getz nabbed album of the year, and you tried to describe the sound of modern pop music to one of your friends and they looked at you like you were bonkers. Eyeliner was thick and bow ties were secured.

Flash forward to 1975. Stevie Wonder and Elton John were up for awards in multiple categories, Elvis won best inspirational performance two years before his death, and Gerald Ford had just one year left in office.

Maybe I'm starting to ramble and leading you to infer how left out I feel that I was not invited to the party that was 1975, but I am moving toward my point:

I don't watch the Grammys anymore because frankly, I do not listen to or care for the majority of the music that is nominated for various awards.

OK, now I have a task for you: go listen to "That's What I Like" by Bruno Mars. After that, listen to "Sunny Came Home" by John Leventhal & Shawn Colvin. It is surreal. Twenty years separate the two, but the colossal differences between the "Songs of the Year" make it seem like hundreds of years have passed.

I am not trying to throw shade on Bruno Mars, as I am a fan of his work and I do like his music. But what surprises me is that an overplayed pop song could take home the gold. But that is what seems to happen every year that the Grammys airs. The standard of what is good music has been flushed down the toilet. With all of this music being digitally produced and vocals being warped, it seems as if mainstream music has lost its meaning.

The show itself is a powerful medium to address important current issues. From Kesha's emotional performance of "Praying," about her sexual assault ordeal, to celebrities hinting at our unstable political climate, you can't deny the awards show brings together some of the strongest political and lyrical voices of the industry. But, I do not like the sound of the song, "Praying." These are my opinions, but I think we can agree that mainstream music is not what it once was.

I saw a glimmer of hope in 2015 when Beck won album of the year, beating out Beyoncé. That light at the end of the tunnel quickly turned into a mirage after controversy over Beck’s win started a conversation that Beyoncé deserved the award. End-of-tunnel light gone. And then Taylor Swift won album of the year for “1989.” And I ama Taylor Swift fan, but do I think her music should be nominated over the Arctic Monkeys? Absolutely not.

I cannot appreciate modern pop music because of its undeserved power over the music industry. I resent it even more when I look back in history and listen to what mainstream music used to be.