of originality. It seems that every once in a while I'll here a new song with really good production, only one day to be caught off gaurd by an older song with the same melody. That's what happend tonight while watching "The Dog Whisper", I heard what I thought was a cover for "Crazy" by "Gnarls Barkley" but it sounded more like an actual song of which "Crazy" is a cover of. I seriously think that mosts songs out today are covers, not one producer doesn't develop his inspiration from elsewhere. That's not necessarily a bad thing, and nothing under the sun is new, but it would be nice to capture something groundbreaking.

I disagree.

Music can never be devoid of originality. You will always find new production techniques and new sounds that will sound totally unlike anything before. For every cover or a song that uses samples from older songs, there are a hundred other songs that are totally original and unique. The only reason I find you came to that conclusion is because a lot of mainstream and commercial (which 95% of is mindless dribble anyway) rehashes older songs to appeal to a wider audience.

However, delve a bit further and you'll see bands and singers that write their own music, which make their songs totally unique. I can several just off the top of my head: Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Outkast, Martha Wainwright, Scissor Sisters, Wilco, Wolfmother - and the list goes on.