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Will classic rock last for all eternity?
Oak Lawn (IL) Reporter ^
| 4/17/03
| Michael M. Bates
Posted on 04/15/2003 4:46:52 PM PDT by mikeb704
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To: Burr5
150+ posts and yours seems to be the only mention of Gilmour and crew...
Dark Side of the Moon
Can't even remember how many stoned evenings we spent wearing out the needles on our turntables on that one
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posted on
04/15/2003 11:28:47 PM PDT
by
djf
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
I think you'd have to put Steely Dan in the list with Yes and Jethro Tull.Timeless stuff - "Aja" is as classic as it gets. I still listen to it all the time.
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posted on
04/15/2003 11:30:29 PM PDT
by
DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
(Did you liberals say something? It's all just clicks and buzzes over here.)
To: patriot5186
Rock is dead they say. 'They' spend too much time hanging around the major labels' marketing departments.
Music diverged in the 1970s, corporate/arena rock and club level indy rock. In retrospect, the labels look back at some of the bands that they didn't want to promote the first time around.
The mainstream music magazines in this country are style guides (lots of coverage on everything from MTV reality shows to video games to super models). Surface s*** that is a part of the dominant culture but wholly uncool.
It's rare for me to see a performer at any venue that does not have general admission. The shows have more energy and less gimmicks. I'll spend the extra money to see James Brown when he comes to town but those are rare exceptions. Even Dick Dale was playing the small clubs (small venues does not mean small crowds or unknown performers).
Rock is not dead but it certainly is ignored by most of society these days. They know the word "rock" is still cool and even hear mutterings that "rock is back" only they don't know what it sounds like.
Little Steven does a decent job mixing obscure old cuts and genuine rocking new cuts on his syndicated radio show The Underground Garage.
Here's a recent playlist
Remember, if it's new to you then it's a new song...
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posted on
04/15/2003 11:46:45 PM PDT
by
weegee
(NO BLOOD FOR RATINGS: CNN let human beings be tortured and killed to keep their Baghdad bureau open)
To: Kenno
Even in the 1950s and 1960s, a few writers composed many of the hits.
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posted on
04/15/2003 11:48:36 PM PDT
by
weegee
(NO BLOOD FOR RATINGS: CNN let human beings be tortured and killed to keep their Baghdad bureau open)
To: boris
""I just love Oldfield, an unsung genius, but I think the only two copies of Hergest Ridge he sold were to you and to me""
Make that three.
Mike did lose me after "Incantations," however, when he started going commercial and brought the singers in. There were a few good songs later on ("Shadow On The Wall," "Shine," "Moonlight Shadow") -- but lots of people can do good songs, and Oldfield evidently decided to stop doing the kind of thing that he did best (large scale instrumental tapestries). By all means, correct me if I'm wrong.
As for the article itself - it sounds like it's written by a snotty twenty-something, whose idea about ANYTHING only extends about 12 inches from himself. To equate fans' unhappiness with Beatles music being used in television commercials (the only use the author evidently HAS for music, it seems) with an occasional lesser song in the Beatles' recording career is just sloppy thinking, and makes me wonder why we're bothering to discuss this clown's article at all (okay, well, it's 2:48 A.M... I guess it's not a good time to discuss nuclear physics...).
Finally - where's Elvis in all of this? It's not that I'm a raging Elvis fan or anything, but did you notice that references to Elvis pop up in your life nearly every day? So if you're talking about living forever.... I think the guy's already there, as he's the icon of our times.
To: Valin
I know it's only rock and roll...but I like it.It's only knock and know all, but I like it.
To: Pravious
I think the guy's already there, as he's the icon of our times. It took death for Elvis to trancend his music though. He left behind a legacy of some early rock and roll hits (and "raunch"), some lousy movies, some jumpsuits in Vegas, and a strange diet of peanut butter sandwiches and pills. He had a big house that people still tour, he shot his tee vee sets.
He's the model by which all mtv-vh1 stars are compared (what with Cribs, Behind the Music, etc.). Celebrity performers aren't famous for their music today, they are famous for their "personalities".
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posted on
04/15/2003 11:55:56 PM PDT
by
weegee
(NO BLOOD FOR RATINGS: CNN let human beings be tortured and killed to keep their Baghdad bureau open)
To: djf
What's really cool is listening to Pink Floyd stone cold sober. Careful with that axe Dave.
To: sorroworechoes
Actually, I take music alot more seriously now than in my younger daze. I have the only pair of Polk SDA-SRS's I've ever even seen. 5'4" tall, 200+ lbs apiece, 8 6 inch midranges, 4 high-output titanium tweeters, and a 15 inch passive radiator each. Rated at 1000 WPC. The largest home speakers ever made by the Polk corp., Stereo Review said at the time it was the lowest harmonic distortion levels they ever measured, almost exceeded their equipments ability to measure.
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posted on
04/16/2003 12:57:36 AM PDT
by
djf
To: billbears
I had a roommate from Kinston. He said they went to Wilson to meet girls. That told me all I wanted to know.
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posted on
04/16/2003 4:27:20 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: Hank Rearden
It WAS the pistol's jacket, it was supposed to say 'lack of air supply'
; )
To: stainlessbanner
Measuring a summer's day...only find it slips away to grey..
To: lorrainer
The thing about Zeppelin is the critics hated them from day one...never gave them any credit for anyhting which is why yhey are so great.
While the "music experts" said Zep's music was garbage they were setting records for concert attendance and selling albums by the zillions. They are....the people's band!
To: weegee
I just happened to read a review of the new album (guess that's the term still used) yesterday. It said that originals Jim McCarty and Chris Dreja were on it as well as several "special guests." Hard to imagine what it'll sound like without the distinctive - and I think under rated - talents of the late Mr. Relf.
To: Pravious
To equate fans' unhappiness with Beatles music being used in television commercials (the only use the author evidently HAS for music, it seems) with an occasional lesser song in the Beatles' recording career is just sloppy thinking, and makes me wonder why we're bothering to discuss this clown's article at all. . .To which clown are you referring?
To: billorites
"Do we really want to be listening to bands like Bad Company when we're in the retirement home?"
One bigtime YES, not to mention; Led Zeppelin, DOORS, Beatles, Beach Boys, Little Anthony & the Imperials.....
To: mikeb704
"Will classic rock last for all eternity?"
Only in the condos and cabanas overlooking the Lake of Fire.
Ain't nothin' wrong with rockabilly! That's what's playing UPstairs!
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posted on
04/16/2003 6:59:06 AM PDT
by
headsonpikes
(Help me decide: Is the Left morally corrupt and intellectually bankrupt, or vice versa?)
To: Valin
There's something out there WORSE than rap. Knowing how rebellious kids can be (I sure was), you might be right, something worse is coming. It'll probably be a combination of disco and rap. What a sound... we can call it discrap.
To: Reaganwuzthebest
AAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
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posted on
04/16/2003 7:23:06 AM PDT
by
Valin
(Age and deceit beat youth and skill)
To: weegee
...and Bubba has herpes! Yeah I noticed that too. The philanderer forgot to take along his bottle of L-Lysine with him lol.
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