Hell yeah. "We'll put a boot in yer A$$, it's the American WAY!"
The shame here is that some idiot in the music industry saw this as the wave of the future because from Michael's moves came New Kids on the Block, NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Britney, Christina, and all the rest of the "Dancing Bears" who dominate music today.
The shame here is that that “idiot” wasn’t me.
Whoever that “idiot” was, he was exactly right and is definitely quite a rich man.
(Popular music has always sucked. Remember the 1910 Fruitgum Company? How about Captain and Tenille? Starland Vocal Band? Gerry & The Pacemakers?)
There’s tons of great musicians and bands out there. If you’re jonesing some great retro rock & roll, check out Everclear’s “Songs From an American Movie, Pt. 1” from last year. Great stuff.
I can't bear it. I've heard all this crap 100,000 times. It's ignored because it's been played to DEATH for 25 years and the old farts still won't croak!
What about Bauhaus, Nitzer Ebb, Pere Ubu, Social Distortion, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, The Clash, Joy Division, 16 Horsepower, Rev. Horton Heat, The Ramones, The Misfits, Autumn, Siouxie and the Banshees, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Cure, The Cult, The Cramps, Husker Du...?
Now that's the good stuff you never, ever hear--and will never hear on the radio. Not The Beagles and all that other hackneyed, mullet-headed, geezer-rock crrrrrrap.
I just know I'll be in an old folks' home someday with The Eagles, KISS, The Who, Cheap Trick, Doobie Brothers, Electric Light Orchestra, REO Speedwagon, and Styx on a Muzak station I'll beg for Kevorkian's machine....
I love most of these groups, but my parents thought they were garbage. Of course, my dad was a Presley/Orbison fan and his folks thought they were garbage. Nothing new under the sun ...