Rock can't be dead. Michael Jackson is doing another concert. I saw this clip a few months ago and it showcases some of the more glaring similarities of today's music in a humorous way. 1564 will never die. 200+ years and counting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM I hardly ever listen to music on the radio anymore. The most palatable stations still usually only play a song I like every 3rd go. Don't know if everything is crap or maybe I'm just crotchety in my old age. I never used to really listen to the words I just loved the beat and taste and smell and feel of the blues and blues based rock. Jam bands like Gov't Mule I could listen to all night. Not knowing the words has gotten me into trouble a couple of times. Never really noticed how misogynistic AC/DC lyrics were until my son started asking me what they meant by "shoot to thrill." I started paying attention after that. Rock n' Roll is, after all, a synonym for sex. I always thought of words as filler between guitar solos. dj On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:58 AM, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > And now for something completely different … > > “The blues had a baby and they named it rock and roll” (Muddy Waters). > Sometime around the beginning of the 1950s, rock n’ roll started to > emerge (synthesising influences from jazz, blues, country and gospel) > and quickly developed into what is known as “rock music.” There > followed the creative explosion of the 60s, further development (Glam, > hard rock, progressive, reggae) as well as correctives (Punk) in the > 70s, more new trends in the 80s (such as New Wave, indie, electronic) > and some new creative impulses in the 90s (Grunge, Britpop, world > music) and then … > [Whether one sees black music/r’n’b as a sub-group within rock (with a > somewhat different cultural history and development; blues, gospel, > Motown, soul, etc.), or as something basically different to rock music > is a matter of debate (personally I tend to the first > interpretation).] > > Rock music has fractured into hundreds of genres, from Death Metal to > different varieties of techno. Hip hop (originally with a pedigree in > perceived US black alienation, now diversified world-, language- and > culture-wide) strikes me as being musically very limited. Commercial > pop remains as strong and parasitically creative as ever (contemporary > r’n’b sanitising a lot of rap/hip hop being one example), but, because > of its commercial imperatives, pop will never be really artistically > creative, feeding instead on new impulses which have, over the past > half century, usually been provided in the area known as “rock music.” > > Over the past ten years or so, I have the feeling that rock is > creatively increasing running out of steam. The scene today seems to > be dominated, as I said, by different genres and, increasingly, by > aging dinosaurs, either repeating themselves (like U2 or REM) or > parodying themselves (as the Stones have been doing for decades). > Elton John and Phil Collins are now writing musicals. There’s a lot of > good new music out there, but nearly all of it seems to be no more > than very competent variations on themes intensively explored long > ago. Has the original inspiration of three chords and twelve bars; > electric guitar, bass, (keyboards) and drums, finally been mined out? > > Or am I just getting old? > > Francis > > “When I hear the word gun, I reach for my culture.” (Malcolm > Muggeridge) > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
