As a non-RocknRoll GenX'er, I love watching rock die. Not that I don't like some rock. Even older stuff. Even The Beatles. But I don't pretend it's the end-all, be-all and some great achievement beyond just a way to pump out songs with 3-5 pieces. It was pretty much dead by 1975 and only saved by punk. Barely.
I dabble in music. My favorite conversation to listen in on is the dude(s), often musicians but sometimes just fans, at the club complaining about how nothing now is real in modern music, and eventually everyone will come to their senses and come crawling back to rock.
O RLY, dumdum? Explain ten years of hair metal in the 80s. Explain the bland, cookie cutter Seattle sound of the 90s. Explain The Eagles. Most standard rock sucks. And thats not even accounting for the over commercialization of rock in the golden era. The Archies were a fake band in the 60s with a Top 20 hit of Yummy Yummy Yummy I Got Love in my Tummy. Explain that shit and how its all any better than hip hop.
Now you know what it feels like to be in a band that doesn't play rock. Suck it up. If I worried about making it big playing the types of music I like, I'd never play another gig.
As a non-RocknRoll GenX'er, I love watching rock die. Not that I don't like some rock. Even older stuff. Even The Beatles. But I don't pretend it's the end-all, be-all and some great achievement beyond just a way to pump out songs with 3-5 pieces. It was pretty much dead by 1975 and only saved by punk. Barely.
I dabble in music. My favorite conversation to listen in on is the dude(s), often musicians but sometimes just fans, at the club complaining about how nothing now is real in modern music, and eventually everyone will come to their senses and come crawling back to rock.
O RLY, dumdum? Explain ten years of hair metal in the 80s. Explain the bland, cookie cutter Seattle sound of the 90s. Explain The Eagles. Most standard rock sucks. And thats not even accounting for the over commercialization of rock in the golden era. The Archies were a fake band in the 60s with a Top 20 hit of Yummy Yummy Yummy I Got Love in my Tummy. Explain that shit and how its all any better than hip hop.
Now you know what it feels like to be in a band that doesn't play rock. Suck it up. If I worried about making it big playing the types of music I like, I'd never play another gig.