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Originally Posted by Galefore  To Lurch: Although I disagree that all Rock music nowadays is trash that rehashes everything from the past, because if one looks deep enough there is some good in the bad, I do agree that the Stones and Beatles were mostly horrid. I'm not a fan of either, and it seems what I meant by great has been misunderstood; I meant they were incredibly popular, and by all means huge. Because of their popularity, they are regarded as gods among musicians while nobody even examines the music itself. Since they were 'great', apparently all music died with Lennon. This is the logic I was getting at, the general thought process of all elitists. |
Re: Modern Rock
I don't really know how it is wherever you are, but I'd say the local rock stations in the last three places I've lived (college town, major metropolis, medium city) or the last 5 cities I've visited (mostly medium-large cities) run their music at a 60/40 or 70/30 90s rock/post 2000 rock split, whereas during the 90s (when this stuff was hitting), the rock stations were pretty much playing present day music with the occassional 80s era Janes Addiction or RHCP track mixed in (or if you were really lucky, Sonic Youth).
I haven't heard anything good that's "new" via the radio in years. Granted, maybe my tastes are spoiled. Maybe I'm going from the equivalent of filet mignon to the equivalent of 70/30 ground beef.
Maybe there's good, but I haven't found it. Most of the "emerging" bands just have this terrible sound that combines things that shouldn't be combined. Much of it is musically bankrupt, and the lyrics are devoid of any meaning, passion, or even coherantness.
Re: Stones and Beatles:
Yeah, most of the Beatles is just bad, but the Stones have more direct influences to modern rock due to the guitar work. Their catalog is much deeper than the Beatles, though they probably should have died in the 70s. Not faded away, I mean physically died.
And a true elitist would say that music hasn't died until Bob Dylan dies.