When I was a pubescent youngster rock'n'roll was the unearthed treasure that made me feel like my life had just begun. This forbidden fruit ranked second only behind my discovery of sex. It discussed my affairs, my loves, and aired my hopes and dreams, as it connected me to my peers and separated me from an older generation. We've all been told:"turn down that racket!" As I matured along with my music, its messages stayed direct, fresh and honest. Even as it roared from the underground, it was personal; I could not imagine my father whistling "You Can't Always Get What You Want" nor did the bank president hum "All Along the Watchtower". Today's air waves bear a pale resemblance to the musical evolution of the past.
Rock'n'roll doesn't exist anymore. Sure people are playing rock from every era, and musicians are producing their idea of what rock'n'roll should be. But, the epitome of rock music, the explosive sensation of sound, youth, and fury has become a part of history. Today we are left with music that duplicates or fits into already tried and established forms. Is this representative of the first decade of this new millennium?
Rock'n'roll doesn't exist anymore. Sure people are playing rock from every era, and musicians are producing their idea of what rock'n'roll should be. But, the epitome of rock music, the explosive sensation of sound, youth, and fury has become a part of history. Today we are left with music that duplicates or fits into already tried and established forms. Is this representative of the first decade of this new millennium?
- Do you agree at all with writer?
- Is it time for really new music?
- Is it all just a circle?
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shorty mack
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06/16/2008
i am so sick of this statement: "you just have to search a little harder" WHY? it should be there you that is the point of the article. Growing up we would leave the radio on all night you was surely to heard something new or different there was no need to search for the music and there should be no reason to search for it now just play the music. Personally, music in general is dead, too many covers, sound a like artists and bands.
chris
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10/15/2007
im going to have 2 disagree with the statements above. rock 'n' roll is alive and well, new bands and new styles, as well as originals, rock music has become slightly less main stream and more underground but its just that much more fun searching out the new generation of rock 'n' roll musicians
John
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02/27/2007
The classic rock on the radio is boring because I've heard all those damn songs so many times and most of it does sound dated...The new stuff on radio sounds much like the author of the above article describes it "
combinations and permutations of the aforementioned styles" only very watered down - the worst for me is to see these old fogies like the Stones and Aerosmith still try to look like they are 18 in the Seventies...and they aren't doing there place in Rock history any good since they already peaked years before...
Rock isn't something old men should do, as hard as it is for those guys, it really is embarrassing...even the dudes in Green Day has to be close to 40 years old now...whatever, to each their own...let em rock into their damned eighties for all I care...god bless them and more power to them if they try...but my point is it won't be valid...
rock and other artforms have always been valid ways the working class youth of society can actually effect change...and r
John
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02/27/2007
Rock n' Roll is dead...sorry Neil Young...I love you buddy...but I believe it died around 1995...Rap or Hip Hop is the new movement, but I don't consider that Rock n' Roll...Or at least what I personally consider to be rock and roll or rock...an electric guitar, drums, bass and a singer...and people sing and play their instruments and they can be regular people....it's a beautiful artform and one that will in some ways always be here...and that's what I grew up on, bands...the Beatles...guitar, bass, drums, vocals.....Led Zepplin....guitar, bass, drums, voclas, ....Sex Pistols....guitar, bass, drums, vocals.....Nirvana.....guitar, bass, drums, vocals....I think it died when Nirvana made it big...before their big label production they really had something and rock seemed alive as ever...but it was a couple years later I heard Green Day and said, wow...commercial punk....it's over...
Now that it's dead what will the next movement in art be? What next? The classic rock on the radio i
JIN-ROH
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08/31/2006
drat,the same can be said for hip hop and rap (my fave genres)it is far from dead,in fact its alive and well,its just not found on the usual channels,like it was throughout the 70 to early 90's.
dratmiller
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08/23/2006
You're essay has a fatal flaw. You assume that rock n roll is dead because you can't hear it on the radio. Well, you're half right. There is absolutely nothing on Clear Channel worth listening to. But rock n roll ain't dead. It's just changed it's address. The internet has made it possible for artists of all types to survive and thrive without a major label or radio support. They are out there, setting up homepages, working the clubs, and burning up the highways. Patterson Hood of the Drive By Truckers reminds his listeners all the time that there is still plenty of great music being played, you just have to search a little harder for it. The thing is, if you're listening to the radio for your rock n roll, you're not going to find it. Get out in the clubs, bars, and festivals. Shoot, search My Space for crying out loud! It's there. Just as angry, funny, poignant, misguided, proud, defiant and socially relevant as ever. Didn't you ever listen to Danny and the Jun
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