Rock Music dead?
BamaPJFan
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Why is it that over the last several years (especially right now) we hear the phrase - "Rock music is dying."?
I'm not a fan at all of rap/hip-hop and the current day pop music. I think it's all crap to be quite honest. I listen to basically all forms of rock music, from Pearl Jam to Metallica, from Queensryche to Van Halen, and from Fleetwood Mac to AIC. (I also like a lot of country music.)
Are the music executives to blame? Radio? Real, authentic rock radio is hard to find these days. Top 40 stations up until the mid-90s played rock music, but all of a sudden they stopped. I don't even watch the Grammys because I know that it's nothing but computer-generated noise with coked up freaks on stage who can't sing if their lives depended on it (I know, Green Day had a spot on the Grammys this time around).
Why aren't young folks embracing rock? Maybe a lot are, but we just don't hear about it? Because of how bad mainstream pop music is in today's climate, that makes me an even bigger fan of rock music.
I'm not a fan at all of rap/hip-hop and the current day pop music. I think it's all crap to be quite honest. I listen to basically all forms of rock music, from Pearl Jam to Metallica, from Queensryche to Van Halen, and from Fleetwood Mac to AIC. (I also like a lot of country music.)
Are the music executives to blame? Radio? Real, authentic rock radio is hard to find these days. Top 40 stations up until the mid-90s played rock music, but all of a sudden they stopped. I don't even watch the Grammys because I know that it's nothing but computer-generated noise with coked up freaks on stage who can't sing if their lives depended on it (I know, Green Day had a spot on the Grammys this time around).
Why aren't young folks embracing rock? Maybe a lot are, but we just don't hear about it? Because of how bad mainstream pop music is in today's climate, that makes me an even bigger fan of rock music.
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I'm fine with it changing; I just can't stand it when people say that it's "dying". There are tons of rock bands out there who have stayed the course and are currently making some of the best music of their careers, but you wouldn't necessarily know it if you had to depend on the mainstream music media to tell you this.
Gibson Amphitheatre (Los Angeles): 10/7/09
I don't think it's that young folks aren't embracing rock, I think it's more that the media isn't embracing rock.
The media will go to the short term/headline story, which tends to be in Pop and it's short shelf life. Whatever sells that day. Even bands like the Stones and Led Zeppelin didn't make the headlines in the prime because of their music, it was the story/mystique that surrounded them.
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Good point. I guess to be quite honest, I'm not wishing for rock music to be over-commercialized (like it was in the mid to late 80s) because music that is overhyped tends to lose a lot of its quality and integrity. I just don't like seeing rock music disrespected, when in my opinion, the most talented musicians are those like rock musicians who play their own instruments and typically write the vast majority of the songs they perform.
Gibson Amphitheatre (Los Angeles): 10/7/09
Oh yeah, absolutely agree. While I would love for rock bands like PJ, My Morning Jacket, and the Drive-By Truckers to get as much attention as they deserve, I'd rather it be for their art, not their personal lives.
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fm rock radio is dead. but rock is far from it
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I don't really listen to the radio much, if I do it would usually be XFM which only really plays rock music. On the occassions I've listened to radio 1 they have played some rock mucis, albeit the more commercial stuff like Coldplay, Muse, KOL and a load of indie bands, but it's still rock.
I think your observation about British bands using strings and sequencers is pretty ignorant to be honest. So what? It's called innovation. I don't think anyone would dispute the fact NIN are a rock band, yet many of their songs are exclusively made by electronic means.
I also disagree that good music is being killed by reality tv shite. Make no mistake, it is largely shite, but before the reality shows, the charts were clogged up with equally shitty pop music. The charts don't really mean a lot anyway. Pearl Jam don't exactly set the charts on fire when they bring out new stuff, yet they have no problems selling out huge venues like the O2. Back in the 90's the charts were one of the main ways of finding out about new bands, but the internet took over that role long ago. Then you have things like Guitar Hero which have introduced new generations to bands they might not have otherwise discovered.