Have you heard some of the shit that they are actually calling music on the radio nowadays? To say that it is unlistenable is being polite. Half of the songs today would not have even been a radio jingle years ago and now every poser thinks it is musical gold. I think that Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and the Lady Antebellum chick is the same girl for God's sake! I cannot tell one of their songs apart. Do you know why? Because it all sounds like shit.
I would rather pass a kidney stone the size of Webster than even attempt to watch the twelve minutes of music videos that they play on television. Majority of these bands do not even last long enough to learn their name, bad enough the words to their songs. It is sad that this young generation is going to grow up without any real rock stars. Where are the Beatles of our generation? The Doors? The Temptations? Elvis? The so-called experts had the balls to compare Kurt Cobain to John Lennon... Huh? John was the walrus people. Kurt didn't even die like a real rock star. He quit! Why could he not overdose like a real rock star? Hendrix, Morrison and Joplin... now that is the way to go baby. It is better to burn out than fade away, and these three didn't even get a chance to hit the big 3-0. Good for them,
Even if a real original band does come along, most of them end up selling out in a matter of weeks. Just when there is a song out there that you like, you hear it two weeks later as the background to a video game. Even the Woodstock reunion was a sell out!!! The original attacked commercialism and promoted peace. The 30th anniversary was sponsored by Pepsi and had more violence than the Casey Anthony Day School.
Bands do not even live the cool rock and roll lifestyle anymore. Instead of trashing hotels and doing the perp walk on the news for beating the shit out of a groupie, they are busy taking on global causes. Years ago you could not walk 10 feet at a concert without being offered alcohol, weed or hash brownies. Now people are selling gluten free bran muffins and wheat grass shots... are you fucking serious. I would have so much more respect for Justin Bieber if there was a video surfacing of him doing crystal meth while bare backing a Ukrainian call girl. If he did that, I would be forced to call into work because I would be sick in bed with Bieber fever!!! There are still real bands out there, recording and playing in bars all across the country. They still have the love of music in them. Bands like my buddy Blaine's "Heartless Devils" and "Social Distortion". Bands that play instruments and write their own songs, playing the music that they want, regardless who is in the crowd.
Years ago there were anthems like "Free Bird" and "Stairway to Heaven". You have never heard someone say "Turn that off... it's played out." Those songs have been on the radio for over four decades!!! Yet, it has been only three weeks but if I hear that "Somebody that I used to know" song one more time I am going to follow Kurt Cobain's lead and go down for the long nap.
Is it hot in here or am I Crazy?
It's funny cause as I read this John Lennons "Instant Karma" hits on my shuffle. Its most certainly a sad state of affairs. We have come a long way from the Beach Boys going hit for hit with The Beatles.
ReplyDeleteNow it's raunchiness for even more raunchiness & how many times can you drop a cuss word in three minutes and change.
Proms look more like S&M parties these days. ::shaking head::
Not to mention does the younger generation realize half the beats that are used today are from the Musial Generation that's considered "uncool" to them.
Hypocrite Warning. Well played Tony