Gone
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And to answer your 2 part question...Yes and No.
Is Rock 'N' Roll Dead?
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Dead? No way, I’m lucky enuf being between Akron/Canton that I can pick up an FM station from a little Div.III private college. Sat&Sun it’s nothing but old time R&R, no commercials. ( Mt.Union college- more football records than you can imagine)
Aeronet
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I guess I'm just an old timer. Tomorrow I'm going to post a thread about fixing a bumper jack. Mine broke this evening. I'll look at it tomorrow. I really need it. You know you're old when you use a bumper jack!
Aeronet
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My point was, who's making good Rock 'n' Roll today.
What's dead is the music business, in the form that it had existed in for decades. Record/music shops used to be a big deal. What's gone, to me, is the 'superstar' aspect of rock that we all grew up with..there's so many acts and ways to hear stuff out there now it's hard to stay on top of it. One thing I've noticed over the last 10-15 years is a lot of it has become very dark and depressing, musically and lyrically...rock's always been a little angry and rebellious which appeals to youth, but the newer stuff seems to me to be reflective of a larger hopelessness felt by the younger generations..it went from 'f--k yeah!' to 'f--k you!'(punk) back to 'f--k yeah!' and now it's like 'f--k me'...
Gone
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Yep, and I never cared for it or any of that head-banging ****. I liked the softer rock and roll.
Aeronet
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I agree beanhead. Video didn't kill the radio star, the internet did. Plus, it seems like it's become a competetion to see who can be the darkest and the heaviest.
I guess my question is 'what the hell happened to pop music?'
I guess my question is 'what the hell happened to pop music?'
Gone
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I don't know since I don't follow it. If I want to listen to rock and roll, I pull the old stuff off of YouTube.
Aeronet
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Jimi Hendrix and Lynyrd Skynyrd aren't headbanging music.
Well we still have taylor swift!
Gone
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Not all rock and roll was head-banging. I liked the stuff that wasn't...in my opinion.
Gone
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That chick needs therapy.Well we still have taylor swift!
Aeronet
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It seems to me that Rock 'n' Roll has gone the way of Jazz or Classical music. It's a form, not a living thing. I haven't heard to the contrary so, goodnight.
idrivemopar
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It's not dead, in fact we just had A new record store open here this summer, tons of new and old stuff on vinyl. My buddies band, out of Denver, are pretty good, and they are on the heavy side and have an old school flair. https://neardusk.bandcamp.com
69L48Z27
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Dead? No way. Current stuff is out there. Greta Van Fleet, Stone Broken, Halestorm, Alterbridge... Chris Stapleton and Brothers Osborne have the Southern Rock covered.
I'm a super late 80's and 90's kid. We had it all. Pearljam, Greenday, Fighters of the Foo, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Live, Kid Rock the list goes on. Never a dull moment. Hell, we even had the gangster rap too. Ah yes, Snoop, Dre, Eminem, what else could a kid for the 'burbs need.
Lithium on SXM is THE station.
I'm a super late 80's and 90's kid. We had it all. Pearljam, Greenday, Fighters of the Foo, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Live, Kid Rock the list goes on. Never a dull moment. Hell, we even had the gangster rap too. Ah yes, Snoop, Dre, Eminem, what else could a kid for the 'burbs need.
Lithium on SXM is THE station.
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It died
Aeronet
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Mick Jagger resurrected him as a Highway Star.
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