This might be why music sucks and millenials are boring
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racerboy71
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i've got shoes, they're made of plywood, lol..
i love stories like that.. i'm the worst when it comes to getting the correct lyrics..
srh88
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ill never forget when i was younger.. some dude was trying to hear the rolling stones beast of burden.. on the radio but he kept asking them to play the pizza burger song
racerboy71
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i still sing, i am your pizza burning, what can i say?
theslipperbandit
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Nah shits different with our generation heck I'll happily listen to fats domino,the everly brothers...once it's good I'll happily chill to it but the wank new kids out out about shun anything different
Corso312
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most drum sets now i wouldnt even call a set
thats not a drum set
this is a drumset
I don't think anybody can hang with Bonham or moon but that one armed guy from Def Lepard is damn impressive.
Unclebaldrick
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This thread got sidetracked from the start... but we might as well just roll with it.
Yes, but just because that tends to be the case does not mean that you can't see differences. The music of 'youth' during the 20th century tended to be far more subversive than the music of their parents. It is this cycle that the author claims is breaking down because of a consolidation of ownership of the outlets. Subversiveness is cool - unless you are trying to get somebody to fuck your balls or face - then it is offensive and must be stopped (@bu$hleaguer ).
It is not like good, subversive music ever really disappears. It is more about the impact of it on the age group in question. Despite the unlimited choices offered by the internet, the Millennials are overwhelmingly choosing pre-packaged "performers" who are about as subversive as a kitten. There is simply nothing in this music that the older generation finds threatening. If we reject it, we are more likely to do so because it is banal than because it threatens us. I personally am saddened when something like licking a donut becomes a radical act that must be apologized for. It just shows how captive the industry is by the global entertainment complex and, consequently, how so few Millennials are cool.
Looking back in my own life to some of the "this is crap" moments in my life...
The Troggs - Wild Thing
I remember my brother and I slamming the shit out of my grandmother's Galaxy to this while she complained about what crap it was. Was it? Yes, certainly when compared to Perry Como, the Troggs were crap. Wonderful crap that will outlive her boring crooners.
The Doors - Hello, I Love You
This time it was our mom who was bitching. Not only did she bitch about the simplicity of the lyrics but she also railed against the sexual promiscuity that it suggested. It clashed with her "Three Coins in the Fountain" worldview and made her head hurt by putting disturbing thoughts into it.
Punk Rock - but lets just take the Ramones
Crap. It is. These guys barely knew how to play their own instruments. But again, I suggest that is was artistically significant crap that will far outlive anything she used to listen to in it's impact. And it still sounds great and is perfect for a one year old to dance to.
Are there similar cool musical acts today? Certainly, but I think they will likely spend their careers working hard to attract a small following while Selena Gomez packs stadiums. Nobody's parents will ever hear their subversive message because it is drowned out by dozens of American Idol winners. Twenty years from now the "cool" bands will probably be a fertile source of cultural mining for the Millennials' children who, I suspect, will be much, much cooler than they - something like @Pinworm.
Unclebaldrick
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We drove a lot as a family and my mother had a serious thing for Barbara Streisand. After about five listenings to the Yentil soundtrack, you are pretty much willing to reject your parents' philosophies completely and start listening to Queen.
But she also had the "A Star is Born" soundtrack where Barbara teams up with Kris Kristopherson. At one point there is a song about selling your soul to the devil - and Kristopherson bellows out "Go to Hell!" in this song. All three of us kids had the timing on this down to a tee - and when it happened we would all yell 'Go to hell!' along with it. She knew what we meant but couldn't do shit about it.
Also...
Chicks with Dicks..
But she also had the "A Star is Born" soundtrack where Barbara teams up with Kris Kristopherson. At one point there is a song about selling your soul to the devil - and Kristopherson bellows out "Go to Hell!" in this song. All three of us kids had the timing on this down to a tee - and when it happened we would all yell 'Go to hell!' along with it. She knew what we meant but couldn't do shit about it.
Also...
Chicks with Dicks..
6ohMax
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Hookabelly
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I'd love to hear your interpretation of Blinded by the Light (manfred mann or Springsteen)
Most everyone gets that wrong LOL
My kids had no choice. They grew up on obscure punk bands, the legends of the 60's and 70's and Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, howling' Wolf, Elmore James, etc They don't like current shit anyway
srh88
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i seen them live and they were honestly amazing.. i only really like a couple songs by them but they jammed.. john popper is a ridiculously good harmonica player
I still hear these lyrics as, "No woman, no crime"
Hookabelly
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Can't stand Blues Travler
Aeroknow
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racerboy71
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you mean, wrapped up like a douche, another runner in the night?