Posted on 02/18/2022 8:51:18 PM PST by nickcarraway
There were still occasional rock breakthroughs throughout the ‘90s, like Meat Loaf’s “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That),” Bryan Adams’ “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman” and Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.” There was also the phenomenon of Elton John’s updated “Candle in the Wind,”
Not rock, not rock, not rock... and not even close to rock.
It’s been (mostly) downhill since around ‘74.
I’m a baby boomer and that’s what I believe, there has been very little good rock music at all since the early 1980’s.
Rock n Roll’s been going downhill ever since Buddy Holly died.
“John Mellencamp (four weeks with “Jack & Diane”)”
I always thought it was John Cougar. Did he get married or something?
When I first heard “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman” it was only a few years ago, long after the song came out. I didn’t know who sang it.
My first thoughts: “This song must be from some movie where the girls were all GaGa over how the singer looked. And it probably wasn’t even a professional singer. Maybe a popular actor, somebody like Johnny Depp, who is known to dabble in performing music here and there. The voice, energy and delivery are dry, raspy, lethargic to the point of being weak.
That is the sound of someone doing Kareoke after too many Tequila Sunrises, but allows himself to be recorded anyway.
Cougar is apparently his middle name. Maybe just for stage purposes.
American Graffiti.
“I’m a baby boomer and that’s what I believe, there has been very little good rock music at all since the early 1980’s.”
Bee boomer here in Japan . I’d say until late 80’s / early 90’s , especially Brit bands not so much USA .
Check out Rival Sons.
Tom Petty was the last great rocker. That is all I am going to say.
Cars would be on the “Yes” list...No?
Absolutely agree.
I still spin this once in a while
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PFWFIya2xGU
Shooting Star ‘Last Chance’
I don’t know. Seems since the original true rock&roll era, everything on the pop charts is automatically called “RR”. It’s become synonymous with “pop”. And I do mean, even circa 1980. I was alive and aware of pop then.
So, using the cool people’s definition that everything hip is “RR”, that cannot be true.
I'm a boomer and I consider the 70s to be the Dark Ages of music and the 80s to be the Renaissance. Now I only listen to 90s through today's music. 70s music makes me want to puke.
Yes, I have to seriously question them. Except as I pointed out, it seems anything hip is “rock” these days. You don’t dare call it something less hip.
Give the Bangles’ “Walk Like and Egyptian” another listen to see if that’s RocknRoll or not; then Jet “Are You Goin to be My Girl”. Bangles and Jet were rockers of the first order.
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