Posted on 05/23/2024 3:48:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I miss the old Comiskey. It was a classic ballpark, and across the street was McCuddy's - the bar where legend says Babe Ruth went to have a beer between games of a double header. McCuddy's had a baseball bat on display that was one of Ruth's.
I read where Frank Zappa said he had more respect for older record industry executives. As long as they were making money, they didn’t care what it was their bands played. Younger execs, in their 20’s and 30’s who thought they had heard and knew it all, he hated. Because they all had groupthink and latched onto bands that all sounded the same as one another, ossifying popular music.
The seventies music lives on in TV commercials and Walmart stores.
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Getting older, third floor.... lingerie.
There are still small out let’s out there ..
But for the most part. Radio has become a homogeneous single corporate entity. Playing the exact play list on multiple stations.
In the Boston area. We now have 2 independents. Playing a really good mix. They seem to be pretty small. And relatively new.
Hopefully, they succeed . And that spreads. You know they are small, as all of their ads are local independent businesses.
Agree!
Rock and roll is definitely tied to the Baby Boomers. As you said, it won’t die in an absolute sense but it will become a niche music and it will also be created. Just not in the amount that it was 20 years ago.
Most of us don’t tap our toes to what our grandfathers did, so this is normal. It’s called the Great Forgetting.
Did you see him on the series, “Lilyhammer”?
Been to McCuddy’s as well, and I’m pretty sure the Babe Ruth story is true (it’s certainly been repeated enough). And there was another neighborhood bar next door - O’Brien’s, if I remember correctly.
My brother had season tickets in the left field bleachers, and thus was able to get seats for the last three home games at the old park - I got to see the very last game played there.
Missed Disco Demolition though - that’s about as South Side Sox as there ever was.
The “classic” stuff is SO overplayed and overstayed its welcome.
I’be found so many new artists on Spotify in a wide variety of genres that I really like. I don’t have to listen to what was popular when I was 16.
P.S. writing this from the top of Rhus Ridge under the spreading oaks, afternoon sun, and a cool breeze !
Not as long as I have my vinyl and CD collection...and Pandora.
Thanks! Brings back great memories.
Im extremely thankful for growing up in the 80’s. I grew up with a wide musical palette. I passed it onto my daughter and I hope she passes it onto her kids. Today’s music is nothing but trash.
I suggest, if you are looking for new music, to try new genres. There are probably a few songs that you’ll like, even if you don’t like the genre itself.
“When our generation goes, who’s going to know about this stuff?”
The better stuff will survive. The lightweight and mediocre stuff will generally be forgotten.
In classical music there were many many composers beside Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Liszt, rachmaninoff, etc. If you dig you will find all sorts of generally forgotten stuff.
No I didn’t see that one.
Presuming he comes out of his coma.
Go into any guitar store and watch what the kids play…
Classic Rock will certainly outlive the original fan base by a few generations
However it will almost certainly continue to decline like all
Music genres
In truth, 'modern' classical music is now in the realm of movie soundtracks - the Lord of the Rings soundtrack was the biggest classical-style seller in the past 25 years. The work that Has Zimmer has done for many films is another great example.
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