Posted on 12/15/2010 10:14:36 AM PST by JoeProBono
Classic...lol.
Never heard of either Cracker or Camper Van Beethoven. I pretty much bailed out on music scene in the early 90s.
There are only four Stooges - and Iggy ain’t one of them. How dare he co-opt our heros’ name!
Some of those old suits were mobsters. Deadly serious mobsters. They got the “hits” by more than just payola.
But those became the “hits” we know today. I don’t subscribe to the nostalgia, “top 100”, standard for what deserves to be enshrined.
The mob was entrenched in big-music into the 1970s.
But it’s like Vegas, the corporate suits who took over after the mob are less violent, but no more ethical.
Who cares how it was composed or if you consider it "corporate rock." It doesn't invalidate it for me. In '67 "hacking" was routine.
Whatever Cherry Cherry was moved people and defined a sound and style for 20 years. Mellencamp, Paul Simon, The Romantics ('What I Like About You') etal., ALL ripped Cherry Cherry and Diamond off.
Btw, who hasn't "borrowed" from anyone else? The Beach Boys routinely ripped Chuck Berry off; So had The Beatles.
Anyone who's been listening to music from the 50's till now knows what "Real Rock" is. FWIW, I don't need someone else's ear to define it for me.
Tiny Tim was "relevant" only in the context of being a circus freak and ultimate spoof of pop culture at the time.
“I’m a Believer” alone is proof that Diamond had the songwriting chops worthy of the RRHOF.
NOT my cup of mushroom tea, but hey - to each his own; Beauty is in the eye (or ear) of the beholder.
Bout’ time with Alice Cooper.
He is an incredibly underrated songwriter and one of the most influential showmen around.
Ears aren't always looking for an "edginess."
FWIW, I loved the Monkees and Nesmith.
The Godfather of Goth, game-changer of Rock Shows forever....
His musical peak though substantial, was relatively brief, however. 1972-1974 was basically IT.
But not this last one. The last ten years of "Pop" has seen the most un-listenable, gimmicky crap every composed. It's Broadway tunes-meets-Vegas; Been like eating at McDonalds every single day.
In my subjective opinion, the only area that's improved - and substantially - has been contemporary Country - yes, Country. It's at least attempting to recoups Rock's original cues, riffs, and trademarks.
Look - 95% of all Rock basics from the 1950s till now are nothing but simple three chords. It's why everything seems "derivative." But in any case it's what naturally sounds most pleasing to most ears.
Everything else are that core three-chord is just variations, embellishments.
Absurd.
It was a catalyst if anything.
The 70s version and 80s version didn’t get on radio/tv in their day either.
Radio is a joke. ABC-Time-Warner-Disney-Sony-Viacom is a major monopoly that should have been broken up 20 years ago.
Turn off the dial. The public has. It’s like going to the alphabet networks expecting to see real news coverage and not DNC talking points.
Hippydippy BS.
Plenty of people who were in rock back then (including Dave Marsh) will tell you this. Dave Marsh said that rock and roll and camping have nothing in common.
Far more rock acts played Monterey Pop and the Isle of Wight and the Atlanta Pop Festival and the Texas Pop Festival and...
Woodstock had a post-concert marketing system.
Poor substitute for Jim Morrison musically and performance-wise.
Ugliest inductees are yet to come (when they pat Marilyn Manson on the back for doing what Cooper and even Trent Reznor did before him and with no accolades for the industrial rock of Jim Thirwell aka Foetus who spawned that whole noisy subgenre of dance/rock).
Both of them shagged Nico.
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