Posted on 01/07/2014 7:02:12 AM PST by Notary Sojac
Not "everything". Just your and some of the others tastes in music, and other things too I would imagine.
Everything sucks, It Was a Really Bad Year.
If someone is too screwed up to appreciate classic American culture, and classic American music, that’s their business.
Thank you for the thread. It is indeed a rut, and it is good to see older rockers like Robert Plant and David Byrne not wallowing in it. Like the Rollings Stones, who, one critic wrote after last year’s New Jersey performance, can no longer even play “Last Time”, as well as a high school band from Podunk. The Kinks in the meantime are threatening to reform - what are they going to play, their disco period stuff?
To start with, the term “classic rock” is entirely artificial, the creation of some radio marketing gurus, and if one repeats such nonsense (nonsense, because there is no such musical category), one is parroting somebody else, accepting received wisdom, not good. A discerning listener questions marketing, questions popularity lists, questions the taste of his buddies if he has to, and chooses for himself independently from the mob, which listens to the likes of Kenny G, and hangs “paintings” of Thomas Kinkade on the walls. Theodore Sturgeon had it right.
I must admit, I was a bit on the grouchy side today. Reason is I have toothache that is driving me friggin nuts. Sorry for disrupting your thread.
And now I’m going to take I think my 10th or 11th aspirin of the day. And it’s only 6PM here in NY.
Break off a piece of that aspirin and put it right next to the tooth that hurts.
Well that sucks. I feel for you. Listen to last years David Bowie album you’ll feel better (assuming you like Bowie at all, his 21st century albums are among his best work).
Does that really make the aspirin work better? Never heard of that before. But at this point I’ll try anything, except listening to any of the music suggested to me here. :)
I liked Fame, Rebel Rebel, and Space Oddity. That’s about all I can think of of his at the moment. Never a big fan though.
In my experience, if it’s due to a cavity a piece of aspirin placed right next to the cavity can provide temporary relief. YMMV, but if it doesn’t work you’re just out a piece of an aspirin.
I’ve got a lot of catching up to do on this thread.
OK, all’s forgiven. Find and listen to Filligar (their entire album is downloadable free of charge somewhere), and compare to the ‘70s stuff you listed. I bet you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
I’m sorry, sweetie.
Here's a little taste.
Why, what did you do?
Just kidding. Thanks.
Feeling much better now that I’m all drugged up.
:)
Good night then, dear. :)
You keep sweet talking me like that and I’m going to fall in love with you! LOL.
You’re very nice. Good night. :)
Kind of a losing battle, except for those who are actually in the business. People associate pop music with adolescence and don’t find any point in following it long after their adolescence is over. Sometimes I hear a catchy song and I like it, but if I didn’t listen to whole albums back when I was the target audience, I’m not really going to do it now.
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