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I Know it's Only Rock and Roll but I Hate it.
11/27/2005 | Hound of the Baskervilles

Posted on 11/28/2005 3:51:41 PM PST by Hound of the Baskervilles

I'm posting this in hopes of getting opinions and advice about my growing annoyance of being bombarded with loud hard rock music everywhere I go. It's in grocery stores, department stores, even dentists offices, and it's ALWAYS on TV, in practically every single commercial.

What's worse, I got a job at a major chain department store that caters to mid-America. It's not Penny'S but it is on a par with Penny's/ The sotre plays mostly rock and roll all day long. At night it's nothing but hard rock. The Killers, Lynrd Skynrd, Blondie, Billie Idol, Swiftfoot, ZZ Top, and on and on and on. The music is loud too. (It's loud in most stores.) Not only that, in the store where I work the lyrics of some of the songs are raunchy. Aerosmiths Walk this Way is about oral and group sex. Billy Idol's Rebel Yell is about, well I can't print the words. Even the song, What's Your Name Little Girl, (don't know the artists) is about picking up a woman at a hotel and staying the night with her, plus a band member "having a go" with one of the guests.

This is just my opinion please you rock fans don't take offense. I hate rock music. It's worse than animals growling and screaming. The electric guitar is the most annoying instrument known to man. I am wearing earplugs to work and night and in most stores. Still I can hear it. Help me someone to understand why this music is the most popular form of music in the world. If you like it tell me why so I can try to understand and learn to live with it because there is no escaping it. If you don't like it please give me some sympathy!


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: depends; hardrock; lyrics; music; rockmusic; stopwhining; workplace
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1 posted on 11/28/2005 3:51:44 PM PST by Hound of the Baskervilles
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles

Dad? Is that you?


2 posted on 11/28/2005 3:52:48 PM PST by bonfire (dwindler)
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles
Man, if you're offended by Skynrd, I'd hate to see what you think of Gangsta Rap!

What would you rather hear? Amy Grant?

3 posted on 11/28/2005 3:53:15 PM PST by Clemenza (Ticking Away the Moments that Make up the Dog Day)
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles

"Rock is dead they say...Long Live Rock!"-Pete Townshend of the Who


4 posted on 11/28/2005 3:53:45 PM PST by Xanadu2112
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles

Does anyone have that bunny with the pancake pic? I can't seem to find it.


5 posted on 11/28/2005 3:53:59 PM PST by KoRn
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles

I'm probably the wrong person to be replying, since I think Skynyrd epitomizes all that's gone wrong with music and music fans over the past 30 years.

Bunch of talentless hacks churning out the same two songs with marginally different lyrics . . . the next time I hear "Free Bird," I swear, I'm gonna jam my keys into the eyes of whoever played it.

Jeez, do I ever HATE that damn song.


6 posted on 11/28/2005 3:54:13 PM PST by Xenalyte (Skynyrd sucks.)
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To: Clemenza

I love rap and hip-hop. I find both far more fresh and innovative than anything Skynyrd ever did.


7 posted on 11/28/2005 3:55:05 PM PST by Xenalyte (Skynyrd sucks.)
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles

Shoot your TV. You'll feel better at home at least.


8 posted on 11/28/2005 3:55:08 PM PST by listenhillary ("Mainstream media" is creating it's own reality~everything sucks)
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles

Jeeesh---I'm an oldie and I like rock music----makes me shop faster.


9 posted on 11/28/2005 3:55:11 PM PST by Mears (The Killer Queen)
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles

I'm 50 years of age and LOVE rock.......and I'm one of the louder rock guitar players you'll meet. You're probably a nice person but I doubt we'd get along, so.......


"If it's too loud, you're too old."


10 posted on 11/28/2005 3:55:11 PM PST by RightOnline
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles
Lynrd Skynrd, Blondie, Billie Idol, Swiftfoot, ZZ Top

You need to move out of 1980.

11 posted on 11/28/2005 3:55:14 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: bonfire

lol


12 posted on 11/28/2005 3:55:20 PM PST by kenth (Come back here... so that I may brain thee!)
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles

I think I heard there was a giant Disco festival in the mid-west last week.


13 posted on 11/28/2005 3:55:23 PM PST by SF Republican
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles

Oh....and Skynyrd's reference to "one of the crew had a go at one of the guests" was referring to a fight, not sex. Ahem.


14 posted on 11/28/2005 3:55:53 PM PST by RightOnline
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To: All
Here we go!


15 posted on 11/28/2005 3:56:10 PM PST by KoRn
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles

Perhaps this should be in breaking news and not just news/ activism.


16 posted on 11/28/2005 3:56:12 PM PST by flashbunny (To err is human. But to really screw something up, have the government try to fix it.)
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles
And now for something different.

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17 posted on 11/28/2005 3:56:15 PM PST by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles

Just for comparison, what music do you prefer? Opera? Country? Rap? Classical? Bluegrass (ugh)?


18 posted on 11/28/2005 3:56:23 PM PST by Xenalyte (Skynyrd sucks.)
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles

Do they play any Stones or Zeppelin? They rule!


19 posted on 11/28/2005 3:56:45 PM PST by dennisw (You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles

The Captain & Tennille were on Fox & Friends Sunday.....I carry a 45 and now have one less portable TV......


20 posted on 11/28/2005 3:56:50 PM PST by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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