Will classic rock last for all eternity?

Oak Lawn (IL) Reporter ^ | 4/17/03 | Michael M. Bates

[Orangedog]

And these old farts are still out on the road(!) What is this, the "Time For Your Medicine Tour"?

[mikeb704]

The Who's 'Overture' is used in an allergy pill commerical

I've seen that. Clarinex, right? Back in the 60s there was an album titled (as I recall) The Who Sells Out.

[Mr. Mojo]

What a coincidence! I saw them in June as well (on the night when Keith Moon sat in on a song or two), and I was also 13 years old. But I sat 17th row center.....still close enough. The highlights of the show (for me) were "Nobody's Fault but Mine", "Sick Again," "The Song Remains the Same" (the opening song), "Kashmir" (Page played his '59 Telecaster on that one), and the 35 Minute "Dazed and Confused."

[God luvs America]

They were the New Yardbirds for barely two months. Only because the old Yardbirds had some concert commitments that had to be met.

[God luvs America]

I have that bootleg, from the Forum when Moon came on stage at the end.

My favorite was "Ten Years Gone" as well as "Kashmir" with the mirror-tile ball.

[mikeb704]

Keith Relf - lead singer of the Yardbirds - died in a strange way. In '76, he was practicing his electric guitar. In the bathtub. Ouch.

[T Minus Four]

60's music ping! :-)

[Orangedog]

10-15 years from now it will be 80's music. God help us all.

Growing up in the 80's wasn't all that bad, even though a lot of the music was. I kind of miss that simpler time, where the only fear I had growing up was of being nuked by the Russians in the middle of the night. The world is a bit more complicated now.

[Orangedog]

Judging by the way the Strolling Bones look, they're already turning to dust.

Whenever I see some these old koots on TV, I can only say one thing: "Ye Gods! Please let me age with some small amount of dignity!"

[Reaganwuzthebest]

I thought rap would be a 3 to 4 year fad, at most. Unfortunately, it looks like it's here to stay.

All I see is the picture of being in some nursing home 50 years from now being forced to listen to that. With any luck Dr. Krevorkian will still be around.

[archy]

When most of my generation finally leave this vale of tears – if they ever do – maybe then the 60s music will fade away. But what will take its place? The Insane Clown Posse, Eminem, Twisted Sister?

The recent cover version of The Smiths tune How Soon Is Now by Russian pop vocalists t.a.T.y would be a contender, I'd think, as are some of Canadian punkette Avril Lavigne, particularly Nobody's Fool and Mobile from her first album. And these are but their firsts, with hopeful features ahead of them...and others.

I can't begin to count the covers of Locomotion that are out there, Kylie Minogie's likely being the best known, though Atomic Kitten and Grand Funk Railroad left credible cover versions behind as well. Little Eva may be gone, and Warren Zevon leaving us as soon as his ride's here, but the music goes on.

-archy-/-

Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Little Eva, Johnny Tillotson and Freddy Cannon, September, 2000:

[Remember Ruby Ridge]

I know I will still be listening to (classic) Aerosmith until my dieing day;-)

[csvset]

A cruise ship line is using Iggy Pop's Lust For Life.

[general_re]

No, no - I'm not saying they've "sold out", or whatever. If they can make a few bucks off of Cadillac or whoever, then God bless 'em - America is a wonderful country, I say.

What I am saying is that it's way too soon to say that they'll go down in music history with the Mozarts and Beethovens of the world. The people who grew up with Zep necessarily carry a lot of emotional weight along with the music, which pretty much prevents any neutral perspective on the merits of their music. I think Dave Barry said it best:

But that doesn't matter. What matters is that when I'm singing along to "Shut Down", I'm no longer a middle-aged guy driving to the laundry to pick up my shirts; I'm seventeen, and it's a summer night with tantalizing possibilities of adventure and romance hanging semipalpably in the humid air, and I'm cruising the roads around Armonk, New York, and even though the vehicle I'm cruising in is my mom's Plymouth Valiant station wagon, which boasts the performance characteristics and sex appeal of a forklift, I am feeling good, and I am stomping on the gas pedal (not that this has any measurable effect on my mom's Valiant) and imagining that I'm at the wheel of a Stingray, singing triumphantly along with the Beach Boys as we roar past the Dodge 413...So I don't care how many times I hear "Shut Down", or "Little Deuce Coupe", or "Fun, Fun, Fun". They're always welcome on my radio; I'll go back to that summer night any time.

But there won't be anybody like that left in 50 years - at that point, it'll have to stand or fall on its own merits. All we can do is sort of wait and see how it's received by generations to come...

[archy]

60's music ping! :-)

Tommy Roe, Shirley Reeves, Bobby Vee, Tom, Jeff, Little Eva, Deb Commings, and Robb Columbus, IN, September 2000:

[RightWhale]

Amazing what a drop sixth bass root will do for a tune. Maybe even create a whole industry.

[chnsmok]

Oh my...and I had a crush on Bobby Vee way back then.

[God luvs America]

Could be but all I know is when I listen to "progressive rock" stations in New York Zeppelin is the only group they play the whose band members were born prior to 1970

[Reaganwuzthebest]

I absolutely hate Led Zeppelin after that stupid car commercial constantly blaring it. Time and place and such.

Yeah, know what you mean. I used to be a great fan of U2 till I saw this:

Bono has no shame.

[Villiany_Inc]

Yeah, yeah, you guys were laughing yesterday, but you're gonna be begging to borrow my Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs 8-tracks now...

Little Red Riding Hood was always one of my favorites.

And there is NOTHING wrong with Bad Company!

For the record, Im a Gen-X'er (blech, I hate that term) and I do not listen to M&M&M, Inane Clown Puss, or much of anything else that fraudently trys to pass itself off as music or talent.