Rock n Roll - dead, on life support, or just in a coma?

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Re: Rock n Roll - dead, on life support, or just in a coma?

Post by JimC » Thu Sep 26, 2013 11:03 pm

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Coito ergo sum wrote: I'm not saying there are zero rock bands around now, but I think that the difficulty people are having in naming new bands of the current decade is instructive.
:funny:

What difficulty? Rachel named several right off the bat, which you ignored. Tero posted Modest Mouse, Lak posted a couple Rockabilly bands, I named three bands, all ignored. You've only acknowledged MrFungus' list which you wrote off as being too old.

The difficulty here isn't in naming contemporary rock bands; the difficulty is in finding bands that satisfy your ridiculously narrow criteria, i.e. younger than three years AND the ability to pack stadiums, and must be liked/recognized/acknowledged by you.

This discussion is very silly. You've set up all the parameters so the only possible conclusion is the one you have predetermined.
What if one removed the "must be liked/recognized/acknowledged by CES"?

And maybe 5 years, not 3...

And pack stadiums by themselves, not as part of a multi-band festival?

Not so many, I think...
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Re: Rock n Roll - dead, on life support, or just in a coma?

Post by Seabass » Thu Sep 26, 2013 11:58 pm

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Seabass wrote:
Coito ergo sum wrote: I'm not saying there are zero rock bands around now, but I think that the difficulty people are having in naming new bands of the current decade is instructive.
:funny:

What difficulty? Rachel named several right off the bat, which you ignored. Tero posted Modest Mouse, Lak posted a couple Rockabilly bands, I named three bands, all ignored. You've only acknowledged MrFungus' list which you wrote off as being too old.

The difficulty here isn't in naming contemporary rock bands; the difficulty is in finding bands that satisfy your ridiculously narrow criteria, i.e. younger than three years AND the ability to pack stadiums, and must be liked/recognized/acknowledged by you.

This discussion is very silly. You've set up all the parameters so the only possible conclusion is the one you have predetermined.
What if one removed the "must be liked/recognized/acknowledged by CES"?

And maybe 5 years, not 3...

And pack stadiums by themselves, not as part of a multi-band festival?

Not so many, I think...
Your requirements aren't much better than Coito's. If your criteria are so restrictive that even a band like The Black Keys doesn't make the cut, I think you need to ease your requirements a little. By any reasonable standards, The Black Keys should be counted on a list of successful, modern rock bands.
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Re: Rock n Roll - dead, on life support, or just in a coma?

Post by JimC » Fri Sep 27, 2013 3:36 am

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JimC wrote:
Seabass wrote:
Coito ergo sum wrote: I'm not saying there are zero rock bands around now, but I think that the difficulty people are having in naming new bands of the current decade is instructive.
:funny:

What difficulty? Rachel named several right off the bat, which you ignored. Tero posted Modest Mouse, Lak posted a couple Rockabilly bands, I named three bands, all ignored. You've only acknowledged MrFungus' list which you wrote off as being too old.

The difficulty here isn't in naming contemporary rock bands; the difficulty is in finding bands that satisfy your ridiculously narrow criteria, i.e. younger than three years AND the ability to pack stadiums, and must be liked/recognized/acknowledged by you.

This discussion is very silly. You've set up all the parameters so the only possible conclusion is the one you have predetermined.
What if one removed the "must be liked/recognized/acknowledged by CES"?

And maybe 5 years, not 3...

And pack stadiums by themselves, not as part of a multi-band festival?

Not so many, I think...
Your requirements aren't much better than Coito's. If your criteria are so restrictive that even a band like The Black Keys doesn't make the cut, I think you need to ease your requirements a little. By any reasonable standards, The Black Keys should be counted on a list of successful, modern rock bands.
It's not a question of whether they are successful or great musically. The point people are making, which seems to have some force, is that the days of the absolute mega band, playing to packed stadiums and dominating the charts may have passed...
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Re: Rock n Roll - dead, on life support, or just in a coma?

Post by Seabass » Fri Sep 27, 2013 3:50 am

JimC wrote:
Seabass wrote:
JimC wrote:
Seabass wrote:
Coito ergo sum wrote: I'm not saying there are zero rock bands around now, but I think that the difficulty people are having in naming new bands of the current decade is instructive.
:funny:

What difficulty? Rachel named several right off the bat, which you ignored. Tero posted Modest Mouse, Lak posted a couple Rockabilly bands, I named three bands, all ignored. You've only acknowledged MrFungus' list which you wrote off as being too old.

The difficulty here isn't in naming contemporary rock bands; the difficulty is in finding bands that satisfy your ridiculously narrow criteria, i.e. younger than three years AND the ability to pack stadiums, and must be liked/recognized/acknowledged by you.

This discussion is very silly. You've set up all the parameters so the only possible conclusion is the one you have predetermined.
What if one removed the "must be liked/recognized/acknowledged by CES"?

And maybe 5 years, not 3...

And pack stadiums by themselves, not as part of a multi-band festival?

Not so many, I think...
Your requirements aren't much better than Coito's. If your criteria are so restrictive that even a band like The Black Keys doesn't make the cut, I think you need to ease your requirements a little. By any reasonable standards, The Black Keys should be counted on a list of successful, modern rock bands.
It's not a question of whether they are successful or great musically. The point people are making, which seems to have some force, is that the days of the absolute mega band, playing to packed stadiums and dominating the charts may have passed...

But the title of the thread is: "Rock n Roll - dead, on life support, or just in a coma?"

The answer to that question is a resounding 'no', IMO.


Sure, the hordes of screeching teeny boppers have moved on from rock to pop, but that is hardly a sign that rock is dead, on life support, or in a coma.


If the the question in the OP had been "Can rock bands formed within the last five years pack stadiums?", then we'd probably all be in agreement. But that's not what Coito originally asked.
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Re: Rock n Roll - dead, on life support, or just in a coma?

Post by JimC » Fri Sep 27, 2013 4:27 am

Fair point - I just had a feeling the key question of the thread had evolved beyond the OP...

Mind you, everything since the 70s is still crap...

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Post by Seabass » Fri Sep 27, 2013 4:35 am

JimC wrote:Fair point - I just had a feeling the key question of the thread had evolved beyond the OP...

Mind you, everything since the 70s is still crap...

:hehe:

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Post by Clinton Huxley » Fri Sep 27, 2013 6:57 am

JimC wrote:
Clinton Huxley wrote:Aye, the rock is undergoing metamorphosis.
:hehe:

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JimC wrote:Fair point - I just had a feeling the key question of the thread had evolved beyond the OP...

Mind you, everything since the 70s is still crap...

:hehe:
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Re: Rock n Roll - dead, on life support, or just in a coma?

Post by Robert_S » Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:34 pm

JimC wrote:Fair point - I just had a feeling the key question of the thread had evolved beyond the OP...

Mind you, everything since the 70s is still crap...

:hehe:
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Post by JimC » Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:25 am

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JimC wrote:Fair point - I just had a feeling the key question of the thread had evolved beyond the OP...

Mind you, everything since the 70s is still crap...

:hehe:
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Re: Rock n Roll - dead, on life support, or just in a coma?

Post by Robert_S » Thu Oct 03, 2013 10:22 pm

Does Rock need arena sized artists?

I'd say it's more important that musicians are doing things that are interesting and relevant, keeping it fresh while keeping it real.
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Post by klr » Thu Oct 03, 2013 10:51 pm

Robert_S wrote:Does Rock need arena sized artists?

I'd say it's more important that musicians are doing things that are interesting and relevant, keeping it fresh while keeping it real.
Rock doesn't need such things, but the music industry* does.

*Or what's left of it, but that's another, possibly related discussion.
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Post by JimC » Fri Oct 04, 2013 12:18 am

Robert_S wrote:Does Rock need arena sized artists?

I'd say it's more important that musicians are doing things that are interesting and relevant, keeping it fresh while keeping it real.
I'm neutral about that, in the sense that it might not need it, but neither is it a bad thing. It's simply interesting that there has been a shift away from blockbuster bands in huge arenas...
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