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palerider22
I liked the article...except for the opinion that he blames baby boomers for electing Trump. It wasn't us...at least those that grew up with and liking classic rock. We'd never vote for a con man like him...'Won't Get Fooled Again'...
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mtaylor
Rolling Stones is still there selling big times - big come back sales-wise. Still huge crowd on concerts worldwide. Who would have imagines Stones No 1. worldwide.
Metallica, Macca, Clapton, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Berry, Roger Waters, David Gilmour and "you name it" are still there publishing new albums, selling out concerts.
Desert Trip concert with Stones, Young, Macca, Waters, Who, Dylan - huge crowd, sold out at high prices.
New Rock bands are emerging, old rock bands are still there, medium term bavnds like U2, Foo Fighters are touring / publishing new albums.
Off course, some old artist are leaving us (example - David Bowie), but that's is life - we can not expect them to live forever. But new ones replace the old ones in a new version.
We can not expect everything to be the same as in 1960-1970'ies!!!! Cell phones, computers change - why not rock music, as long as the feel, work and spirit is there.
Bieber, Collins etc is not Rock. All respect to their music and contributions, but that is more Pop and good for people who like Pop as well.
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palerider22
I liked the article...except for the opinion that he blames baby boomers for electing Trump. It wasn't us...at least those that grew up with and liking classic rock. We'd never vote for a con man like him...'Won't Get Fooled Again'...
I guess people from the Rust-Belt (except NY / Illinois) were decisive in who was elected as president in US. They like Rock music very much. I guess they thought Hillary was too boring.... ... they left the meetings when she "hit the stage".. A more charismatic person would have won big times over Trump.
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marianna
Terrible writing. I'm not even sure what he or she is trying to say, it's a string of unrelated editorialing about various topics without coherently tying them together. There is also a lack of historical perspective. No, music is not more diverse and multi-cultural now, it's more balkanized than ever. The people buying the music labeled country music (and no, it's not "woke" as this lousy writer claims it is) are not the same as people buying rap.
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RollingFreak
Rock music is done. It is what it is. Yes, there are smaller bands out there still doing it and doing it well, but as for it being mainstream it is done. At least for now. And thats fine. It survived and prospered for a very long time. But no, someone like Gene Simmons saying "Rock is dead" is not wrong. Its blunt, but its the truth. No one cares when Metallica or any of these other big rock bands put out things anymore. They like the name, but today's music is dance, its rap and its pop. And country of course which is probably killing it all.
Don't get hung up about it. What happened to rock? It was pretty big for 40 years and now its more a "name" than anything else and anything new thats good is underground. Just the facts. Maybe it comes back, and I certainly don't think its become as niche as jazz. But its no longer mainstream. I'm not sure why some still defend it is.
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georgelicks
people under 30-35 could care less about physical product, that's a old man thing,
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people under 30-35 could care less about physical product, that's a old man thing,
Vast numbers of people in that age demographic are responsible for the resurgence of vinyl as a medium.
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georgelicks
people under 30-35 could care less about physical product, that's a old man thing,
Vast numbers of people in that age demographic are responsible for the resurgence of vinyl as a medium.
Cause its hipster and fashionable. No one cares about physical music in that demographic. I'm that demographic and I know no one that truly buys vinyl for vinyl. It "looks nice" or vintage. No one has vinyl because they actually care about it. The other people that have it are those like my father, who literally can't tell the difference but buys vinyl now because he remembers buying vinyl and now its available again. Its basically money in the toilet.
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laertisflash
"On radio no one plays rock music...", georgelicks says.
With respect, but I 'm a bit tired of this "no one"... "No one cares about Metallica or other big rock bands", "on radio no one plays rock music"... As for radio, I suppose it varies from country to country. My country, Greece, is not a typical "rock-land", of course. But among 31 radio stations (political, sportive and musical) of Athens area , two stations which basically are playing rock music, classic and new, have very good ratings and positions. # 6 and # 7 (and 7,7%, 7,6%, when No 1 station only has 11,1%). A third one that plays rock and pop ballads is # 8 (6%). One more that plays mixed pop, folk and rock hits, from 70s to nowadays, is #10 (5,8%). In addition, I often hear rock songs between political comments and conversations, on other stations.
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georgelicks
people under 30-35 could care less about physical product, that's a old man thing,
Vast numbers of people in that age demographic are responsible for the resurgence of vinyl as a medium.
Cause its hipster and fashionable. No one cares about physical music in that demographic. I'm that demographic and I know no one that truly buys vinyl for vinyl. It "looks nice" or vintage. No one has vinyl because they actually care about it. The other people that have it are those like my father, who literally can't tell the difference but buys vinyl now because he remembers buying vinyl and now its available again. Its basically money in the toilet.